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This privacy policy is intended to provide all information on the processing of personal data carried out by Iumob Srl when the User browses and registers on www.hookmenow.com.
1. INTRODUCTION – WHO WE ARE?
Iumob Srl, with registered offices in Milan – Via Comelico, No. 3, 20135, Tax Code/VAT No. 07048770965 registered with the Company Register of Milan under No. MI- 1931950 (hereinafter the “Data Controller”), owner of the website https://www.hookmenow.com (hereinafter the “Website”) as the Controller of personal data of the users who browse and are registered on the Website (hereinafter the “Users”) provide the following privacy policy according to Article 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679 dated 27 April 2016 (hereinafter, “Regulation” or “Applicable Regulations”).
2. HOW TO CONTACT US?
The Data Controller takes the utmost account of its Users’ right to privacy and protection of personal data. For any information related to this privacy policy, Users may contact the Data Controller at any time, using the following methods:
Online:
By Postal Service:
For specific requests to be sent to our Data Protection Officer:
3. WHAT DO WE DO? PROCESSING PURPOSES
By browsing the Website, the User can register for the service, deciding whether to carry out the Standard Registration and thus activate a Free Profile, or create the Complete Subscription, which allows you to have a paid Premium Profile (of hereinafter, "Service").
In relation to the activities that can be carried out through the Website, the Data Controller collects personal data relating to Users.
This Website, as well as any services offered through them, are reserved for individuals who are 18 years and over. Therefore, the Data Controller does not collect personal data relating to individuals under 18 years of age. Upon request of the Users, the Data Controller will promptly delete all personal data that has been involuntarily collected and related to subjects under the age of 18.
Particularly,
the personal data of the Users will be processed lawfully by the Data Controller pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation for the following processing purposes:
a) Contractual obligations and provision of the service, to enable the browsing of the Website or to implement the General Terms and Conditions, which are accepted by the User during registration to the Website to take advantage of the services offered through the Website including access to dating on-line and chat platforms and to fulfil the User’s specific requests. User data collected by the Data Controller for the purpose of any registration on the Website include: the nickname voluntarily chosen, date of birth, gender, province of residence/domicile, email address, picture and any personal information of the User that may be voluntarily published. With regard to the data that the User will make available to the public on the Website, as specified in the General Conditions, Data Controller is granted, among other things, any and all right of publication, communication and making available to the public and others users of the Website.
Unless the User gives the Data Controller a specific and optional consent to the processing of their data for the further purposes set out in the following paragraphs, the User's personal data will be used by the Data Controller for the sole purpose of ascertaining the identity of the User (also by validating the e-mail address), thus avoiding possible scams or abuses, and contacting the User only for service reasons (e.g. sending of notifications regarding the services offered on the Website). Notwithstanding the provisions contained elsewhere in this privacy policy, under no circumstances will the Data Controller make the personal data of the Users accessible to other Users and/or third parties.
b) Administrative and accounting purposes, or to perform organizational, administrative, financial and accounting activities, such as internal organizational activities and activities functional to the fulfilment of contractual and pre-contractual obligations;
c) Legal obligations, or to fulfil obligations provided by the law, an authority, a regulation or European legislation.
The provision of personal data for the purposes of processing indicated above is optional but necessary; failure to provide the data will make it impossible for the User of using the Service.
4. OTHER PROCESSING PURPOSES
4.1 Marketing
Some of the User’s personal data, such as name, surname, e-mail address, may also be processed by the Data Controller for marketing purposes (e.g. sending of advertising material, direct sales, commercial communication, sending newsletters containing information in relation to news relevant to the sector relating to the activities of the Data Controller and/or services and promotions relating to the contents of the Website and the services offered through the Website by the Data Controller), or in order for the Data Controller to contact the User through mail to propose to the User the purchase of products and/or services offered by the Data Controller and/or by third parties, to present offers, promotions and business opportunities by the Data Controller and/or by third parties.
