What kind of data do we collect?
When you use our services, you agree that our company may collect some of your personal information. This page is intended to tell you what data we collect, why and how we use it.
We process two types of data:
⦁ data provided by the user
⦁ data that we automatically collect
DATA PROVIDED BY THE USER
When you browse our site, we ask you to provide us with some data that we need to use our service.
These are, for example, the data we ask you for:
⦁ address, email and password
⦁ other information that changes depending on the contact form you are filling out (e.g. if you are filling out a contact form to request information about one of our services, we ask you about your profession, city of residence and other relevant information)
⦁ name
⦁ telephone number
THIRD PARTY DATA
If you provide personal data of third parties, such as those of your family or friends, you must be sure that these subjects have been properly informed and have consented to their treatment in the manner described in this policy.
DATA THAT WE AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT
We collect the following data through the services you use:
We collect the following data through the services you use:
⦁ technical data: e.g. IP address, browser type, information about your computer, information about the current (approximate) location of the instrument you are using;
⦁ data collected using cookies or similar technologies: for more information, please visit the “Cookie” section.
How we use the collected data
We use the data collected to offer you our service every day, to inform you about our commercial activities or to offer you a more personalized service in line with your interests.
1.1. To guarantee you access to our services and improve their provision
We use your data to guarantee you access to our services and their provision, including:
⦁ Comment on the articles and pages of our website
⦁ Use of contact forms
⦁ Registration to the newsletter
These treatments are necessary to properly provide the services of the patent to the users who adhere to it.
Such processing is based on the legitimate interest of the Holder (see point 3.1) and you may object at any time.
1.2. To inform you about our business activities
We use the data collected, if you have expressly given us your consent, to inform you about promotional activities that may be of interest to you.
⦁ communicate you promotional, commercial and advertising activities on events, initiatives or partnerships of Creatiwa Studio S.r.l.s, by e-mail, SMS or push notifications
⦁ to carry out analysis and reporting activities related to promotional communication systems
1.3. To offer you a personalized service
We process the data collected, if you have expressly given us your consent, to analyze your consumption habits or choices in order to offer you a more personalized service in line with your interests and to improve our commercial offer.
Is the provision of data compulsory?
The provision of personal data is mandatory only for the processing necessary for the provision of services offered by The patent (any refusal to provide the service makes it impossible to use the service itself), is optional for promotional purposes and profiling and any refusal to give consent has no negative consequences on the provision of the service offered within the website www.thepatent.news and its applications
Who are the subjects of the treatment?
3.1. Holder of the treatment
The data controller is Creatiwa Studio S.r.l.s in the person of its pro-tempore legal representative, with registered office in Salerno (IT), Via Scavata Case Rosse, SNC, 84131 C. F. 05675660657
The data controller shall use data controllers for the purposes specified in point 1 and a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to monitor the protection of personal data.
For each request relating to your personal data, please compare the following point 3.2.
3.2. Data Protection Officer (DPO) and contact information
The Data Protection Officer designated in accordance with Art. 37 of the GDPR is Letizia Giugliano.
We remind you that you can at any time contact the DPO and send any question or request relating to your personal data and respect for your privacy by writing to [email protected]
3.3. Subjects to whom personal data may be communicated
The data collected as part of the service may be communicated to:
⦁ companies that perform functions closely connected and instrumental to the operation – also technical – of the services of the Patent, such as, for example, suppliers who provide services aimed at reviewing and verifying advertisements, suppliers of direct marketing and customer care services, companies that provide filing, administrative, payment and invoicing services
⦁ administrative and judicial bodies and authorities by virtue of legal obligations
⦁ Your personal data may be transferred outside the European Union to be processed by some of our service providers. In this case, we ensure that this transfer is carried out in compliance with applicable legislation and that an adequate level of protection of personal data is guaranteed based on an adequacy decision, on standard clauses defined by the European Commission or on Binding Corporate Rules.
Under no circumstances do we transfer or sell personal data to third parties.
How can you get information about the data, edit it, delete it or have a copy of it?
4.1. Accesso ai dati personali
You can, at any time, ask to see the personal data in our possession by writing an email to [email protected]
4.2. Export and cancellation of personal data processing
To export your personal data (takeout) or request its deletion, you can send a request to [email protected] from the e-mail address with which you registered for the newsletter on the website www.thepatent.news
Your personal data will be exported within 30 days or, if the export becomes particularly complex, within three months.
Cancellations will be made within the specified technical timescales and in accordance with the storage period set out in point 5 below.
4.3. Cancellations will be made within the specified technical timescales and in accordance with the storage period set out in point 5 below.
Any natural person who uses our service can:
⦁ to obtain from the owner, at any time, information about the existence of their personal data, the origin of the same, the purposes and methods of treatment and, if any, to obtain access to personal data and information referred to in Article 15 of the GDPR
⦁ request the updating, rectification, integration, cancellation, limitation of data processing in the event of one of the conditions provided for in Article 18 of the GDPR, the transformation into anonymous form or blocking of personal data, processed in violation of the law, including those whose retention is not necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data were collected and / or subsequently processed
⦁ oppose, in whole or in part, for legitimate reasons, the processing of data, even if pertinent to the purpose of collecting and processing personal data for purposes of commercial information or sending advertising materials or direct selling or for carrying out market research or commercial communication. Each user also has the right to revoke consent at any time without prejudice to the lawfulness of processing based on consent given prior to revocation
⦁ to receive their personal data, provided knowingly and actively or through the use of the service, in a structured format, commonly used and readable by automatic device, and to transmit them to another data controller without hindrance
⦁ to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority
We remind you that for any question or request relating to your personal data and respect for your privacy you can write to [email protected]
How and for how long will your data be stored?
Personal data will be stored in paper and/or electronic/IT form and for the time strictly necessary to fulfil the purposes referred to in point 1, in compliance with your privacy and current regulations.
For direct marketing and profiling purposes, we retain your data for a maximum period of 24 months and 12 months, respectively, as required by applicable law.
Invoices, accounting documents and transaction data are retained for 11 years in accordance with the law (including tax obligations).
In the case of exercising the right to be forgotten through a request for express cancellation of personal data processed by the owner, please note that such data will be kept, in a protected form and with limited access, solely for purposes of investigation and prosecution of crime, for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of the request and subsequently will be deleted safely or anonymized in an irreversible manner.
Finally, we remind you that for the same purposes, data relating to electronic traffic, excluding the contents of communications, will be kept for a period not exceeding 6 years from the date of communication, pursuant to art. 24 of Law No. 167/2017, which transposed EU Directive 2017/541 on counter-terrorism.
How do we ensure the protection of your data?
The data are collected by the subjects indicated in point 3, according to the indications of the reference legislation, with particular regard to the security measures provided for by the GDPR (art. 32) for their processing by computer, manual and automated tools and with logic strictly related to the purposes indicated in point 1 and in any case in order to ensure the security and confidentiality of the data.
Can the privacy policy be changed over time?
This information may be subject to change. If substantial changes are made to the use of user data by the Owner, the latter will notify the user by publishing them with the greatest evidence on its pages or by alternative or similar means.