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Information on personal data processing pursuant to article 13 of the GDPR

Dear User, we would like to inform you how and why CMCC Foundation (hereinafter referred to simply as "CMCC" or “Us”) processes your personal data acquired through the website https://www.ecca2025.eu/ (the "Site" or "Website").

This document is divided into four sections:

• Section I, containing information generally valid for all processing carried out through the Site;
• Section II, on the processing of personal data collected through event registration forms, including webinars;
• Section III, on sending newsletters and other informative communications on initiatives and activities related to the ECCA 2025;
• Section IV, on the use of cookies.

This information does not concern other sites, pages or online services that can be reached via hypertext links that may be published on the Site but that refer to resources outside the ECCA 2025’s domain, such as other entities involved in ECCA 2025s, newspapers and magazines that talk about the ECCA 2025, Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, YouTube. Regarding the processing of personal data carried out by the social media platforms, please refer to the information provided by them in their respective privacy notices. We process personal data provided by users through the pages of the social media platforms dedicated to the ECCA 2025, as part of its purpose to interact with users (comments, posts, etc.).

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SECTION I - GENERAL INFORMATION AND BROWSING DATA

Contact details of the Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

The Data Controller of personal data is the CMCC Foundation, with registered office in Lecce (LE) – 73100, via Marco Biagi, 5. 

For any matters related to privacy and the processing of personal data, as well as to exercise the rights provided by the GDPR (see the following paragraph), you can send us an email at [email protected]. 

The Controller has appointed Attorney Andrea Lisi as the Data Protection Officer, whose email address is [email protected].

Recipients of personal data and data transfer

Personal data collected through the website may be communicated, in addition to authorized internal CMCC staff:

• To other entities involved in the ECCA 2025 and/or CMCC activities;
• To suppliers that CMCC uses for the development and management of services related to the website itself.

Data processor

With specific reference to the websites’s management, and also for the registration and organization of the ECCA 2025 event, having verified the fulfillment of the requirements set out by the GDPR for this purpose, the Foundation has appointed ARZANÀ S.r.l. as Data Processor pursuant to Article 28 of the GDPR.

Rights of Data Subject

What rights do you have in relation to your personal data?

As a Data Subject within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, you have the right to request Us the access to and the rectification or erasure of your personal data or the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you or (where the processing is based on the need to pursue the legitimate interest of the data controller or a third party) to object to its processing, in addition to the right to data portability, subject to certain conditions being met.

Right to withdraw consent

You also have the right to withdraw your consent, limited to cases where you have given Us consent to process your personal data. Any consent may be revoked at any time.

How to exercise these rights

For any questions related to privacy and the processing of personal data, as well as to exercise your rights under the GDPR, you can contact us at [email protected] and/or [email protected].

Right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Authority

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, at the addresses and in the manner indicated on the Authority's institutional website (https://www.garanteprivacy.it/), should you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the provisions of the law.

SECTION II - PROCESSING OF DATA COLLECTED THROUGH EVENT REGISTRATION FORMS

Please refer to the: https://secure.onlinecongress.it/onlinecongress/secure/form.aspx?GUID=3365601849350600721543938

SECTION III - NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATIONS  

Please refer to the:

https://mailchi.mp/74ff991c8894/data-processing-consent-for-the-european-climate-change-adaptation-conference-2025

SECTION IV - COOKIES

What are cookies?

Generally speaking, cookies are strings of text that websites (so-called 'first party') visited by the user or different websites or web servers (so-called 'third parties') place and store in a terminal device available to the user. Depending on the function performed, it is generally possible to distinguish the following types of cookies:

• technical cookies, which are necessary for the operation of the Site and do not require the user's consent;
• analytics cookies, which are comparable to technical cookies if certain conditions are met;
• non-technical cookies, for which the user's consent is required, usually used to trace specific actions or behavioural patterns back to specific, identifiable or identified subjects in order to group them into different profiles within homogeneous clusters, so that it is also possible to modulate the provision of the service in a personalised manner, or to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user when surfing the web.

Which cookies we or third parties use, and when we need your consent

Through the navigation of the Site, technical cookies, analytical cookies and non-technical cookies may be installed on your device. For the use of technical cookies, as well as analytical cookies where they are comparable to technical cookies, We do not collect user consent. For the use of non-technical cookies, on the other hand, We collect the user's consent, which is expressed through the Site's cookie banner, and which can be revoked by the user at any time through the Site's widget through which the user can express his/her preferences at any time. Consent to the use of cookies may also be revoked in the ways indicated at the end of this document.

Non-technical cookies include: preference cookies, which allow the Site to store information that affects its behaviour or appearance, such as your preferred language or location; marketing cookies, which are used to track visitors to websites. 

Further useful information for the user

The removal of previously installed cookies is also possible thanks to special functions of the browser or device used.

Cookies in the local browser memory can be removed by completely deleting the browsing history.

With regard to third-party cookies, users can manage their preferences and revoke their consent by visiting the relevant opt-out link (if available), using the tools described in the third party's privacy policy or by contacting the third party directly.

Further information on how to manage cookies in some of the most popular browsers can be found at the following addresses:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione dei cookie

Apple Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=it_IT

Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/microsoft-edge/eliminare-i-cookie-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

Brave: https://support.brave.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022806212-How-do-I-use-Shields-while-browsing

Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html

It is also possible for tracking tools on mobile applications to be deactivated via the appropriate device settings, such as mobile advertising settings or tracking settings in general (you can consult your device settings to find the relevant one).

More information regarding the deactivation of interest-based advertising can be retrieved from YourOnlineChoices (EU): https://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/ or other similar services. With these services it is possible to manage the tracking preferences of most advertising tools.