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Privacy Notice  

Thank you for visiting www.arrigoart.com, a website of Angelo Arrigo. This website www.arrigoart.com (the Angelo Arrigo online store) is a website dedicated to e-commerce managed by Angelo Arrigo (the seller of his products) and hosted by Romanelli Project di Romanelli Francesco, acting as hosting service provider.

Angelo Arrigo values your personal data and informs you that your personal data shall be processed for different purposes with your consent. In no case, however, your personal data shall be assigned or sold to third parties for such third parties’ marketing purposes or spread.

We inform you that we process your personal data exclusively for the purposes of the transactions carried out the context of the ANGELO ARRIGO ONLINE STORE WWW.ARRIGOART.COM. Angelo Arrigo, with your consent, shall process your personal data (a) for marketing initiatives (also by email) and for providing you with updates on our products, events, loyalty programs and similar initiatives; (b) (c) the storing of your personal preferences by Angelo Arrigo for optimizing your online shopping experience. Please note that Angelo Arrigo is based in Italy. Please see our privacy statement.

Angelo Arrigo Privacy Policy

INFORMATION ON PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

Angelo Arrigo and the other companies above mentioned as service providers inform you on the processing of personal data collected by Angelo Arrigo through this website. Personal data - provided by you or otherwise acquired, also through third parties – shall be processed in compliance of the applicable legal provisions, including the provisions related to data security. Processing of personal data is made manually and with the support of IT devices with procedures and logics strictly related to the purposes of each processing, as herein specified. We shall reduce to the minimum extent the processing of Personal data that is not necessary for the specific relevant purposes. Angelo Arrigo shall process the Personal data for activities related to the conclusion and/or performance of contractual relationship with you (communication to third parties included), such as, e.g. loyalty initiatives; and/or to exercise or defend rights related to the relationship with customers; and/or to fulfill any obligation provided by law or regulations. Where the provision of Personal data is necessary for the conclusion and performance of a contractual relationship with the customer, is mandatory for the fulfillment of fulfill any obligation provided by law or regulations; in case the Personal data is not provided, this may cause the impossibility for Angelo Arrigo to conclude and/or fulfill the relevant contractual relationship.

Furthermore Angelo Arrigo shall also have the right to process the Personal data for (a) marketing purposes (also by email) and to provide you with updates on our products, events, loyalty programs and similar initiatives; and/or (b) storing of your personal preferences for optimizing your online shopping experience (profiling). The provision of Personal data for those purposes is a faculty and in case you refuse there shall be no consequence. The Personal data shall be accessible to our personnel in charge of each processing activity and to the processor(s), if appointed. The list of the processors and of the persons / entities to whom the Personal data is communicated are available on request without charge. The Personal data will be communicated by Angelo Arrigo to entities, authorities, public bodies, consultants (even associated), third parties providing technical or other services to Angelo Arrigo for the purposes of the processing as above stated, to third parties also in case of mergers, acquisitions, assignment of ongoing businesses and/or other corporate transactions and to any legitimate person/entity under the law. The above persons/entities will process the Personal data as autonomous data controller, processors and/or as persons in charge of the processing, for the purposes above specified. In consideration of the multinational operations of Angelo Arrigo, in the future, certain entities making part of it could be established in Italy, in the European Union and/or outside the European Union, in countries that do not grant an adequate level of protection of personal data pursuant the Italian and European standards. With your consent, the Personal data will be transferred outside Italy, to the European Union and/or outside the European Union exclusively for the purposes of the processing activities here described with. Your consent is a faculty but, in consideration of the characteristic our operations, a denial might influence the conclusion and/or performance of the relevant relationship with, your participation to the marketing initiatives and/or the storing of your personal preferences for optimizing your online shopping experience. However, the Personal data shall not be communicated to third parties for marketing purposes of such third parties and shall not be spread.

You can always exercise the rights granted by legal provisions, including the right of obtaining confirmation of the existence of the Personal data, of verifying its content, source and accuracy, asking for Personal data ’s updating, integration, amendment, deletion anonimization and/or asking for Personal data ’s block in case of violation of the law. You may also oppose the processing for legitimate reasons. You may contact Angelo Arrigo (Data Controller) at privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY

Detailed ANGELO ARRIGO Privacy Policy

Welcome to arrigoart.com. Please read the arrigoart.com Privacy Policy carefully. This Privacy Policy applies when you visit and surf the site arrigoart.com (“Site”) without purchasing any product, when you register with this Site and/or when you use the services provided for purchasing products on this Site. By using this Site, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not want to accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Site.

