1. Privacy Policy
This website ( https://www.qpmechanics.com) collects some Personal Data from its Users. This document can be printed for reference by using the print command in the settings of any browser.2. Data owner
QP Mechanics S.R.L. is the Data owner.
Purpose of data processing
Your personal data is freely disclosed and acquired by us because of the activity carried out by QP MECHANICS S.R.L.
Via Cesare Cattaneo 8b, 22063, Vighizzolo di Cantù (CO)
P.iva 03109900138
Data collector e-mail: info@qpmechanics.com
3. Types of Data collected
The Owner does not provide a list of types of Personal Data collected.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed before the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this website. Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory. If Users deny providing this Data it may be impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner. Any use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published, or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
4. Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT-enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Legal basis for processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations, the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or the exercise
of official authority vested in the Owner; - processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular, whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. For more information, contact the Data Owner.
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own.
To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to protect their Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or enquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose for which they have been collected. Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
When processing is based on the User’s consent, the Data Processor may retain Personal Data for a longer period until such consent is revoked. In addition, the Data Processor may be required to retain Personal Data for a longer period in compliance with a legal obligation or by order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification, and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after the expiration of the retention period.
5. Purpose of data processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Contacting the User, Analytics, Displaying content from external platforms, Remarketing and behavioral targeting and Tag Management.
For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Mailing list or newsletter (this Application)
Following registration for the newsletter or mailing list, the User’s email address is entered into a contact database to which email messages containing information, including commercial and promotional information, relating to this site may be sent. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up for this Application or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; company name, Usage Data.
Contact form (this Application)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes, or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: email address; first name; last name; company name, Usage Data.
Phone
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes, or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
The Owner may use the personal and usage data collected through this website to create or update user profiles. This type of data processing allows the owner to evaluate user choices, preferences, and behavior for the purposes outlined in the respective sections of this document.
User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties. To find out more about the profiling activities performed, users can check the relevant sections of this document.
The User always has the right to object to this kind of profiling activity. To find out more about the user’s rights and how to exercise them, the user is invited to consult the section of this document concerning the rights of the user.
Services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Usage Data and Tracking Tool. Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
These services are intended to host and operate key components of this Website so that this Website can be supplied from a single platform. These platforms provide the Data Controller with a wide range of tools such as, for example, analytical tools, user registration management, comment, and database management, e-business, payment processing, etc. The use of these tools implies the collection and processing of Personal Data. Some of these services operate through servers geographically located in different places, making it difficult to determine the exact place where Personal Data is stored.
WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. or by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., depending on how the Owner manages the Data processing, that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Application.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service. Place of data processing: USA – Privacy Policy.
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts, or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp is an address management and email messaging service provided by Intuit Inc. Personal data processed: email.
Place of data processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
SendinBlue Email (SendinBlue SAS)
SendinBlue is an address management and email messaging service provided by SendinBlue SAS. Personal data processed: usage data, e-mail, tracking tool.
Place of data processing: France – Privacy Policy.
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Application. This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC. Personal Data collected: Usage Data and Tracking Tool.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of this Application that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior. Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for a later visual playback.
Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)
Hotjar is a heat mapping and session recording service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar respects the Do-Not-Track (DNT) headers in browsers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data, and various types of Data.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out
Preference cookies enable the website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your language settings or location.
6. User rights
Users may exercise certain rights concerning the Data processed by the Data Owner. The User is entitled to:- withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract of which the User is part, or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
- lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.