Privacy Policy

As part of its services, Sidea S.r.l. collects and processes certain personal data through traditional channels or through the site www.sideaita.it (hereinafter also referred to as the "Site"). To find out about your rights, you can consult the "Rights of data subjects" section at the bottom of this page or you can contact us at the e-mail address [email protected] or write to us by traditional mail by sending a letter to the attention of the Data Protection Manager at Sidea S.r.l., via A. De Gasperi, 90, 47035 Gambettola (FC), Italy.

If you visit www.sideaita.it, buy a product, request a quote, or attend an event you may have left some of your personal data. You will find below all the information about their treatment.

We will process your personal data:
- to fulfil our contractual obligations and, in particular, to allow you to browse and use the services offered through the Site, whether or not you are a registered user; to provide a response to your requests, including by automated means; to calculate a quote you have requested from us; to execute contracts for the sale of products or the provision of services; and to provide you with the necessary assistance in relation to the products and services you have purchased.
- on the basis of your consent, in order to involve you in commercial and promotional initiatives regarding Sidea's products, services and events.
The provision of your data is always optional, but failure to provide them may make it impossible to proceed with certain processing operations, such as those strictly related to the performance of a contract or the provision of services you have requested.

For sending the newsletters, the Data Controller uses a professional platform based in the USA. The data (limited to the email address) is transferred to a third country on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) approved by the European Commission, which guarantee adequate security measures for the protection of personal data.

Pursuant to Article 130 paragraph 4 of Legislative Decree 196/2003, we use the email address provided during the purchase of a product to send promotional communications relating to products or services similar to those sold, without the need for express consent, without prejudice to the user's right to object to such mailings at any time (opt-out).

As part of your use of the Site and/or your communications, including by telephone, with us, Sidea will process the data listed below:
- Data you provide 
We will process some of your personal data, including your first and last name, contact details that you have provided to us or that you have used to communicate with us, such as your e-mail address, mailing address and telephone number, as well as other information about you that you may have provided to us (e.g. profile information provided during registration on our site). Although credit card information is handled exclusively and confidentially by the banking industry, in some cases we may only process your card information for as long as is necessary to process a payment.
- Navigation data
The computer systems and procedures used to operate the Site acquire, in the course of their normal operation, certain personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected in order to be associated with identified interested parties, but by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified. This category of data includes the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by users who connect to the Site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters relating to the user's operating system and IT environment. This data is processed for the sole purpose of obtaining statistical information on the use of the Site and to check its correct functioning. However, this data could be used to ascertain liability in the event of any offence committed against the Site.
- Cookies 
3. Data retention period
Your personal data will be kept for a period of time that does not exceed the purposes for which it was collected and, in any case, no longer than 10 (ten) years from the termination of the contract or from the last time you contacted Sidea, unless it is essential to keep it for a longer period and in accordance with the applicable legislation.
4. Rights of the data subject
You have the right to know which of your personal data are being processed. In particular, you are granted the right of access, rectification, deletion as well as the right to data portability, the right to restriction of processing and the right to object to processing.

Your personal data will be kept for a period of time that does not exceed the purposes for which it was collected and, in any case, no longer than 10 (ten) years from the termination of the contract or from the last time you contacted Sidea, unless it is essential to keep it for a longer period and in accordance with the applicable legislation.

You have the right to know which of your personal data are being processed. In particular, you are granted the right of access, rectification, deletion as well as the right to data portability, the right to restriction of processing and the right to object to processing.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone) when you visit a particular website. The text stores information that the site is able to read when it is later consulted from the same device. In essence, cookies are useful because they allow a site to recognise your device.

Cookies do many different things: they help you navigate between pages more efficiently, they store your preferences and generally improve your browsing experience. In some cases, cookies allow us to show you promotions that may be of interest to you. Some of these cookies are necessary for the website to function properly, while others are useful because they can securely store, for example, your username or language settings. The advantage of having cookies installed on your computer is that you no longer need to fill in the same information each time you visit a previously visited site.

Some cookies are automatically deactivated at the end of the session (from when the user opens the browser to when he/she exits the browser), others are saved on the user's device for a longer period (usually, these cookies are used to store the preferences and choices of the user visiting the site or to profile commercial promotions).

The site may contain both native cookies and third-party cookies, i.e. cookies that are activated by a domain other than the site's own.

VisitAboutCookies.org for more information about cookies and how they affect your browsing experience.

Sidea maintains the following types of cookies active on its site:

1. Necessary cookiesare essential to enable you to navigate the site and to use its various features. Without these cookies, the shopping cart area for requesting a quote cannot function.

2. Cookies that improve the functioning of the siteThese cookies collect information about how the site is visited, for example, which pages are viewed the most. These cookies do not collect user identification information, only aggregated and anonymous data. They are only used to improve the performance of the site.

By using our site, you agree that such cookies may be installed on your device.

It is possible to change the browser to disable cookies by means of a very simple procedure.

Please note: by deactivating cookies, your user name and password will no longer be stored on the site's login box.

Firefox:

1. Open Firefox
2. Press the button on the keyboard
3. In the toolbar at the top of the browser, select Tools and then Options
4. Then select the Privacy tab
5. Go to History Settings: and then to Use custom settings. Uncheck œAccept cookies from sites and save preferences.

Internet Explorer:

1. Open Internet Explorer
2. Click on the Tools button and then on Internet Options
3. Select the Privacy tab and move the slider to the privacy level you wish to set (upwards to block all cookies or downwards to allow all cookies)
4. Then click OK

Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Click on the Tools icon
3. Select Settings and then Advanced Settings
4. Select Content Settings under Privacy
5. In the Cookies tab you can deselect cookies and save your preferences

Safari:

1. Open Safari
2. Choose Preferences on the toolbar, then select the Security panel in the following dialogue box
3. In the Accept cookies section you can specify whether and when Safari should save cookies from websites. For more information click on the Help button (marked with a question mark)
4. For more information on the cookies that are stored on your computer, click on Show cookies

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google , Inc. ('Google') . Google Analytics uses "cookies" . These are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your anonymous IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States . Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

You can prevent Google from detecting a cookie generated by and linked to your use of this website (including your IP address) and processing this data by downloading and installing this browser plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en