Privacy Policy

This information is provided to users who access and use this website of the company METHANOL S.p.A pursuant to and for the purposes of Legislative Decree 196/2003 “Personal Data Protection Code” and subsequent amendments and articles 13 – 14 of EU Regulation 2016/679 “European Regulation on the protection of personal data” (GDPR) to inform them of the essential elements of the processing carried out.

  1. Data Controller

The Data Controller is the company METHANOL S.p.A P.zza Giovanni Giolitti 8 20133 Milan in the person of the Legal Representative pro tempore.

  1. Data Controllers and Processors

The updated list of data controllers and processors is kept at the Data Controller’s headquarters.

  1. Brief description of data processing

For the purposes indicated in this information, the Data Controller will process the personal data that you voluntarily provide us in communications, such as personal and contact details, as well as data collected automatically during navigation.

a) Browsing data

The computer systems and software procedures used to operate the Site may acquire, during their normal operation, some personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified interested parties, but by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held, including by third parties, allow users to be identified. This category of data includes IP addresses or the type of device used by users who connect to the Site, the settings and characteristics of the device as well as the related system activities, the URI ( Uniform Resource Identifier ) addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters relating to the operating system and the user’s IT environment.

This data is used to enable correct navigation, to obtain information to check the correct functioning of the Site, to enable the correct provision of the various functions requested by you and to ascertain any liability in the event of hypothetical computer crimes against the Site or third parties.

With reference to personal data collected through cookies, we invite you to read our Cookie Policy available on the site.

b) Personal data you provide us

We collect the data that you voluntarily provide us, such as personal and contact details (e.g. name, surname, e-mail address, city, profession/qualification, telephone number) to respond to your requests for information sent via e-mail or communications sent to the addresses entered on the Site (e.g. e-mail) or other channels (e.g. via social networks).

  1. Purpose and conditions of lawfulness of the processing

Personal data will be processed by the Data Controller to allow navigation on the Site and check its correct functioning, manage and respond to your requests for information or communications, as well as for the purposes of protecting our rights in and out of court.

In relation to the purposes we pursue, the conditions of lawfulness of the processing are: the execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures adopted at your request, and our legitimate interest.

i. Allow navigation on the Site and ensure its correct functioning . The condition of lawfulness of the processing is the execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures adopted upon request.

The provision of personal data for this purpose is necessary to allow you to navigate the Site and to ensure the correct functioning of the Site.

ii. Manage and respond to your requests for information received via the email address indicated on the Site or other means of communication . The condition for the lawfulness of the processing is the execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures adopted at your request.

You are not obliged to provide your data for the above-mentioned purpose, however communication is a necessary requirement to be able to follow up on your requests; the consequence of failure to communicate may be the impossibility of managing your request.

iii. Manage your spontaneous application received via the email address indicated on the Site or other means of communication . The condition of lawfulness of the processing is the execution of pre-contractual measures adopted at your request.

You are not obliged to communicate your data for the above-mentioned purpose, however communication is a necessary requirement to be able to follow up on your requests; the consequence, in the event of failure to communicate, is the impossibility of following up on your application.

iv. Exercise or defend a right in court or out of court . The condition for the lawfulness of the processing is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller to exercise or defend its rights; The Data Controller has considered that this legitimate interest does not prejudice your rights and freedoms.

  1. Methods of processing and data retention period

Your data will be processed with the support of IT and telematic means and are protected through adequate technical and organizational security measures suitable to guarantee their confidentiality, integrity and availability.

We retain personal data only for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected or for any other legitimate related purpose. Therefore, if personal data are processed for two different purposes, we will retain such data until the purpose with the longest term ceases to exist. In any case, we will no longer process personal data for the purpose whose retention period has expired. Personal data that are no longer necessary, or for which there is no longer a legal basis for their retention, will be irreversibly anonymized (and may be retained in this way) or deleted.

Browsing data is deleted at the end of your browsing session, unless storage is necessary to ascertain any liability in the event of hypothetical computer crimes against the Site or third parties.

