Facot

Privacy Policy

INFORMATION ON THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR“), information is provided below regarding the processing of the personal data of users browsing the https://www.facotchemicals.com/ website  (hereinafter, the “Website“).   

  • Identity and contact details of the controller 

The data controller is Facot Chemicals S.r.l., VAT number 00944000199, with registered office in Via Crema n. 44, 26010 – Capralba (CR) (hereinafter, the “Data Controller“). 

The Data Controller can be contacted by email at info@facot.it

  • Data processed 
  • Data processed for the purpose of operating the Site.

The computer systems and software procedures used to operate the Site acquire, during their normal operation, some personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified data subjects, but which, by its very nature, could, through processing and association with data held by the Data Controller or by third parties, allow users of the Site to be identified. This category of data includes the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by users who connect to the Site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the resources requested, 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 response given by the server (successful, successful, successful,  error, etc.) and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment. 

  • Data provided directly by the user.

If the user intends to submit requests to the Data Controller using the dedicated forms on the Site, he/she must provide the data requested therein (“common” data, such as name and surname and contact information).

In particular, the user can submit requests using the “contact” form and the one to become an authorized Facot Service center. 

In addition, the user can contact the Data Controller by sending his/her message on the company pages of the same on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, which can be reached through the appropriate link available on the Site, as well as by the ordinary means indicated on the Site (telephone and e-mail).

The Site also includes the “Work with us” section; for the related processing of personal data, specific notice is provided ex articles 13 and 14 of the GDPR, made available therein to the data subjects. 

  • Cookie.

The Site uses cookies and technologies. More information is provided in the cookie policy available in the banner and footer of the Site.

  • Purposes and legal bases of the processing – data retention times
Purpose Legal basis Storage times
Operation of the Site:

the data collected during navigation are used in order to obtain anonymous statistical information on the use of the Site and to check its correct functioning.

Service delivery:

the data provided directly by the user are used in order to process the latter’s requests (i.e., to provide feedback on the compilation of the forms available on the Site). 

The contractual relationship to which the data subject is a party or pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject (Art. 6.1 (b) GDPR). Browsing data are stored for the entire duration of the browsing session on the Site, those provided through the form exclusively for the time necessary to process the user’s request. 
Promotional purposes: sending commercial communications on the Data Controller’s products and services by e-mail, ordinary mail and telephone. The consent of the data subject (art. 6.1, letter a) of the GDPR), given flagging the tick box in the online forms. Until consent is revoked. 
  • Provision of data

With the exception of navigation data, which is necessary to implement the IT and telematic protocols of the Site, the provision of personal data by users is free and optional. However, failure to provide the data will make it impossible to proceed. The data that must be provided in order to submit the request are marked with an asterisk. 

  • Recipients of the data 

The data may also be processed by other subjects, suppliers of the Data Controller (e.g. in the IT or marketing and communication fields), who process them as data processors, with whom specific agreements have been entered into in accordance with art. 28 of the GDPR.

Employees of the Data Controller, who have been expressly authorized in this regard and who have received adequate operating instructions, are also involved in the processing of data.

The Data Controller transfers data outside the EU or EEA and in particular to the United States, where IT service providers are established, a third country deemed adequate by virtue of the European Commission’s decision of 10 July 2023 – EU-US Data Privacy Framework. 

  • Rights of the data subject 

The data subject (i.e. the user of the Site, the subject to whom the data refer) may exercise the rights conferred on him or her by art. 15 – 22 of the GDPR; in particular, by contacting the Data Controller at the contact points indicated in paragraph 1, he or she may request: 

  • confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her is being processed and, if so, access to the same; 
  • the erasure of data in the cases established by art. 17 of the GDPR;
  • the correction of inaccurate data and the completion of incomplete data;
  • the limitation of processing in the cases provided for by art. 18 of the GDPR; 
  • in the event that the processing is based on consent or contract and is carried out with automated tools, to receive the data provided in a structured format – commonly used and readable by an automatic device – and, if applicable, to transmit them to another controller without hindrance (“portability”);
  • the objection to the processing, for reasons related to your particular situation, in the event of the legitimate interest of the Data Controller; the data subject may object to the processing by clicking on the appropriate “unsubscribe” button present in each commercial communication;
  • revoke the consent previously given. 

In addition, the data subject has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in the Member State in which he or she habitually resides or works or in the State in which the alleged violation occurred.