Cookie Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The data supplied to alab.tech S.r.l., via the website at ​www.AroundTheSound.tech ​ (hereafter the “Website”) when using services supplied by alab.tech S.r.l. (hereafter “Services”), shall be processed in compliance with personal data protection legislation (GDPR EU Regulation 2016/679 and Italian Privacy Code). alab.tech S.r.l. informs users of the following.

1. Data Controller

1.1. The Data Controller of personal data is alab.tech S.r.l., with registered office in Milan (20121 - Italy), Piazzale Biancamano, 2, VAT number IT VAT 09797030963 (hereafter “alab.tech” or “Data Controller”), info@alab.tech.

2. Nature of the data processed and purposes of the processing

2.1. The personal data processed are exclusively of users who has reached the age of majority, where personal data is defined as any information on a physical person who is identified or may be identified, either directly or indirectly through reference to any other information. The data processed are the data provided by the user to the Data Controller when registering for the newsletter Service and / or requesting for supply/activation of a alab.tech Service and/or when sending communications to Alab.tech via email or through an appropriate form to be filled in, such as name and surname, date of birth, email address, postal address, telephone number, as well as the data collected by alab.tech when browsing the Website, such as IP address, information obtained through cookies.

2.2 The data will be used for the following purposes:

A) for the performance of the Services requested, for the fulfilment of obligations under the law and EU regulations or legislation, as well as for exercising rights before the Courts;

B) for the promotion, via email, telephone calls with an operator, sms, mms of commercial proposals related and/or connected to alab.tech’s Services, and for sending advertising material exclusively regarding alab.tech’s products or services, and in order to conduct market surveys and to send free samples or promotional gifts of modest value;

C) for the analysis of consumers’ habits and consumption choices, for the creation of a user’s profile on the basis of the information and preferences expressed when browsing the Website or during the use of the Services requested, for the purpose of sending personalized advertising communications via email, sms, mms, paper-based mail and telephone calls with an operator. The profiling activity as identified in section 2.2C shall not produce legal effects on the user nor affect him personally, except for the communication and promotion of personalized offers.

3. Obligatory/optional nature of providing data

3.1 Providing the data requested at the time of activation of Services for the purposes identified in the section 2.2A above is mandatory, as it is strictly functional for providing the Services requested and meeting legal obligations. Refusal to supply data will make it impossible for alab.tech to complete the process of providing the Services requested and/or meeting legal obligations.

3.2 Providing the data requested for the purposes identified in sections 2.2B, 2.2C above is optional. Refusal to consent to the purposes of sections 2.2B, 2.2C will have no effect on the providing of Services. Users will be able to use alab.tech’s Services anyway. Users may object to processing for the purposes identified in sections 2.2B, 2.2C either right away, by not giving their consent while activating the newsletter Service or further Services, or at a later time, by sending an email to info@alab.tech. Users tick off checkboxes at the time of activation of Services to consent to use of the data identified above for the purposes specified therein; if users do not select a particular checkbox, they will be considered not to have consented to processing for this purpose.

4. Processing methods

4.1 Users’ data will be collected on line during the activation of the Services requested, by comparing items of parts of items of information, or through use of the email service.

4.2 Users’ data will be processed through registration, consultation, communication, storage and deletion operations conducted primarily using electronic tools and manually, ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to protect the security and guarantee the confidentiality of the data processed.

4.3 Users’ data, stored in electronic/magnetic/digital form, are stored and filed on a server located in the USA; personal data stored in paper form shall be filed in specific registers and/or records whose conservation shall be guaranteed by placing the latter in specific containers, stored in suitable premises. alab.tech declares that data registered on its server and/or in suitable premises are protected against the risk of intrusion and unauthorized access, and that it has taken appropriate security measures to ensure the integrity and availability of data and protect areas and places for data storage and accessibility. In particular the company hosting our server has been duly certified according to Privacy Shield.

4.4 Personal data will be processed by alab.tech’ employees and/or collaborators acting as data processors or persons in charge of the processing, in the context of their respective functions and in accordance with the instructions given by alab.tech.

5. Data disclosure

5.1 Users’ personal data may be disclosed to certain parties appointed by alab.tech to provide the Services requested and to meet legal obligations.

