In compliance with the obligations deriving from the European (European Regulation for the Protection of Personal Data No. 679/2016, GDPR) regulations and subsequent amendments, this website respects and protects the privacy of visitors and users, making every possible and proportionate effort not to breach their rights.
This privacy policy applies exclusively to the online activities of www.mechanica.com and it is valid for visitors/users of the website. It does not apply to information collected through channels other than this website. The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide maximum transparency related to the information that the website collects and the related use.
Legal Basis of the Processing
The provision of data and, therefore, consent for the collection and processing of the data is optional; Users may deny consent, and may revoke at any time a consent already provided (writing to: info@mechanica.com). However, denying consent may make it impossible to provide some of the services and may compromise the navigation experience throughout the website.
Types of data processed
The personal data of the user collected during navigation may be processed by automated tools. The information collected could be the following:
– internet protocol address (IP); – type of browser and device parameters used to connect to the site; – name of the internet service provider (ISP); – date and time of visit; web page of origin of the visitor (referral) and exit page; – number of clicks; – information on downloads of documentation from the website.
The above information is processed in an automated form and collected in an exclusively aggregated form in order to verify the correct functioning of the site, to improve the relevance of the results provided, to obtain anonymous statistical information on the use of the site and for security reasons.
For security purposes (spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), the automatically recorded data may eventually include data such as the IP address, which could be used, in compliance with the laws in force, in order to block attempts to damage the site itself or to damage other users, or in any case harmful activities or constituting a crime. Such data are never used for the identification or profiling of the user, but only for the protection of the site and its users.
Cookie
As it is customary for all websites, also this website makes use of cookies: small text files that allow storing information on the visitors’ preferences to improve the functionality of the website and simplify navigation.
Session cookies are fundamental in order to distinguish between connected users and they are helpful to avoid that a requested functionality ends up being provided to the wrong user, as well as for security reasons to avoid cyber attacks against the website. Session cookies do not contain personal data and last only for the duration of the session in progress, that is until the user closes the browser. They do not require consent.
Types of cookies used in this Website
Technical Cookies This type of cookie allows the proper operation of certain sections of the site. There are two categories: persistent and session. Persistent: once you close the browser they are not destroyed but remain until a preset expiration date Session: they are destroyed every time the browser is closed These cookies, always sent from our domain, are required in order to view the Website and for the technical services offered, and therefore will always be used and sent, as long as the user does not change the settings in his/her own browser (thus compromising the display of some of the website pages.
Analytical Cookies These cookies are use to collect information about site usage. This information is used for anonymous statistic analysis in order to improve site usage and to make content more interesting and relevant to the user’s wishes. This type of cookie collects data anonymously on the user’s activity and how they arrived to the website. Analytical cookies are sent to the same website accessed or to the third-party’s domain. They also allow the monitoring of the system and to improve its presentation and usability. Deactivation of such cookies can be performed without any loss of function and will be dealt in detail later.
Third-party Cookies These cookies are used to collect information on the use of the Site by users in anonymous form such as page views, time spent, traffic sources of origin, geographic origin, age, gender and interests for the purposes of marketing campaigns . These cookies are sent from third-party domains external to the Site.
Cookies to integrate products and functions of third-party software This type of cookie incorporates features developed by third parties within the pages of the Site as icons and preferences expressed in social networks in order to share the contents of the site or for the use of services, third-party software (such as software generate maps and additional software that offer additional services). These cookies are sent from third-party domains and partner sites that offer their functionality in the pages of the Site.
Profiling Cookies These cookies are needed to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the pages of the Website. This website does not use cookies to profile its users.
According to current regulations, is not required to seek consent for technical cookies, as these are needed to provide the requested services. As for all other types of cookies, consent may be expressed by the user with one or more of the following ways: 1) Through specific browser configurations used or through its IT softwares used to navigate the pages of the Website. 2) By changing the settings for the use of third-party services.
Both of these solutions might prevent the user from using or viewing parts of the Website.
Disabling cookies
Cookies are linked to the browser used and they can be disabled directly from the browser thus refusing/revoking consent for the use of cookies. It must be kept in mind that disabling cookies may hinder the correct functionality of some aspects of the website:
Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Edge Google Chrome Opera Apple Safari
Transfer of data to non-EU countries
This site may share some of the data collected with services located outside the European Union area. In particular with Google, Facebook and Microsoft (LinkedIn) through social plugins and the Google Analytics service. The transfer is authorized on the basis of specific decisions of the European Union and the Guarantor for the protection of personal data, in particular the decision 1250/2016 (Privacy Shield), for which no further consent is required. The companies mentioned above guarantee their adherence to the Privacy Shield.
Security measures
This website processes the data of its users lawfully and properly, adopting the necessary security measures to prevent unauthorised access, dissemination, or unauthorised alteration or destruction of the data. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases access to the data may be granted to persons in charge involved in the management of the website (administrative, sales, legal, and system administration personnel).
Users Rights
Pursuant to the European Regulation 679/2016 (GDPR) and the national regulation, the User may, according to the methods and within the limits established by the laws in force, exercise the following rights:
– request confirmation of the existence of the personal data concerning him/her (right of access); – know the origin of the data; – receive communication about the data in intelligible form; – receive information regarding the logics, methods and purposes of the data processing; – request the updating, correction, integration, erasure, transformation into anonymous form, blocking of the data processed in violation of the law, thereby including those no longer necessary to pursue the purposes for which they were collected; – in the cases of processing based on consent, receive solely at the cost of the required support, if applicable, the data provided to the Data Controller, in a format that is structured and readable by a data scanner and in a format typically used by an electronic device; – The right to file a complaint before the Data Protection Authority (Privacy Guarantor); – as well as, in more general terms, exercise all the right granted by the regulations in force.
All requests must be submitted to the Data Controller.
Data Controller
The Data Controller pursuant to the laws in force is:
MHS SpA Via C.A. Dalla Chiesa, 74/76 20037 Paderno Dugnano (MI) – Italy
Updates This Privacy Policy was last updated on 10 October 2018.