Privacy and Cookie Policy

Information pursuant to art. 13 of Regulation (EU) no. 679/2016 (“GDPR”)

FOR LIFE di GP owner of the site maxbestplants.com protects the confidentiality of personal data and guarantees them the necessary protection from any event that could put them at risk of violation.
As required by European Union Regulation no. 679/2016 (“GDPR”), and in particular art. 13, the following information is provided to the user (“Data Subject”) as required by law regarding the processing of their personal data.

SECTION I

Who we are and what data we process (art. 13, 1st paragraph, letter a, art. 15, letter b GDPR)

FOR LIFE di GP, in the person of its legal representative pt, Gabriele Passari with headquarters in Messina (ME), Via Del Marò, Villaggio Annunziata operates as Data Controller and can be contacted at the email address info@maxbestplants.com and collects and/or receives information regarding the Interested Party, such as:

FOR LIFE di GP does not require the Interested Party to provide so-called “special” data, that is, as provided for by the GDPR (art. 9), personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, as well as genetic data, biometric data intended to uniquely identify a natural person, data relating to health or sexual life or sexual orientation of the person. In the event that the requested service requires the processing of such data, the Interested Party will receive specific prior information and will be asked to provide specific consent.
The Data Controller has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) who can be contacted for any information and request: e-mail: maxbestplants@gmail.com Telephone: +39 090356644

SECTION II

For what purposes do we need the data of the interested party (art. 13, 1st paragraph GDPR)
The data is used by the Data Controller to follow up on the request for registration and the contract for the supply of the chosen Service and/or purchased Product, manage and execute contact requests forwarded by the Interested Party, provide assistance, fulfill the legal and regulatory obligations to which the Data Controller is bound in relation to the activity carried out. In no case FOR LIFE di GP di Massimiliano De Leo resells the personal data of the Interested Party to third parties or uses them for undeclared purposes.
In particular, the interested party's data will be processed for:

Registration and requests for contact and/or information material.

• The processing of the interested party's personal data takes place in order to carry out preliminary and consequent activities to the request for registration, to manage requests for information and contact and/or sending of informative material, as well as to fulfill any other obligation arising therefrom.
• The legal basis for such processing is the fulfillment of the services relating to the request for registration, information and contact and/or sending of information material and compliance with legal obligations.

Management of the contractual relationship

• The processing of the interested party's personal data takes place in order to carry out preliminary and consequent activities to the purchase of a Service and/or a Product, the management of the related order, the provision of the Service itself and/or the production and/or shipment of the purchased Product, the related invoicing and payment management, the handling of complaints and/or reports to the assistance service and the provision of the assistance itself, the prevention of fraud as well as the fulfillment of any other obligation deriving from the contract.
• The legal basis for such processing is the fulfillment of the services inherent to the contractual relationship and compliance with legal obligations.

Promotional activities on Services/Products similar to those purchased by the Data Subject (Recital 47 GDPR)

• The data controller, even without your explicit consent, may use the contact details communicated by the interested party for the purposes of direct sales of its own Services/Products, limited to the case in which they are Services/Products similar to those being sold, unless the interested party explicitly objects.

Commercial promotion activities on Services/Products different from those purchased by the interested party

• The personal data of the interested party may also be processed for commercial promotion purposes, for surveys and market research with regard to Services/Products that the Data Controller offers only if the interested party has authorised the processing and does not oppose it.
• Such processing may take place, if the interested party has not revoked his consent for the use of the data, is not registered in the register of oppositions pursuant to Presidential Decree no. 178/2010 in an automated manner, with the following methods: e-mail, sms, telephone contact.
  The legal basis for such processing is the consent given by the interested party prior to the processing itself, which can be revoked by the interested party freely and at any time (see Section III).

Cyber ​​Security

• The Data Controller, in line with the provisions of Recital 49 of the GDPR, processes, also through its suppliers (third parties and/or recipients), the personal data of the Data Subject relating to traffic to a strictly necessary and proportionate extent to ensure network and information security, i.e. the ability of a network or information system to resist, at a given level of security, unforeseen events or illicit or malicious acts that compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity and confidentiality of the personal data stored or transmitted.
• The Data Controller will promptly inform the Interested Parties, if there is a particular risk of violation of their data without prejudice to the obligations arising from the provisions of art. 33 of the GDPR relating to notifications of personal data violations.
• The legal basis for such processing is compliance with legal obligations and the legitimate interest of the Data Controller to carry out processing related to the purposes of protecting company assets and the security of offices and systems.

The profiling

• The personal data of the interested party may also be processed for profiling purposes (such as analysis of the data transmitted and of the chosen Services/Products, proposing advertising messages and/or commercial proposals in line with the choices expressed by the users themselves) exclusively in the event that the interested party has provided explicit and informed consent. The legal basis for such processing is the consent given by the interested party prior to the processing itself, which can be revoked by the interested party freely and at any time (see Section III).

Fraud prevention (recital 47 and art. 22 GDPR)

• The personal data of the interested party, with the exception of special data (Art 9 GDPR) or judicial data (Art 10 GDPR) will be processed to allow checks for the purposes of monitoring and preventing fraudulent payments, by software systems that carry out a check in an automated manner and prior to the negotiation of Services/Products;
• Passing these checks with a negative result will make it impossible to carry out the transaction; the interested party may in any case express his/her opinion, obtain an explanation or contest the decision by motivating his/her reasons to the Customer Service service or to the contact info@maxbestplants.com;
• Personal data collected for anti-fraud purposes only, unlike the data necessary for the correct execution of the requested service, will be immediately deleted at the end of the control phases.

