THE PRIVACY POLICY OF THIS SITE
THE REASONS OF THIS NOTICE

On this page we describe the way we manage the site concerning the handling of the personal data of the visiting users.
It is an informative note rendered also according to art.13 of d.lgs. nr.196/2003 – Regulation concerning the protection of personal data for those people interacting with web services of Thermomat srl and Thermomat saniline srl (later on identified by the unique name of “Thermomat”) for the protection of personal data accessible through telematic means starting from the address:
http://www.thermomat.com
which is the opening page of Thermomat official site.
This informative note is rendered only for Thermomat site, not also for other web sites, possibly visited by the user through links.
This informative note follows as well the Raccomandazione nr.2/2001 which the European Authorities for the protection of personal data, convened in the Group founded by art.29 of the Directive 95/46/CE, adopted on the 17th May 2001 to identify some minimum requirements for the collection of personal data on line and in particular the means, the times and the nature of information that the “owner” of the handling of personal data shall supply to the users when they connect to web pages no matter the purposes of the connection.

THE “OWNER” OF THE DATA HANDLING

Data referring to identified or identifiable people can be handled following to the consultation of this site.
The “owner” of their handling is company Thermomat srl, as far as they are concerned or Thermomat saniline srl as far as they are concerned, both located in Virgilio (ITALIA) Via M.Curie 7 46030 MN

LOCATION OF THE DATA HANDLING

The handling connected to web services on this site are located by the company above mentioned location and are taken care of only by the technical staff of the Department in charge of the handling or by possible occasional staff entrusted with their maintenance.
No data coming from web service will be spread or transmitted.
Personal data supplied by the users requesting information literature (catalogues, CD-Rom, newsletter, yearly reports, reply to questions, other literature etc.) are used with the only purpose to perform the requested services and are transmitted to a third party only in the case it results being strictly necessary.

QUALITY OF THE DATA HANDLED
Surfing data

Information systems and software procedures for the functioning of this web site acquire, while working, some personal data whose transmission is considered implicit with the use of the Internet communication records.
It concerns information which are not collected in order to be associated to identified users, but for their particular nature through processing and association with data “owned” by a third party, could allow the identification of the users.
This class of data includes the IP addresses or the ownership of the computer names used by the users connecting to the site, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, the time when the request was made, the method used to transmit the request to the server, the dimension of the file obtained in reply, the code number showing the state of the reply supplied by the server (successful, error etc.) and other parameters connected to the operating system and to the information environment of the user.
These data are used with the only aim of getting statistical information about the use of the site and to control its correct functioning. Data can be used to determine possible responsibilities in case of hypothetical information offences against the site.

Data voluntarily supplied by the users

Optional, explicit and intentional transmission of E-mail messages to the addresses shown in this site, also through the filling of forms, involves the subsequent acquirement of the sender address necessary to reply to requests, together with any possible other data in the message.
In addition, Thermomat wish to inform that they may send information literature concerning their activity both periodically and random.
Summarized information notes will be time after time reported or shown on those site pages arranged for particular services on demand.

COOKIES

No personal data from the user is acquired by the site for this purpose.

Cookies for the transmission of personal information, persistent c.d. cookies of any kind and no system for the tracking of the users is going to be used.
The use of temporary c.d. cookies (which are not recorded persistently on the computer of the user and disappear when the browser is closed) is strictly linked to the transmission of temporary identification data (random numbers generated by the server) necessary in order to allow the safe and well-running exploration of the site.
The use of temporary c.d. cookies in this site avoid the use of other information methods potentially harmful to the confidential nature of the user surfing and does not allow the acquisition of the user identifying personal data.
OPTIONAL SUPPLY OF THE DATA
Except where specified for the surfing data, the users are free to supply their personal data requested in the application form to Thermomat company or in any case shown as contacts with the Department to request the sending of information literature or other messages.
The absence of these data may cause the incapability to obtain what requested.
It must be reminded, moreover, that in some cases (not subject to the ordinary maintenance of this site) the Authority may ask for data and information according to art.157 of d.lgs. nr.196/2003, in order to control the handling of personal data. In these cases the reply is binding, under penalty of administrative sanctions.

METHODS OF THE DATA HANDLING

Personal data are treated through automatic instruments for the time strictly necessary to accomplish the purposes they were collected for.

Specific safety measures have been followed in order to prevent the loss of data, illicit or improper usage and not authorised accesses.

RIGHTS OF THE USER INVOLVED

The subject whom the personal data refer to have the right any time to obtain the confirmation of the actual presence of the data and to know their content and their origin, verify their correctness or ask for their integration or their updating, or to amend them (art.7 of d.lgs nr.196/2003).
According to the same article one has the right to ask the cancellation, the conversion into an anonymous form or the block of the handled data as a consequence of a law violation, and to object in any case their treatment for legitimate reasons.
Requests of this kind shall be addressed to Thermomat

P3P

This informative notice on the privacy can be read in an automatic form from the most recent browsers implementing the P3P (“Platform for Privacy Preferences Project”) standard suggested by the World Wide Web Consortium (www.w3c.org).
Every effort will be made to make the functioning of this site inter-operative with the privacy automatic control mechanisms available in some products used by the users.
Considering that the perfecting processes of the automatic control mechanisms do not make them at present free from errors and malfunctions, Thermomat wish to point out that this document, published at the address:
www.thermomat.com/privacy_gb.pdf
is to be considered the Privacy Policy of this site and it will be subject to updating (the different versions can be read at the same address).