Owner and Data Controller
The CBD Modern
1701 Legacy Drive, Suite 175
Frisco, TX 75034
Owner contact email: info@thecbdmodern.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
Tracker; Usage Data; first name; last name; phone number; email address; device information; billing address; shipping address; payment info; Data communicated while using the service; purchase history; physical address; various types of Data; User ID; Data communicated in order to use the Service; geographic position; username; state; ZIP/Postal code; city; prefix ; language; province; country; county; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); metro area; geography/region; IP address; app information; device logs; operating systems; browser information; launches; number of sessions; session duration; scroll-to-page interactions; mouse movements; scroll position; keypress events; motion sensor events; touch events; video views; clicks; browsing history; search history; session statistics; page views; interaction events; page events; custom events; Application opens; number of Users; password.
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:
Platform services and hosting, Analytics, Traffic optimization and distribution, Displaying content from external platforms, SPAM protection, Managing contacts and sending messages, Managing landing and invitation pages, Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties, Contacting the User, Handling payments, Content commenting, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website and Building and running this Website.
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.
Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“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: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in the United States
Fathom Analytics (Conva Ventures Inc.)
Fathom Analytics is an anonymized analytics service provided by Conva Ventures Inc. that gives the Owner insight into the use of this Website by Users without needing to identify them. Data collected is anonymized by making use of hashing techniques. Further information may be found here and within the service's privacy policy.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in California
- a Sharing in California
Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare Web Analytics is an anonymized analytics service provided by Cloudflare, Inc. that gives the Owner insight into the use of this Website by Users without needing to identify them. Further information may be found here and within the service's privacy policy.
Personal Data processed: device information; language; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information; inferences drawn from other personal information.
This processing constitutes:
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“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 Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: number of Users; session statistics; Trackers; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in California
- a Sharing in California
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Building and running this Website
Key components of this Website are built and run directly by the Owner by making use of the software listed below.
WordPress (self-hosted) (this Website)
This Website is built and run by the Owner via a CMS software (Content Management System) called WordPress.
Personal Data processed: billing address; email address; first name; last name; password; payment info; phone number; username; ZIP/Postal code.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information.
This processing constitutes:
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Contacting the User
Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
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: email address; first name; last name; various types of Data.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Phone contact (this Website)
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Website, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data processed: phone number.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
SumoMe Contact form (Sumo Group Inc.)
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.
If this service is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.
Personal Data processed: email address; Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Comment system managed directly (this Website)
This Website has its own internal content comment system.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
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Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
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Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts (Google LLC)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Adobe Fonts (Adobe Systems Incorporated)
Adobe Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc. )
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Google Maps widget (Google LLC)
Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)
Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter's email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar - even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.
Personal Data processed: email address; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
YouTube IFrame Player (Google LLC)
YouTube IFrame Player is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Through this Service, this Website may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.
Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service; Data communicated while using the service; device information; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
YouTube video widget (Google LLC)
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Handling payments
Unless otherwise specified, this Website processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Website isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
Square (Square, Inc.)
Square is a payment service provided by Square, Inc.
Personal Data processed: billing address; device information; email address; first name; last name; payment info; phone number; physical address; purchase history; Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Infrastructure monitoring
This type of service allows this Website to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Website.
Web Performance (Web Performance, Inc.)
Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.Web Performance is a monitoring service provided by Web Performance, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
This type of service allows Users to interact with data collection platforms or other services directly from the pages of this Website for the purpose of saving and reusing data.
If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.
Mailchimp widget (The Rocket Science Group LLC)
The Mailchimp widget is a service for interacting with the Mailchimp email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
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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.
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: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
YouTube button and social widgets (Google LLC)
The YouTube button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the YouTube social network provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
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Location-based interactions
Geolocation (this Website)
This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by this Website.
Personal Data processed: geographic position.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: geolocation data.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
- a Sharing in California
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Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
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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: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
- a Sharing in California
Mandrill (The Rocket Science Group LLC)
Mandrill is an email address management and message sending service provided by The Rocket Science Group, LLC.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
Sendgrid (Sendgrid)
Sendgrid is an email address management and message sending service provided by Sendgrid Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
- a Sale in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana
- a Sharing in California
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Managing landing and invitation pages
This type of service helps with building and managing landing and invitation pages, i.e., pages for presenting a product or service, where you may add your contact information such as an email address.
Managing these pages means that these services will handle the Personal Data collected through the pages, including Usage Data.
Mailchimp Landing Page (The Rocket Science Group LLC)
Mailchimp Landing Page is a landing page management service provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC, that allows this Website to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service.
