Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how information about you is collected, used and disclosed by this website. This Privacy Policy applies to the information I collect when you use my services or when you otherwise interact with me.
Data controller
I, Cinzia Ferri, Via Garibaldi 168, 17043 Carcare (SV), email: cinzia@instantlyitaly.com am the data controller.
The service is hosted and operates in Italy.
The information I collect
I collect the information you provide me via the contact form, newsletter subscription or Paypal payment of services.
Contact form: when you contact me via the contact form you find on the Contact page of this website, I get an email from you with your email address and any other information you may decide to give me. Your email address and any message from you is stored on instantlyitaly.com and on gmail.com which is where your email is forwarded to allow me a better management of emails. Gmail is a service offered by Google, a company that operates in the US. Please refer to Google for their Privacy Policy.
Newsletter subscription: if you subscribe to my newsletter via the Popup form on my website or the form you find in either the homepage or the side banner of each page, you are redirected to a MailChimp form. By leaving your name and email address and accepting the privacy policy, you’ll be signed up to my newsletter. This means you will get a weekly email + occasional emails during the year to inform you of news and services. You can unsubscribe any time you want by clicking on the link at the bottom of every newsletter you receive from me. Your email address and name are stored on Mailchimp servers. MailChimp operates in the US. Please refer to MailChimp for their privacy policy. The tool I use to manage the popup form is PopUpAlly, a tool by AmbitionAlly, a company that operates in the US. Please refer to AmbitionAlly for their privacy policy.
Payment of services via Paypal: if you purchase one of my services via Paypal, I will collect your name and email address which I need to contact you to supply my service. I use Gmail.com to contact you. Gmail is a service offered by Google, a company that operates in the US. Please refer to Google for their privacy policy. If you purchase Be Italian For A Month or Be Italian For A Year, I use your email address to send you the service you bought using MailChimp. MailChimp operates in the US. Please refer to MailChimp for their privacy policy. Your purchasing data are stored on Paypal, a company that operates in the US. Please refer to Paypal for their privacy policy as well if you want to find out more about how your data are handled there.
Comments on the blog: if you leave a comment on the blog, your name and email address will be stored on instantlyitaly.com.
How I use the information I collect
I use the information I collect to provide and deliver the information, products, and services you request, process transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts.
To whom I disclose information
I never share your information with third parties.
However, for technical reasons, two entities have access to my website and may see the data that are stored there. These are:
Webmaster: my webmaster is Ljuba Daviè – please refer to her website for her privacy policy.
Internet provider: my internet provider is ThirdEye – please refer to their website for their privacy policy.
Social Sharing Features
Each post on the blog has a tool that is called “Social Sharing Buttons”, which allows you to share such post on your social media (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest). Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
Cookies
No personal data is intentionally acquired by this site.
The site does not use cookies to transmit personal information, nor does it use any kind of persistent cookies (user tracking systems).
The use of so-called session cookies (which are not permanently stored by the user’s computer and disappear when the browser is closed) is strictly limited to the transmission of session identification data (random numbers generated by the server) necessary to explore the site safely and effectively.
The session cookies used in this website avoid the use of other IT techniques which might otherwise jeopardize the confidentiality of users when browsing and do not allow the acquisition of personal data identifying the users.
Links to other websites
Instantlyitaly.com may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave this website, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Your choices
I respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access to the data that you may have provided through your use of my services. If you wish to access or amend any other data I hold about you, or to request that I delete any information about you, please contact me via the Contact section or send me an email at cinzia@instantlyitaly.com. At your request, I will have any reference to you deleted or blocked in my database.
You may decline to share certain personal data with me, in which case I may not be able to provide to you some of the features and functionality of my service.
If you believe your right to privacy granted by applicable data protection laws has been infringed upon, please contact me immediately via the Contact section or send me an email at cinzia@instantlyitaly.com. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with data protection authorities.
Data security
I maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect your data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of processing of the data in my possession. This includes, for example, firewalls, password protection and other access and authentication controls. I use SSL technology to encrypt data during transmission through the public internet.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. I cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to me and you do so at your own risk. I also cannot guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards. If you believe your data has been compromised, please contact me via the Contact section or send me an email at cinzia@instantlyitaly.com.
If I learn of a security systems breach, I will inform you and the authorities of the occurrence of the breach in accordance with applicable law.
Data retention
I only retain the data collected from a user for as long as the user is active or otherwise for a limited period of time as long as I need it to fulfill the purposes for which I have initially collected it, unless otherwise required by law.
Changes and updates to this policy
Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this Policy, which I may update from time to time. If I modify the Policy, I will make it available here, and indicate the date of the latest revision, and will comply with applicable law. Your continued use of my services after the revised Policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of the Policy.
How to contact me
Please contact me with any questions or comments about this Policy, your Personal Data, my use and disclosure practices, or your consent choices by email at cinzia@instantlyitaly.com.
If you have any concerns or complaints about this Policy or your Personal Data, you may contact me at cinzia@instantlyitaly.com.
Last updated: May 22nd, 2018