This privacy policy is provided pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 196 of June 30, 2003 (“Personal Data Protection Code”). Browsing and using this website (hereinafter ‘website’ or ‘blog’) does not, in itself, involve any processing of personal data of users (hereinafter, the “Users”) or only the processing of personal data in anonymous form, in such a way as not to allow their identification. The personal data provided by Users will be processed in compliance with the principles of personal data protection established by the Personal Data Protection Code and by other applicable regulations. The provision of data is optional; however, failure to provide data will prevent the possibility of using the newsletter services provided by the blog (or any other services that use such data).
Data Controller
Personal data is processed by the Data Controller, Aruta Immobiliare di Aruta Antonino, Via Pisacane 1, Pachino (SR), VAT No. 01520770890, using automated tools and for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected.
Purpose of Processing
Personal data collected through registration for services offered by this website (by way of example and not exhaustively, newsletter subscription, article requests, event invitations, requests for information about the Blog or contact requests) and/or through the insertion of comments on articles published therein are processed in order to allow the use of services provided by the Blog and reserved for registered Users. Any processing for statistical purposes is carried out exclusively on anonymous data. Except in cases permitted by law or provided for in this privacy policy, personal data will not be communicated or disclosed without the user’s consent.
Personal data is processed and stored in Italy and will be accessible only to the Data Controller, except for access by any consultants formally designated as data processors or persons in charge of processing.
Right of Access to Personal Data and Other Rights Pursuant to Article 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 (“Privacy Code”)
The user may at any time exercise the rights referred to in Article 7 of the Privacy Code, including the right to obtain at any time confirmation of the existence or otherwise of data, to know its content and origin, verify its accuracy or request its updating, integration, rectification or deletion for violation of law, by written communication to be sent to: [email protected].
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy. The user agrees to be bound by any such future revisions and therefore undertakes to periodically visit this page to be informed of any changes. A link to our Cookie Policy is available at the bottom of each page of this website.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are pieces of information that the website places on your browsing device when you visit a page. They may involve the transmission of information between the website and your device, and between the latter and other sites that operate on our behalf or privately, in accordance with the provisions of their respective Privacy Policy. We may use cookies to gather the information we collect about you. You can choose to receive a warning each time a cookie is sent or to disable all cookies by changing your browser settings. However, by disabling cookies, some of our services may not function properly and you will not be able to access numerous features designed to optimize your browsing experience on the site. For more information on managing or disabling browser cookies, see the last section of this Cookie Policy.
We use various types of cookies with different functions, listed below.
NOTE: the user is, at any time, able to delete all (or some) cookies from their browser using the appropriate browser functions (see section 6 below)
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for browsing the website and using certain features. Without strictly necessary cookies, online services you have requested, such as the shopping cart or invoice issuance upon purchase confirmation, cannot be provided. Consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies, as they are essential to ensure the services you request.
2. Technical Cookies
Performance cookies may be placed on your browsing device by us (or by service providers operating on our behalf). Information collected through performance cookies is used exclusively by us or in our interest.
Performance cookies collect anonymous information about how users use the website and its various features. For example, our performance cookies collect information about which pages of the site you visit most frequently and which of our advertisements appearing on other websites you interact with, as well as verifying whether you open and read the communications we send you and whether you receive error messages. The information collected may be used to personalize your online experience by displaying specific content. Performance cookies also serve to limit the number of times the same advertisement is displayed. Our performance cookies do not collect personal information.
3. Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies may be placed on your browsing device by us (or by service providers operating on our behalf). We do not share information collected through functionality cookies with our advertisers or with third parties.
These cookies are used to store the choices you make (for example, language preference, country or other online settings) and to provide you with the personalized or optimized features you have selected. Functionality cookies may be used to offer you online services or to prevent you from being offered services you have refused in the past. In some cases, we may authorize advertisers or third parties to provide you with content and other online experiences through this website. In this case, the third party in question may place its own functionality cookies on your device and use them, similarly to us, in order to provide you with personalized features and optimize your user experience. By selecting personalized options and settings or optimized features, you authorize our use (and that of third parties) of the functionality cookies necessary to offer you such experiences. By deleting functionality cookies, the preferences or settings you have selected will not be stored for future visits.
4. Profiling Cookies (Promotional or Targeting)
Third-Party Targeted Advertising
Third-party targeted advertising cookies may be stored on the user’s device by third-party advertisers, advertising networks, data exchange services and marketing analytics and other service providers. Third-party targeted advertising cookies collect information about the user’s browsing across various websites and online services in order to display relevant advertisements on our and third-party websites and online services. Advertising networks may share this information with advertisers using their network. Information collected using these third-party targeted advertising cookies does not personally identify the user.