Mailchimp Landing Page allows 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 the created landing pages.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers.
This processing constitutes:
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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: billing address; Data communicated while using the service; device information; email address; first name; last name; payment info; phone number; shipping address; Tracker; Usage Data; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; commercial information; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services. The Personal Data is collected and stored for registration or identification purposes only. The Data collected are only those necessary for the provision of the service requested by the Users.
Direct registration (this Website)
The User registers by filling out the registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to this Website.
Personal Data processed: billing address; city; email address; first name; last name; phone number; physical address; prefix ; state; Tracker; Usage Data; User ID; username; various types of Data; ZIP/Postal code.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
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SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)
Personal Data processed: Tracker; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare Bot Management is a malicious bot protection and management service provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
Personal Data processed: app information; Application opens; browser information; browsing history; city; clicks; country; county; custom events; device information; device logs; geography/region; interaction events; IP address; keypress events; language; latitude (of city); launches; longitude (of city); metro area; motion sensor events; mouse movements; number of sessions; operating systems; page events; page views; province; scroll position; scroll-to-page interactions; search history; session duration; session statistics; state; touch events; Trackers; Usage Data; video views; ZIP/Postal code.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers; internet or other electronic network activity information; geolocation data; inferences drawn from other personal information.
This processing constitutes:
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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 Inc.)
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: Tracker; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Sucuri CloudProxy (Sucuri, Inc.)
Sucuri CloudProxy is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Sucuri, Inc.
The way Sucuri CloudProxy 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: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information.
This processing constitutes:
Further information about the processing of Personal Data
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iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy)
iubenda CCPA Cookie (usprivacy) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores California consumer opt-out choices in the local domain.
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iubenda Cookie Solution (consent Cookie)
iubenda consent Cookie (_iub_cs-X) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores User preferences related to Trackers in the local domain.
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iubenda Cookie Solution (remote consent Cookie)
Remote iubenda consent Cookie (_iub_cs-X) is set by the iubenda Cookie Solution and stores User preferences related to Trackers under the .iubenda.com domain.
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The Service is intended for adults
Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may not use this Website.
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Selling goods and services online
The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by this Website depends on the payment system used.
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The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13
Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation. Minors may use this Website only with the assistance of a parent or guardian. Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use this Website.
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.
Further information for Users
in the United States
This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running this Website and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).
The information contained in this section applies to all Users (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), who are residents in the following states: California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana.
For such Users, this information supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.
This part of the document uses the term Personal Information
(and Sensitive Personal Information).
Notice at collection
The following Notice at collection provides you with timely notice about the categories of Personal Information collected or disclosed in the past 12 months so that you can exercise meaningful control over our use of that Information.
While such categorization of Personal Information is mainly based on California privacy laws, it can also be helpful for anyone who is not a California resident to get a general idea of what types of Personal Information are collected.
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Identifiers
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, phone number, email address, device information, billing address, shipping address, Data communicated while using the service, purchase history, physical address, various types of Data, User ID, Data communicated in order to use the Service, state, ZIP/Postal code, city, prefix , province, country, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, geography/region, Trackers, IP address, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, language, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens
Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️:
payment info, username, password
Purposes:
- Platform services and hosting
- Managing contacts and sending messages
- Managing landing and invitation pages
- Interaction with data collection platforms and other third parties
- Contacting the User
- Handling payments
- Content commenting
- Displaying content from external platforms
- Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
- Spam and bots protection
- Building and running this Website
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Automattic Inc., The Rocket Science Group LLC, Square, Inc., Sendgrid, Sumo Group Inc., Google LLC, Cloudflare, Inc., this Website
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Commercial information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, phone number, email address, device information, billing address, shipping address, Data communicated while using the service, purchase history, physical address, ZIP/Postal code
Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️:
payment info, password, username
Purposes:
- Platform services and hosting
- Handling payments
- Building and running this Website
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Automattic Inc., Square, Inc., this Website
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Internet or other electronic network activity information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service, Tracker, Usage Data, first name, last name, phone number, email address, device information, billing address, shipping address, Data communicated while using the service, purchase history, physical address, various types of Data, User ID, Data communicated in order to use the Service, state, ZIP/Postal code, city, prefix , language, province, country, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, geography/region, Trackers, IP address, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens, number of Users
Sensitive Personal Information collected or disclosed ℹ️:
payment info, username
Purposes:
- Platform services and hosting
- Analytics
- Traffic optimization and distribution
- Displaying content from external platforms
- SPAM protection
- Handling payments
- Contacting the User
- Further information about Personal Data
- Infrastructure monitoring
- Interaction with external social networks and platforms
- Registration and authentication provided directly by this Website
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Automattic Inc., Cloudflare Inc., Google LLC, Adobe Systems Incorporated, Square, Inc., Sucuri, Inc., iubenda srl, Sumo Group Inc., Fonticons, Inc. , Web Performance, Inc., X Corp., Facebook, Inc., Conva Ventures Inc., Cloudflare, Inc.
