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PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy Statement pursuant to art. 13 of Legislative Decree nr. 196/2003

This statement or Privacy Policy is provided by Zodiak Active S.r.l. whose Registered Office is in Italy, Bergamo, Largo Adua n. 1 and its administrative office in Milano, Via Deruta n. 20, registered at Public Registry of Bergamo with fiscal code and vat number 02136030349 (“Zodiak Active”) and whose purpose consists in describing how The Qpiz (“The Qpiz”) service is managed in regards to the processing of applicant Users’ personal data. 

Users shall read this Privacy Policy carefully before either submitting any piece of personal information and / or filling out any e-form in the website. 

Ownership of data provided by the User and responsibility for data processing shall pertain to Zodiak Active S.r.l.
The Processing of Users’ data shall comply with Legislative Decree nr. 196/2003. 

Pursuant to Art. 4, par. a) of the Legislative Decree nr. 196/2003, under processing of personal data we mean “any operation or set of operations carried out even without electronic means in regards to collection, registration, organization, storage, consulting, processing, amendment, selection, extraction, comparison, use, interconnection, blocking, disclosure, diffusion, cancellation and destruction of personal data, even if not stored in a  database”.
To perform the above mentioned operations, the Law states that the data controller must provide the User (the so-called person concerned) with the following information, as set out in Art. 13 of above cited Legislative Decree 196/2003 hereinafter reported in full: 

Art. 13 of Legislative Decree 196/2003; Statement
1.	the person concerned or person whose personal data is collected, shall be provided with prior oral or written notice about: 
a)	the purpose or manner of the use of personal data;
b)	the obligatory or voluntary nature of providing data; 
c)	the consequences of a potential refusal in providing data; 
d)	the entities or categories of subjects to whom the personal data can be communicated or who can become acquainted with above mentioned data, as managers or employees, as well as the scope of the circulation of the said data; 
e)	the rights pursuant to art. 7;
f)	the specifications of the controller and, if appointed, of his/her representative within the State territory, pursuant to art. 5, and of the person in charge. When the controller has appointed various people who are in charge, at least one of them shall be identifiable while indicating both the relevant website for disclosure and the means by which to have easy access to the updated list of the persons in charge. After appointing the person in charge, who shall be authorized to provide evidence of potential execution of the rights to the person concerned, as set out in art. 7, that person in charge himself/herself shall be specified.

2.	the Statement as per paragraph 1 also includes some of the aspects provided for by the specific provisions of this code and may not include the aspects with which the person who supplies the data is already acquainted with or whose acquaintance may actually hinder the fulfilment of public entities’ inspection or supervision functions, which are aimed at the State’s defence or security as well as at offence prevention, detection or prosecution. 
3.	under its own measure, the Data Protection Authority may issue simplified provisions which can be provided by both telephone assistance and information service to the public.
4.	if personal data is not collected from the person concerned, the Statement as per paragraph 1, inclusive of categories of data processed, is submitted to the person concerned upon data registration or, if their disclosure is provided, not later than the first disclosure. 
5.	the provision as per paragraph 4 does not apply if: 
a)	data is processed in compliance with law provisions, EU standards or regulations; 
b)	data is processed with the purpose to carry out some defensive investigations, as provided for by Law dated December 7, 2000, nr. 397, or, in any case, to claim or advocate some judiciary right, as long as data is processed for these purposes exclusively and during the time strictly needed for their fulfilment;
c)	the Statement involves an employment of means by the person concerned to such an extent, as to let the Data Protection Authority consider them manifestly excessive, i.e. impossible, with regard to the protected right, while providing potential adequate measures at the same time. 

Based on what is provided for by above mentioned art. 13 of the Legislative Decree 196/2003, Zodiak Active provides the indications hereinafter listed. 


I. Types of Data
This Privacy Policy Statement refers to the processing of personal data, under which the so-called generic and/or specific data (such as: personal details, tax code, place of residence or address, telephone number, logo) and the so-called sensitive or confidential data (i.e., those related to race or ethnic group of origin, religion, philosophical or other faith, political opinions, membership of parties, trade-unions, associations or  religious, philosophical, political or trade union organizations, as well as personal details referred to health conditions and sexual life), are meant. In particular, the personal data provided by the User upon registration with The Qpiz, shall compulsorily include the following data: the nickname and the password that the user freely chooses, e-mail address and a parent’s email address if the user is under 18 years old, sex, the city and country of residence and date of birth. 
The supplying of this data is compulsory, without which The Qpiz cannot supply any service. 
The voluntary disclosure of potential sensitive/confidential details to Zodiak Active shall involve the processing of data itself by Zodiak Active, within the limits provided for by this Statement and require the compulsory User’s consent to their relevant processing. 
 
Furthermore, the information systems and software procedures assigned to The Qpiz application, will acquire, while ordinarily working, some personal data, whose transmission is deemed with the communication protocols used on the Internet. 
It regards information which is not collected with the aim of being matched to specifically identified people but which, by its very nature, might be used to identify users while processing and connecting with data held by third parties. This information includes IP addresses or Users’ names belonging to the computers’ domain for their website connection, URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier) for requested resources, time of request, methods used in submitting the request to the server, size of files received, the numerical code identifying the status of the server feedback (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters referred to the user’s operating system and information environment. 
Zodiak Active may use cookies to store the information that identify the User while browsing the Website, in order to prevent it from being manually digited upon each page consultation. The User however, may hinder the use of cookies by changing the browser options on the Internet. For additional information, please see the relevant advice for option changes based on browser used. 

II. Source of personal data

The personal data is provided directly by the User while filling out the application form which enables the access to The Qpiz services. 
Personal data is provided by the User under his/her own exclusive responsibility. 

III. Purpose of data processing 
a)	The processing of personal data acquired upon registration with The Qpiz, aims to put The Qpiz services at the User’s disposal, i.e.: send personal photos, send messages to the inbox, evaluate all websites contents and images, send invitations to friends, take part in initiatives and events such as competitions and award-based contests connected with The Qpiz. 
Among the compulsory data inserted by the User upon registration with The Qpiz services, only user’s nickname may be disclosed to other Users based on criteria which shall strictly refer to the service. 
b)	Personal data provided by the Users may be used by Zodiak Active with the aim of providing statistical data or surveys on consumption analysis as required by marketing and promotional activities, commercial offers and general information. 
c)	The users’ data may also be disclosed to entities acting in the following sectors: publishing, fast moving consumer products and distribution, distance selling, furniture, telecommunications, pharmacy, finance, insurance, car industry and other public authorities and non-profit organizations (charities); data shall be used for their own purposes and in compliance with above stated aims.  

IV. Processing Methods

Generic and sensitive personal data is processed by means of manual tools and information systems, based on purpose-related criteria according to methods that guarantee data safety and confidentiality. All safety measures have been adopted for our databases as to store Users’ information in a secure environment. Only some of our employees are authorized to have access to personal data only on a necessary basis. 

V. Rights of the concerned person

Pursuant to art.7 of the Legislative Decree 196/2003, the registered person is authorized to have access to his/her personal data and to request its’ amendment, updating and cancellation whenever it is incomplete, wrong or collected in violation of the law; furthermore and out of legitimate reasons, the registered person is authorized to both oppose the data processing and know the complete and up-to-date list of people in charge and companies to which data is disclosed writing to Zodiak Active.
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