5. List of Services Used on This Site (Including Third-Party Services)
| Name | Description | Data Collected | Place of Processingand Policy Link |
| Contact Form | By filling out the contact form with their Data, the User consents to their use to respond to requests for information, quotes, or any other nature indicated by the form heading. The form sends a simple email; no data is stored. | Email and name | Data not stored |
| MailChimp (Mailchimp Inc.) | Mailchimp is a newsletter management service (email addresses and sending email messages) | Email and name | USA Privacy Policy |
| Google+ widgets(Google Inc.) | The +1 button and Google+ social widgets are interaction services with the Google+ social network, provided by Google Inc. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Facebook Like Button and Social Widgets (Facebook, Inc.) | The “Like” button and Facebook social widgets are interaction services with the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook, Inc. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Tweet Button and Twitter Social Widgets (Twitter, Inc.) | The Tweet button and Twitter social widgets are interaction services with the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter, Inc. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Disqus (Big Heads Labs Inc.) | Disqus is a comment management service for our content (articles, pages, etc.) | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy Opt out |
| Facebook Comments (Facebook, Inc.) | Facebook Comments is a comment management service for our content, managed by Facebook, Inc., which allows the User to leave their own comments and share them within the Facebook platform. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Akismet (Automattic Inc.) | Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc. | Various types of Data as specified by the service’s privacy policy. | USA Privacy Policy |
| CloudFlare (Cloudflare) | CloudFlare is a traffic optimization and distribution and DNS management service provided by CloudFlare Inc. The integration methods of CloudFlare provide that it filters all traffic to this site, i.e., communications between this site and the User’s browser, also allowing the collection of statistical data on it. | Various types of Data as specified by the service’s privacy policy | USA Privacy Policy |
| Google Drive Backup (Google Inc.) | Google Drive is a backup saving and management service provided by Google Inc. | Various types of Data as specified by the service’s privacy policy. | USA Privacy Policy |
| Google Analytics(Google Inc.) | Google Analytics is a web statistics and analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the Personal Data collected for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this site, compiling reports and sharing them with other services developed by Google. Google may use the Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy Opt Out |
| Google AdSense(Google Inc.) | Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks the use of this site and the user’s behavior in relation to advertisements, products and services offered. The user can decide at any time not to use the Doubleclick Cookie by disabling it (opt out). | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy Opt-Out |
| YouTube Videos(Google Inc.) | YouTube is a video content viewing service managed by Google Inc. that allows this site to integrate such content within its pages. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Vimeo Videos(Vimeo, LLC) | Vimeo is a video content viewing service managed by Vimeo, LLC that allows this site to integrate such content within its pages. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Google Fonts(Google Inc.) | Google Fonts is a font style viewing service managed by Google Inc. that allows this site to integrate such content within its pages. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Google Maps(Google Inc.) | Google Maps is a map viewing service managed by Google Inc. that allows this site to integrate such content within its pages. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| PayPal (PayPal Inc.) | PayPal is a service for making online payments, provided by PayPal Inc., that allows this site to accept payments for the sale of digital products. | Cookies and usage data | USA Privacy Policy |
| Payclick.it (Clickadv s.r.l.) | PayClick is an advertising service that uses profiling cookies. These cookies are used to collect information about websites and individual pages visited by users, both on our site and outside it (which could indicate, by way of example, interests or other characteristics of users). Such cookies are used to provide advertising and commercial communications more relevant to the user’s interests, profiling them. They are also used to limit the number of times an advertisement is shown and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They remain on the user’s computer until they are deleted and serve as a reminder of the website visit. In addition, they may indicate whether the user arrived at our website through an advertising link. This information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers and our contractors, who may use it together with information about the user’s use of other websites, for example by identifying interests and behaviors common to different groups of users who visit our (and other) websites. | Cookies and usage data | Italy opt-out – opt-in |
Third-Party Targeted Advertising Networks and Exchanges
This website may use third parties, such as advertising networks and exchanges, to enable us to offer advertising to the user. Such third-party advertising network and exchange providers may use cookies, or similar third-party technologies to acquire data and provide their services. They may also acquire the device identifier, IP address or advertising identifier (IDFA), which may be used to personalize the advertising displayed on our sites or other sites. For more information about third-party advertising cookies and how to opt out of them, visit the following third-party sites http://www.youronlinechoices.eu and http://www.aboutads.info/choices (available only in English). The use of such technologies by third parties is not controlled by this site. The terms of service, privacy policy, permissions, notices and choices of the third party should be reviewed to understand the practices of acquisition, retention and sharing. No guarantee is provided regarding the rules or practices of third-party advertisers or related advertising networks and exchanges or third parties.
6. Enabling/Disabling Cookies Through the Browser
There are several ways to manage cookies and other tracking technologies. By changing your browser settings, you can accept or reject cookies or choose to receive a warning message before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. Please note that by completely disabling cookies in your browser you may not be able to use all of our interactive features.
If you use multiple computers in different locations, make sure each browser is set to meet your preferences.
You can delete all cookies installed in your browser’s cookie folder. Each browser has different procedures for managing settings. Click on one of the links below to get specific instructions.
If you are not using any of the browsers listed above, select “cookies” in the relevant section of the help to find out where your cookie folder is located.
Deleting Flash Cookies
Click on the link below to change your Flash cookie settings.
7. Definitions and Legal References
Personal Data (or Data)
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number.
Usage Data
This is personal data collected automatically by the site (or by third-party applications it uses), including: IP addresses or domain names of computers used by the User connecting to the site, addresses in URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation, 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 from the server (successful, error, etc.), the country of origin, the characteristics of the browser and operating system used by the visitor, the various time characteristics of the visit (for example, the time spent on each page) and the details relating to the itinerary followed within the site, with particular reference to the sequence of pages consulted, the parameters relating to the operating system and the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using this site, who must coincide with the Data Subject or be authorized by them and whose Personal Data is the subject of processing.
Data Subject
The natural or legal person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural person, legal entity, public administration and any other entity, association or organization appointed by the Data Controller to process Personal Data, in accordance with the provisions of this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Controller)
The natural person, legal entity, public administration and any other entity, association or organization responsible, including jointly with another controller, for decisions regarding the purposes, methods of processing personal data and the tools used, including the security profile, in relation to the operation and use of this site. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the owner of this site.
Legal References
Notice to European Users: this privacy policy is prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Article 10 of Directive No. 95/46/EC, as well as the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as updated by Directive 2009/136/EC, regarding Cookies.