The personal data processed to manage and respond to your requests for information or other communications are retained for the time necessary to manage and respond to your request and subsequently deleted.

In the event that it is necessary to process the data for legal protection purposes, these are retained for the time in which any claims can be pursued by law.

  1. Recipients and transfer of personal data

The personal data of the interested party may be made available and/or communicated to persons in charge and/or responsible (including external) for the processing, in relation to the skills and functions of each of them, in order to satisfy the aforementioned purpose or in compliance with specific regulatory obligations.

By way of example and not limited to, the personal data of the interested parties could be made available and/or communicated to:

  • employees of the Data Controller, duly appointed as data processors, or collaborators and/or consultants of the Data Controller, duly appointed as data controllers;
  • companies, consultants or professionals who may be responsible for the installation, maintenance, updating and, in general, management of the Data Controller’s hardware and software or which the Data Controller uses to provide its products and/or services, even if applicable by appointing them as system administrators;
  • companies, consultants or professionals who assist the Data Controller in fulfilling specific legal obligations.

In this regard, the Data Controller specifies that the persons in charge to whom the personal data of the Users will be made known will process them by virtue of a specific appointment or task, in accordance with the requirements of art. 29 of the Regulation, and that the third parties to whom the personal data will be made available will process them as external data controllers on behalf of the Data Controller, on the basis of specific appointment deeds, in accordance with the requirements of art. 28 of the Regulation.

The personal data of the interested parties collected will not be disclosed, made available or given for consultation in any form to subjects other than those indicated in this information and/or provided for by current legislation.

The User’s personal data will not be transferred outside the European Economic Area; however, in such an eventuality, the Data Controller specifies that the processing will take place according to one of the methods permitted by the Legislation on the protection of personal data, such as the adoption of Standard Clauses approved by the European Commission, the selection of subjects adhering to international programs for the free circulation of data or operating in countries considered safe by the European Commission, etc.. It is possible to receive more information, upon request, from the Data Controller at the contacts indicated above .

  1. Data Transfer

The Data Controller stores and processes the personal data indicated within the European Union. The Data Controller does not transfer personal data outside the European Union, the European Economic Area; in any case, where the Data Controller, due to any needs related to the location of service providers, needs to transfer data outside the European Union or the European Economic Area to countries for which the European Commission has not issued an Adequacy Decision, the same undertakes to guarantee adequate levels of protection and safeguard, including contractual, according to the applicable regulations, including the stipulation of standard contractual clauses pursuant to art. 46, par. 2, letter c) of the GDPR, integrated where necessary by additional technical, legal and organizational measures necessary to guarantee that the level of protection of personal data is equivalent to that of the European Union.

For any further information on the transfer of your personal data, you can send an email to the following address: gdpr@methanolspa.com

  1. Rights of the interested party

At any time the interested party may exercise his/her rights pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003 and subsequent amendments and articles 15 to 22 of EU Regulation 2016/679 by contacting the Data Controller, sending an email to the address gdpr@methanolspa.com

By way of example, you have the right, at any time, to request where applicable:

  1. Access your data to confirm whether or not your data is being processed (art. 15 of EU Regulation 2016/679)
  2. Verify and rectify your data (art. 16 of EU Regulation 2016/679)
  3. Obtain erasure (Right to be forgotten) (art. 17 of EU Regulation 2016/679)
  4. Obtain restriction of processing (art. 18 GDPR)
  5. Get data portability.
  6. Object to data processing.
  7. File a complaint.
  8. Object to automated decision-making, where it exists.
  9. Revoke consent at any time . The interested party may revoke consent to the processing of data at any time. However, the revocation of consent does NOT affect the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given before the revocation;

There is no automated decision-making process.

In any case, the interested party retains the right to contact the Authority for the protection of personal data, whose references are present on the website www.garanteprivacy.it, using the methods specified therein.

Change Privacy Policy

The owner reserves the right to modify, update, add or remove portions of this privacy policy at its sole discretion and at any time by giving notice.

The Data Controller
METHANOL S.p.A