Cookie Policy

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. 

We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below. 

The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit 

Our website collects some personal data from its users. 

How can I control cookies? 

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services 

The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website footer. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. 

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below. 

Policy summary 

Personal data was collected for the following purposes and using the following services: 

Analytics 

Google Analytics 

Personal Data: Cookies and Usage Data 

Interaction with external social networks and platforms 

LinkedIn button and social widgets, and Twitter Tweet button and social widgets 

Personal Data: Cookies and Usage Data 

Contact information 

Owner and Data Controller 

Chief Information Security Officer 

Owner contact email: info@theodorousalt.com 

Full policy 

Owner and Data Controller 

Chief Information Security Officer 

Owner contact email: info@theodorousalt.com 

Types of Data collected 

Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are Cookies and Usage Data. 

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. 

The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website. 

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 any consequences on 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 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, if available. 

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner. 

Mode and place of processing the Data 

Methods of processing 

The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorised access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorised destruction of the Data. 

The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organisational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of the site (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 Data Controller at any time. 

Place 

The Data is processed at the Data Controller’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved with the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller. 

Retention time 

The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that the Data Controller suspend or remove the data. 

The use of the collected Data 

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics and Interaction with external social networks and platforms. 

The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this document. 

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data 

Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services: 

Analytics 

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour. 

Google Analytics (Google Inc.) 

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. Google utilises 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 contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network. 

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. 

Place of processing: EU 

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. 

LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation) 

The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation. 

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. 

Place of processing: EU 

Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.) 

The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc. 

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. 

Place of processing: EU 

Additional information about Data collection and processing 

Legal action 

The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller, 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 Data Controller 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 for this purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address). 

Information not contained in this policy 

More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document. 

The rights of Users 

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law, as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above. 

To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honour the Do Not Track requests, please read their privacy policies. 

Changes to this privacy policy 

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Website and can request that the Data Controller remove the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about Users. 

Information about this privacy policy 

The Data Controller is responsible for this privacy policy, prepared starting from the modules provided by iubenda and hosted on iubenda’s servers. 

Definitions and legal references 

Personal Data (or Data) 

Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association, which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information, including a personal identification number. 

Usage Data 

Information collected automatically from this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised 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 utilised 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, which must coincide with or be authorised by the Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refers. 

Data Subject 

The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers. 

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor) 

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organisation authorised by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance with this privacy policy. 

Data Controller (or Owner) 

The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or organisation with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means used, 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 

The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the User is collected. 

Legal information 

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfilment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies. 

This privacy policy relates solely to this Website. 

Latest update: 13/01/2023