Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy of the Italian Society of Victimology, located at Via S. Isaia 8 - 40123 Bologna (Data Controller), aims to provide comprehensive information on the policies adopted regarding the processing of users' personal data in relation to the services provided by the Italian Society of Victimology through the website www.vittimologia.it.
The Italian Society of Victimology takes the protection of privacy, i.e., the confidentiality of its users' personal data, very seriously. The principles outlined below form the basis of the processing of users' personal data by the Italian Society of Victimology.
Data will be collected only where necessary and in compliance with applicable regulations. The Italian Society of Victimology will always provide clear information regarding the use of your personal data and will be transparent with users about the data collected, how it is used, with whom it is shared, and the contact office for any requests.
The Italian Society of Victimology adopts all necessary measures to safeguard users' data from improper use and to process it securely, complying with all applicable privacy laws and regulations, cooperating with data protection authorities, and acting, in any case, in accordance with generally recognized principles related to personal data protection.
At any time, you may exercise the rights set out in Articles 15 and following of EU Regulation 679/2016, including the rights to obtain access to your personal data from the Data Controller, request its rectification or deletion, or restrict its processing, or object to its processing for legitimate reasons, as well as the right to data portability, by sending an email to direzione@vittimologia.it. If you believe your rights have been violated, you may contact the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 of EU Regulation 679/2016.
DATA PROCESSING AND USER CONSENT
The Italian Society of Victimology will limit itself to collecting, using, or disclosing users' personal data in full compliance with the law. In most cases, the Italian Society of Victimology will request explicit consent; in some cases, it may infer consent from users' actions and behaviors. The Italian Society of Victimology may ask users to provide additional consent if it needs to use their personal data for purposes not stated in this Privacy Policy. Providing such consent is not mandatory, but without it, the user’s participation in specific activities may be restricted.
LOCATION OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING
The processing related to the Website’s services takes place at the aforementioned headquarters of the Italian Society of Victimology and is handled only by authorized personnel or by any persons responsible for occasional maintenance operations.
Data derived from the Website may be communicated to technological and instrumental partners used by the Data Controller to provide the services requested by users. Personal data provided by users who submit requests for information (e.g., sending informational materials, responding to queries, etc.) or other communications (e.g., orders) are also made available to third parties appointed as Data Processors and used by them solely to perform the requested service or performance, and only when necessary for that purpose (provision of requested services through the technological and instrumental partner).
DATA PROCESSED
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal data” refers to information or fragments of information that could allow your identification. Typically, this includes information such as your name, address, username, email address, and phone number, or other information such as IP address, spending habits, preferences, or information related to your lifestyle, hobbies, or interests.
Navigation Data
The IT systems and software procedures used to operate the Website acquire, during their normal operation, some personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information could, by its nature, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow the identification of computers connecting to the site. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by users connecting to the Website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of requested resources, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s response (successful, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and IT environment. This data may be made available to the Judicial Authority to ascertain responsibility in case of unlawful acts committed through the site or cybercrimes against the site.
Data Voluntarily Provided by Users
The optional, explicit, and voluntary submission of personal data to access specific services or to make requests for information through the appropriate channels of the Website entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s personal data included in the requests, necessary to respond to them. You may choose not to provide your data, but in such cases, the Italian Society of Victimology may not be able to fully or partially fulfill the user’s requests (e.g., registration on the website www.vittimologia.it).
Data Related to Unregistered Users
Information generated by users who visit the website www.vittimologia.it without being registered (or, even if registered, without an active session), used to ensure optimal website navigation, for statistical analysis, and for content personalization – including advertising – may be used by the Italian Society of Victimology at different times to integrate the information provided by the user during registration. For more information on the technologies that enable us to offer the services described so far, we invite you to read our Cookie Policy outlined below in this document.
Data of Registered Users
The Italian Society of Victimology uses technologies that allow it, through querying an alphanumeric ID, to track the navigation of registered users accessing the site from various browsers or devices (e.g., computers, tablets, smartphones), to present the same users with products similar to those viewed or purchased, regardless of the browser or device used each time.
