Owner and Data Controller
48in48, Inc.
420 Plasters Ave
Atlanta, GA 30324
Owner contact email: info@48in48.org
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
email address; Cookies; first name; last name; phone number; address; company name; country; profession; state; province; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; city; field of activity; website; Usage Data.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following:
User database management, Managing contacts and sending messages, Contacting the User, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Analytics, Platform services and hosting, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Handling payments, Traffic optimization and distribution, Content performance and features testing (A/B testing) and Managing support and contact requests.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
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Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google Inc.)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Contacting the User
Contact form (this Website)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: address; city; company name; country; email address; field of activity; first name; last name; profession; province; state; various types of Data; website; ZIP/Postal code.
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Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.
Optimizely (Optimizely, Inc.)
Optimizely is an A/B testing service provided by Optimizely, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Handling payments
Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.
Stripe (Stripe Inc)
Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
DigitalOcean (DigitalOcean Inc.)
DigitalOcean is a hosting service provided by DigitalOcean Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (X Corp.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Mailchimp (The Rocket Science Group, LLC.)
Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.
Personal Data processed: address; company name; country; email address; first name; last name; phone number.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Managing support and contact requests
This type of service allows this Website to manage support and contact requests received via email or by other means, such as the contact form.
The Personal Data processed depend on the information provided by the User in the messages and the means used for communication (e.g. email address).
Freshdesk (Freshworks, Inc.)
Freshdesk is a support and contact request management service provided by Freshworks, Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Website.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Website and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Website to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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User database management
This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website.
ActiveCampaign (ActiveCampaign, Inc.)
ActiveCampaign is a User database management service provided by ActiveCampaign, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; email address; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Information on opting out of interest-based advertising
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by
any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on
how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the
dedicated section of the Cookie Policy.
Further information about the processing of Personal Data
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Additional Privacy Information
This Privacy Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) describes the information practices of 48in48, Inc. (“48in48”,
“we”, “us”, or “our”). It covers the information 48in48 collects about you, how we use and share this
information, and your choices regarding our collection and use.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or 48in48’s privacy practices, please
contact us as described in the Contact Us section at the end of this Privacy Notice.
1. Scope
This Privacy Notice applies to Information (as defined below) collected about an individual consumer
(“you” or “your”) by 48in48 and its third-party service providers when you use 48in48’s websites or
mobile applications (“Online Services”) or apply for or participate in a 48in48 event. As used in this
Privacy Notice, “Personal Information” means information that personally identifies you as an individual,
and “Non-Personal Information” means information that relates to you but does not directly identify you.
“Information” is collectively used herein to refer to both Personal Information and Non-Personal
Information.
2. Information Collected
48in48 and its third-party service providers may collect Information about you from a variety of sources,
including Personal Information you provide directly to us and Information we collect about you when you
use 48in48’s Online Services or apply for or participate in a 48in48 event. We may combine any of the
Information collected about you for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.
Information You Provide. We may collect Personal Information you provide when you:
• apply for or participate in a 48in48 event;
• contact or communicate with us; and/or
• request information from us.
Information Collected Automatically. We and our third-party service providers may use various
tracking technologies including cookies, log file information, web beacons, and device information
(collectively, “Data Collection Tools”) to automatically collect Information from you when you use our
Online Services.
Google Analytics. We may web analytics tools and services with our Online Services, such as Google
Analytics. Google Analytics collects Information such as how often you visit our Online Services, what
pages you visit within our Online Services, and what other sites you visited prior to coming to our Online
Services. We use the Information provided by Google Analytics to improve our Online Services. For
more information regarding how Google collects, uses, and shares your Information please visit
http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
3. Information Use
We use your Information that we collect, including Personal Information, for a variety of business
purposes, including:
• providing our events;
• processing your applications and registrations;
• processing your payments;
• communicating with you;
• responding to your inquiries or comments;
• improving and customizing our events and communications;
• for internal operations such as enhancing our events, marketing efforts, and to conduct
research and analysis;
• for our marketing purposes;
• to enforce any applicable terms and conditions and other agreements between us; and/or
• to protect the security and integrity of our business.
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We share and disclose your Personal Information under the following circumstances:
• with third parties that provide a variety of services on our behalf (e.g., the development,
maintenance, and support of our Online Services, application and registration submission
and processing, and payment processing, etc.);
• with our sponsors and partners in order to facilitate our events and for marketing purposes;
• to comply with law, a court order, or other legal process, or in connection with a legal
investigation;
• as may be necessary to protect the safety, property, or other rights of 48in48, our employees,
participants, partners, sponsors, users, visitors, or any other person or entity;
• to enforce or apply any applicable terms and conditions and other agreements;
• in the event of a corporate transaction;
• in aggregated or other non-personally identifiable form; and/or
• in accordance with your consent.
