The following page illustrates our website management policy in relation to the processing of personal information submitted by users. The following information is given in compliance with art. 13 of d.l. 196/2003, regulating the protection of personal information for users of the web services offered by the company Gesturist and accessible through electronic transmission from the address: http://www.gesturist.com, the company’s official homepage.

The following information is made available to users exclusively in relation to the Gesturist website, and not to other websites that users might access through links to the company’s homepage. The following information follows Proposition n. 2/2001, issued by the European Authority for the Protection of Personal Information, established by art. 29, regulation n. 95/46/CE. The goal of this regulation, which became effective on May 17, 2001, is to indentify the minimum requirements for the collection of personal information online and, in particular, such specifications as the manner, timing and nature of information that users must be provided with by the data controller whenever they access the controller’s webpage, regardless of the purpose of their access.

THE DATA “CONTROLLER”:
access to this website may result in the processing of personal information relating to identified or identifiable users. The data “controller” of this process is Gesturist, Via Mazzini, 182 - 47042 CESENATICO (FC), Italy - Tel (+39) 054783 84 4 - Fax (+39) 0547 67 24 52 – VAT N. 01796380408.

LOCATION OF DATA PROCESSING OPERATIONS:
the processing of information relating to the internet services offered on this website shall be performed at the Gesturist headquarters (address provided above). Personal information is processed at the above-mentioned Gesturist headquarters, and processing operations are performed by technical personnel from the Office entrusted with the processing of such information - or by agents entrusted with occasional maintenance operations. No information gathered through our web service will be communicated or distributed to third parties. Personal information submitted by users requesting informative materials from the website (forms, CD-ROMs, newsletters, catalogues, answers to questions, quotes, etc.) are used with the exclusive purpose of providing the services requested by the user, and will only be communicated to third parties when strictly necessary to the provision of said services (shipment of catalogues).

TYPES OF PROCESSED DATA
Navigation data.
The information systems and software procedures utilized for the operation of this website will collect, during regular operation, some personal information whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected with the purpose of being associated with identified users. However, in view of its nature, said information might allow for the identification of users by means of regular data processing or association with data collected by third parties. This category of data includes IP addresses and dominion names pertaining to the computer utilized by the users who access the website, as well as URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the requested resources, request time, the manner the request was submitted to the server, the size of the file received in response to said request, the numeric code indicating the status of the response given by the server (successful, failed, etc.) and other parameters relating to the operative system and the information environment of the user. Such data are only used to collect anonymous statistical information about the use of this website, or to ensure proper website operation, and are erased immediately after processing. Data may also be used to ascertain accountability in case of potential computer crime matters committed to the detriment of this website. However, with the exception of such occurrences, data pertaining to web contacts is currently saved for no longer than 12 months.

Data voluntarily provided by users
Sending electronic mail to the addresses indicated on this website is an optional, explicit and voluntary act and entails the acquisition of the user’s address – required to respond to enquiries – as well as of further personal information which may be contained in said electronic mail.
More specific information about the topic will be posted on the pages of this website where services by request are offered.

COOKIES
No personal information concerning the user is collected by this website in terms of cookies. No cookies are used in the transfer of personal information, and the website does not employ persistent c.d. cookies of any kind (or, in other words, user tracking systems). The use of session c.d. cookies (which are not saved in the user’s computer in a persistent manner and are typically erased when logging off) is strictly limited to the transfer of session identifying data (created by random numbers generated by the server). Such data are necessary to ensure a safe, effective navigation of the website. The session c.d. cookies used in this website eliminates the need to use other information techniques which may be detrimental to the privacy of users and do not allow for the acquisition of personal information pertaining to the user.

ELECTIVENESS OF DATA SUBMISSION
In addition to what has already been said about navigation data, users are free to submit personal information in enquiry forms sent to the Company, or to contacts to our Office when requesting informative materials or other types of information. Failure to submit said data may result in the impossibility to obtain the requested materials and/or information. We would also like to remind users that in some instances ranging beyond the ordinary management of this website, and in accordance with art. 157, D.l. n. 196/2003, we may be asked to provide the Authority for Communications Safeguard with some of the data collected through our website for the inspection of our data processing operations. In such cases, we are required to transfer such data in order to avoid incurring in administrative charges.

DATA PROCESSING METHODS
Personal information is processed by means of automatic tools, and strictly for the time required to achieve the goals implied by its collection. Specific security measures are taken to prevent the loss of data, as well as unlawful, dishonest use or unauthorized access.

DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS
A data subject shall have the right to obtain confirmation at any given time as to whether or not personal data concerning him/her exist, and to be notified of their content and origin, to verify their accuracy or to request that they be updated, integrated or rectified (art. 7, bill n. 196/2003). In accordance with the same article, users have the right to request that their personal information be erased or changed into an anonymous form, and that the unlawful processing of their personal information be ceased. Users also have the right, in any case and for lawful reasons, to object to the processing of personal information. Please contact Gesturist with any inquiry/request you might have.