Privacy Policy EN
Information on the processing of personal data of users who visit the website of the “Scientific and Innovation System of Friuli Venezia Giulia” (SiS FVG) pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679
Welcome to the website https://www.sisfvg.it/it, managed by Area di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica di Trieste – Area Science Park, as a partner of the Scientific and Innovation System of Friuli Venezia Giulia (hereinafter also referred to as “SiS FVG”).
We invite you to carefully read this Privacy Policy, which applies to anyone who chooses to browse the website.
1. Contents of the Policy
This policy describes how the website https://www.sisfvg.it/it (hereinafter, the “Website”) is managed and provides all the necessary information to understand how the personal data of users who visit it are processed.
This policy is issued pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”) and is intended for those who interact with the web services of the Scientific and Innovation System of Friuli Venezia Giulia (SiS FVG), accessible online from the web address https://www.sisfvg.it/it, corresponding to the homepage of the Website, or from internal pages of the same Website.
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to this Website and not to other websites, pages, or online services that users may access via hyperlinks.
Area Science Park, as the operator of the Website, respects users’ rights to be informed about the collection and processing of their personal data. When processing data that can directly or indirectly identify users, we apply the principle of strict necessity. For this reason, we have designed the Website so that the use of your personal data is minimised or excluded when the intended purposes can be achieved using anonymous data or other methods that allow user identification only when necessary (e.g., traffic data, the duration of your visit, or your IP address).
By using the Website, users accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and are therefore invited to read it before providing any personal information.
2. Who is the Data Controller?
The Data Controller is Area di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica di Trieste – Area Science Park, based at Località Padriciano 99, 34149 Trieste, the only SiS FVG partner responsible for processing user data.
You can contact the Data Controller by writing to the address above or by sending an email to: urp@areasciencepark.it – PEC: protocollo@pec.areasciencepark.it.
3. Who is the Data Protection Officer (DPO)?
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the person designated by Area Science Park whom you can contact for any matters relating to the processing of your personal data. You can contact the DPO as follows:
- by post, by sending a communication to the address Area Science Park – Padriciano, 99 – 34149 Trieste to the attention of the Data Protection Officer;
- by e-mail, by sending an email to the address: rpd@areasciencepark.it.
4. What data do we process?
When visiting the Website, data relating to identified or identifiable persons (users and third parties) may be processed, either automatically collected by the Website (including via automated systems) or voluntarily provided by users. Specifically:
BROWSING DATA
The IT systems and software procedures that enable the Website to function acquire certain personal data during their normal operation. The transmission of such data is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified users, but due to its nature, it could allow users to be identified through processing and association with data held by third parties.
This category includes IP addresses or domain names of the computers used to access the Website, Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) addresses, the time of requests, the method used to submit requests to the server, the file size of responses, numerical status codes returned by the server (e.g., successful request, error), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and IT environment.
These data are used solely to obtain anonymous statistical information on Website use and to monitor its proper functioning. They are deleted immediately after processing. However, such data could be used to ascertain liability in case of cybercrime affecting the Website.
COOKIES
For more details, please refer to the Cookie Policy.
DATA VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY USERS
Apart from what is specified for browsing data and essential technical cookies, users are free to provide their personal data for the purposes for which they access the Website. However, failure to provide data may, in some cases, result in an inability to use certain services, as explained in Section 7 of this policy.
Specific privacy notices will be available on the Website’s pages where personal data is collected. We encourage you to read them and provide your consent where requested.
Area Science Park does not knowingly collect or process personal data of minors.
By accessing the Website and using the services offered, you confirm that you are of legal age. Minors under 18 years old are requested not to provide personal data.
No sensitive or judicial data will be processed on the Website without your prior consent in the form prescribed by law. Where your nationality is inferred from your name, we specify that such data will not be considered sensitive insofar as it differs from those indicating the racial or ethnic origin of the individual in the proper sense.
Only with your consent will we use your data, and in particular your contact details, for
promotional.
If you provide personal data of a third party, this indication will represent a processing of personal data with respect to which you will act as autonomous data controller, assuming all the obligations and responsibilities provided for by the regulations on privacy. In this sense, you shall guarantee Area Science Park that any third party data you indicate has been acquired by you in full compliance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679. You grant Area Science Park the widest possible indemnity with respect to any dispute, claim or request for compensation for damage from processing that may be received by Area Science Park from any third party due to the indication of its data by you in violation of the applicable data protection regulations.
If you wish to send your curriculum vitae, please note that we will not be able to take it into consideration and that the personal data it contains and other information provided to better qualify your profile (e.g. those relating to your educational career, professional situation, specific skills and knowledge, etc.) will not be retained and will be immediately destroyed, in compliance with current legislation on the protection of personal data. The recording and use of such data is, in fact, permitted only in the event of the selection of candidates aspiring to the establishment of a working relationship or professional or scientific collaboration with Area Science Park or with the other partners of the SiS FVG, under the conditions and within the limits specified in the information contained in the notices and selection notices that will be published from time to time on the Website.