Since personal data of users and customers of this Site (collectively “Users”) are processed in Italy, any such processing of personal data will be conducted in compliance with applicable Italian Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196 dated June 30, 2003). Pursuant to the Italian Data Protection Code, Angelo Arrigo, a Italian artist having his registered offices in Palermo (PA) Vicolo del Romito 2, Italy (“Angelo Arrigo”) is the data controller of personal data processing regarding services for e-commerce and purchase of products. As used herein, the words “we”, “us” or “our” refer solely to Angelo Arrigo.

1. OUR POLICY

Everyone has the right to the protection of his/her personal data.

ANGELO ARRIGO respects users' right to be informed about the collection and processing of their personal data.

As the controllers of personal data, Angelo Arrigo independently determines the purposes and means by which your personal data is processed, including all security measures. Angelo Arrigo independently ensures that personal data is processed in Italy in a correct and lawful manner and in accordance with good practice.

In processing data that can personally identify you, directly or indirectly, we apply the principle of strict necessity. For this reason, this Site has been designed in such a way that the use of your personal data will be minimal and will not exceed the original purpose for which your personal data was collected and/or processed. In particular, we do not disclose your identity when the purpose for which your personal data is being processed can be achieved by using anonymous aggregate information.

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide you with all the information you need in order to understand our privacy practices. However, if you have any question regarding our privacy practices and this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following e-mail address: privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY.

We do not sell products or services for purchase by children although we may sell children’s products or services for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use this Site only with the consent of a parent or guardian.

2. WHO PROCESSES YOUR PERSONAL DATA

For organizational and operational purposes only, Angelo Arrigo has appointed certain entities that will also process personal data of Users of this Site on the Data Controllers’ behalf (“Data Processors”). Such purposes are strictly connected to the performance of services provided on this Site by Angelo Arrigo, including the sale of products, with respect to compliance with applicable laws and regulations of the Italian Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003) as well as the technical security measures adopted by them in connection with the processing of personal data.

Please contact us at privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY if you would like to receive a full list of our data processors appointed by Angelo Arrigo to carry out operations connected with this Site.

3. HOW DO WE USE PERSONAL DATA AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES

Your personal data is collected and processed by Angelo Arrigo for purposes which are strictly connected to the use of this Site, its services and the purchase of products on this Site. However, your personal data may also be used for other processing operations within the limits of such purposes. In particular, your personal data may be processed for the following purposes:

a) when you are executing purchasing procedures for products sold on this Site, including conclusion of an agreement for the purchase of products, we collect your personal data (for example, password, size, e-mail address, address for delivery, and telephone numbers) on your order form only for the purpose of selling, picking and shipping the products ordered by you; we do not collect your credit card numbers for payments. In fact the purchases carried out in the payment modes we proposed will be subject to high security measures guaranteed by PayPal. All the entered data in these secured systems do not transit on our servers, thus guaranteeing a further security level;

b) when you request service assistance, we collect your personal data (for example, your first and last names, e-mail address) for purposes strictly necessary to provide you with Angelo Arrigo online Customer Service relevant to this Site and to the purchase of products on this Site;

c) when you register with this Site we collect your personal data (for example, your personal information, e-mail address, password, gender) through the relevant registration form (My Account) in order to provide you with services in reserved access areas of the Site and in order to send you arrigoart.com Newsletter, when specifically requested;

Angelo Arrigo will process your personal data generally by electronic means; however, in certain circumstances, paper-based means may be used (for example, when the processing of your personal data is required for the prevention of fraud against us).

Your personal data is stored in a way which allows Angelo Arrigo to identify you for the period that is strictly necessary for the original purposes for which such personal data are collected and subsequently processed, except as specifically provided herein, all in accordance with applicable laws.

Please report any changes to your personal data to the e-mail address: privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY in order to ensure that your personal data is always accurate and kept up-to-date.

Except as provided herein, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties for purposes not permitted by law or without your explicit consent. Your personal data may only be communicated to identified third parties when it is necessary to process an order placed by you. For example, your personal data is disclosed to natural persons or legal entity to (i) process all sales of products; (ii) pick, pack and ship products; (iii) issue invoices for the sales of products; (iv) collect payments for the sales of products from customers, and (v) process all returns of products from customers. Moreover, your personal data may be disclosed to the police or to judicial authorities, in compliance with applicable laws and regulations and upon a formal request by such authorities for example for the purposes of preventing a fraud against us (anti-fraud services). Data Processors will also have access to your personal data, as stated in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy, for the specific purposes stated in that Section. In all the above circumstances, your consent for data processing will not be specifically requested.

Your personal data collected for the purposes of the transaction will not be transferred to any countries outside Italy if such countries do not provide for an adequate level of protection of the privacy of individuals and without your previous consent. We inform you that the transfer of your personal data in the territory of Italy is admitted without your consent, because it is necessary to carry out the operations connected with your order.

