PANINI - Web Privacy
PANINI is committed to protecting any personal information that you may
provide to us. See the following for an explanation regarding the PANINI
web sites, including explanations about what kind of personal data will
be collected and stored, for which purposes and with whom it might be
shared.
Personal information
In general, you can visit the PANINI Web site without telling us who
you are or revealing any information about yourself. However, there are
portions of this web site where we may need to collect personal information
from you for a specific purpose.
In many portions of this web site you can decide whether to supply your
personal information to us, such as inserting your data (i.e. name, address
and e-mail) for the purposes of correspondence, order process or subscription.
It is our wish to explain the purposes and use of your personal data
before collecting it. If you do not want that your personal information
is used for further contacts or purposes not expressly authorized we
will accept your decision.
Use and sharing of your personal data
In the following we explain carefully how your data will be used and
with whom PANINI might share it. Depending on the portion of the PANINI
web site you are visiting, one or more of the following regulations are
applicable. For example, if you place an online order on the PANINI web
site, your personal data will treated exactly in the way described in
this section. If your authorization is requested but denied by you, PANINI
cannot process your data or complete the procedure for which it was collected.
Processing of requests
The data collected will be used to process your request, e.g. if you
place an order or wish to be contacted by PANINI. It can sometimes be
necessary to share your information with third parties like subsidiaries,
PANINI distributors, financial institutions, transport companies or post
offices, public authorities in charge (e.g. customs authorities).
Use for marketing purposes
With your authorization, PANINI might use your personal information for
marketing purposes. Before doing so, PANINI will ask your permission
and give you the opportunity to decide whether or not you agree with
it.
Employment opportunities
With regard to an employment application or offer published on the PANINI
web site, it might be necessary to supply personal data like a curriculum
vitae. This data will be used by PANINI, or by third parties acting on
behalf of PANINI, exclusively for employment purposes. We will conserve
such data for the future only with your consent.
PANINI discussion forum
If you participate in the PANINI discussion forum please remember that
the information you post will be accessible for all users subscribed
to the PANINI Web Club. PANINI is not responsible for the opinions or
contents of the forum.
Additional the PANINI web sites
In certain cases, some PANINI web sites may contain further regulations
regarding the modalities and rules of use.
Regulations valid for all countries
The PANINI Privacy Policy is intended for the protection of personal
data worldwide.
The personal data might be shared, used and passed on within the PANINI
worldwide organization in order to realize the purposes it has been collected
for.
In some countries the data protection might be on a lower standard from
a legal point of view. Nevertheless, PANINI will treat the personal data
according to the regulations just described.
It is our aim to protect and treat personal data in the best possible
way. We maintain safeguards that are appropriate and obligatory to protect
your personal information which is guaranteed by the use of cryptography
for any transmission of confidential information.
Potential suppliers
PANINI might use suppliers for the collection, treatment, analysis and
elaboration of information. PANINI asks its suppliers to maintain the
confidentiality of such information in accordance with the PANINI Privacy
Policy, that includes, if necessary, a possible appointment of 'responsible
persons for the data treatment'.
Merging and acquisition
For strategic or business reasons PANINI might decide to sell, buy, found
or reorganize companies in certain countries. Such transactions might
include the transmission of personal data to buyers or possible buyers
or to receive such kind of information from the sellers. PANINI always
aims to appropriately protect and use this data during such transactions.
Cookies and other technologies
Sometimes we collect anonymous information regarding the visitors of
our web sites so we can improve the service offered to our customers.
This data includes, for example, information about the different sites
that you visit within the PANINI network as well as the frequency at
which you visit them. The data collected remains anonymous and not personally
identifiable.
This kind of information is also known as 'chronological data'. The use
of this data is consented to PANINI or other companies working on behalf
of PANINI to analyse trends and statistics in order to enable us to ensure
the high quality standard of the services offered to our customers.
When personal information is collected during a transaction, some data
might be extracted in a non- identifiable format and used together with
other anonymous information, e.g. the chronological data mentioned above.
This data is used for surveys, reports and market trend studies and is
not linked to your personally identifiable information. Nevertheless,
you always have the option of disabling these cookies via your browser
menu.
The information mentioned above is collected with the help of various
technologies, such as 'cookies'. A cookie is a small text file containing
a unique identification number that is transferred from a web site to
the hard drive of your computer so that the site administrator may identify
your computer and passively track its activities on the web site. This
unique number identifies your web browser to our computer system but
will not allow a web site to learn any personally identifiable information
(such as your real name and address) that you have not otherwise disclosed.
Some PANINI pages use cookies, transferred by PANINI or third parties,
or other technologies in order make web surfing easier for you. It is
possible to adjust your Web browser preferences to alert you when a cookie
is sent to your hard drive, or to refuse cookies altogether. However,
please keep in mind that certain sites may not function properly if you
set your browser to refuse all cookies.
Laws and regulations
We inform you that in certain cases some personal data might be subject
to communication due to legal regulations, laws and governmental requests.
Links to third-party sites
The PANINI web sites may contain links to other sites. PANINI is not
responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by these other
sites.
Last update
This information on our Privacy Policy has been updated in July 2005.
Questions regarding privacy and access
If you have further questions regarding the above please send us your
request by filling in the contact form on our web site. It will be answered
without as soon as possible.
This web site is controlled and run by PANINI Italia S.p.a., Viale Emilio
Po 380, 41100 Modena - Italy. According to Art. 13 of the Law D.L. 196/2003
you can access and view your data at any time and have the right to obtain
information about its use, to ask for an update, correction or amendment,
to have it cancelled or to oppose its treatment. All you have to do is
to go to the Panini Web Club page. In case of further questions please
use the contact form, which you can find on our site under the section
'contacts'. Your requests will be answered without delay.