_Privacy policy
Paolo Balboni is committed to protecting the online privacy of the users of this website (“Website”). As such, this Privacy Policy has been written in order to allow you to understand Paolo Balboni ’s policy regarding your privacy, as well as how your personal information will be handled when using the Website. This Privacy Policy will also provide you with information so that you are able to consent to the processing of your personal data in an explicit and informed manner, where appropriate.
In general, any information and data which you provide to Paolo Balboni over the Website, or which is otherwise gathered via the Website by Paolo Balboni, in the context of the use of Paolo Balboni ’s services, including contacting Paolo Balboni and browsing the Website (“Services”), will be processed by Paolo Balboni in a lawful, fair and transparent manner. To this end, and as further described below, Paolo Balboni takes into consideration internationally recognised principles governing the processing of personal data, such as purpose limitation, storage limitation, data minimisation, data quality and confidentiality.
DATA CONTROLLER
Paolo Balboni, as identified at the top of this Privacy Policy, is the data controller regarding all personal data processing carried out through the Website.
For any questions regarding this privacy policy and our processing activities, please contact Paolo Balboni at the following e-mail address: paolo.balboni@paolobalboni.eu.
PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED
When you use the Website, Paolo Balboni will collect and process information regarding you (as an individual) which allows you to be identified either by itself, or together with other information which has been collected. Paolo Balboni may also be able to collect and process information regarding other persons in this same manner, if you choose to provide it to Paolo Balboni.
This information may be classified as “Personal Data”, and can be collected by Paolo Balboni when you choose to provide it (e.g., when you contact Paolo Balboni through e-mail).
Personal Data which can be processed by Paolo Balboni through the Website are as follows:
Name, contact details and other Personal Data
In order to access some of Paolo Balboni’s Services made available over the Website – namely, contacting Paolo Balboni to request further information, discuss the topics included in the Website from time to time, or exercise your data protection rights – you may provide Personal Data, such as your name, contact details, the content of your request and the company you work for or represent.
Other persons’ Personal Data
If you provide data of third parties (e.g., contact details for references, minor’s data etc.), you assume all the obligations and responsibilities prescribed by the law, conferring the widest indemnity with respect to any dispute, claim, request for compensation for damage, etc. that we may receive from third parties whose Personal Data were transmitted by you and processed in violation of the applicable data protection laws.
As Paolo Balboni does not collect this information directly from these third parties (but rather collects them, indirectly, from you), you must make sure that you have these third parties’ consent before providing any information regarding them to Paolo Balboni; if not, then you must make sure there is some other appropriate grounds on which you can rely to lawfully give Paolo Balboni this information.
Browsing data
The Website’s operation, as is standard with any websites on the Internet, involves the use of computer systems and software procedures, which collect information about the Website’s users as part of their routine operation. While Paolo Balboni does not collect this information in order to link it to specific users, it is still possible to identify those users either directly via that information, or by using other information collected – as such, this information must also be considered Personal Data.
This information includes several parameters related to your operating system and IT environment, including your IP address, location (country), the domain names of your computer, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of resources you request on the Website, the time of requests made, the method used to submit requests to the server, the dimensions of the file obtained in response to a request, the numerical code indicating the status of the response sent by the server (successful, error, etc.), and so on.
Cookies
This Website only uses technical cookies, as necessary for the operation of the Website.
PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
Service Provision
To respond to your requests for further information, and to provide any other Services which you may request through the Website.
Compliance
For compliance with laws which impose upon Paolo Balboni the collection and/or further processing of certain kinds of Personal Data (for example, to reasonably identify you in case where you want to exercise your data protection rights), as well as, where necessary, for establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Prevention of Misuse/Fraud
To prevent and detect any misuse of the Website, or any fraudulent activities carried out through the Website.
GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING AND MANDATORY / DISCRETIONARY NATURE OF PROCESSING
Paolo Balboni’s grounds for processing your Personal Data, according to the purposes identified above, are as follows:
Service Provision: processing for these purposes is necessary to provide the Services and, therefore, is necessary for the performance of a contract with you. It is not mandatory for you to give Paolo Balboni your Personal Data for this purpose, and providing some of the Personal Data is thus purely optional; however, if you do not provide your Personal Data, Paolo Balboni will not be able to provide any Services to you;
Compliance: processing for this purpose is necessary for Paolo Balboni to comply with its legal obligations. When you provide any Personal Data to Paolo Balboni, he must process it in accordance with the laws applicable to him, which may include retaining and reporting your Personal Data to official authorities for compliance with tax, customs or other legal obligations.
Prevention of Misuse/Fraud: processing for this purpose is generally based on Paolo Balboni ’s legitimate interests, namely, in preventing and detecting fraudulent activities or misuse of the Website (for potentially criminal purposes) and ensuring the security of the Website. Additionally, Paolo Balboni may process Personal Data where necessary to establish, exercise or defend any legal claims.
RECIPIENTS OF PERSONAL DATA
Your Personal Data may be shared with the following list of persons / entities (“Recipients”):
Entities engaged in order to provide the Services (e.g., the Website’s hosting provider);
Persons authorised to perform technical maintenance (including maintenance of network equipment and electronic communications networks);
Persons authorised by Paolo Balboni to process Personal Data needed to carry out activities strictly related to the provision of the Services, who have undertaken an obligation of confidentiality or are subject to an appropriate legal obligation of confidentiality (e.g., employees of Paolo Balboni);
Public entities, bodies or authorities acting as autonomous data controllers to whom your Personal Data may be disclosed, in accordance with the applicable law or binding orders of those entities, bodies or authorities, for purposes of Compliance or Prevention of Misuse/Fraud.
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h2>CROSS-BORDER PERSONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Paolo Balboni has no intention of transferring your Personal Data to third countries beyond the European Economic Area.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We will process your personal data only for the duration strictly necessary to achieve the purposes listed in the “Purposes and legal basis of the processing” section of this policy.
Personal Data processed for Compliance will be kept by Paolo Balboni for the period required by the specific legal obligation or by the applicable law.
Personal Data processed for Prevention of Misuse/Fraud will be kept by Paolo Balboni for as long as deemed strictly necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, which may vary on a case-by-case basis, unless you validly object to the processing of your Personal Data for these purposes (please see Data Subjects’ Rights, below, for further information), or as long as may be required in order to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS
As a data subject, are entitled to exercise the following rights before Paolo Balboni, at any time:
Access your Personal Data being processed by Paolo Balboni (and/or a copy of that Personal Data), as well as information on the processing of your Personal Data;
Correct or update your Personal Data processed by Paolo Balboni, where it may be inaccurate or incomplete;
Request erasure of your Personal Data being processed by Paolo Balboni, where you feel that the processing is unnecessary or otherwise unlawful;
Request the restriction of the processing of your Personal Data, where you feel that the Personal Data processed is inaccurate, unnecessary or unlawfully processed, or where you have objected to the processing;
Exercise your right to portability, relating to the purpose of Service Provision: the right to obtain a copy of your Personal Data provided to Paolo Balboni, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, as well as the transmission of that Personal Data to another data controller;
Object to the processing of your Personal Data for Prevention of Abuse/Fraud, based on relevant grounds related to your particular situation, which you believe must prevent Paolo Balboni from processing your Personal Data.
You can exercise your rights described above by sending a written request to Paolo Balboni at the following address: paolo.balboni@paolobalboni.eu.
In any case, please note that, as a data subject, you are entitled to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authorities for the protection of Personal Data, if you believe that the processing of your Personal Data carried out through the Website is unlawful. At the following URL you may find a list of competent supervisory authorities in the European Economic Area: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.
AMENDMENTS
This Privacy Policy entered into force on 4 November 2025. Paolo Balboni reserves the right to partly or fully amend this Privacy Policy, or simply to update its content, e.g., as a result of changes in applicable law. Paolo Balboni will inform you of any substantial changes as soon as they are introduced (through a pop-up/notice on the Website, and through e-mail notifications sent to Website users included in Paolo Balboni ’s mailing lists). Changes will be binding as soon as they are published on the Website.
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