General Privacy Policy Statement – Germanplast S.R.L.

This is Germanplast S.R.L. website. Our office is based in Italy: Via Antonio Gramsci 48, 13875 – Ponderano (BI).
You can contact us via e-mail at: info@germanplast.com or by telephone at: (+39) 015 590 446 / (+39) 328 8436156 / (+39) 335 8305529.

This Privacy Policy is updated on 23/05/2018 to comply the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Article 7 of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003.

1. The data controller.

The company owner of the website referred to in this privacy policy collects data from users’ browsing for statistical purposes as well as data pertaining to customers that use contact form and possible future ancillary services such as newsletters.
In order to allow the person entitled to request information and corrections regarding the processing of their personal data, we inform the users that the Data controller for personal data collected and stored therein is Germanplast S.R.L with registered office in Ponderano (Biella) in Via Antonio Gramsci 48.

2. The location of the processing personal data.

The processing of personal data collected through the website in question provides for the storage of personal data by electronic means, through a timely and proper storage of personal data collected on media hardware in the server in use by the data controller. Said company for technical purposes has the right to outsource to other companies or third party professionals, bound by confidentiality agreements and secrecy, the management and maintenance of technical information, including the server being used for the publication and operation of the website.
For each visitor to our web page, our web server and CRM automatically recognizes the consumer’s domain name and e-mail address (where possible). We collect the domain name and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to our web page, information volunteered by the consumer, such as contact us forms, request a quote form.

The information we collect is used to issue quotations on requested items and notify consumers about updates to our website. Details are not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes, disclosed when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our website and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website.

3. Type of personal data processing.

The data controller, in order to allow the correct use of the website and its ancillary functions, collects and processes the following types of data:

• Search data: such data is not really personal information; as it does not allow the user to be directly identified, however, through possible and hypothetical processing and association with data held by third parties it is possible to indirectly identify certain categories of users. Therefore, Germanplast S.R.L. considers it its duty to inform the public of the treatment of this type of data for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on the website and to check its correct operation.
• Personal details provided by the user: a) the optional, explicit and voluntary sending of e-mails to the addresses indicated on this website entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, necessary to respond to requests, and any other data included in the message.
• Cookies: no personal user data is acquired through the use of cookies. Furthermore, cookies are not used for the forwarding of personal information nor are so called persistent cookies of any type, or rather user tracking systems used. With respect to cookies: We use cookies to record session information, such as what pages users access or visit.
  As you browse the website, advertising cookies will be placed on your computer so that we can understand what you are interested in. We might use display advertising marketing functions in collaboration with partners which enables us to present you with retargeting advertising on other sites based on your previous interaction with the website. The techniques our partners employ do not collect personal information such as your name, email address, company name, or telephone number.

You can check our more detailed Cookie Policy here.

4. Methods of personal data processing 

Personal data is processed by electronic means suitable for the proper storage of data as well their protection. The website is equipped with a firewall and a periodic back-up system, in order to reduce possible data loss. Furthermore, in accordance with the regulations concerning privacy, specific security measures are complied with to prevent loss, illicit or incorrect use and unauthorised access to data. In any event, the user’s data will not be disclosed or sold to third parties.

5. Rights of the data subjects.

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 and to comply the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the user has the right at any moment to obtain from the data processor information regarding the processing of personal data, its methods and objectives and the logic applied to it as well as:

1. confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him/her exist, and their origin;
2. the identification of the Data controller and Managers as well as entities or categories of entity to whom or which the personal data may be communicated and who or which may get to know said data as Managers or those in charge;
3. updating, rectification or integration of the data;
4. erasure, anonymisation or blocking of data that have been processed unlawfully;
5. certification to the effect that the operations as per points 3) and 4) have been notified, as also related to their contents, to the entities to whom or which the data were communicated or disseminated, unless this requirement proves impossible or involves a manifestly disproportionate effort compared with the right that is to be protected;
6. to object to: the processing of personal data even if pertinent to the purpose of collection, for legitimate reasons.

To exercise the rights provided in Article 7 of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), appropriate notification must be sent by certified mail to info@germanplast.com or alternatively, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the address of the registered office specified above.

Moreover, we suggest you to have a look to our Terms and Conditions Policy, Sale and Conditions Policy and our Cookie Policy.