When registered users give their consent to the processing of their data for direct marketing purposes, the Italian Society of Victimology may process data related to the operations and views they perform on www.vittimologia.it to inform them via email that products they added to the cart but have not yet purchased are still available (allowing them to complete the purchase quickly and securely) or to offer them via email the same or similar products (re-marketing). When registered users give their consent to the processing of their data for profiling purposes, the Italian Society of Victimology may process data related to their consumption choices (i.e., the items purchased and amounts spent) to tailor the commercial offer as closely as possible to their profile and needs.
Payment Data
Regarding payment data, the Italian Society of Victimology only receives feedback from digital payment companies and credit card payment institutions regarding the status of the payment (successful/rejected). All details about prepaid cards (such as PayPal) or credit cards are stored by the entities managing the respective service, which are not authorized to use the personal data received through www.vittimologia.it for other purposes.
PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING
The Italian Society of Victimology may use users’ personal data to examine the use of the Website, products, and services, analyze the effectiveness of our advertisements, promotions, and contests, personalize the website experience, and examine (in anonymous and aggregated form) statistics related to activities on the website, simplify its use, and better adapt it to the user’s interests and choices, speed up their future activities and experiences on the site, and contact them regarding products and services that may interest them, provided they have given their consent.
The Italian Society of Victimology may use users’ personal data to suggest products or services that may interest them and offer them the opportunity to participate in contests or promotions. Users may refuse to receive communications from the Italian Society of Victimology at any time. Every direct marketing communication sent by the Italian Society of Victimology will provide the information and means necessary for refusal. Users’ data may be used to provide products or services requested by users.
Cookie Policy
What are cookies
The website www.vittimologia.it uses cookies. As clarified by the Italian Data Protection Authority in the FAQs of December 2012, available at www.garanteprivacy.it, cookies are “small text files” – consisting of letters and numbers – “that the websites visited by the user send to their terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored to be retransmitted to the same websites on the user’s next visit.” Cookies streamline web traffic analysis, signal when a specific site or part of it is visited, distinguish between visitors to provide personalized content, and help administrators improve the site and users’ browsing experience.
Through cookies, we cannot access other information stored on your device, even though this is where cookies are downloaded. Cookies cannot load any type of code, carry viruses or malware, and are not harmful to the user’s terminal.
Below, you can find all the information about the cookies installed through this site and the necessary instructions on how to manage your preferences regarding them.
User Consent
When connecting to any page of www.vittimologia.it for the first time, the user will see a brief notice about the use of cookies. By closing this notice via the appropriate button or clicking outside the banner containing it and continuing to browse, the user consents to our use of cookies, as described in this Cookie Policy.
The site remembers the user’s choice, so the brief notice will not reappear during subsequent connections from the same device. However, the user always has the option to revoke all or part of the consent already given.
Cookies can be completely disabled in the browser using the appropriate function provided in most browsing programs.
Please note, however, that disabling cookies may make some features of www.vittimologia.it unusable.
Below are links to the policies of the main browsers for further information on disabling cookies: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Edge, IEMobile.
To disable third-party performance and profiling cookies individually, see the section “THIRD-PARTY COOKIES, I.E., ISSUED BY SITES OTHER THAN www.vittimologia.it”.
Regarding profiling cookies aimed at offering personalized advertising, please note that if you opt out, you will still receive generic advertising.
To opt out and disable personalized advertising by modifying your mobile device settings, follow the instructions below:
Android
- On your device, open the “Google Settings” app
- Scroll down and select “Google”
- Select “Ads”
- Select “Opt out of interest-based ads” or “Opt out of ads personalization”
iOS
iOS devices use Apple’s Advertising Identifier. For more information on how to limit ad tracking with this identifier, visit the “Settings” app on your device or go to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223.
If you encounter technical issues related to providing consent, please contact us through the appropriate channels provided by this site so we can assist you.
What types of cookies we use
The use of cookies by the Data Controller of this site, Italian Society of Victimology, located at Via S. Isaia 8 - 40123 Bologna, is governed by its Privacy Policy.
To enable the use of our site and the provision of our services, we use both so-called persistent cookies (i.e., cookies that remain in memory until manually deleted by the user or for which scheduled long-term removal is planned) and so-called session cookies, which are not stored persistently on the visitor’s computer and disappear when the browser is closed.
