This section of the website aims to outline the policies of the Technological District for Polymer and Composite Materials Engineering and Structures (IMAST), pursuant to EU Regulation 2016/679 (hereinafter referred to as the “Regulation”), regarding the processing of personal data collected while browsing the official website of the District.
Information Notice on the Processing of Personal Data on the IMAST Website
WHY THIS NOTICE
This notice describes how the official IMAST website manages the processing of personal data relating to identified or identifiable users who browse and interact with it and with the web services accessible electronically. The notice is provided pursuant to Article 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679 and is inspired by Recommendation no. 2/2001 concerning minimum requirements for the online collection of personal data within the European Union, adopted on 17 May 2001 by the Working Party established under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC.
In particular, this notice is intended to provide information regarding the methods, timing, and nature of the information that the Data Controller must provide to users when they connect to web pages, regardless of the purpose of the connection. This notice applies only to the official IMAST website and not to any external websites that may be consulted by the user via links.
Data Controller
IMAST
Via Del Parco Margherita n. 24, 80121, Naples
Email: segreteria@imast.it
PURPOSE OF PROCESSING – LEGAL BASIS
For maximum transparency and in general terms, users are informed that the data received will be used exclusively for providing the requested service and only for the time necessary to provide such service. The information that users of the website choose to make public through the services and tools made available to them is provided knowingly and voluntarily, exempting the District from any liability regarding any possible violations of the law. It is the user’s responsibility to verify that they have permission to enter personal data of third parties or content protected by national and international regulations.
The personal data provided by users are used solely for carrying out the web services available on the website and, where applicable, for receiving informational material.
In any case, data collected through the website will not be disclosed, for any reason, unless required by a lawful request from judicial authorities and/or only in the cases provided for by laws or regulations.
PLACE OF DATA PROCESSING
Processing related to the web services of this website takes place at the legal and operational offices of the District and at Register S.p.A. The data are handled only by technical personnel authorized to process them or by individuals authorized to perform maintenance operations.
TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED
Browsing Data
The IT systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire, during their normal operation, certain personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols.
This information is not collected to be associated with identified individuals, but by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified.
This category includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by users connecting to the website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of requested resources, the time of the request, the method used in submitting the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server, and other parameters relating to the user’s operating system and IT environment. These data are used solely to obtain anonymous statistical information on website usage and to ensure its proper functioning, and are retained only for the time strictly necessary. The data may also be used to ascertain responsibility in the event of cybercrimes against the website.
Data Voluntarily Provided by the User
The optional, explicit, and voluntary sending of emails to the addresses indicated on this website results in the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, necessary to respond to requests, as well as any other personal data included in the message.
Details on the Processing of Personal Data
Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:
- Contacting the User
- Contact form – Personal Data: surname; email; first name; telephone number
- Contact Management and Message Sending
- Mailchimp – Personal Data: surname; email; first name
- Tag Management
- Google Tag Manager – Personal Data: Usage Data; Tracking Tools
- Statistics
- Google Analytics – Personal Data: city; Usage Data; browser information; device information; number of Users; session statistics; Tracking Tools
- Displaying Content from External Platforms
- Google Fonts – Personal Data: Usage Data; Tracking Tools
PROVISION OF DATA AND PROCESSING METHODS
Providing data is mandatory, and refusal to do so makes it impossible to receive information requested from the District. Data subjects nevertheless retain the right at any time to request removal from email communication services.
Processing will be carried out by individuals responsible for the relevant procedure and designated as authorized data processors. The collected data are not disclosed to third parties, except where the data may be known to subjects involved in the management procedure who are appropriately identified and, where necessary, appointed as Data Processors.
Personal data are processed using automated tools for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, unlawful or incorrect use, and unauthorized access.
COOKIES
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites use to store and collect information through the browser. They are mainly used to measure and improve website quality through visitor behavior analysis, personalize pages, and remember user preferences.
The “cookie law” (Directive 2009/136/EC) amended Article 122 of the Italian Personal Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003), requiring visitor consent for storing or collecting any information on a computer or any other web-connected device.
The Italian Data Protection Authority established simplified procedures for information notices and obtaining consent for the use of cookies in the measure dated 8 May 2014 – web doc no. 3118884 (published in the Official Gazette no. 126 of 3 June 2014), with which these notes comply in order to ensure greater transparency toward end users.
RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
Users may exercise, at any time and against the Data Controller, the rights provided by the Regulation, using the forms attached below or the contact details specified above.
Under current legislation, users may:
- request access to their personal data (Art. 15);
- where they consider them inaccurate or incomplete, request rectification or completion respectively (Art. 16);
- where legal conditions apply, object to the processing of their data (Art. 21), request deletion (Art. 17), or exercise the right to restriction of processing (Art. 18).
Data subjects may contact the Data Controller regarding all matters related to the processing of their personal data and the exercise of their rights under the Regulation using the contact details specified above.
At any time, users also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority.
Last updated: 27 May 2026.