Privacy

DATA PROTECTION WITHIN THE TERMS OF ITALIAN LEGISLATION ART. 13 D. LGS 196/2003

The following is a description of the treatment of personal data referring to visitors to this portal.

This page makes reference to the Italian data protection legislation (Art. 13 del D. Lgs. 196/2003) as applied to visitors to the website www.serme.it. Visits to this site may involve the registration, use, cancellation and general processing of personal data referring to identified or identifiable individuals.

DATA MANAGEMENT

The web site is owned and managed by Serrature Meroni S.p.A., located in via G. Natta 16 — Lentate sul Seveso – Italy.

The site administrator is Sig. Fabio Terrani, who may be contacted at the address: privacy@serme.it.

PROVISION OF DATA AND PROCESSING PERMISSION

The "processing" of personal data is understood to mean any operation involving the collection, recording, storage, modification, transmission, deletion or distribution of data belonging to an individual.

The IT systems and software routines necessary for the operation of this web site routinely acquire during their normal operation, certain personal data whose transmission is an implicit part of the Internet communication protocols. For this reason, mere access to the site involves the acquisition on the part of the server of information relating to the visitor. In addition, the optional communication via e-mail with the portal involves the acquisition of further visitor data, including, but not limited to, the e-mail address of the user. The user is obviously free to provide personal data by filling in the necessary forms. Failure to provide such data or give consent to their use may lead to denial of the services requested by the user.

THE PURPOSES OF DATA ACQUISITION

Visitor data may be acquired and processed in order to enable access and navigation within the site; to gather anonymous site usage statistics; monitor the functioning of the site and identify those responsible for any malicious or illicit operations directed at the site, its owner or third parties; to collect statistics related to the usage of the site by visitors; to allow delivery of newsletters containing details of new content or site functions.

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF DATA

No personal data acquired through the web service will be distributed to third parties.

DATA PROCESSING PROCEDURES

Personal data are processed using automated systems and held for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected. In compliance with current legislation, specific security measures are in place to prevent the loss of such data, their illicit or unauthorized use. The processing of personal data related to the Web services of this size is carried out only by persons authorized to do so by the owner or the administrator of the site, or of the entire network of which the site forms a part.

DATA OWNERS' RIGHTS

Under the terms of article 7 of the Italian Data Protection Act, those to whom the personal data refer have the right, at any time to receive confirmation of the existence of such data and to be informed of their content and its source, as well as the purposes for which they are now being held and the way they are being treated. They also have the right to know the personal details of the owner and any relevant administrator, to know to which subjects or kinds of subjects the data may be transmitted, and to check the correctness of the data and request that they be completed, updated, corrected, anonymised or blocked if held illegally. They may also request proof that those to whom the data have been transmitted or distributed have been informed of the above-mentioned operations including their content. Those to whom the data refer may also, with just cause, object to the holding in part or in whole of their personal data, as well as the holding of personal data for commercial purposes or the sending of advertising or direct selling, or for the carrying out of market research or trade communications.