Privacy Policy

The information provided below describes, as required by the EU Regulation 2016/679, the processing operations performed on the personal data of the users visiting Bologna Walking Tour website www.bolognawalkingtour.com (hereinafter, the “Website”).
The information provided does not concern other online websites, pages or services that can be accessed via hyperlinks on the Website but relate to resources outside the Bologna Walking Tour domain.

Data controller

Visiting the Website may result into processing data relating to identified or identified natural persons.
The data controller is Fabio Bergonzini, VAT Reg. No. 03667080364, registered office located in via Castellaro, 14 – 41057 Spilamberto (MO), phone +39 338 4832300, e-mail info@bolognawalkingtour.com.

Legal basis for the processing

The personal data mentioned on this page are processed by Fabio Bergonzini in discharging its business activities, such as: the response to requests for information about the services offered, the preparation of sales quotations, the management of the pre-contractual activity; including the activities of analysis of statistical information on the use of the Website by users and the control of the proper functioning of the Website itself.

Categories of personal data and purposes of the processing

Browsing data
The information systems and software procedures relied upon to operate this Website acquire personal data as part of their standard functioning; the transmission of such data is an inherent feature of Internet communication protocols.
This data category includes the IP addresses and/or the domain names of the computers and terminal equipment used by any user, the URI/URL (Uniform Resource Identifier/Locator) addresses of the requested resources, the time of such requests, the method used for submitting a given request to the server, returned file size, a numerical code relating to server response status (successfully performed, error, etc.), and other parameters related to the user’s operating system and computer environment.
These data are necessary to use web-based services and are also processed in order to extract statistical information on service usage (most visited pages, visitors by time/date, geographical areas of origin, etc.) and check functioning of the services.

Data communicated by users
Sending messages, on the basis of the user’s free, voluntary, explicit choice, to the Fabio Bergonzini contact addresses and filling in and sending the forms made available on the Website entail the acquisition of the sender’s contact information as necessary to provide a reply as well as of any and all the personal data communicated in that manner. These data will be used exclusively for the purpose of responding to users’ requests, therefore their provision is essential. Failure to provide it will make it impossible to be re-examined by Fabio Bergonzini.

Cookies and other tracking devices
The Website does not use profiling cookies for the collection of personal data. So-called session (non-persistent) cookies are used exclusively to the extent this is necessary to enable secure, efficient browsing. Storage of session cookies in terminal equipment or browsers is under the user’s control, whilst cookie-related information is stored server-side after HTTP sessions in the service logs. The cookies generated by the Website are explained in detail in the Cookie Policy at the bottom of this page.

Data transfer

The management and storage of personal data will take place in Europe, without any transfer abroad (non-EU).

Data retention period

Fabio Bergonzini will process personal data for the time necessary to fulfill the aforementioned purposes.

Data recipients

The following entities are recipients of the data collected in the course of visiting the Website. They have been appointed as data processors by Fabio Bergonzini pursuant to Article 28 of the Regulation: Crescendo di Alessandro Lughi and Crescendo di Nicola Giuriolo as providers of Website development and maintenance services.
The personal data collected as above are also processed by staff from Fabio Bergonzini, acting on specific instructions concerning purposes and arrangements of such processing.
No personal data conferred by the users in general will be communicated to third parties (outside the case of communication to the competent Authorities, in the hypothesis of ascertaining the carrying out of illegal activities) or, even less, widespread.

Data subjects’ rights

Data subjects have the right to obtain from Fabio Bergonzini, where appropriate, access to their personal data as well as rectification or erasure of such data or the restriction of the processing concerning them, and to object to the processing (pursuant to Articles 15 to 22 of the Regulation). Please contact Fabio Bergonzini, via Castellaro, 14 – 41057 Spilamberto (MO), phone +39 338 4832300, e-mail info@bolognawalkingtour.com, to lodge all requests to exercise these rights.

Right to lodge a complaint

If a data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her as performed via this Website infringes the Regulation, he or she has the right to lodge a complaint with Fabio Bergonzini pursuant to Article 77 of the Regulation, or else to bring a judicial proceeding against Fabio Bergonzini pursuant to Article 79 of the Regulation.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that visited websites send to the user’s terminal, where they are stored, and then be re-transmitted to the same sites on the next visit. This cookie policy has the specific purpose of illustrating the types, methods of use and to provide guidance on actions to reject or delete cookies on this Website, if desired.

Types of cookies used on this Website

By using this Website, you agree that the following cookies may be installed on your device:

Technical session cookies
Cookies that are not stored permanently on the user’s device and are deleted when the browser is closed. The use of these cookies is strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers necessary to allow normal navigation and use of the Website in a safe and efficient manner.

Third-party analytical cookies
Cookies similar to technical cookies when used directly by the Website operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the Website. These cookies are used for statistical analysis, to improve the Website and simplify its use as well as to monitor its correct operation; information on user activity on the Website is collected anonymously (through anonymization of the IP address) and the service is provided exclusively by Google Analytics, consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy.

Other third-party cookies
Cookies for the incorporation of maps from the Google Maps service on the Website, consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy.
Cookies for the incorporation of YouTube video content on the Website, consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy.

Finally, users can interact with social networks, or other external platforms, directly from the pages of the Website. The interactions and information acquired from the Website are in any case subject to the user’s privacy settings relating to each social network. The following third parties may use their own cookies and to ensure greater transparency and convenience, below are links to various information:
Facebook: consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy
Twitter: consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy
Google and YouTube: consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy
Pinterest: consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy
LinkedIn: consult the related privacy policy and cookie policy

Consent to use

The user is reminded that, also in accordance with the instructions given by the Italian data protection authority by the provision of May 8, 2014 (published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 126 of June e, 2014), it is intended that the user has given your consent to the use of cookies with the same continuation of browsing the Website.

How to change cookie settings

Most browsers allow you to delete cookies from your computer, block acceptance of cookies or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. The user can in fact manage the cookie preferences directly in his browser and prevent – for example – that third parties can install it. Through the browser preferences you can delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookie in which it is eventually saved consent to the installation of cookies by this Website. It is important to note that disabling all cookies, the operation of the Website may be compromise, making it virtually unusable.
The user can find information on how to manage cookies in its browser at the following links:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Edge
Opera