Data may be disclosed to:

a) people, companies or professionals who provide alab.tech with bookkeeping, administrative, legal, fiscal and financial assistance, consulting services and collaboration;

b) parties delegated and/or appointed by alab.tech to perform activities or parts of activities related to the supply of the requested Services and all other external parties who collaborate with alab.tech and must be informed of the data in order to correctly fulfill alab.tech’s obligations under the contract for the supply of Services;

c) Public Authorities in the performance of their institutional functions, within the limits set by laws and regulations. Users’ data will not be disseminated. The Data Controller has appointed Data Processors for the processing of personal data. The updated list of all Data Processors may be requested at the following email address dpo@alab.tech. alab.tech may update the list from time to time.

6. Users’ rights

6.1 Users (hereafter “data subject”) are entitled to obtain confirmation of the presence of their personal data and the purposes for which the data are processed at any time. Users are also entitled to request updating, correction, deletion or blocking of data and to refuse its use, entirely or in part.

6.2 Users’ rights are listed below. Specifically.

6.2.1 A data subject shall have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the following information.

6.2.2 A data subject shall have the right to be informed of:

a) the identity and the contact details of the controller and, where applicable, of the controller's representative;

b) the contact details of the data protection officer, where applicable;

c) the categories of personal data, their source, the purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended, as well as the legal basis for the processing;

d) the legitimate interests, if any, pursued by the controller or by a third party;

e) the recipients or categories of recipients of the personal data, if any;

f) where applicable, the fact that the controller intends to transfer personal data to a third country or international organization and the existence or absence of an adequacy decision by the Commission, or reference to the appropriate or suitable protections and the means by which to obtain a copy of them or where they have been made available.

6.2.3 In addition to the previous information, the controller shall provide the data subject with the following further information:

a) the period for which the personal data will be stored, or if that is not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

b) the existence of the right to request from the controller access to and rectification or deletion of personal data or restriction of processing concerning the data subject or to refuse the processing as well as the right to data portability;

c) where the processing is based on the users’ consent, the existence of the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal;

d) the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (data protection Authority);

e) whether the communication of personal data is a legal or a contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract, as well as whether the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data and the possible consequences of failure to provide such data;

f) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, in those cases where the latter automated decision-making process produces legal effects concerning him/her or similarly significantly affects him/her, relevant information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the consequences of such processing for the data subject.

6.2.4 The data subject shall have the right to object, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her

a) on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, including profiling;

b) where personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

6.2.5 The data subject shall have the right to:

a) obtain from the controller without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement;

b) receive the personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to alab.tech, in a commonly used electronic form and in an easily legible manner, and have the right to transmit those data to another controller without interferences;

c) obtain from the controller the deletion of personal data concerning him or her and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

- the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;

- the data subject withdraws consent on which the processing is based and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;

- the data subject objects to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing;

- the personal data have been unlawfully processed;

- the personal data have to be erased in order to comply with a legal obligation under European Union law or Member State law to which the controller is subject;

d) obtain from the controller restriction of processing.

6.3 To exercise the above mentioned rights and receive information on parties to whom the data are disclosed, or parties who may become aware of data while acting as data processors or persons in charge of the processing, the users may contact alab.tech, by sending a request using the contact details provided above. The controller shall provide the information related to the action taken on a data subject’s request without undue delay and no later than one month after having received the request. That period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. The controller shall inform the data subject of any extension within one month after having received the request, together with the reasons for the delay. Where the data subject makes the request by electronic form means, the information shall be provided by electronic means where possible, unless otherwise requested by the data subject.

7. Duration of processing

7.1 Personal data will be processed with regard to the purpose mentioned in section 2.2.A for no longer than the period necessary for the performance of Services required, and for the time necessary for the fulfilment of current civil, fiscal and tax obligations and in any case for no longer than a period of 10 years from the termination of the underlined obligation (according to statute of limitation applicable provisions).

7.2 Personal data will be processed with regard to the purposes mentioned in section 2.2.B (marketing/promotional activities) for no longer than 24 months starting from the date in which the consent to the processing of personal data was given.

7.3 Personal data will be processed with regard to the purposes mentioned in section 2.2.C (profiling activity) for no longer than 12 months starting from the date in which the consent to the processing of personal data was given.

