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This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.
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Email address of the Owner: info@happilyontheroad.com
Among the Personal Information collected by this Application, either independently or through third parties, there are: name, email address, Cookies and Usage Data, website and different types of data.
Full details on each type of data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or through specific information texts displayed before the data are collected.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically during the use of this Application.
Unless otherwise specified, all the Data required by this Application are mandatory. If the User refuses to communicate them, it may be impossible for this Application to provide the Service. In cases where this Application indicates some Data as optional, Users are free to refrain from communicating such Data, without this having any consequence on the availability of the Service or on its operation.
Users who have doubts about which data are mandatory, are encouraged to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or other tracking tools – by this Application or third party service providers used by this Application, unless otherwise specified, is intended to provide the Service requested by the User, in addition to the additional purposes described in this document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
The User assumes the responsibility of the Personal Data of third parties obtained, published or shared through this Application and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disseminate them, freeing the Owner from any liability to third parties.
The Controller takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification or destruction of Personal Data.
Processing is carried out using IT and/or telematic tools, with organizational methods and with logic strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, other parties involved in the organization of this Application (administrative, commercial, marketing, legal, system administrators) or external subjects (such as suppliers of third party technical services, postal couriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communication agencies) also appointed, if necessary, Data Processors by the Owner, may have access to Data. The updated list of Managers can always be requested from the Data Controller.
The Owner processes Personal Data relating to the User in the event one of the following conditions exists:
In any case, it is always possible to ask the Owner to clarify the concrete legal basis of each treatment and in particular to specify whether the treatment is based on the law, provided for by a contract or necessary to conclude a contract.
The Data are processed at the operational headquarters of the Data Controller and in any other place where the parties involved in the processing are located. For more information, contact the Data Controller.
The User’s Personal Data may be transferred to a country other than that in which the User is located. To obtain further information on the place of processing, the User can refer to the section on the processing of Personal Data.
You have the right to obtain information regarding the legal basis for the transfer of Data outside the European Union or to an international organization of public international law or consisting of two or more countries, such as the UN, as well as regarding the security measures taken by the Data Controller to protect the Data.
If one of the transfers described above takes place, the User can refer to the respective sections of this document or request information from the Data Controller by contacting him at the opening dates.
The Data are processed and stored for the time required by the purposes for which they were collected.
Therefore:
When the processing is based on the consent of the User, the Data Controller may retain the Personal Data for a longer period until such consent is revoked. Furthermore, the Data Controller may be obliged to keep Personal Data for a longer period in compliance with a legal obligation or an order of an authority.
At the end of the retention period the Personal Data will be deleted. Therefore, at the end of this term the right of access, cancellation, rectification and the right to data portability can no longer be exercised.
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Commercial affiliation, Content commentary, Management of RSS feeds, Tag management, Hosting and backend infrastructure, SPAM protection, Platform and hosting services, Displaying content from external platforms and Transferring data outside the EU.
To obtain further detailed information on the purposes of the processing and on the Personal Data concretely relevant to each purpose, the User can refer to the relevant sections of this document
Personal Data are collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
This type of services allows this application to display advertisements for products or services offered by third parties. The ads can be viewed in the form of advertising links as banners in various graphic forms.
The click on the icon or on the banner published on this application are traced by the third-party services listed below and are shared with this application.
To find out what data are collected, please refer to the privacy policies of each service.
Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program is a commercial affiliation service provided by Booking.com B.V. company part of the Priceline.com group.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Netherlands – Privacy Policy.
GetYourGuide Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by GetYourGuide GmbH.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.
The comment services allow Users to formulate and make public their comments regarding the content of this Application.
Users, according to the settings decided by the Data Controller, can leave the comment also anonymously. In the case of Personal Data given by the User there is an email address, this could be used to send notifications of comments regarding the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their comments.
In the event that a comment service provided by third parties is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the comment service, it collects traffic data relating to the pages in which the comment service is installed.
This Application has its own content commenting system.
Personal Data collected: email, name and website (optional).
By filling out the contact form with his/her own Data, the User consents to their use to respond to requests for information, quotes, or any other kind indicated by the form header.
Personal Data collected: email and name.
This type of service allows to manage a database of email contacts, telephone contacts or contacts of any other type, used to communicate with the User.
