This document informs Users about the technologies that help this Website to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with this Website.

For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as “Trackers” within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.

Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User’s consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

This Website uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information – such as the presence of other Trackers – in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.

Activities strictly necessary for the operation of this Website and delivery of the Service

This Website uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.

Third-party Trackers

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Website, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • _GRECAPTCHA: duration of the session
  • rc::a: indefinite
  • rc::b: duration of the session
  • rc::c: duration of the session

Other activities involving the use of Trackers

Experience enhancement

This Website uses Trackers to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  YouTube video widget

  YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • PREF: 8 months
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: 8 months
  • YSC: duration of the session

  Google Maps widget

  Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

Measurement

This Website uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior with the goal of improving the Service.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  User ID extension for Google Analytics

  Google Analytics on this Website makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
  The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by this Website.
  The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 26 months

  Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

  Google Analytics on this Website has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users’ ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

   

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 26 months

  Google Ads conversion tracking

  Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • IDE: 2 years
  • test_cookie: 15 minutes

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for this Website (demographics means age and gender Data).

   

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 26 months

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel)

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Website. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months
  • fr: 3 months

• Analytics services managed directly by this Website

  The services contained in this section allow the Owner to collect and manage analytics through the use of first-party Trackers.

  Analytics collected directly (this Website)

  This Website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • modernizr: indefinite

• Anonymized analytics services

  The services contained in this section allow the Owner, through the use of third-party Trackers, to collect and manage analytics in an anonymized form.

  Google Analytics with anonymized IP

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
  This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 26 months

Targeting & Advertising

This Website uses Trackers to deliver personalized marketing content based on User behavior and to operate, serve and track ads.

Some of the advertising services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry – providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on this Website.

This Website participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. This Website uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
  Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section “How to opt-out of interest-based advertising” in this document.

  Google Ads Similar audiences

  Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of this Website.
  On the basis of this Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.

   

  Users who don’t want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising Trackers by going to: Google Ad Settings.

   

  In order to understand Google’s use of Data, consult Google’s partner policy.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 2 years

  Facebook Lookalike Audience

  Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of this Website or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
  On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.

   

  Users can opt out of Facebook’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

• Remarketing and behavioral targeting

  This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
  This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
  Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
  In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Google Signals

  This Website uses Google Signals, a feature of Google Analytics, which will associate the visitation information that it collects from this Website with Google information from accounts of signed-in Google-account users who have consented to this association for the purpose of ads personalization. This Google information may include User location, search history, YouTube history and Data from sites that partner with Google – and is used to provide aggregated and anonymized insights into Users’ cross device behaviors.

   

  If a User falls under the described association, they may access and/or delete such Data via My Activity provided by Google.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Remarketing with Google Analytics

  Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 26 months

  Google Ads Remarketing

  Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

   

  Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration: up to 2 years

  Facebook Remarketing

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

  Facebook Custom Audience

  Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.

   

  Users can opt out of Facebook’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.

  Legal basis for processing: Consent.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Legal basis for Data transfer outside the EU: Consent.

  Data retention period: Keeping the data until consent is withdrawn.

  Storage duration:

  • _fbp: 3 months

How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent

There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:

Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.

Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.

It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent.

Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.

With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Locating Tracker Settings

Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave
• Opera

Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).

How to opt out of interest-based advertising

Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Owner and Data Controller

Titolare del Trattamento (TDT)
Andrea Veggian in qualità di Legale Rappresentante di Vimec s.r.l
Via Parri, 7
42045 Luzzara (RE) – Italy

Responsabile per la Protezione dei Dati (RPD)
Tomas Lof

Responsabile del Trattamento dei Dati Personali (RDT)
Fabio Bertoli

Owner contact email: info@vimec.biz

Since the use of third-party Trackers through this Website cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by this Website.