7.4 At the end of the data processing period, the data will be deleted or permanently rendered anonymous.

8. Legal basis for the processing

8.1 The legal basis for the processing shall be constituted in accordance with the user’s consent, the compliance with a contractual requirement and the legal provisions.

9. Updating of Privacy Policy

9.1 This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision. alab.tech will notify users when changes are made to data processing conditions by publishing the amendments on the Website. If required under current legislation, users will have the option to consent to any new data processing. If the user refuses, his or her data will not be processed according to the changes of the new privacy policy.

10. Transfer to non-EU countries

10.1 Personal data are transferred to the USA, as some of the data processors hold their server infrastructure there.

10.2 The European Commission has made an "adequacy decision" with respect to the data protection laws of the USA.

Transfers to the USA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, namely the Privacy Shield, more info https://www.privacyshield.gov/European-Businesses, or the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission, a copy of which can be obtained from www.garanteprivacy.it or www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/footer/contatti.

COOKIE POLICY

In this document, the Data Controller of personal data, alab.tech S.r.l., with registered office in Milan (20121 - Italy), Piazzale Biancamano, 2 and VAT number 09797030963 (hereafter “alab.tech” or “Data Controller”), info@alab.tech, provides users of the website ​www.AroundTheSound.tech​ (hereafter the “Website”) with information on cookies used.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text strings which a website browsed by a user sends to the user’s terminal (normally to the web browser), where they are memorized so that they can be sent back to the same website the next time the user browses it. While browsing, the user may also receive cookies on his or her terminal which are sent by different websites or web servers ("third parties"), on which a number of elements (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages in other domains) present on the website the user is browsing may reside. There is normally a large number of cookies present in users’ web browsers, and they may persist for some time and used for a number of different purposes: log-in, session monitoring, storage of information on specific configurations regarding users who access the server. Cookies differ from one another on the basis of the purposes of those who use them. On this basis, cookies may be divided into two macro-categories: technical cookies and profiling cookies.

Technical cookies

Technical cookies are used solely in order to send a communication over an electronic communication network, or to the extent strictly necessary to supply a service requested by a user. They are normally installed by the publisher or manager of the web website.

Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are intended to create user profiles, and are used to send advertising messages which are in line with the user’s preferences as demonstrated while browsing the internet.

Third-party cookies

Cookies may be installed on the user’s terminal not only by the manager of the website the user is browsing but by managers of other websites which install cookies through the first website (referred to as "third-party cookies").

Types of cookie used by the Website

Technical cookies

The Website uses technical cookies permitting recognition of users who come back to browse the Website and their data, so that they will not need to enter the same information over and over again.

The user’s prior consent is not required before these cookies can be installed and used.

The following technical cookies are used on the Website.

Browsing or session cookies, which permit ordinary browsing and use of the Website. For example, they allow users to make a purchase or log on to access restricted areas. These cookies are necessary for optimal use of the Website.

Technical cookies, while not requiring the user’s prior consent to be installed and used, can be managed by the user through browser settings (see the section on “How to manage cookie settings”). Deleting them could, however, affect proper functioning of the Website.

Analytics cookies, on the basis of which statistical information is acquired on the number of users browsing the Website and their browsing methods. This information is processed in aggregate, anonymous form.

Advertising cookies used on our business partners’ websites

The Website adverts on a number of third-party websites. The Website use cookies to control how often the user is shown a particular advert on those websites, so he does not see the same advert too frequently. The Website does not collect any personal data within these cookies. To reject our use of these cookies, please refer to the browser settings as set out in the ‘Managing cookie settings’ section below.

Third-party cookies

The Website has a number of third-party cookies installed.

The Website does not have direct control over third-party cookies (it cannot either install them directly or delete them). Users may, however, manage these cookies and withhold consent for their use through their browser settings, as described the section on “How to manage cookie settings” below, or by going to the links given in the table below.

The table below contains information on the third parties who install the cookies, the third-party cookies installed by the Website, their features and purposes, links to their privacy notices, and links to the methods to be used for deactivating third-party cookies or consent forms that may be used to deactivate them.

To manage all cookies on our site, including those that are served by us, you can change your browser settings. For additional information on how to manage all cookies please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Please note that disabling, blocking or deleting cookies in your browser settings may impact your ability to fully use our website.