Privacy policy

Privacy Policy Statement
This privacy policy is for the website “www.iris-sostenibilita.net” published by “IRIS, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Sustainability” and governs the privacy of its users.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.

The Website
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies with all italian national laws and requirements for user privacy.

Collected data
This website does not collect any kind of data from users browsing our pages.
Only registered members (members of IRIS staff) are asked to provide the following information: name, surname, email address, username, sex (female or male), affiliation and a picture.
This information is only used to present the professional activity of each IRIS researcher and may be published and read by all the users of this website.
Registered members can ask to be cancelled and all their data will be erased, but reference to published works will remain available on the website.

Use of Cookies
This website only uses technical cookies, in order to facilitate users' experience while visiting the website or using the website as registered users. This website does not use third-party cookies. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving or reading files such as cookies on a user's computer/device.
Homepage displays a banner which informs users about general cookie policy of our website, linking this page for more information: when a user closes the message, the page writes a cookie in order to avoid further visualizations of the banner. The cookie is called “displayCookieConsent” and its value is “y”.
Cookies are small files saved to the user's computer's hard drive that track, save and store information about the user's interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that, if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computer's hard drive, they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website. Browsing experience won’t be affected when cookies features are turned off.
This website doesn’t use tracking software to monitor its visitors, it simply counts the number of hits (without any other information about the user).

Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in privacy protection laws.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the contents they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites).
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.

Adverts and Sponsored Links
This website does not contain sponsored links and adverts.

Social Media Platforms
This website includes a link to one social media platform (LinkedIn), consisting in a button redirecting to IRIS own page in LinkedIn.

Security
Personal accounts containing informations are password protected and should never be shared with anyone. This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Feedback
IRIS encourages visitors to submit feedback via email. Any feedback that is submitted becomes the property of IRIS and we may use this feedback for any purposes, or contact visitors for more information.

Privacy Policy Updates
Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page.

Owner of data processing
If, at any time, users have questions or concerns about IRIS privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this website, the owner of data processing can be contacted at:
IRIS, Interdisciplinary Research Institute on Sustainability
Via Accademia Albertina, 13
10123 – Torino – Italy
info@iris-sostenibilita.net

Responsible for data processing
Giuseppe Barbiero, Director of IRIS

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