Pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 196 of June 30, 2003, as amended (the “Privacy Code”), and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “Privacy Regulation”), MIR – Medical International Research S.p.A. wishes to inform you and all users and/or visitors of the website (respectively, the “Users” and the “Site”) regarding the use of personal data, log files, and cookies collected through the Site.
Data Controller and Data Processors
The Data Controller of personal data is MIR – Medical International Research S.p.A., with registered office in Rome 00173, Viale Luigi Schiavonetti 270, Tax Code and VAT No. 04564101006, telephone +39 06 227547777, email info@spirometry.com (hereinafter, the “Controller”).
The updated list of appointed Data Processors may be provided upon request by data subjects and/or Users.
a) Automatically Collected Information
Like all websites, our Site uses log files in which information collected automatically during your visits is stored. The IT systems and software procedures used to operate the Site automatically acquire certain information during use, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols.
The information collected includes:
– Internet Protocol (IP) address or the domain name of the device you use;
– Browser type and device parameters used to connect to the Site;
– URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources or the method used to submit the request to the server;
– Name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
– Date and time of visit;
– Referring and exit web pages;
– Number of clicks, if applicable;
– Size of the file obtained in response;
– Numerical code indicating the status of the server response (successful, error, etc.);
– Other parameters relating to your device’s operating system and IT environment.
Such information is processed automatically and collected exclusively in aggregated form in order to verify the proper functioning of the Site.
b) Cookies
The Site uses cookies. Cookies are text files stored on an IT medium that allow certain parameters and data to be recorded and transmitted to the IT system through your browser. These tools enable analysis of your browsing habits on the Site for various purposes, including performing IT authentications, session monitoring, storing information on specific configurations relating to users accessing the server, storing preferences, and more.
Cookies are divided into:
This Site does not use profiling cookies. None of the personal data collected during users’ browsing is used to send advertising messages reflecting preferences expressed during Internet navigation.
While browsing the Site, you may also receive cookies sent by third-party websites or web servers (“Third Parties”). The Third Parties using cookies on our Site include:
Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), whose privacy policy is available at https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=it. You may refuse the installation of cookies used by Google Analytics by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser options. Specifically, the Google Analytics service described above uses the following cookies:
– _GA: These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website. The information is used to compile reports that help us improve the website. Cookies collect information in anonymous form, including the number of website visitors, the websites from which visitors arrived, and the pages visited within the website.
– _GAT / _GID: For further information on the collection, storage, and use of personal data by Google, as a Third Party pursuant to the Regulation, please refer to Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=it.
By using the Site, you are deemed to accept the use of technical cookies and to consent to the processing of data collected by Third Parties.
The Site may contain social network plug-ins (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, X, etc.). If you access a web page equipped with such a plug-in, your internet browser connects directly to the social network’s servers and the plug-in is displayed on your screen via the browser connection. The plug-in communicates to the social network server which pages the user has visited. If a social network user visits our web pages while logged into their social account, their personal data may be associated with their social account.
If plug-in functions are used (for example, clicking the “Like” button or posting a comment), the information will also be associated with the social network account. If you do not wish to associate your visit to the Site with your social network account, you must log out of the social network before visiting our pages. Further information on the collection and use of data by social networks, as well as on rights and available methods to protect your privacy in this context, can be found on the relevant social network pages.
Your data is used to allow you to:
– Access and browse the Site;
– Register and access the services offered therein (e.g., contact forms, newsletter, etc.), as requested by you.
Your data is processed for the following purposes:
(i) Compliance with legal obligations;
(ii) Technical management of the Site;
(iii) Sending information requested by the User;
(iv) Updating you, subject to your explicit consent, about all our promotional and direct marketing initiatives, including through the sending of advertising and/or promotional material via automated tools and/or traditional contact methods, such as push notifications, email (the “Newsletter”), and/or SMS and MMS messages (the “Marketing Services”).
In accordance with the “Guidelines on Promotional Activities and Combating Spam” of July 4, 2013, please note that any consent you provide for the sending of commercial, promotional, and marketing communications via automated tools will also extend to traditional contact methods.
Your data will be processed primarily using IT tools under the authority of the Controller, by specifically authorized, appointed, and instructed personnel pursuant to Articles 28 and 29 of the Privacy Regulation. Appropriate security measures are implemented pursuant to Articles 5 and 32 of the Privacy Regulation to prevent data loss, unlawful or incorrect use, and unauthorized access.
For the purposes referred to in points (i), (ii), and (iii) above, the provision of your personal data is necessary; otherwise, you will not be able to use the services offered by the Site. Accordingly, for purpose (i), the legal basis for processing is compliance with legal obligations pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the Privacy Regulation. For purposes (ii) and (iii), the legal basis is the performance of services provided through the Site and requested by you pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the Privacy Regulation.
For the purpose referred to in point (iv), the provision of data is optional. Refusal to provide such data or to give consent will make it impossible for the Company to carry out the marketing activities described.
The newsletter is sent by email to those who request it by completing the subscription form with their email address. Provision of data is optional. Refusal to provide data will make it impossible to receive the newsletter service and any promotional communications requiring specific and separate consent.
Your data may be communicated within the EU to structures, entities, and external companies (including consultants and service providers) used by the Controller for Site management and for activities connected, instrumental, or consequent to the performance of services offered through the Site.
Further details are provided in the specific privacy notices published or displayed on the Site in connection with the relevant services.
At any time, you may exercise the rights set out in Articles 15 et seq. of the Privacy Regulation, including the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, and objection, within the limits and conditions set out in Article 12 of the Privacy Regulation.
The full template for exercising these rights is available at:
https://spirometry.com/media/documents/MODELLO_esercizio_diritti_in_materia_di_protezione_dei_dati_personali_ENG.pdf, including instructions for completion and submission to the Controller.
In the event of a failure to respond promptly or an inadequate response by the Company, or if you believe there has been a violation of the Privacy Code and/or the Privacy Regulation, you may lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority at: www.gpdp.it – www.garanteprivacy.it, email: garante@gpdp.it, fax: (+39) 06.69677.3785, switchboard: (+39) 06.69677.1.
Without prejudice to legal obligations, personal data will be retained for a period determined according to criteria based on the nature of the services provided.
Data provided for marketing purposes may be retained for no longer than 24 months from registration, unless effectively anonymized in a manner that does not allow, even indirectly or by linking with other databases, your identification.
Data necessary for sending the Newsletter will be processed under an “OPT-OUT” management model, i.e., until the data subject exercises the right to unsubscribe from the service.
Through the Site, your data is processed in compliance with applicable law and using appropriate security measures in accordance with Articles 5 and 32 of the Privacy Regulation.
In particular, appropriate security measures are adopted to prevent unauthorized access, theft, disclosure, alteration, or unauthorized destruction of your data.
The Controller reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy. In such case, you will be promptly informed when you next use the Site.
