Cookies and privacy policy

IDENTITIES website PRIVACY POLICY

This page will describe management of our web site as regards processing the personal data of users that visit us.

This information is provided – also in pursuance of Section 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 – to any entity having to do with the web-based services that are made available by the IDENTITIES partnership via electronic networks as from the following address:

www.identitiesproject.eu

which corresponds to the home page of our official web site.

The information provided only applies to our web site and does not concern any web sites that may be visited by an user via external links.

The information provided is also based on the guidelines contained in Recommendation no. 2/2001, which was adopted on 17 May 2001 by the European data protection authorities within the Working Party set up under Article 29 of European Directive 95/46/EC in order to lay down minimum requirements for the collection of personal data online – especially with regard to arrangements, timing and contents of the information to be provided by data controllers to users visiting web pages for whatever purpose.

Data Controller

Visiting this site may result into the processing of data concerning identified or identifiable persons.
The data controller is IDENTITIES project coordinator prof. Olivia Levrini of the Department of Physics and Astronomy UNIBO, via Irnerio 46, Bologna (BO).

Place Where Data Is Processed

The processing operations related to the web-based services that are made available via this website are carried out at the aforementioned Office of UNIBO.

Any personal data that is provided by users requesting to be sent information materials such as reports, teaching materials, guidelines, articles, CD-ROMs, answers to questions, decisions and sundry provisions, etc. is only used to provide the service and/or discharge the tasks requested and is disclosed to third parties only if this is necessary for the said purposes.

Categories of Processed Data

Navigation Data

The information systems and software procedures relied upon to operate this web site acquire personal data as part of their standard functioning; the transmission of such data is an inherent feature of Internet communication protocols.
Such information is not collected in order to relate it to identified data subjects, however it might allow user identification per se after being processed and matched with data held by third parties.
This data category includes IP addresses and/or the domain names of the computers used by any user connecting with this web site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, the time of such requests, the method used for submitting a given request to the server, returned file size, a numerical code relating to server response status (successfully performed, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment.
These data are only used to extract anonymous statistical information on website use as well as to check its functioning; they are erased immediately after being processed. The data might be used to establish liability in case computer crimes are committed against the website; except for this circumstance, any data on web contacts is currently retained for no longer than seven days.

Data Provided Voluntarily by Users

Sending e-mail messages to the addresses mentioned on this website, which is done on the basis of a freely chosen, explicit, and voluntary option, entails acquisition of the sender’s address, which is necessary in order to reply to any request, as well as of such additional personal data as is contained in the message(s).

Cookies

No personal data concerning users is acquired by the website in this regard.
No cookies are used to transmit personal information, nor are so-called persistent cookies or user tracking systems implemented.
Use of the so-called session cookies – which are not stored permanently on the user’s computer and disappear upon closing the browser – is exclusively limited to the transmission of session ID’s – consisting of server-generated casual numbers – as necessary to allow secure, effective navigation.
The so-called session cookies used by this website make it unnecessary to implement other computer techniques that are potentially detrimental to the confidentiality of user navigation, whilst they do not allow acquiring the user’s personal identification data.

How to disable cookies in your browser

Here’s how to prevent new cookies from being installed and how to delete existing cookies. The exact procedure depends on which browser you are using.

Internet Explorer 9.0+

To prevent new cookies from being installed

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Internet Options
• Click on the Privacy tab on top
• Move the slider up to the “Block all Cookies” button

To delete existing cookies

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Internet Options
• Click on the General tab which should be under “Browsing History” and click “Delete”

Internet Explorer 8.0+

To prevent new cookies from being installed

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Internet Options
• Click on the Privacy tab on top
• Click on “Sites”
• A new window should open called “Per Site Privacy Actions”
• Type in the URL of the site in the “Address of website” box and click on Block

To delete existing cookies

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on ‘Internet Options’
• Click on the Privacy tab on top
• Click on “Sites”
• A new window should open called “Per Site Privacy Actions”
• Under the “Managed websites” box should be a list of all the websites you have visited
• To remove all cookies click on the “Remove all” button

Internet Explorer 7.0+

To prevent new cookies from being installed

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Options
• Click on the Privacy tab on top
• Click on the Advanced button
• Select “Prompt” for both “First party cookies” and “Third Party Cookies”

To delete existing cookies

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Options
• Click on the General tab on top
• In the “Browsing History” section, click on “Delete”
• Click on “Delete Cookies”

Firefox 20+, 30+, 40+

To prevent new cookies from being installed
• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Options
• Click on the Privacy tab
• Disable the box that says “Accept Cookies From sites”

To delete existing cookies

• Go to Tools in the menu bar
• Click on Options
• Click on the Privacy tab
• Click on “Clear Now”
• Select “Cookies”
• Click on “Clear Private Data Now”

Google Chrome

To prevent new cookies from being installed

• Click on the spanner icon in the top right of the browser
• Click on “Options”
• Click on “Under the Bonnet” (UK) / “Under the Hood” (US)
• Click on the “Content settings” button in the Privacy section
• Ensure that “Allow local data to be set” is selected
• Select “Block sites from setting any data”

To delete existing cookies

• Click on the spanner icon in the top right of the browser
• Click on “Options”
• Click on “Under the Bonnet” (UK) / “Under the Hood” (US)
• Click on the “Content settings” button in the Privacy section
• Click on the “Clear browsing data” button

Safari

To prevent new cookies from being installed and delete existing cookies
• Go to the Safari menu (icon in top right of browser) and select Preferences
• In the popup window that appears, select the Security icon (a padlock)
• Under “Accept Cookies”, select the “Never” button

Optional Data Provision

Subject to the specifications made with regard to navigation data, users are free to provide the personal data either to be entered in the application forms submitted to the Office or referred to in contacting the Office to request delivery of information materials and other communications.

Failure to provide such data may entail the failure to be provided with the items requested.

Processing Arrangements

Personal data is processed with automated means for no longer than is necessary to achieve the purposes for which it has been collected.
Specific security measures are implemented to prevent the data from being lost, used unlawfully and/or inappropriately, and accessed without authorisation.

Data Subjects’ Rights

Data subjects are entitled at any time to obtain confirmation of the existence of personal data concerning them and be informed of their contents and origin, verify their accuracy, or else request that such data be supplemented, updated or rectified (Section 7 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003).
The above Section also provides for the right to request erasure, anonymisation or blocking of any data that is processed in breach of the law as well as to object in all cases, on legitimate grounds, to processing of the data.
All requests should be emailed to project coordinator olivia.levrini2@unibo.it, or sent to the coordinator office (via Irnerio, 45 – 40126 Bologna – Italy).