Should the above be necessary in order to supply services to you or to execute contracts for the purchase of products between you and Angelo Arrigo, the transfer outside the and Italy of your personal data to any such countries will be carried out only after you are informed of such circumstance and, if required by law, with your previous consent and after the execution of specific contracts between Angelo Arrigo and all parties involved, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

We wish to inform you that Angelo Arrigo processes its Users’ personal data for purposes that are strictly connected to the supply of services through this Site, the execution of contracts related to the sale and purchase of products on this Site.

Angelo Arrigo may have access to third parties' personal data which is directly disclosed by its Users to Angelo Arrigo, for instance when a User buys a product to be sent to a friend, when the user who pays the purchase price for such product is different from the recipient of such product, or when a User wishes to recommend to a friend a service provided through this Site or the sale of a particular product posted on this Site.

In all cases involving the disclosure of information of a third party, you must obtain the consent of such individuals before disclosing their personal data to us and have informed said individuals about this Privacy Policy. You will be the only person liable in connection with the disclosure of information and data relevant to such third parties and with any other incompatible and unlawful use of such data if they have not provided you with their consent.

We may have access to your or third parties’ sensitive data (i.e. personal data allowing the disclosure of racial or ethic origin, religious, philosophical, sex life, health) only in the case such data is directly disclosed by Users to Angelo Arrigo. Please remember that any disclosure of sensitive data is not necessary for the services offered through this Site and any sensitive data will be cancelled if found. In all cases involving the disclosure of sensitive data to us, you will be the only person liable in connection with the disclosure and any illegal use of them by third party.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Angelo Arrigo and its respective affiliates harmless from any liability, loss, claims and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising from or related to any unauthorized disclosure of personally identifiable information of third parties or to any disclosure and use of your or third parties’ sensitive data.

4. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

4.1 Except as provided in the following section 4.2, the personal data we request you provide to us, including your e-mail address, your address, and your telephone number, is necessary for the processing of your order for the purchase of products on this Site to carry out obligations arising out of applicable laws and regulations or to supply other services provided through this Site upon your request.

4.2 Your refusal to provide certain personal data may prevent us from processing your order for the purchase of products sold on the Site or from providing other services through this Site such as arrigoart.com Customer Service, sending the arrigoart.com Newsletter, or recommending a product to a friend.

Your failure to provide personal data may justify our refusal to process your order for the purchase of products sold or to provide one or more services through this Site.

The disclosure of personal data to us other than that required in order to fulfil legal or contractual obligations or to provide the services requested by you is optional and does not have any effect on your use of this Site and its services or on the purchase of products on this Site.

We will inform you if the personal data we ask you to provide is necessary or optional by marking with an asterisk (*) the information that is necessary. Your failure to disclose optional personal data will not result in any obligation or penalty to you.

The disclosure of sensitive data is never requested and always not allowed.

5. TO WHOM YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL BE DISCLOSED

Your personal data may be disclosed to third parties who provide specific services as Data Processors on behalf of Angelo Arrigo or who autonomously process personal data collected by Angelo Arrigo in connection with the performance of a contract for the purchase of products on this Site. Any such disclosure will be conducted, in each instance, without exceeding the original purposes for which your personal data was collected and subsequently processed.

In addition, your personal data may be disclosed to third parties in order to (1) comply with applicable laws, (2) respond to governmental and judiciary inquiries, (3) comply with valid legal process, and (4) protect the rights or property of Angelo Arrigo.

In the event there is a change in the corporate structure of Angelo Arrigo including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, sale, liquidation, or transfer of substantial assets, Angelo Arrigo may, in its sole discretion, transfer, sell or assign personal data collected on and through this Site, including, without limitation, personally identifiable information and aggregate information concerning Users, to one or more affiliated or unaffiliated third parties.

In any event your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties without you being informed or without your consent, when such consent is required by law, except as provided herein.

6. SECURITY MEASURES

We have adopted security measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access and against other unlawful forms of data processing, as provided in this Privacy Policy.

Nevertheless, Angelo Arrigo cannot guarantee that the security measures adopted for the protection of this Site and the transmission of data and information through this Site will prevent or exclude any risk of unauthorized access to or loss of data. It is advisable that your computer be equipped with software devices for the protection of network data transmission and receipt (such as updated antivirus systems) and that your Internet service provider take appropriate measures for the security of network data transmission (such as firewalls and anti-spam filtering).

