Privacy & Cookies

INFORMATION ON PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13 OF THE GDPR

Dear User, we would like to inform you how and why CMCC Foundation (hereinafter referred to simply as "CMCC" or “Us”) processes your personal data acquired through the website Structured and Unstructured grid Relocatable ocean platform for Forecasting (SURF) (the "Site" or "Website").

This document is divided into three sections:

  • Sezione I, containing information generally valid for all processing carried out through the Site;
  • Sezione II, containing information on the processing of personal data collected through contact forms;
  • Sezione III, on the use of cookies.

This information does not concern other sites, pages or online services that can be reached via hypertext links that may be published on the Site but that refer to resources outside the project’s domain, such as other entities involved in projects, newspapers and magazines that talk about the project, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, YouTube. Regarding the processing of personal data carried out by the social media platforms, please refer to the information provided by them in their respective privacy notices. We process personal data provided by users through the pages of the social media platforms dedicated to the project, as part of its purpose to interact with users (comments, posts, etc.).


SECTION I - GENERAL INFORMATION AND BROWSING DATA

Contact details of the Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

The Data Controller of personal data is the CMCC Foundation, with registered office in Lecce (LE) - 73100, via Marco Biagi, 5.
For any matters related to privacy and the processing of personal data, as well as to exercise the rights provided by the GDPR (see the following paragraph), you can send us an email at privacy@cmcc.it.
The Controller has appointed Attorney Andrea Lisi as the Data Protection Officer, whose email address is dpo@cmcc.it.

Recipients of personal data and data transfer

Personal data collected through the website may be communicated, in addition to authorized internal CMCC staff:

  • To other entities involved in the project and/or CMCC activities;
  • To suppliers that CMCC uses for the development and management of services related to the website itself.

Rights of Data Subject

What rights do you have in relation to your personal data?

As a Data Subject within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the right to request Us the access to and the rectification or erasure of your personal data or the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you or (where the processing is based on the need to pursue the legitimate interest of the data controller or a third party) to object to its processing, in addition to the right to data portability, subject to certain conditions being met.

Right to withdraw consent

You also have the right to withdraw your consent, limited to cases where you have given Us consent to process your personal data. Any consent may be revoked at any time.

How to exercise these rights

For any questions related to privacy and the processing of personal data, as well as to exercise your rights under the GDPR, you can contact us at privacy@cmcc.it and/or dpo@cmcc.it.

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Authority

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, at the addresses and in the manner indicated on the Authority's institutional website (www.garanteprivacy.it), should you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the provisions of the law.


SECTION II - PROCESSING OF DATA COLLECTED THROUGH CONTACT AND REGISTRATION FORMS

We process the data acquired through the contact forms on the Site in order to comply with your request to be contacted to receive information, as well as to respond to any further requests you may have.
You are not obliged to send us your data via the contact form, but if you wish to receive information via this communication channel, you must enter the correct data indicated. Without them, we will not be able to follow up on your request to be contacted.
Data will be retained for 2 years after acquisition, unless our relationship continues (for example, through our newsletter service).


SECTION III - COOKIES

What are cookies?

Generally speaking, cookies are strings of text that websites (so-called 'first party') visited by the user or different websites or web servers (so-called 'third parties') place and store in a terminal device available to the user. Depending on the function performed, it is generally possible to distinguish the following types of cookies:

  • technical cookies, which are necessary for the operation of the Site and do not require the user's consent;
  • analytics cookies, which are comparable to technical cookies if certain conditions are met;
  • non-technical cookies, for which the user's consent is required, usually used to trace specific actions or behavioural patterns back to specific, identifiable or identified subjects in order to group them into different profiles within homogeneous clusters, so that it is also possible to modulate the provision of the service in a personalised manner, or to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user when surfing the web.

Which cookies we or third parties use, and when we need your consent

Through the navigation of the Website, only technical cookies may be installed on you’re your device.
For the use of technical cookies, as well as analytical cookies where equivalent to technical ones, CMCC does not collect the user's consent.
Other types of cookies are not used on the website.

Further useful information for the user

The removal of previously installed cookies is also possible thanks to special functions of the browser or device used.
Cookies in the local browser memory can be removed by completely deleting the browsing history.
With regard to third-party cookies, users can manage their preferences and revoke their consent by visiting the relevant opt-out link (if available), using the tools described in the third party's privacy policy or by contacting the third party directly.
Further information on how to manage cookies in some of the most popular browsers can be found at the following addresses:

It is also possible for tracking tools on mobile applications to be deactivated via the appropriate device settings, such as mobile advertising settings or tracking settings in general (you can consult your device settings to find the relevant one).
More information regarding the deactivation of interest-based advertising can be retrieved from YourOnlineChoices (EU): YourOnlineChoices (UE) or other similar services. With these services it is possible to manage the tracking preferences of most advertising tools.