Information on browsing and the use of cookies on the Autostrade per l'Italia website

Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A. - hereinafter "ASPI" - pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of European Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), provides information relating to the processing of data belonging to users who navigate on the website www.autostrade.it (hereinafter "Website"), and interact with the web services provided by the same. To this end, this page describes how the Website is managed in relation to the users who visit it.

Website pages may contain links to the Internet pages of other parties. This data security declaration does not extend to them. This information is therefore provided only for ASPI’s Website, and does not extend to any other websites linked to it that you may consult while visiting the Website.

This Privacy Policy may be subject to changes in order to comply with new legal provisions, amendments to data processing policies and/or as a result of changes to the Website's features. Any updated version of this policy will be published on the Website in the dedicated section, therefore you should periodically consult the privacy policy published therein, to keep abreast with the latest version published.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A. (ASPI), a company subject to management and coordination by Holding Reti Autostradali S.p.A., with registered office in Via A. Bergamini, 50 - 00159 Rome, tax code, registration number with the Rome Companies Register and VAT no. 07516911000.

Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A.’s Data Protection Officer (DPO), appointed pursuant to Article 37 et seq. of the GDPR, is domiciled for this purpose at the Company's registered office in Via A. Bergamini 50, 00159 Rome. For matters concerning your personal data, it can be contacted at the following address: dpo@pec.autostrade.it.

2. TYPES OF DATA VOLUNTARILY PROVIDED BY USERS/VISITORS - PURPOSES

2.1. No personal data is acquired by the Website unless voluntarily provided by you. As a user/visitor connecting to the Website, should you provide your personal data to access specific services, to make a request and/or send a communication via e-mail, such data shall be processed exclusively for the purpose of providing the requested service or handling the request/communication, as indicated in the relevant Information Notices.

In particular, the optional, explicit and voluntary sending of e-mails through the web channels made available by ASPI on the Website (by way of example, but not limited to: info@autostrade.it, segnalazioniaccessibilita.aspi@autostrade.it), to provide communications and requests, entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender's e-mail address, as well as any other personal data included in the communication, necessary to reply to the requests received. Such personal data shall be processed solely for the purpose of allowing ASPI, the Data Controller, to respond to any questions and requests for clarification received, as well as to receive suggestions or handle communications concerning a complaint. In the event of any requests/communications involving the processing of special categories of data, pursuant to Article 9 GDPR (e.g., health data), ASPI shall process such data as indicated in the specific Information Notices and, where necessary, only with your express consent, or with the express consent of any family member specifically delegated to do so.

For further information, please refer to the specific Information Notices on the Processing of Personal Data, published on the institutional site, and concerning the services of interest, included also on the /it/privacy page.

2.2 If, on the other hand, you intend to make use of specific Services offered by the Company, for which a web form registration is required (by way of example, but not limited to, the "Customer Services" section of the Website, or the "People" section), you will find further information on the processing of your personal data, collected by ASPI specifically for registration to such sections.

3. COOKIE POLICY

ASPI collects technical information relating to Website users' browsing data.

In particular, the computer and data transmission systems and software procedures used to operate the Website acquire certain data in the course of their normal operation, the transmission of which is implicit in the use of web communication protocols, or is useful for better managing and optimizing the system.

Such data is employed for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on Website usage, in order to check its correct functioning.

A cookie is a short text string sent to your browser and possibly saved on your computer; this generally occurs every time you visit a website. Each cookie is unique to the browser and device used to access the Website. The general purpose of a cookie is to improve the Website’s operation and your browsing experience.

ASPI does not use cookies to transmit information of a personal nature. Cookies are only used in an aggregate manner, without links to your identity, and they are useful to observe the Website users’ browsing habits, for the sole purpose of improving the service offered and making the browsing experience safer and more efficient.

Moreover, ASPI uses cookies to provide contextualised information to users of the www.autostrade.it Website, who have registered for the services provided by the Company (including the aforementioned "Customer Services" section, the "People" section, etc.), and to obtain access statistics.

On www.autostrade.it, cookies are classified as follows and used for the following purposes.

3.1. SYSTEM OR TECHNICAL COOKIES

The so-called "Technical cookies" are cookies employed to use the Website in the best possible way, according to the characteristics of the browser used on your computer or, alternatively, on any other device used to access the Internet.

These cookies enable you to navigate around the Website and use its functions, e.g. to access the Website’s secure areas.

Without these cookies, it may not be possible to provide the Website authentication and proper functioning services.

These cookies are not always defined by ASPI, in some cases they are automatically generated and used by the software platforms employed.

In any case, their purposes are solely related to the Website’s general operation.

PLEASE NOTE: No advertising cookies, also known as "profiling cookies", are employed on this Website.

3.2 HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES FROM YOUR BROWSER

You can change your browser settings to inhibit cookies or to be alerted that cookies are being sent to your device. Consult the instruction manual or help screen of your browser to find out how to adjust or change your browser settings.

The following links are provided as an example:

In case of different devices or browsers, make sure each browser on each device is correctly set to comply with your desired cookie preferences.

If you choose to disable all cookies, even necessary, functional and performance cookies will be blocked, and this may cause inconvenience to your navigation on the ASPI Website.

4. PROCESSING METHODS

Personal data, provided as indicated in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above, shall be processed, in compliance with the regulations in force, by means of computerised and data transmission tools, according to the logics strictly related to the purposes indicated above, in such a way as to ensure the data’s confidentiality and security.

5. DATA RETENTION PERIODS

Personal data provided through cookies shall only be retained for as long as necessary for the purposes for which they are collected, in compliance with the principle of minimisation pursuant to Art. 5.1.c) GDPR.

For the retention times of the different types of cookies, see the tables below.

6. DATA RECIPIENTS

Within Autostrade per l'Italia S.p.A., only the persons entrusted with the processing by the Data Controller and authorised to carry out such operations within the scope of the aforementioned activities may become aware of the personal data provided.

The aforementioned data may come to be known to third parties (parent/subsidiary companies involved or third-party companies) required to process the information for the same purposes as those set out in Sections 2.1 and 2.2 above, who are, for this purpose, appointed “Data Processors”.

No user/visitor’s personal data shall be disseminated, under any circumstances.

7. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

Pursuant to Articles 15-22 GDPR, you, as Data Subject, may obtain data access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal of consent and portability of your data from the Data Controller.

You also have the right to object to the processing. Should you decide to exercise the right to object to the processing, the Data Controller reserves the right not to process your request, or continue its processing, if there are compelling legitimate grounds for processing that override your interests, rights and freedom as data subject.

The above rights may be exercised by making a request without formalities to the Data Protection Officer at the following certified e-mail address dpo@pec.autostrade.it, or by using the appropriate forms made available by the Data Controller on the website www.autostrade.it.

Moreover, pursuant to Article 57(f) of GDPR, you may lodge a complaint to the Italian Data Protection Authority.
 

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