7. COOKIES

Angelo Arrigo uses automatic systems of data collection, such as cookies. A cookie is a device transmitted to the hard drive of an Internet user. While cookies do not contain intelligible information, they allow us to link an Internet user to personal information provided by such user through this Site. Cookies are disseminated by our servers and no one may gain access to the information contained therein. Only Angelo Arrigo processes information collected by cookies, in a collective and anonymous way, in order to optimize its services and this Site for the needs and preferences of Users and to prepare customized web pages.

We disseminate cookies in connection with functions such as browsing the catalogue, purchasing products on-line and supplying services reserved to registered users.

As you may know, each Internet browser allows the deletion of cookies after each session. Your Internet browser contains instructions on how to carry out these procedures of deletion. Please access the appropriate instructions section on your Internet browser if you wish to delete cookies.

Your acceptance of our automatic procedures of collection of data and the use of cookies is necessary to take advantage of many features and services offered through this Site, including the purchase of products. If you set your browser to block or delete cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will have access to all the features and services offered through this Site (for example, your computer may not be able to display the image of the product you are in the process of purchasing).

8. YOUR RIGHT TO ACCESS PERSONAL DATA AND FURTHER RIGHTS

You are entitled to obtain, at any time, confirmation from Angelo Arrigo as to whether or not data relating to you is being processed, even if not yet registered, and the communication of any such data in an intelligible form.

Moreover, you are entitled to receive from Angelo Arrigo information on the source from which we received your personal data; the purposes and means of processing your personal data; the logic involved in any electronic data processing; information regarding the data controllers and the data processors and the names of subjects and categories of subjects to whom your personal data may be disclosed or who may access your personal data (for example, the names of data processors). You can also find the above information in this Privacy Policy.

You are entitled to obtain at any time from Angelo Arrigo:

a) the updating, rectification or integration of your personal data;

b) the deletion, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of your personal data, which is processed in violation of the law, including when the storage of data is not necessary for the purposes for which it has been collected and subsequently processed;

c) the confirmation that the operations under letters a) and b) have been reported to whom the data were disclosed or disseminated, except when it becomes impossible to do so or if it means exceeding the protection of the right you are claiming.

You are entitled to object, in all or in part:

a) for legitimate reasons, to the processing of your personal data, even if it is related to the purposes for which it was collected;

b) to the processing of your personal data for advertising or direct marketing purposes or in order to sell products or to carry out marketing research or commercial communications.

You may freely and at any time exercise your rights, provided that you do so in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, by sending your request to Angelo Arrigo at the following e-mail address privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY.

9. LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

This Site may provide hyperlinks to third party websites (the "Third Party Websites"). Angelo Arrigo does not operate, control, endorse or guarantee any Third Party Websites. You agree that Angelo Arrigo is not responsible for any content, services and/or products provided by any Third Party Website, nor is Angelo Arrigo responsible for any practice followed by such Third Party Website with respect to the collection and processing of personal data of their users. When you access any Third Party Website through a hyperlink posted on this Site, please carefully read the privacy policy and other policies of such Third Party Website. Our Privacy Policy and other policies do not apply to any Third Party Website.

Angelo Arrigo provides hyperlinks to Third Party Websites only for the convenience of their Users. By providing hyperlinks to Third Party Websites, Angelo Arrigo does not recommend that Users access such Third Party Websites. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND BY ANGELO ARRIGO, EXPRESSED, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR NONINFRINGEMENT. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS ANGELO ARRIGO LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITE OR FOR ANY INFORMATION APPEARING ON THIRD PARTY WEBSITES.

10. CONTACTS

If you wish to receive further information regarding our privacy practices, please contact us by e-mail at privacy@arrigoart.com, or by post to Angelo Arrigo, C.P. 108, Uff. P.T. PA/AUSONIA, 90146 – PALERMO, ITALY.

For more information regarding your rights under the Italian Data Protection Code, please go to the web site of the Italian Data Protection Authority at www.garanteprivacy.it.

11. GOVERNING LAW

The processing of personal data by Angelo Arrigo will be conducted in compliance with applicable Italian laws, as the Italian Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree no. 196 dated June 30, 2003).

The Italian Personal Data Protection Code guarantees that the processing of your personal data will be carried out in compliance with the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and their dignity, with particular reference to confidentiality, identity and the right to personal data protection.

In particular we inform you that our Privacy Policy complies with Italian Personal Data Protection Code.

12. MODIFICATION AND UPDATING

Angelo Arrigo may amend or update from time to time all or any part of this Privacy Policy, whether or not required by a change in the applicable laws and regulation.

Our users will be notified of any amendment to or update of our Privacy Policy on our homepage. All amendments and updates will become effective upon publication on this section of this Site. You should regularly access this section of this Site in order to review the most recent and updated version of our Privacy Policy.

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