Privacy

What this page is for?

This page describes how we handle the personal data of users visiting this site.

The information below is in line with Italian law (art. 10 of the Act of 31 December 1996 no. 675, and the Act (D.Lgs.) of 30 June 2003 no. 196, regulating the protection of personal data), and is provided to protect the personal data of the users of the web services of Hosand Technologies accessible on the Internet and originating from the address:

corresponding to the home page of the official site of Hosand Technologies.

This information is provided only for this site and not for any other website which our users may visit via links.

Our information also follows Recommendation no. 2/2001, adopted on 17 May 2001 by the European authorities for the protection of personal data, through a Working Party set up under the terms of article 29 of directive no. 95/46/CE to establish the minimum requisites for the collection of personal data on line, in particular the conditions, times and nature of the information that data owners must provide for visitors to a web site, irrespective of the reason for their visit.

The recommendation and a summary of its aims are reproduced on other pages of this site.

The owner of the data handled

When this site is visited, data relating to identified or identifiable users may be handled.

The owner of these data is Hosand Technologies, head Office Via Filippo Turati, 34 – 28924 Verbania (VB) – Italy.

Where your data are handled

Data collected in connection with the web services of this site are handled at the above offices of Hosand Technologies and at the offices of Affinity Internet Inc. (VALUEWEB8-DOM), 3250 West Commercial Blvd, Suite 200, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 – US, which is the headquarters of the server, and are handled only by the technical staff of the Office authorised to do so, or by operators who may from time to time be authorised to perform maintenance work.

No information originating from the web service will be divulged or disseminated.

Personal information provided by users who have asked for informative material to be sent to them will be used solely to provide the service requested, and will be communicated to third parties only if this should be necessary for the provision of the service.

Type of data handled

• Browsing data

  IT systems and software procedures designed for the operation of this website acquire certain personal data during the normal performance of their functions. The transmission of these data is understood to be involved when using Internet communication protocols.

  This information is not collected to be associated to identified interested parties, but could by its nature lead to the identification of users via processing and association with data held by third parties.

  This kind of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by visitors to the site, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used in submitting the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the numerical code indicating the state of the server's response (successful, error, etc) and other parameters relating to the user's operating system and computer environment.

  These data are used solely to obtain anonymous statistical data regarding the use of the site and to check that it is functioning correctly, and are deleted immediately after processing. The data could be used to ascertain responsibility if a computer crime has been committed against the site, but apart from this case, data regarding web contacts will not be held for more than seven days.

• Data provided voluntarily by the user

  When e-mail is sent by choice, explicitly and voluntarily to the addresses contained on this site, the address of the sender, which is essential for replying to queries, and any other personal data included in the message, are necessarily acquired by the holder.

  Specific summarized information will be progressively reported or displayed in the website pages earmarked for specially requested services.

Cookies

No personal user information will be deliberately acquired by the site.

Cookies will not be used to transmit information of a personal nature, neither will any kind of persistent cookies be used, or any user tracking system.

The use of session cookies (which are not permanently memorized on the user's computer and are deleted when the browser is shut down) is strictly limited to the transmission of session identifications (composed of random numbers generated by the server), required for the secure, efficient exploration of the site.

The session cookies used in this site do not make use of other computer techniques which could prejudice the user's browsing privacy, nor do they permit the acquisition of personal data which could identify the user.

Voluntary provision of information

Apart from what is specified above regarding browsing data, the user can choose to supply personal data contained in the request forms to Hosand Technologies, or in any case indicated in contacts with the Office, to ask for informative material or other communications to be sent.

If this information is not supplied, it may be impossible to satisfy the user's request.

Note: In some cases the authorities may request information under the terms of Article 157, D.Lgs. 30 June 2003 no. 196, the law governing the protection of personal data, to check how personal information is being handled. In this case we are obliged to provide the information, and non-compliance with the request will incur legal penalties.

How your data are handled

Personal information is handled automatically by electronic tools only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected.

Specific security measures are followed to prevent the loss of data, illegitimate use and unauthorized access.

Rights of interested parties

Users have the right at any moment to know whether their personal data have or have not been collected, to know their content and origin, and to verify their correctness, or to ask for them to be added to, updated or rectified (article 13 law no. 675/1996 - Article.7, D.Lg. 30 June 2003 no.196 regulating the protection of personal data).

Under the terms of this law, users have the right to ask for data handled in contravention of the law to be deleted, transformed into an anonymous form or blocked, and can in any case oppose their handling for legitimate reasons.

Requests of this kind should be addressed to:

Hosand Technologies,
Via Filippo Turati, 34
28924 Verbania (Vb)
Italia