Welcome to the privacy policy of thesurgerygroup.com. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in relation to it.
Latest update: September 23, 2025
Summary
Data we collect automatically
We automatically collect data from you for example when you visit thesurgerygroup.com.
Trackers
Usage Data
unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)
Robert F. Rubey, MD, FACS The Surgery Group Main Location 4012 North 9th Avenue Pensacola, FL 32503 Call: 850.444.4777 Fax: 850.434.3387
Owner contact email: tressa@thesurgerygroup.com
Type of Data we collect
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
email address
first name
last name
phone number
Trackers
Usage Data
unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)
IP address
browsing history
clicks
page views
answers to questions
keypress events
motion sensor events
mouse movements
scroll position
touch events
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 Application. Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application 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 Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application 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 Application.
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 Application (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:
Contacting the User
Advertising
Analytics
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Hosting and backend infrastructure
Content commenting
Displaying content from external platforms
Tag management
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
Heat mapping and session recording
Infrastructure monitoring
Collection of privacy-related preferences
Traffic optimization and distribution
Spam and bots protection
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application.
For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
Google AdSense
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Application and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
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
AdEspresso conversion tracking
Company: Creative Web Srl
Place of processing: Italy
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
AdEspresso conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by AdEspresso LLC that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Application.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel)
Company: Facebook, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Meta ads conversion tracking (Meta pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. or by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that connects data from the Meta Audience Network with actions performed on this Application. The Meta pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Meta Audience Network.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Facebook Audience Network
Company: Facebook, Inc.
Place of processing: USA
Personal Data processed: Trackers +2
Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. In order to understand Facebook's use of Data, consult Facebook's data policy.
This Application may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User's ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.
Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.
Personal Data processed:
Trackers
unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
a Sharing in California
Google Ads conversion tracking
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Application.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
X Ads conversion tracking
Company: X Corp.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
X Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by X Corp. that connects data from the X advertising network with actions performed on this Application.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
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)
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, 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.
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
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) with anonymized IP
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, 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.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Display Advertising extension for Google Analytics
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Analytics on this Application might use Google's Interest-based advertising, 3rd-party audience data and information from the DoubleClick Cookie to extend analytics with demographics, interests and ads interaction data.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Meta Events Manager
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: browsing history +4
Meta Events Manager is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. By integrating the Meta pixel, Meta Events Manager can give the Owner insights into the traffic and interactions on this Application.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
Collection of privacy-related preferences
This type of service allows this Application to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.
iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution
Company: iubenda srl
Place of processing: Italy
Personal Data processed: IP address +1
The iubenda Privacy Controls and Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information, and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on this Application.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
Contacting the User
Contact form
Company: This Application
Personal Data processed: email address +3
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application 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
phone number
Service provided by:
This Application
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
This processing constitutes:
Phone contact
Company: This Application
Personal Data processed: phone number
Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to this Application, as well as for fulfilling support requests.
Personal Data processed:
phone number
Service provided by:
This Application
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
This processing constitutes:
Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Application.
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.
Facebook Comments
Company: Facebook, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Facebook Comments is a content commenting service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and share them on the Facebook platform.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
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 Application.
Google Optimize
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, ("Google").
Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction.
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
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Usage Data +1
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that allows this Application 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
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
YouTube video widget
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Wistia widget
Company: Wistia, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Wistia is a video content visualization service provided by Wistia, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Font Awesome
Company: Fonticons, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
Heat mapping and session recording
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of this Application that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.
Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings
Company: Hotjar Ltd.
Place of processing: Malta
Personal Data processed: Trackers +2
Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User's data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed:
Trackers
Usage Data
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed or to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
DigitalOcean
Company: DigitalOcean Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
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
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
This processing constitutes:
Infrastructure monitoring
This type of service allows this Application 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 Application.
Uptime Robot
Company: Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.
Place of processing: Turkey
Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Uptime Robot is a monitoring service provided by Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.
Personal Data processed:
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
This processing constitutes:
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 Application.
The interaction and information obtained through this Application 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 Application isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets
Company: X Corp.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.
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
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows this Application and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Users may learn how to opt out of interest-based advertising more generally by visiting the relevant opt-out section in this document.
AdRoll
Company: AdRoll, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
AdRoll is an advertising service provided by AdRoll, Inc.
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
Google Ads Remarketing
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that connects the activity of this Application with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
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
Facebook Custom Audience
Company: Facebook, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: email address +1
Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Facebook advertising network.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
a Sharing in California
Facebook Remarketing
Company: Facebook, Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Facebook advertising network.
