On this page, the way in which the reference site is managed is described with regard to processing of the personal data of users consulting the site. This refers to the information provided in accordance with Article 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 - Privacy Code - to people interacting with the company web services, accessible at: http://digitalife.active-ceramic.com
which corresponds to the home page of the official site.

The information in question is provided for this site only, not for any other sites that might by consulted by users via links.

The information is also based on Recommendation no. 2/2001 adopted on 17 May 2001 by the European Authorities for the protection of personal data, as members of the Working Party set up under Article 29 of Directive no. 95/46/EC, in order to identify several minimum requisites for the on-line acquisition of personal data and, specifically, the timing and the nature of the information that the controllers of the processing must supply to users when they link up with web pages, regardless of the purposes of the link.

THE DATA CONTROLLER
The data referred to identified or identifiable persons may be processed following consultation of this site.
The "controller" of the processing is GranitiFiandre S.p.A., in the person of their pro-tempore legal representative.

PLACE OF PROCESSING OF THE DATA
The processing connected with the web services of this site take place at the company’s registered address and is taken care of solely by the technical personnel of the department in charge of such processing, or by persons who may be entrusted with occasional maintenance activities.
No data resulting from the web service are either notified or circulated.
The personal data provided by users who submit requests for information material (brochures, CD-ROMs, catalogues, price-lists, answers to queries, miscellaneous documents, etc.) to be sent to them are used solely for the purpose of carrying out the requested service or activity.

TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED

Navigation data
During their normal operation,the IT systems and software procedures for running this web site acquire certain personal data, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols.
This information is not acquired in order to be associated with identified interested parties, but they could enable users to be identified by means of processing and associating them with data held by third parties.
This category of data includes the IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by the users linking up with the site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the resources requested, the time of day of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the numerical code indicating the status of the reply provided by the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters concerning the user’s operating system and IT environment.

These data are used for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information concerning use of the site and for monitoring its correct operation.
They are erased immediately after processing. The data could be used in order to ascertain liability in the event of any IT offences to the detriment of the site. Apart from such cases, if any, as things stand the data concerning web contacts persist for no longer than seven days.

Data provided voluntarily by the user
The optional, explicit and voluntary submission of e-mail messages to the addresses indicated at this site entails the subsequent acquisition of the address of the sender, which is necessary in order to meet any requests, and of any other personal data contained in the message.
Specific summary information memos will be reported or shown progressively on the pages of the site provided for specific services.

COOKIES
No personal data of users is acquired by the site in this respect.
Cookies are not used to transmit information of a personal nature, nor are so-called persistent cookies of any type, i.e. systems for tracing users, employed.
The use of session cookies (which are not stored permanently in the user’s computer and disappear as soon as the browser is closed) is strictly limited to the transmission of session ID’s (consisting of random numbers generated by the server), necessary for enabling the site to be explored safely and efficiently.
The so-called session cookies used on this site do not resort to other IT techniques that could potentially prejudice confidential navigation by users and do not allow acquisition of personal data identifying the user.

OPTIONAL NATURE OF THE PROVISION OF DATA
Except as specified for navigation data, the user may choose freely whether or not to provide his/her personal data. Failure to provide them may make it impossible to provide whatever is requested.

PROCESSING PROCEDURE
The personal data are processed with automated tools for the time strictly necessary to achieve the aim for which they were acquired.
Specific safety measures are implemented in order to prevent the loss of data, their unlawful or incorrect use or unauthorised access.

RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES CONCERNED
The parties to whom the personal data refer are entitled to obtain at all times confirmation of the existence or otherwise of the data concerned, and to be made aware of their contents and origin, to check the exactness and to require that they be completed or up-dated, or their correction (for a complete illustration see Article 7 of Legislative Decree no, 196/2003).
In accordance with the same article, they are entitled to request cancellation of the data, their conversion into an anonymous form or cancellation of data processed in breach of the law and, for legitimate reasons, to oppose processing thereof.

These requests must be addressed to the Controller of the processing.
This document constitutes the Privacy Policy of this site and will be subject to up-dating