In accordance with the provisions and guidelines of the Data Protection Authority (hereinafter, the "GUARANTOR"), laying down the identification of simplified procedures for the information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies (hereinafter, the "COOKIE PROVISION"), Aquazzura Italia S.r.l with registered office in Firenze, Viale Mazzini 40, tax code and VAT number IT06263170489, and registration number in the Companies’ Register of  IT06263170489, ("COMPANY") , as owner of the Site, intends to inform the user of the following.

Pursuant to art. 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data (hereinafter, the "Regulation"), this Policy will explain how these data are collected, for what purposes and what are your rights. This document is an integral part of the information on the processing of personal data, available at the following link:https://www.aquazzura.com/it_it/area-legale/informativa-privacy.

The website www.aquazzura.com (hereinafter the "SITE") uses cookies in order to improve your browsing experience.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that the sites visited by the user send directly to their terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user (so-called first-party cookies). While browsing a site, the user can also receive cookies from different sites or web servers on their terminal (so-called third-party cookies); this happens because on the visited website there may be elements such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to web pages of other domains that reside on servers other than the one on which the requested page is located. In other words, they are cookies that are set by a website other than the one you are currently visiting.

Cookies may have a duration limited to a single browsing session on the browser (so-called session cookies), and in this case they are automatically deactivated when the user closes the browser; or they may have a predetermined expiry date and, in this case, they will remain stored and active on your hard disk until that expiration date, continuing to collect information during different browsing sessions on the browser (so-called permanent cookies).

Cookies are used for various functions. Some are necessary to allow you to browse the Site and take advantage of its functions (so-called technical cookies). Others are used to obtain statistical information, in aggregate or not, on the number of users who access the Site and how the Site is used (so-called monitoring or analytics cookies). Finally, others are used to trace your consumer profile and display advertisements on the Site that may be of interest to you, as they are consistent with your tastes and consumption habits (so-called profiling cookies).

To learn more about these different categories of cookies, continue reading this information. Find out how they work and what they are for, and freely choose whether to consent to their use or prevent it.

FIRST PARTY COOKIES

The Site uses the following types of first-party technical cookies, for whose installation no consent is required by the user but for which Aquazzura is obliged to provide adequate information:

(a) Navigation or session cookies: essential to allow the user to move normally within our Site and to properly use the related services; not being stored on the user's computer, they disappear when the browser is closed;

(b) "Functionality cookies: solely aimed at improving and speeding up navigation on the Site, by storing certain choices made by the user (such as language preferences). 

These are therefore tools used by Aquazzura to ensure, among other things, efficient navigation, session stability, persistence of the login throughout the session and the country of navigation selected. They are also used to save the choices made by the user relating to the display of certain elements of the page, such as information and communication banners.

Pursuant to the regulations in force, the use of technical cookies and the carrying out of the processing related to them does not require the prior consent by the user.

In any case, the possibility remains for the latter to prevent the installation of technical cookies at any time through the settings of their browser, in the knowledge that such a choice could complicate, slow down and sometimes block navigation on the Site.

Aquazzura acts as data controller exclusively with reference to the first party cookies installed on the Site.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

It is possible that while a user is browsing our Site, some cookies may be stored on their device that are not directly controlled and managed by Aquazzura. This happens, for example, when the user visits a page that includes the contents of a third party website.

In this regard, it should be noted that Aquazzura has no role in the processing of data deriving from this type of cookies, being, in this case, a simple technical intermediary.

Third-party profiling cookies are used to display personalised advertisements on the Site and on other websites and their operation is based on the browsing activities of each user. This type of cookies could also be used by third parties to show their products and services on the Site.

The Site also uses some types of third-party analytical cookies through which the following information is collected, by way of example but not limited to:

(a) number of visitors, page views and navigation within the Site;

(b) effectiveness of acquisition campaigns based on the source of web traffic;

(c) details on products displayed and possibly downloaded on the Site.

These cookies, as well as the purposes for which they are used outside the Site, fall under the direct and exclusive responsibility of the third party who installs them on the user's terminal and are used to show the user advertisements in line with their interests (this is the case of third-party cookies for profiling / retargeting).

If users do not wish to receive third-party cookies on their terminal equipment, they may at any time, via the links below, or via the selection/deselection options in the "Customise" area of the cookie banner (accessible at any time via the "Modify your consent" button below) exclude their receipt.

The following table shows all the cookies present on the Site, with the evidence of their specific characteristics and, in the case of third-party cookies, links to the respective privacy policies so that you can consciously decide whether to consent to their use and which cookies block or delete, if any.

COOKIE MANAGEMENT AND CONSENT

On your first visit to the Site, you may (i) accept all cookies by clicking on the "Accept All" button; (ii) give no consent and continue with the default settings, which only include the use of technical cookies necessary for the operation of the Site, by clicking on the "Close and Continue (necessary only)" button or (iii) select in a granular manner only certain purposes or third parties, by clicking on "Customise", interacting with the cookie banner that is shown on your first visit.

In any other case and at each subsequent visit to the Site, by clicking on the "Cookie Policy" link at the bottom of the Site's homepage and on the "Change your consent | Withdraw your consent" button preceding the cookie table, the user will be able to deny or review consent to the installation of unnecessary cookies.