That said, we inform you that users of the Website may optionally, explicitly and voluntarily provide their personal data for the following purposes:
TO SEND COMMUNICATIONS OR CONTACT AREA SCIENCE PARK: filling in contact forms or sending e-mails to the addresses indicated on this Website entails the acquisition of the sender’s address, which is necessary in order to reply to users’ requests, as well as any other personal data included in the message. Users are in any case requested not to provide sensitive data of their own or of third parties without having previously given their consent in the form prescribed by law.
TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTER: the sending of the SiS FVG newsletter by e-mail requires that the user makes an explicit request by indicating his/her name, surname and e-mail address in the appropriate form. Communications sent to users may include invitations to events and updates on initiatives organised by the SiS FVG. To stop receiving the newsletter, simply follow the instructions at the bottom of each e-mail or write to rpd@areasciencepark.it asking to remove your address from the mailing list.
Your data may be used to update and correct information previously collected about you. For further information on the purposes and methods of processing personal data, please read sections 5 and 6 below carefully.
5. For what purposes and on what legal basis the data are processed?
Area Science Park, as the Data Controller of the personal data of users of the Website, makes decisions on the purposes and means of processing, implementing appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure, and be able to demonstrate, that processing is carried out in compliance with the rules in force, taking into account the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, as well as the risks having different probability and gravity for the rights and freedoms of individuals.
The processing of personal data is carried out by the Data Controller for the following purposes:
- ensuring the proper functioning of the web pages and their contents (in which case, the processing of data is based on the legitimate interest of the Data Controller);
- sending the newsletter (in which case, processing is based on the consent of the data subject);
- acknowledging communications sent by the user through the contact form (in which case, the processing is functional to fulfil a user’s request and is based on the performance of a task of public interest vested in the Controller).
In order to make you aware of the specific purposes of the processing of your data, when we ask you to enter them in the appropriate forms or to provide them in order to obtain more information about the services of SiS FVG or, more generally, to interact with the web services of the Website, we make available to you the information on data processing from time to time.
6. Who processes the data, how it is processed, and who receives it?
Data processing connected to the web services of the Website is carried out only by staff previously authorised and instructed by Area Science Park as to the purposes and methods of processing and by technicians in charge of Website maintenance operations or by persons specifically appointed as Data Processors. At any time, you may ask the Data Controller for a complete list of the Data Processors appointed from time to time involved in the processing of data for the purposes set out in this policy. This is without prejudice to data communication and dissemination operations carried out in compliance with legal obligations or by order of the authorities.
The personal data of users are processed mainly in electronic form and in some cases also in paper form. Specific security measures are observed to prevent loss of data, illegal or incorrect use and unauthorised access.
7. How long does Area Science Park retain your data?
The Data Controller adopts the following policies regarding the retention of data of users of the Website:
- navigation data are deleted immediately after processing;
- data provided in contact forms or e-mails sent to the addresses published on the Website are kept until the end of the calendar year in which they were collected and, in any case, no longer than is necessary to respond to the communications received;
- data provided for the receipt of newsletters are processed until the data subject revokes consent (revocation of consent is immediately recorded by the Data Controller Officer but does not apply to campaigns already planned prior to receipt of the request).
8. What happens if you do not provide your personal data to Area Science Park
Apart from what is specified for browsing data and certain technical cookies, you are free to provide your personal data in order to communicate with SiS FVG through Area Science Park. However, failure to provide your data may result in the inability to obtain the requested service or other consequences as specified in the relevant privacy notices.
9. Opt-in/Opt-out
Your contact details may be used to send informational, promotional, or other communications only with your explicit consent.
In any case, users may exercise their right to opt out at any time, without the need to provide any justification, ensuring that they will no longer receive further communications in the future.
10. Social Media
Regarding the processing of personal data carried out by the operators of the social media platforms used by the Website, please refer to their respective privacy policies for more information.
Personal data provided by users through the SiS FVG social media pages is processed exclusively for the purpose of managing interactions with users, such as comments, public posts, etc., in full compliance with applicable regulations.
11. Your rights
As a data subject, you may assert the following rights: access to personal data, rectification or erasure of personal data, restriction of processing, objection to processing, data portability (right applicable to data in electronic format only), withdrawal of consent in cases where consent is required. To exercise these rights you may send a request to the Data Protection Officer at the following address: rpd@areasciencepark.it. Area Science Park is obliged to provide a reply within one month of the request, which may be extended to three months in the event of particular complexity.
12. Right to complain to the supervisory authority
If you believe that the processing of your personal data carried out through the Website is in breach of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority or to take appropriate legal action.
13. Applicable law
This Privacy Policy is governed by European law and in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, which ensures that personal data is processed in accordance with the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals.
14. Modifications and updates to the Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy of the Website is valid from DD/MM/YYYY and is subject to updates.
Area Science Park may modify or update this policy, in whole or in part, to reflect changes in regulations governing data protection and user rights.
Any modifications or updates to this policy will become binding as soon as they are published in this section of the Website.
We encourage you to regularly check this section to review the most recent and updated version of the Privacy Policy.