We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
5. Your Choices
We provide you with the opportunity to update and/or delete certain information and to opt-out of having
your Personal Information used or disclosed for certain purposes. For example, you may
• correct, update, and delete your Personal Information;
• change your choices for certain communications (e.g., mailing lists, electronic
communications, and other notifications);
• opt-out of us sharing your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing
purposes; and/or
• request access to your Personal Information.
You may exercise your choices by contacting us as described in the below Contact Us section, or
following instructions provided in communications sent to you.
Because we plan our communications in advance, it may take several weeks for your request to become
effective. If you continue to receive our communications after expressing an opt-out preference, please let
us know so that we can investigate the situation.
Please be aware that, if you do not allow us to collect and use your Personal Information, you may not be
able to participate in our events or receive our services.
Data Collection Tools. You may be able to opt-out of the automatic collection of some Information by
referring to your web browser’s or mobile device’s options or settings menu. However, doing so may
disable many of the portions, features, or functionality of our Online Services. For example, most web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you have the choice to set your browser to accept or reject
cookies. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change
your cookie preferences or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
Google Analytics. Google provides users more choice on how their data is collected by Google
Analytics by developing an Opt-out Browser Add-on which can be located at:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. By installing this Add-on, no Information is being sent to
Google Analytics.
6. User Generated Content
Our Online Services and social media pages may allow users to post messages and submit their own
content (e.g., comments, blogs, postings, etc.), which may include Personal Information. You are
responsible for all actions resulting from any information, including Personal Information, which you post.
Please remember that any Information you post becomes public information, is not subject to this Privacy
Notice, and 48in48 is not responsible for the results of such postings.
7. Privacy of Children Online
We do not knowingly collect Personal Information online from children under the age of 13 without
parental or guardian consent. Please contact us as described in the below Contact Us section if you
believe we may have collected such information without parental or guardian consent or other than in a
manner authorized by law, and we will work to delete it.
8. Information Security
We seek to keep your Personal Information secure and implement reasonable safeguards to help us
protect such information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. When we and our third-party
service providers transmit your sensitive financial information, we utilize secure sockets layer (SSL)
encryption technology. However, no method of electronically transmitting or storing data is ever
completely secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee that your Personal Information will never be
accessed, used, or disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.
9. E-mail Security
"Phishing" is a scam designed to steal your Personal Information. If you receive an e-mail, text, or any
other communication that looks like it is from us asking you for your Personal Information, it may be a
scam; please notify as described in the Contact Us section at the end of this Privacy Notice.
10. Links, Third-Party Websites, and Social Media Platforms
Our Online Services and communications may contain links to other third-party websites including our
sponsors and social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter (collectively referred to herein as
“Linked Sites”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices, policies, or content of any Linked Sites,
even if you link to them from our Online Services or communications. This Privacy Notice does not apply
to any Linked Sites. We have no control over the collection or use of Information, including Personal
Information, on any Linked Site. We encourage you to read and understand the privacy policies of any
Linked Sties that you visit.
11. Users From Outside of the United States
If you are visiting our Online Services from outside of the United States or otherwise contacting or visiting
us from outside of the United States, please be aware that your Personal Information is transferred to,
stored, or processed in the United States, where our servers are located and our central database is
operated. The data protection and other laws of the United States and other countries might not be as
comprehensive as those in your country. By providing your Information, you understand that it will be
transferred to our facilities and to those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy
Notice.
12. Changes To This Privacy Notice
We may revise this Privacy Notice from time to time effective upon posting the revised Privacy Notice,
along with the date on which it was most recently updated, on our Online Services. Please check our
Privacy Notice periodically to see if it has been updated. If a change to this Privacy Notice materially
affects the use or disclosure of your Personal Information, a notice will be posted at www.48in48.org
along with a link to the updated Privacy Notice. Your continued use of our Online Services and/or
provision of your Personal Information thereafter constitute your acceptance of such changes. Please
contact us as described below if you would like information regarding any changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or our use of your Personal Information, please
contact us in any of the ways set forth below.
Cookie Policy
This Website uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users’ consent.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Owner to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users’ request, the Owner will inform them about those recipients.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Website or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Website (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.
This Website (or this Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.