At StoryTravel, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data in compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is Pool Comunicazione, based in Italy, in th EU. If you have any questions or concerns regarding our data protection practices, you may contact us via email at redazione@storytravel.it

2. Data We Collect

We collect and process the following personal data when you use our services:

  • Personal Information: Name, email address, and any other contact details you provide when you subscribe to our services, such as newsletters or notifications.
  • Usage Data: Information on how you interact with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited, to help us improve our services.
  • Cookies and Tracking Data: We use cookies to track the activity on our site and collect certain information. You can learn more about our use of cookies in the sections below.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Data

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have given consent (e.g., subscribing to newsletters or accepting cookies).
  • Legitimate Interests: To improve our website, ensure security, and provide relevant notifications.
  • Compliance with Legal Obligations: Where necessary to comply with legal requirements.

4. Use of Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and to help us understand how visitors interact with our site. The types of cookies we use are:

  • Technical Cookies: These are necessary for the operation of our website. They allow you to navigate and use essential features like access to secure areas.
  • Google Analytics Cookies: We use Google Analytics to gather anonymized statistical data on site usage, helping us improve our website’s functionality and performance.
  • Notification Cookies: These cookies enable us to send notifications related to updates, new content, and other relevant information about StoryTravel directly to your browser.

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. For more information about cookies, see our Cookie policy

5. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect to:

  • Operate and maintain our website.
  • Improve and personalize your user experience.
  • Send you newsletters and notifications if you have subscribed.
  • Analyze site traffic and usage through Google Analytics.
  • Ensure the security and integrity of our services.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law. For example, if you unsubscribe from our newsletters, your email address will be removed from our mailing list.

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

7. Sharing Your Data

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may share data with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website (e.g., Google Analytics). These third parties are required to comply with strict data protection standards.

8. Your Rights Under GDPR

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to Erasure: You can request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Right to Object and Restrict Processing: You have the right to object to or restrict our processing of your personal data.
  • Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have given consent for data processing, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [insert contact email].

9. Data Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.

10. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable regulations. Any updates will be posted on this page, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically.

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