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Geolocation data
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
geographic position, city, ZIP/Postal code, state, province, country, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, geography/region, Usage Data, Trackers, IP address, device information, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, language, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens
Purposes:
- Location-based interactions
- Spam and bots protection
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Cloudflare, Inc.
Service providers or contractors: this Website
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Inferences drawn from other personal information
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
language, Usage Data, device information, city, ZIP/Postal code, state, province, country, county, latitude (of city), longitude (of city), metro area, geography/region, Trackers, IP address, app information, device logs, operating systems, browser information, launches, number of sessions, session duration, scroll-to-page interactions, mouse movements, scroll position, keypress events, motion sensor events, touch events, video views, clicks, browsing history, search history, session statistics, page views, interaction events, page events, custom events, Application opens
Purposes:
- Analytics
- Spam and bots protection
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared ℹ️:
Yes
Targeted Advertising: ℹ️:
Yes
Third-parties: Cloudflare, Inc.
ℹ️ You can read the definitions of these concepts inside the “Definitions and legal references section” of the privacy policy.
To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities and to limit the use of your sensitive personal information (“Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information”) you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section of our privacy policy.
For more details on the collection of Personal Information, please read the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” of our privacy policy.
We won’t process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent.
What are the sources of the Personal Information we collect?
We collect the above-mentioned categories of Personal Information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use this Website.
For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on this Website. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate this Website, as Personal Information about you is automatically observed and collected.
Finally, we may collect your Personal Information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of this Website and features thereof.
Your privacy rights under US state laws
You may exercise certain rights regarding your Personal Information. In particular, to the extent permitted by applicable law, you have:
- the right to access Personal Information: the right to know. You have the right to request that we confirm whether or not we are processing your Personal Information. You also have the right to access such Personal Information;
- the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information we maintain about you;
- the right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information;
- the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information. We will provide your Personal Information in a portable and usable format that allows you to transfer data easily to another entity – provided that this is technically feasible;
- the right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information; We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
- the right to non-discrimination.
Additional rights for Users residing in California
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in California, you have
- The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising;
- The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services or provide the goods, as is reasonably expected by an average consumer. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our service.
Additional rights for Users residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and Montana
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and Oregon, you have
- The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you;
- The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.
Additional rights for users residing in Utah
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah, you have
- The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising;
- The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. Please note that certain exceptions outlined in the law may apply, such as, but not limited to, when the collection and processing of Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the provision of a product or service specifically requested by the consumer.
How to exercise your privacy rights under US state laws
To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document.
For us to respond to your request, we must know who you are. We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the Personal Information in our possession relates to you. You are not required to create an account with us to submit your request. We will use any Personal Information collected from you in connection with the verification of your request solely for verification and shall not further disclose the Personal Information, retain it longer than necessary for purposes of verification, or use it for unrelated purposes.
If you are an adult, you can make a request on behalf of a child under your parental authority.
How to exercise your rights to opt out
In addition to what is stated above, to exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising you can also use the privacy choices link provided on this Website.
If you want to submit requests to opt out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising activities via a user-enabled global privacy control, such as for example the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), you are free to do so and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.
How and when we are expected to handle your request
We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.
Should we deny your request, we will explain to you the reasons behind our denial (where envisaged by applicable law you may then contact the relevant authority to submit a complaint).
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive and in all other cases where it is permitted by the applicable law. In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse to act on the request. In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind them.
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)
/ Personal Information (or Information)
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.
Sensitive Personal Information
Sensitive Personal Information means any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law.
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.
Sale
Sale means any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the applicable law, does not constitute a Sale of your Personal Information.
Sharing
Sharing means any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether for monetary or other valuable consideration, including transactions between a business and a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising for the benefit of a business in which no money is exchanged, as defined by the California privacy laws. Please note that the exchange of Personal Information with a service provider pursuant to a written contract that meets the requirements set by the California privacy laws, does not constitute sharing of your Personal Information.
Targeted advertising
Targeted advertising means displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer’s preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law.
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 statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.