In case of lack of consent, the possibility to using Service will not be in any way affected.
In case of consent, the User may at any time revoke the same, making a request to the Data Controller in the manner indicated in paragraph 8 below.
The User can also easily oppose further sending of promotional communications via e-mail by clicking on the appropriate link for the revocation of consent, which is present in each promotional email. Once the consent has been revoked, the Data Controller will send the User an e-mail message confirming the revocation of the consent. If the User intends to revoke his or her consent to the sending of promotional communications via telephone, while continuing to receive promotional communications via email, or vice versa, please send a request to the Data Controller using the methods indicated in paragraph 8 below.
The Data Controller informs that, following the exercise of the right of opposition to the sending of promotional communications via email, it is possible that the User continues to receive further promotional messages due to technical and operational reasons (e.g. formation of contact lists already completed shortly before the Data Controller’s receiving of the opposition request).
Should the User continue to receive promotional messages after 24 hours from the exercise of the right of opposition, please report the problem to the Data Controller, using the contacts indicated in paragraph 8 below.
4.2 Communication of data to the Data Controller’s Partners
With the User’s free and optional consent, some of the User’s personal data (such us name, surname, gender, date of birth, city/region of residence and e-mail address) may be conveyed by the Data Processor to the following categories of third-party companies: (i) clothing, (ii) automotive, (iii) retail, (iv) credit and insurance, (v) electronics, (vi) information technology, (vii) information, (iix) health and wellness, (ix) sport, (x) entertainment, (xi) tourism, (xii) online digital services and (xiii) recruitment (collectively referred to as the “Data Controller’s Partners”). The Data Controller's Partners, as independent data controllers, will process the personal data of the User for marketing purposes (direct sales, sending of advertising material and commercial communication), and may contact the User by post or e-mail to propose to the User the purchase of products and/or o services offered by the same categories of third-party companies and/or by other companies and to present offers, promotions and business opportunities to the User.
Pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 3 of the Regulation, after successful transfer, the Data Controller’s Partner will be responsible for providing the Users all the information provided for by Article 14 of the Regulations.
In case of lack of consent, the possibility to register on the Website will not be in any way affected.
In case of consent, the User may at any time revoke the same, making a request to the Data Controller in the manner indicated in paragraph 8 below.
The Data Controller informs that the User's personal data will be processed by the Data Controller’s Partners as autonomous data controllers, on the basis of the specific information that will be issued by the Data Controller's Partners to Users. Any requests not to receive further commercial communications from the Data Controller’s Partners to whom the data has already been communicated by the Data Controller, must therefore be addressed directly to them.
5. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
Provide the Service (as described in the previous paragraph 3, letter a)): the legal basis consists of art. 6, paragraph 1, lett. b) of the Regulations, or the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the User is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Administrative and accounting purposes (as described in the previous paragraph 3, letter b)): the legal basis consists of art. 6, paragraph 1, lett. b) of the Regulations, as the processing is necessary for performance of a contract to which the User is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Legal obligations (as described in the previous paragraph 3, letter c)): the legal basis consists of art. 6, paragraph 1, lett. c) of the Regulation, as the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject.
Other processing purposes for the processing relating to marketing purposes, (as described in the previous paragraph 4.1) and for that relating to the communication of data to the Data Controller's Partners (as described in the previous paragraph 4.2), the legal basis consists of art. 6, paragraph 1, lett. a) of the Regulations, or the provision by the data subjects of consent to the processing of their personal data for one or more specific purposes. For this reason, the Data Controller asks the User to provide specific free and optional consent, to pursue each of the purposes mentioned in this paragraph.
6. PROCESSING MEANS AND DATA RETENTION PERIOD
The Data Controller will process the personal data of Users using manual and IT tools, with logic strictly related to the purposes themselves and, in any case, in order to guarantee the security and confidentiality of the data.
