Data Controller

The Data Controller of the data collected or provided through the La Dolce Italy website is Mathilda Meloni – located at Via Vascellari, 47 – 00153 Rome; email address: mathilda@ladolceitaly.com

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

The Data Protection Officer is Mathilda Meloni, who can be contacted at the following email address: mathilda@ladolceitaly.com

Categories of Data Collected

The personal data collected through the website are of ordinary type only and are collected by the Data Controller if provided by the user via the contact form (first name, last name, email address) or through third parties (cookies and usage data).

Details on the Processing of Personal Data

Personal data is collected using the following services:

1) 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 type of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal data collected: last name, email, and first name.

2) Interaction with Social Networks and External Platforms
These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this website.
The interactions and information acquired are subject to the privacy settings of the user for each social network.
If a social network interaction service is installed, it may collect traffic data relating to the pages where it is installed, even if users do not use the service.

Purpose of Data Processing

User data is collected to allow the Data Controller to provide the services requested by the user.

Processing Methods

The Data Controller adopts appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of personal data.
Processing is carried out using IT and/or telematic tools, with organizational methods and logic strictly related to the stated purposes.
In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the data may be accessible to certain categories of persons involved in the organization (administrative, sales, marketing, legal staff, system administrators), or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, postal carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors or specifically authorized for processing.
An updated list of Processors can always be requested from the Data Controller at the contact address indicated above.

Legal Basis for Processing

The legal basis for the processing is the data subject’s request for contact.

Disclosure, Profiling, and Transfer of Data to Non-EU Countries

Personal data is not subject to disclosure, nor to any fully automated decision-making process including profiling, nor is it transferred to non-EU countries or international organizations.

Data Retention Period

Data is processed and stored for the time required for the purposes for which it was collected.
When processing is based on the user’s consent, the Data Controller may retain the personal data for a longer period until that consent is revoked.
Additionally, the Data Controller may be required to retain personal data for a longer period to comply with a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.

User Rights

Users may exercise certain rights with respect to their data processed by the Data Controller.

In particular, the user has the right to:

• request access to their personal data;
• request the correction of inaccurate data or the integration of incomplete data;
• request the deletion of their personal data (when one of the conditions in Art. 17, paragraph 1 of the GDPR is met, and subject to the exceptions in paragraph 3 of the same article);
• request the restriction of processing (when one of the cases listed in Art. 18, paragraph 1 of the GDPR occurs);
• request and obtain the transfer of their data – where the legal basis for processing is consent or a contract and the processing is carried out by automated means – in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format (i.e. right to data portability);
• object at any time to the processing of their personal data (in the cases indicated in Art. 21, GDPR);
• revoke consent at any time, where processing is based on consent. Processing based on consent prior to its withdrawal remains lawful.

These rights can be exercised by sending a request to the Data Controller or the Data Protection Officer at the email addresses indicated above.

Where applicable, users can also lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Italian Data Protection Authority – www.garanteprivacy.it).

Additional Information on Processing

Legal Defense

The user’s personal data may be used by the Data Controller in legal proceedings or in the preparatory stages of such proceedings to defend against misuse of this application or related services.
The user declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to disclose the data by order of public authorities.

Specific Information

Upon request, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this application may provide users with additional contextual information concerning specific services or the collection and processing of personal data.

System Logs and Maintenance

For operation and maintenance purposes, this application and any third-party services used may collect system logs, which are files that record interactions and may also contain personal data, such as the user’s IP address.

Information Not Contained in This Policy

More information regarding the processing of personal data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time using the contact information provided above.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying users on this page and, if possible, through this application, or – when technically and legally feasible – by sending a notice to users via one of the contact details held by the Controller. Users are therefore encouraged to check this page regularly, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
If the changes concern processing for which the legal basis is consent, the Data Controller will collect new consent from the user if necessary.