PRIVACY POLICY

I. INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THE SITE

  1. This section contains information on how to manage informationmatters.eu the user’s data processing informationmatters.eu.
  2. The present policy is also valid for the purposes of art. 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003, Code for the protection of personal data, and for the purposes of Article 13 of EU Regulation no. 2016/679, concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, for persons who interact with informationmatters.eu and can be reached at the address corresponding to the home page: https://informationmatters.eu 
  3. The information is provided only for informationmatters.eu and not for other websites that may be consulted by the user through links contained therein.
  4. The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the methods, timing and nature of the information that the data controllers must provide to users when connecting to the web pages of informationmatters.eu, regardless of the purposes of the connection itself, according to the Italian and European legislation.
  5. The policy can be modified due to the introduction of new rules in this regard, so we invite you to check this page periodically.
  6. If the user is under the age of 16, pursuant to article 8, c.1 EU regulation 2016/679, he / she must legitimize his / her consent through the authorization of his/her parents or guardians.

II. DATA PROCESSING

Data controller

  1. The data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, service or other bodies that, individually or together with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data. He also deals with security profiles.
  2. Regarding this website the data controller can be contacted for any clarification or exercise of the user’s rights at the following email address: contact@informationmatters.eu

Responsible for data processing

  1. The data processor is the natural or legal person, public authority, service or other bodies that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller.
  2. Pursuant to Article 28 of EU Regulation no. 2016/679, on the appointment of the owner of the data, the person in charge of processing the site informationmatters.eu is: Mihail Boyadjiev.

Data processing location

  1. The data processing generated by the use of informationmatters.eu occurs at address: 15 Graf Ignatiev Str., 1000, Sofia.

III. DATA PROCESSED

Data processing mode

  1. Like any other websites, this site also makes use of log files in which information are kept. Information are collected in an automated manner during users’ visits and they could be the following:
  • internet protocol (IP) address;
  • 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;
  • possibly the number of clicks.
  1. 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, and for security reasons. Such information will be processed according to the legitimate interests of the owner
  2. For security purposes (spam filters, firewalls, virus detection), the automatically recorded data may possibly also include personal data such as IP address. The IP address could be used, in compliance with applicable laws, in order to block attempts of damaging the site itself or damaging other users, or in any case of harmful or criminal activities. Such data are never used for the identification or user profiling, but only for the protection of the site and its users, such information will be treated according to the legitimate interests of the owner.

IV. USER RIGHTS

  1. The art. 13, c. 2 of EU Regulation 2016/679 lists the user’s rights.
  2. The site informationmatters.eu therefore intends to inform the user about the existence of:
    • the right of the interested party to ask the data controller for access to personal data (Article 15 of the EU Regulation), their updating (Article 7, paragraph 3, letter a) of Legislative Decree 196/2003), rectification (Article 16 of the EU Regulation), integration (Article 7, paragraph 3, letter a) of the Legislative Decree 196/2003) or the limitation of the processing that concerns it (Article 18 of the EU Regulation) or to oppose, for legitimate reasons, to their processing (Article 21 EU Regulation), in addition to the right to data portability (Article 20 EU Regulation);
    • the right to request cancellation (Article 17 of the EU Regulation), the transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed in violation of the law, including those that do not need to be kept for the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed (Article 7, paragraph 3, letter b) of Legislative Decree 196/2003);
    • the right to obtain the attestation that the operations of updating, rectification, integration of data, cancellation, blocking of data, transformation have been brought to the attention, also as regards their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the case this fulfillment proves impossible or involves a use of means manifestly disproportionate to the protected right (Article 7, paragraph 3, letter c) of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003);
  • Requests can be sent to the data controller, without formalities or, alternatively, using the model provided by the Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data, or by sending an email to: contact@informationmatters.eu
  • Likewise, in case of violation of the law, the user has the right to lodge a complaint with the Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data, as the authority responsible for monitoring the processing in the Republic of Bulgaria.
  • For a more in-depth examination of the rights that you are entitled to, see articles 15 and ss. of the 2016/67 EU Regulation and the art. 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003.

V. DATA TRANSFER TO EXTRA EU COUNTRIES

  1. This website does not share any data collected with services located outside the European Union.
  2. Data will never be transferred to third countries.

VI. SECURITY DATA SUPPLIED

  1. This website processes the data of users in a lawful and correct manner, adopting the appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or unauthorized destruction of data. The processing is carried out using IT and / or telematics tools, with organizational methods and with logic strictly related to the purposes indicated.
  2. In some cases, along with the owner, a number of employees, who are involved in the organization of the site (administrative, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators) or external subjects (as suppliers of third party technical services, couriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) may also have access to the data.

The document was updated on 10 April 2023 to comply with the relevant regulations, and in particular in compliance with EU Regulation 2016/679.