The personal data of Website Users will be retained for the time strictly necessary to carry out the main purposes explained in paragraph 3 above or, in any case, as necessary for the protection in civil law of the interests of both the Users and the Data Controller.
In the cases referred to in paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2 above, the personal data of Users will be retained for the time strictly necessary to carry out the purposes described therein and, in any case, until the User withdraws his consent.
In any case, any retention terms provided for by law or regulations are reserved.
If the User decides to block and/or delete their profile, all stored data relating to the User is deleted. If the complete deletion of User data is not permitted or required by law, the data is limited for further processing.
7. TRANSMISSION AND DISSEMINATION OF DATA
The User's personal data may be transferred outside the European Union and, in this case, the Data Controller will ensure that the transfer takes place in accordance with the Applicable Regulations and, in particular, in accordance with Articles 45 (Transfer on the basis of an adequacy decision) and 46 (Transfer subject to adequate guarantees) of the Regulation.
The employees and/or collaborators of the Data Controller who are in charge of carrying out Website maintenance may become aware of the personal data of the Users. These subjects, who are formally appointed by the Data Controller as "in charge of processing", will process the User's data exclusively for the purposes indicated in this policy and in compliance with the provisions of the Applicable Regulations.
The personal data of the Users may also be disclosed to third parties who may process personal data on behalf of the Data Controller as "Data Processors", such as, for example, IT and logistic service providers functional to the operation of the Website, outsourcing or cloud computing service providers, professionals and consultants.
Users have the right to obtain a list of any data controllers appointed by the Data Controller, making a request to the Data Controller in the manner indicated in paragraph 8 below.
In addition, other Users may also become aware of the User's personal data, considering the nature of the Service described above and what is specified in the General Terms and Conditions in this regard.
8. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECTS
Users may exercise their rights granted by the Applicable Regulations by contacting the Data Controller as follows:
Online:
By Postal Service:
For specific requests to be sent to our Data Protection Officer:
Pursuant to Applicable Regulations, the Data Controller informs that Users have the right to obtain indication (i) of the origin of personal data; (ii) the purposes and methods of the processing; (iii) the logic applied in the event of processing carried out with the aid of electronic instruments; (iv) of the identification details of the data controller and processors; (v) the subjects or categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who may come to aware of them as processors or agents.
Furthermore, Users have the right to obtain:
a) Access, updating, rectification, or, when interested, integration of data;
b) The cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or the restriction of data processed in breach of the law, including data that does not need to be stored in relation to the purposes for which the data was collected or subsequently processed;
c) Certification to the effect that notification has been supplied of operations as per letters a) and b), as regards their content, to those to whom the data was communicated or disseminated, except for the case where notification proves impossible or requires the use of means clearly disproportionate to the right being protected.
Moreover, the Users have:
a) The right to withdraw consent at any time, if the processing is based on their consent;
b) The right to data portability (the right to receive all personal data concerning them in a structured format, commonly used and readable by automatic device);
c) The right to oppose to:
i) in whole or part, for legitimate reasons, the processing of personal data relating to you for legitimate reasons even pertinent to the purpose of collection;
ii) in whole or part, the handling of personal data for the purpose of sending advertising or sales materials or for the carrying out of market research or for commercial communication purposes;
iii) if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, at any time, to the processing of data for this purpose, including profiling in so far as it is related to such direct marketing.
d) If it is deemed that the processing concerning their personal data violates the Regulation, the right to lodge a complaint with a Supervisory authority (in the Member State in which they usually reside, in the one in which they work or in the one in which the alleged violation has occurred). The Italian Supervisory Authority is the Data Protection Authority, with registered offices in Piazza Venezia No. 11, 00187 – Rome (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/).
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The Data Controller is not responsible for updating all links viewed in this Privacy Policy, therefore, whenever a link does not work and/or is not updated, the Users acknowledge and accept that they must always refer to the document and/or section of the websites referred to by this link.