We use different types of cookies – with specific functions – which can be classified as follows:
FIRST-PARTY COOKIES, I.E., ISSUED BY www.vittimologia.it
| COOKIE TYPE | WHAT DO THEY DO? |
|---|---|
| Technical/session Technical/navigation (User consent is not required to issue this type of cookie) |
They are essential for the proper functioning of our site and allow the user to browse and view content. Disabling them may cause the site to malfunction. Typically, these cookies are necessary, for example, to keep a browsing session active or to allow the user to access any restricted areas. They can also temporarily remember text entered during form completion when returning to a previous page within the same session. |
| Technical/functionality (User consent is not required to issue this type of cookie) |
They allow the user to make the most of the site’s features and enjoy a more comfortable browsing experience. The site works best if these cookies are enabled; however, you can choose not to allow their activation on your device. In general, for example, these cookies remember the language in which the user prefers to view our content or remember (for a limited period) items in the virtual cart if the session is closed before completing a purchase. |
| Technical/consent (User consent is not required to issue this type of cookie) |
This cookie tracks the user’s consent to the use of cookies on this site, so that the brief cookie notice and consent request are not shown again during subsequent visits. |
THIRD-PARTY COOKIES, I.E., ISSUED BY SITES OTHER THAN www.vittimologia.it
| COOKIE TYPE | WHAT DO THEY DO? |
|---|---|
| Statistical/analytics (User consent is required to issue this type of cookie) |
They are used to collect information about how users navigate our site. This information is analyzed in aggregated form for statistical purposes only. They are not necessary but are very helpful to us in improving our content and services based on the insights we gain from statistical analysis. |
| Profiling/advertising (User consent is required to issue this type of cookie) |
They are used to present content, including advertising, that is more relevant to you. They can also be used, for example, to limit the number of times an advertisement is shown or to help us evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or those on our websites. They are not necessary but allow us to offer content more aligned with your interests. |
Third-party cookies
While browsing this site, you will could receive both cookies from the Italian Society of Victimology and cookies from third-party sites, which may set cookies on your device on our behalf to provide the services they offer.
Third-party cookies allow us to obtain more comprehensive surveys of users’ browsing habits. We could use these cookies, for example, to collect information for advertising and content personalization purposes, as well as to compile statistics on the use of our site and to assess your interest in specific content or services. More detailed information about these cookies is available in the following paragraphs of this document and on the respective third-party websites.
Statistical cookies (third-party)
www.vittimologia.it uses Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway – Mountain View – CA94043 USA, which uses cookies to collect and analyze aggregated information about user navigation. Neither the Italian Society of Victimology nor Google associates your IP address with other data in their possession to identify you directly.
The collected information is processed by Google Analytics systems to produce reports for the administrators of www.vittimologia.it, who use them to verify the proper functioning of the services and, if applicable, the approval rate of the proposed content.
To disable statistical cookies and prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your navigation, you can download the specific Google Analytics opt-out component here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Our web pages may contain plugins from the most well-known social networks (e.g., Facebook, X, LinkedIn) managed by the involved third parties.
Such plugins may, for example, correspond to Facebook’s “Like” buttons or X’s “Retweet” buttons. If you access one of our web pages equipped with such a plugin, the internet browser connects directly to the third-party servers, and the plugin is displayed on the screen through the browser connection. The plugin may communicate to the third-party servers which pages the user has visited.
If a social network user visits our web pages while logged into their account, this information may be associated with the account. Even if the plugin’s functions are used (e.g., clicking the “Like” button), the information will be associated with the account.
If you do not agree with the installation of cookies, you must configure your browser to disable cookie reception or refrain from using this site. However, disabling cookies may cause the site or some of its functions to not operate properly.
To modify how cookies are used, block their reception, or delete cookies stored on your device, simply access your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to accept or reject all cookies or accept only some (e.g., from specific sites).
Although the steps are similar, the cookie configuration method varies for each browser. For details on the procedure to follow, users can visit www.aboutcookies.org or consult their browser’s “Help” section.
For more information about cookies and to manage your preferences for third-party cookies, please visit www.youronlinechoices.com.