These services may also allow to collect data relating to the date and time the messages are displayed by the User, as well as to the User’s interaction with them, such as information on clicks on the links inserted in the messages.
By subscribing to the mailing list or the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive emails containing commercial or promotional information related to this Application. Your email address could also be added to this list as a result of signing up for this Application.
Personal Data collected: email and name.
This type of service is functional to the centralized management of the tags or scripts used on this application.
The use of these services involves the flow of User Data through them and, if necessary, their retention.
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. This service adhers to the Privacy Shield.
This type of service has the function of hosting data and files that allow this application to work, allow distribution and provide a ready-to-use infrastructure to deliver specific features of this application.
Some of these services work through geographically dispersed servers in different locations, making it difficult to determine the exact location where Personal Data is stored.
FastComet is a hosting service provided by FastComet LLC.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Netherlands – Privacy Policy.
This type of services allows you to make interactions with social networks, or other external platforms, directly from the pages of this application.
The interactions and information acquired by this Application are in any case subject to the User’s privacy settings related to each social network.
If an interaction service with social networks is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, the same collect traffic data relating to the pages in which it is installed.
AddToAny is a service provided by AddToAny LLC. It displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms and the sharing of the contents of this Application.
Depending on the configuration, this service can show widgets belonging to third parties, such as managers of social networks by which to share interactions. In this case, even the third parties that provide the widget will be aware of the interaction and the Usage Data related to the pages in which this service is installed.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.
The +1 button and Google+ social widgets are services for interacting with the Google+ social network, provided by Google Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy. This service adhers to the Privacy Shield.
The Tweet button and Twitter social widgets are services of interaction with the Twitter social network, provided by Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy. This service adhers to the Privacy Shield.
The “Like” button and Facebook social widgets are services of interaction with the social network Facebook, provided by Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy. This service adhers to the Privacy Shield.
The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services of interaction with the social network Linkedin, provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy
The Tumblr button and the social widgets are services of interaction with the Tumblr social network, provided by Tumblr Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy
The “Pin it” button and Pinterest social widgets are services of interaction with the Pinterest platform, provided by Pinterest Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.
This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Personal Data of Users, in order to filter it from parts of traffic, messages and contents recognized as SPAM.
Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.
These services are designed to host and operate key components of this Application, making it possible to deliver this Application from a single platform. These platforms provide the Owner with a wide range of tools such as, for example, analytical tools, for managing user registration, for managing comments and databases, for e-commerce, for processing payments, etc. The use of such tools involves the collection and processing of Personal Data. Some of these services work through geographically dispersed servers in different locations, making it difficult to determine the exact location where Personal Data is stored.
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. that allows the Owner to develop, operate and host this Application.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
The services contained in this section allow the Data Controller to monitor and analyze traffic data and are used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the Personal Data collected for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this Application, compiling reports and sharing them with other services developed by Google.
Google may use the Personal Data to contextualise and personalize the advertisements of its advertising network.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the Personal Data collected for the purpose of tracking and examining the use of this Application, compiling reports and sharing them with other services developed by Google.
Google may use the Personal Data to contextualise and personalize the advertisements of its advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics makes your IP address anonymous. Anonymisation works by shortening the IP address of the Users within the borders of the member states of the European Union or in other countries participating in the agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the IP address will be sent to Google’s servers and shortened within the United States.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this application and interact with them.
In the event that a service of this type is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, the same collect traffic data relating to the pages in which it is installed.
YouTube is a video content display service managed by Google Inc. that allows this application to integrate such content within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy
Instagram is an image visualization service managed by Instagram, Inc. that allows this application to integrate such content within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA – Privacy Policy.
The Data Controller may transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to third countries (i.e., all countries not belonging to the EU) only in accordance with a specific legal basis. Therefore, such data transfers are performed according to one of the legal bases described below.
The User can request information from the Owner regarding the applicable legal basis applicable to each individual service.
When no other legal basis is applicable, Personal Data may be transferred from the EU to third countries only under one of the following conditions:
Personal Data collected: various types of Data.
When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU or Switzerland to the United States is based on the EU – US or Switzerland – US Privacy Shield Agreement.
In particular, Personal Data are transferred to subjects who have self-certified themselves in the framework of the Privacy Shield and therefore guarantee an adequate level of protection for the data transferred. The services involved in the transfer of data are listed in the respective sections of this document. Among them, those who adhere to the Privacy Shield can be identified by consulting the relative privacy policy or by checking the status of their registration on the official Privacy Shield list.
