Privacy Policy of Nscholarnews
Privacy Policy of Nscholarnews
Nscholarnews collects some Personal Data from its Users
Users may be subject to
different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to
some. In order to learn more about the protection criteria, Users can refer to
the applicability section.
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Types of Data collected
Among the types of
Personal Data that Nscholarnews collects, by itself or through third parties,
there are: email address; Cookies; Usage Data; various types of Data.
Complete details on each
type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this
privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data
collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data,
collected automatically when using Nscholarnews.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Nscholarnews is mandatory and
failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Nscholarnews to provide
its services. In cases where Nscholarnews specifically states that some Data is
not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences
to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to
contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by Nscholarnews or by the
owners of third-party services used by Nscholarnews serves the purpose of
providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described
in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.
Users are responsible for
any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Nscholarnews
and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the
Owner.
Mode and place of
processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes
appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure,
modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools,
following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes
indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible
to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of Nscholarnews
(administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external
parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers,
hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if
necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties
may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process
Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
·
Users have given their consent for one or more specific
purposes. Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process
Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without
having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This,
however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to
European data protection law;
·
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an
agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
·
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation
to which the Owner is subject;
·
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the
public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
·
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate
interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner
will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the
processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a
statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into
a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at
the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties
involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the
User's Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place
of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing
details about the processing of Personal Data.
If broader protection
standards are applicable, Users are also entitled to learn about the legal
basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any
international organization governed by public international law or set up by
two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by
the Owner to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the
relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the
information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be
processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been
collected for.
Therefore:
·
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance
of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such
contract has been fully performed.
·
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s
legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such
purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate
interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or
by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed
to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent
to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the
Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever
required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an
authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore,
the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the
right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention
period.
The purposes of
processing
The Data concerning the
User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its
legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and
interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or
fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Handling payments, Contacting
the User, Analytics, Interaction with external social networks and platforms,
Advertising, Content commenting, Content performance and features testing (A/B
testing), Displaying content from external platforms, Registration and
authentication and SPAM protection.
For specific information
about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the
section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.
Detailed information on
the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is
collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
·
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be
utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of
banners and other advertisements on Nscholarnews, possibly based on User
interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose.
Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may
use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the
User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Nscholarnews.
For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant
services.
In addition to any opt-out offered by any of
the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service's use
of cookies for certain advertising features by
visiting the Network Advertising
Initiative opt-out page.
Users may also opt-out of certain advertising
features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising
settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Google AdSense (Google
LLC)
Google AdSense is an advertising service
provided by Google LLC. This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which
tracks use of Nscholarnews and User behavior concerning ads, products and
services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield
participant.
Google Ad Manager (Google
LLC)
Google Ad Manager is an advertising
service provided by Google LLC that allows the Owner to run advertising
campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner,
unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
In order to opt out from being tracked by various advertising networks, Users
may make use of Youronlinechoices.
In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.
This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Nscholarnews
and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
Users may decide to disable all the
DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
·
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable
the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of
User behavior.
Google Analytics (Google
LLC)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service
provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track
and examine the use of Nscholarnews, to prepare reports on its activities and
share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of
its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Google Analytics with
anonymized IP (Google LLC)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service
provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track
and examine the use of Nscholarnews, to prepare reports on its activities and
share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of
its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by
shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in
other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only
in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server
and shortened within the US.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Privacy Shield participant.
Alexa Metrics (Alexa
Internet, Inc.)
Alexa Metrics is an analytics service provided
by Alexa Internet, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Analytics collected
directly (Nscholarnews)
Nscholarnews uses an internal analytics system
that does not involve third parties.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
ComScore Analytics
(ComScore, Inc.)
ComScore is an analytics service provided by
ComScore, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Quantcast Measure (Quantcast
Corporation)
Quantcast Measure is an analytics service
provided by Quantcast Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
·
Contacting the User
Mailing list or
newsletter (Nscholarnews)
By registering on the mailing list or for the
newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those
who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or
promotional nature concerning Nscholarnews. Your email address might also be
added to this list as a result of signing up to Nscholarnews or after making a
purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address.
Contact form (Nscholarnews)
By filling in the contact form with their
Data, the User authorizes Nscholarnews to use these details to reply to
requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by
the form’s header.
Personal
Data processed: email address; various types of Data.
·
Content commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to
make and publish their comments on the contents of Nscholarnews.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous
comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the
User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content.
Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may
still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is
installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Facebook Comments
(Facebook, Inc.)
Facebook Comments is a content commenting
service provided by Facebook, Inc. enabling the User to leave comments and
share them on the Facebook platform.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
·
Content performance and features testing (A/B
testing)
The services contained in this section allow
the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or
behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of Nscholarnews.
Optimizely (Optimizely,
Inc.)
Optimizely is an A/B testing service provided
by Optimizely, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
·
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view
content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Nscholarnews
and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where
the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Font Havetical ( Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann )
Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann Havetical font is a typeface visualization
service provided by Max Miedinger, Eduard Hoffmann . that allows Nscholarnews to incorporate
content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
SoundCloud widget
(SoundCloud Limited)
Soundcloud is an audio content delivery
service provided by SoundCloud Limited that allows Nscholarnews to incorporate
content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.
Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)
Vimeo is a video content visualization service
provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows Nscholarnews to incorporate content of this
kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy
Shield participant.
YouTube video widget
(Google LLC)
YouTube is a video content visualization
service provided by Google LLC that allows Nscholarnews to incorporate content
of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
·
Handling payments
Payment processing services enable Nscholarnews
to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure
greater security, Nscholarnews shares only the information necessary to execute
the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction.
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the
User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the
payment.
Stripe (Stripe Inc)
Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe
Inc.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data
as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy
Shield participant.
PayPal (PayPal Inc.)
PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal
Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.
Personal Data processed: various types of Data
as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place
of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
·
Interaction with external social networks and
platforms
This type of service allows interaction with
social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Nscholarnews.
The interaction and information obtained through Nscholarnews are always
subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the
service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure
that the processed data on Nscholarnews isn’t being connected back to the
User’s profile.
Facebook Like button and
social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets
are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by
Facebook, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Twitter Tweet button and
social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)
The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets
are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by
Twitter, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy
Shield participant.
AddToAny (AddToAny LLC)
AddToAny is a service provided by AddToAny
LLC, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and
external platforms as well as sharing the contents of Nscholarnews.
Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to
third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are
shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be
informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is
installed.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
·
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow Nscholarnews
to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration
and authentication services. In this case, Nscholarnews will be able to access
some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or
identification purposes.
Direct registration (Nscholarnews)
The User registers by filling out the
registration form and providing the Personal Data directly to Nscholarnews.
Personal
Data processed: email address.
·
SPAM protection
This type of service analyzes the traffic of Nscholarnews,
potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it
from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.
Google reCAPTCHA (Google
LLC)
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service
provided by Google LLC.
The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.
Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
Place
of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Privacy Shield participant.
Further information about
Personal Data
·
Selling goods and services online
The
Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell
goods, including payment and possible delivery.
The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit
card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment
envisaged. The kind of Data collected by Nscholarnews depends on the payment
system used.
The rights of Users
Users may exercise
certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
Users entitled to broader
protection standards may exercise any of the rights described below. In all
other cases, Users may inquire with the Owner to find out which rights apply to
them.
In particular, Users have
the right to do the following:
·
Withdraw their consent at any time. Users
have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their
consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
·
Object to processing of their Data. Users
have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is
carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided
in the dedicated section below.
·
Access their Data. Users
have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain
disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the
Data undergoing processing.
·
Verify and seek rectification. Users
have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated
or corrected.
·
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users
have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of
their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose
other than storing it.
·
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise
removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to
obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
·
Receive their Data and have it transferred to
another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a
structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically
feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated
means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract
which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
·
Lodge a complaint. Users
have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection
authority.
Details about the right
to object to processing
Where Personal Data is
processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority
vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by
the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to
their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that,
however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes,
they can object to that processing at any time without providing any
justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for
direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this
document.
How to exercise these
rights
Any requests to exercise
User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided
in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be
addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.
Applicability of broader
protection standards
While most provisions of
this document concern all Users, some provisions expressly only apply if the
processing of Personal Data is subject to broader protection standards.
Such broader protection
standards apply when the processing:
·
is performed by an Owner based within the EU;
·
concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and is
related to the offering of paid or unpaid goods or services, to such Users;
·
concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and allows
the Owner to monitor such Users’ behavior taking place in the EU.
Additional information
about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data
may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to
possible legal action arising from improper use of Nscholarnews or the related
Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal
data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information
about User's Personal Data
In addition to the
information contained in this privacy policy, Nscholarnews may provide the User
with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or
the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and
maintenance
For operation and
maintenance purposes, Nscholarnews and any third-party services may collect
files that record interaction with Nscholarnews (System logs) use other
Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained
in this policy
More details concerning
the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner
at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this
document.
How “Do Not Track”
requests are handled
Nscholarnews does not
support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not
Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.
Changes to this privacy
policy
The Owner reserves the
right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users
on this page and possibly within Nscholarnews and/or - as far as technically
and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information
available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often,
referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the
User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where
required.
Definitions and legal
references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or
in connection with other information — including a personal identification
number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through Nscholarnews
(or third-party services employed in Nscholarnews), which can include: the IP
addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Nscholarnews,
the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the
method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file
received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's
answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features
of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time
details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application)
and the details about the path followed within the Application with special
reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the
device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.
User
The individual using Nscholarnews who, unless
otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data
refers.
Data Processor (or Data
Supervisor)
The natural or legal person, public authority,
agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller,
as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or
Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority,
agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the
purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security
measures concerning the operation and use of Nscholarnews. The Data Controller,
unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Nscholarnews.
Nscholarnews (or this
Application)
The means by which the Personal Data of the
User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by Nscholarnews as
described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references
made within this document to the European Union include all current member
states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookies
Small sets of data stored in the User's
device.
Legal information
This privacy statement has been prepared based
on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU)
2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
This
privacy policy relates solely to Nscholarnews, if not stated otherwise within
this document.