However, as most browsers are programmed to accept cookies automatically, you may choose not to receive them by accessing your browser settings and disabling their use, following the procedures described at the following links:

For more information on cookies, you can connect to the website www.youronlinechoices.com (limited to the services registered by this platform), to obtain information on how to delete or manage cookies based on the browser used and how to set the preferences for the use of those of third parts.  www.youronlinechoices.eu/it/

Your Online Choices is an Internet site managed by the non-profit association European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), the Italian version of which can be reached at  www.youronlinechoices.eu/it/ , which provides information on behavioural advertising based on profiling cookies ( http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/a-proposito ) and allows Internet users to easily oppose (opt-out) the installation of the main profiling cookies installed by advertisers and used on Internet sites ( http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/le-tue-scelte ). Before using this tool, we advise you to carefully read the general conditions of service of the Your Online Choices website ( http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/condizioni-generali-di-servizio ), frequently asked questions (FAQ) ( http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/faqs ) and the user guide ( http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/help ).

Consciously use Your Online Choices. In fact, if it is true that Your Online Choices brings together many of the most important companies in the advertising world that use cookies, some of the third parties that install cookies through the Site may not have joined Your Online Choices. Therefore, the use of Your Online Choices does not guarantee that you will receive third-party cookies by browsing the Site. Also remember that by deleting all cookies from your browser, even the technical cookies issued by Your Online Choices to remember your choices could be deleted, making third-party cookies active again.

To disable analytical cookies and to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your browsing, you can download the browser add-on component for disabling Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

We will retain user preferences about cookies thanks to a special technical cookie with the characteristics specified in the table above.  

METHODS OF PROCESSING AND TIME OF DATA RETENTION

As highlighted in the premise of this statement, Aquazzura collects and processes some of your personal data through the cookies it conveys directly on the Site (first-party cookies). Aquazzura acts as data controller, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation. Aquazzura will process your data only with electronic tools, in a totally automated way and without human intermediation. Therefore, the employees and collaborators of Aquazzura will never access the content of your personal data obtained through cookies, which means that they will never be able to access and / or have direct personal identification information (IPI).

Some of the employees and collaborators of Aquazzura, appointed by us as data processors, may carry out maintenance interventions on the computer systems that host your data, without being able to access their actual content. Personal data may be stored on servers managed by third parties (e.g. computer systems suppliers) or may be managed by individuals specializing in online advertising, acting as external data processors on the basis of a specific appointment in writing by the Company. Aquazzura informs you that, in compliance with the conditions and guarantees established by the Regulation, your data may be transferred to countries not belonging to the European Economic Area, which may not offer a level of privacy and personal data protection comparable to that guaranteed by the Italian and European laws on privacy, but as data controller [AZIENDA] will take the security of the data into consideration, therefore it will proceed in the management of such transfers with all due precautions and guarantees. Your personal data will not be communicated to third-party data controllers nor will they be disclosed.

The personal data of the Site users will be stored for the time strictly necessary to carry out the primary purposes described in this statement, or in any case for the time necessary to protect the rights and interests of both Users and Aquazzura.

YOUR RIGHTS

To exercise your rights, or obtain any further information or clarification in connection with this Cookie Policy, please contact Aquazzura in the following ways:

• By sending a registered letter to the registered office (Viale Mazzini 40, Florence - Italy);
• By sending an e-mail message to the address customercare@aquazzura.com

Pursuant to the Regulation, Aquazzura  informs that Users have the right to be informed about (i) the origin of personal data; (ii) the purposes and methods of processing; (iii) the logic applied in the case of processing carried out with the aid of electronic tools; (iv) the identification data concerning the data controller and data processors; (v) the subjects or categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who can learn about them as managers or agents.

In addition, users have the right to obtain:

(a) access, updating, rectification or, where interested, integration of the data;

(b) the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed unlawfully, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed;

(c) the attestation that the operations referred to in letters a) and b) have been brought to the attention, also with regard to their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the event that such compliance proves impossible or involves a manifestly disproportionate use of resources with respect to the protected right.

Moreover users can withdraw consent at any time,

(a) if the treatment is based on their consent;

(b) (where applicable) the right to data portability (right to receive all personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used and self-readable format), the right to restrict the processing of personal data and the right to cancellation ("Right to Oblivion");

(c) the right to oppose:

1. in whole or in part, for legitimate reasons to the processing of personal data, even if pertinent for collection purposes;
2. in whole or in part, to the processing of personal data for the purpose of sending advertising materials or direct selling or for carrying out market research or commercial communication.

(d) If they believe that the treatment which concerns them violates the regulation, the right to complain to a supervisory authority (in the Member State where they usually reside, in the one where they work or in the one where the alleged violation occurred). The Italian supervisory authority is the Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali), with headquarters in Piazza Venezia 11 - 00187 Rome.  (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/).

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Aquazzura is not responsible for updating all the links that can be viewed in this Information Notice, therefore whenever a link is not functional and/or updated, Users hereby acknowledge and accept that they must always refer to the document and/or section of the websites referred to by this link.