The rights of Users under the Privacy Shield are described in an updated form on the website of the United States Department of Commerce. The transfer of Personal Data from the EU or Switzerland to the United States to persons not (more) registered in the Privacy Shield is admissible only on another valid legal basis. Users can request information from the Owner regarding these legal bases.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data.
When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries takes place on the basis of standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission.
In such cases, the recipients of the Data have agreed to process the Personal Data in accordance with the levels of protection provided for by the legislation. Users can request further information by contacting the Data Controller at the ends indicated in this document.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data.
When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries takes place on the basis of an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission. The European Commission adopts adequacy decisions with reference to individual third countries which it believes ensures a level of protection of Personal Data comparable to that provided for by the European legislation on the protection of Personal Data. The User can view the updated list of adequacy decisions on the website of the European Commission.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data.
When this is the legal basis, the transfer of Personal Data from the EU to third countries takes place only when the User has expressly consented to such transfer after being informed about the risks due to the absence of an adequacy decision and the adequate guarantees adopted.
In such cases, the Data Controller informs Users and obtains their consent through this Application.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data.
This application uses cookies. To learn more and for detailed information, you can consult the Cookie Policy.
Users may exercise certain rights with reference to the Data processed by the Data Controller.
In particular, the User has the right to:
When Personal Data are processed in the public interest, in the exercise of public authority to which the Data Controller is invested or to pursue a legitimate interest of the Data Controller, Users have the right to oppose the processing for reasons related to their particular situation.
Users are reminded that, if their data are processed for direct marketing purposes, they can oppose the processing without providing any reasons. To find out if the Data Controller deals with data for direct marketing purposes, Users can refer to the respective sections of this document.
To exercise the rights of the User, Users can direct a request to the contact details of the Data Controller indicated in this document. The requests are deposited free of charge and processed by the Data Controller as soon as possible, in any case within a month.
The User’s Personal Data may be used by the Data Controller in court or in the preparatory stages of its possible establishment for the defense against abuse in the use of this Application or related Services by the User.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be obliged to disclose the Data by order of the public authorities.
At the request of the User, in addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information regarding specific Services, or the collection and processing of Personal Data.
For needs related to operation and maintenance, this Application and any third party services used by it may collect System Logs, which are files that record the interactions and which may also contain Personal Data, such as the User IP address.
Further information in relation to the processing of Personal Data may be requested at any time to the Data Controller using the contact details.
This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To find out if any third-party services used support them, the User is invited to consult their respective privacy policies.
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by informing Users on this page and, if possible, on this Application as well as, if technically and legally feasible, by sending a notification to Users through one of the contact details held by the owner. Please therefore consult this page regularly, referring to the date of the last modification indicated at the bottom.
If the modifications concern treatments whose legal basis is consent, the Controller will collect the User’s consent again, if necessary.
Personal Data means any information that, directly or indirectly, also in connection with any other information, including a personal identification number, makes a physical person identified or identifiable.
This information is collected automatically through this Application (also from third party applications integrated into this Application), including: IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by the User that connects with this Application, addresses in URI notation (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method used in forwarding the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response from the server (good order, error, etc.) the country of origin, the characteristics of the browser and the operating system used by the visitor, the various temporal connotations of the visit (for example the time spent on each page) and the details of the itinerary followed within the Application, with particular reference to the sequence of the pages consulted, to the parameters related to the operating system and the IT environment of the User.
The individual who uses this application that, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the interested party.
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
The natural person, legal person, public administration and any other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller, as set out in this privacy policy.
The natural or legal person, public authority, service or other body which, individually or together with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data and the tools adopted, including the security measures related to the operation and use of this application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the owner of this Application.
The hardware or software tool through which the Personal Data of Users are collected and processed.
The Service provided by this Application as defined in the relevant terms (if any) on this site/application.
Unless otherwise specified, any reference to the European Union contained in this document shall be extended to all current member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Small portion of data stored in the User’s device.
This privacy statement is drawn up on the basis of multiple legislative systems, including articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Unless otherwise specified, this privacy statement only concerns this Application.
Last modification: May 8th, 2018