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
Twitter Remarketing
Company: X Corp.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
Twitter Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Twitter advertising network.
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
Twitter Tailored Audiences
Company: X Corp.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: email address +1
Twitter Tailored Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of this Application with the Twitter advertising network.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
identifiers
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
a Sharing in California
Spam and bots protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from unwanted parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as spam or protecting it from malicious bots activities.
Google reCAPTCHA
Company: Google LLC
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: answers to questions +8
Google reCAPTCHA is a spam protection service provided by Google LLC.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
inferences drawn from other personal information
Tag management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Application in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager
Company: Google Inc.
Place of processing: US
Personal Data processed: Usage Data
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing.
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
This processing constitutes:
a Sale in California
Traffic optimization and distribution
This type of service allows this Application 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 Application 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
Company: Cloudflare, Inc.
Place of processing: United States
Personal Data processed: Trackers +1
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 Application, i.e., communication between this Application and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Application to be collected.
Personal Data processed:
Trackers
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA
internet or other electronic network activity information
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.
Cookie Policy
This Application uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
Further information for Users
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 Application 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, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island 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.
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.
Identifiers
Sold or Shared
Targeted Advertising
Personal Data processed: Email address; First name; Last name; Phone number + 4
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
email address
first name
last name
phone number
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
Usage Data
Trackers
unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)
Purposes:
Contacting the User
Hosting and backend infrastructure
Analytics
Advertising
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Displaying content from external platforms
Heat mapping and session recording
Infrastructure monitoring
Traffic optimization and distribution
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared:
Yes
Targeted Advertising:
Yes
Third-parties:
DigitalOcean Inc., Facebook, Inc., Google Inc., Hotjar Ltd., Twitter, Inc., Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti., Cloudflare, Inc.
Service providers or contractors:
This Application
Internet or other electronic network activity information
Sold or Shared
Targeted Advertising
Personal Data processed: Trackers; Usage data; Various types of data as specified in the privacy policy of the service; Unique device identifiers for advertising (google advertiser id or idfa, for example) + 11
Personal Information collected or disclosed:
Trackers
Usage Data
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service
unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example)
email address
IP address
browsing history
clicks
page views
answers to questions
keypress events
motion sensor events
mouse movements
scroll position
touch events
Purposes:
Advertising
Analytics
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
Remarketing and behavioral targeting
Content commenting
Displaying content from external platforms
Tag management
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
Heat mapping and session recording
Collection of privacy-related preferences
Traffic optimization and distribution
Spam and bots protection
Retention period:
for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose
Sold or Shared:
Yes
Targeted Advertising:
Yes
Third-parties:
Google Inc., Twitter, Inc., Pinterest, LinkedIn Corporation, Facebook, Inc., Creative Web Srl, AdRoll, Inc., Hotjar Ltd., Wistia, Inc., iubenda srl, Cloudflare, Inc., Fonticons, Inc. , Fastly, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., Google LLC
Inferences drawn from other personal information
Sold or Shared
Targeted Advertising
Personal Data processed: Usage data; Trackers; Answers to questions; Clicks + 5
To know more about your rights in particular to opt out of certain processing activities you can refer to the “Your privacy rights under US state laws” section 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 Application.
For example, you directly provide your Personal Information when you submit requests via any forms on this Application. You also provide Personal Information indirectly when you navigate this Application, 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 Application 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, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island 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, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana 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. In Maryland, your Sensitive Personal Information will be collected or processed only if strictly necessary to provide or maintain a specific product or service requested by you.
In Minnesota and Maryland Users also have the right to obtain a list of the specific third parties to which the controller has disclosed the consumer's personal data
* Note that in some states like Minnesota you have the following specific rights connected to profiling:
The right to question the results of the profiling;
The right to be informed of the reason that the profiling resulted in the decision; if feasible
The right to be informed of what actions the consumer might have taken to secure a different decision and the actions that the consumer might take to secure a different decision in the future;
The right to review personal data used in the profiling;
If inaccurate, the right to have the data corrected and the profiling decision reevaluated based on the corrected data;
Additional rights for users residing in Utah and Iowa
In addition to the rights listed above common to all Users in the United States, as a User residing in Utah and Iowa, 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 Application.
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 Application 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 Application 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 Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
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 Application 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 Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, 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 Application 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 Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application.
This Application
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Application 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.
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 Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.