Protection of minors

The Services/Products offered by the Owner are reserved for legally capable entities, on the basis of the relevant national legislation, of entering into contractual obligations.
The Data Controller, in order to prevent illegitimate access to its services, implements preventive measures to protect its legitimate interest, such as checking the tax code and/or other checks, when necessary for specific Services/Products, the correctness of the identification data of the identity documents issued by the competent authorities.

Communication to third parties and categories of recipients (art. 13, 1st paragraph GDPR)

The communication of the interested party's personal data occurs mainly towards third parties and/or recipients whose activity is necessary for the performance of the activities inherent to the established relationship and to respond to certain legal obligations, such as:

* The Data Controller requires its third party suppliers and Data Processors to comply with security measures equal to those adopted with respect to the Data Subject, restricting the scope of action of the Data Processor to processing connected to the requested service.
The Data Controller does not transfer your personal data to countries where the GDPR is not applied (non-EU countries) unless otherwise specifically indicated for which you will be informed in advance and if necessary your consent will be requested. The legal basis for such processing is the fulfillment of the services inherent to the established relationship, compliance with legal obligations and the legitimate interest in carrying out processing necessary for such purposes.

SECTION III

What happens if the interested party does not provide his/her data identified as necessary for the performance of the requested service? (Art. 13, 2nd paragraph, letter e GDPR)

The collection and processing of personal data is necessary to follow up on the requested services as well as the provision of the Service and/or the supply of the requested Product. If the Interested Party does not provide the personal data expressly indicated as necessary within the order form or the registration form, the Data Controller will not be able to follow up on the processing related to the management of the requested services and/or the contract and the Services/Products connected to it, nor to the obligations that depend on them.

What happens if the interested party does not provide consent to the processing of personal data for commercial promotion activities on Services/Products other than those purchased?

In the event that the interested party does not give his/her consent to the processing of personal data for such purposes, said processing will not take place for the same purposes, without this having any effect on the provision of the requested services, nor for those for which he/she has already given his/her consent, if required.
In the event that the interested party has given consent and subsequently revokes it or opposes the processing for commercial promotion activities, his/her data will no longer be processed for such activities, without this entailing consequences or detrimental effects for the interested party and for the requested services.

How we process the data of the interested party (art. 32 GDPR)

The Data Controller arranges for the use of adequate security measures in order to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal data of the Data Subject and imposes similar security measures on third-party suppliers and Processors.

Where we process the data of the interested party

The personal data of the interested party are stored in paper, computer and telematic archives located in countries where the GDPR is applied (EU countries).

How long are the interested party's data stored? (art. 13, 2nd paragraph, letter a GDPR)

Unless the interested party explicitly expresses his/her will to remove them, the personal data of the interested party will be retained until they are necessary with respect to the legitimate purposes for which they were collected.
In particular, they will be retained for the entire duration of your registration and in any case no longer than a maximum period of 24 (Twenty-four) months of your inactivity, or if, within this period, no Services are associated and/or Products purchased using the registration itself.
In the case of data provided to the Owner for the purposes of commercial promotion for services other than those already acquired by the Interested Party, for which he initially gave consent, these will be retained for 24 months, unless the consent given is revoked.
In the case of data provided to the Owner for profiling purposes, these will be retained for 12 months, unless the consent given is revoked.
It should also be added that, in the event that a user forwards in any way to FOR LIFE di GP personal data that are not requested or not necessary for the purpose of carrying out the requested service or for the provision of a service strictly connected to it, FOR LIFE di GP cannot be considered the owner of this data, and will proceed to delete it as soon as possible.

Regardless of the interested party's determination to remove them, personal data will in any case be retained according to the terms established by current legislation and/or national regulations for the fulfillment of obligations (e.g. tax and accounting) that remain even after the termination of the contract (art. 2220 cc); for these purposes the Data Controller will retain only the data necessary for the related pursuit.
This does not apply to cases where rights arising from the contract and/or from registration in the registry office need to be asserted in court, in which case the personal data of the interested party, exclusively those necessary for such purposes, will be processed for the time necessary to pursue them.

What are the rights of the interested party? (articles 15 – 20 GDPR)

The interested party has the right to obtain from the data controller the following:

1. confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data and the following information:

• the purposes of the processing;
• the categories of personal data concerned;
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
• where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
• the existence of the right of the data subject to request from the controller rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning him or her or to object to such processing;
• the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
• where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
• the appropriate guarantees provided by the third country (outside the EU) or an international organisation for the protection of any data transferred
• the right to obtain a copy of the personal data undergoing processing, provided that this right does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others; For further copies requested by the data subject, the controller may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs.
• the right to obtain from the data controller the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her without undue delay
• the right to obtain from the data controller the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, if the reasons set out in Article 17 of the GDPR exist, including, for example, when they are no longer necessary for the purposes of the processing or if the processing is deemed unlawful, and if the conditions set out by law exist; and in any case if the processing is not justified by another equally legitimate reason;
• the right to obtain from the data controller the limitation of processing, in the cases provided for by art. 18 of the GDPR, for example where you have contested the accuracy of the data, for the period necessary for the Data Controller to verify its accuracy. The interested party must be informed, in appropriate times, also of when the suspension period has expired or the cause of the limitation of processing has ceased to exist, and therefore the limitation itself has been revoked;
• the right to obtain communication from the owner of the recipients to whom the requests for any corrections or cancellations or limitations of the processing carried out have been transmitted, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.
• the right to receive the personal data concerning him or her in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, in the cases provided for by art. 20 of the GDPR, and the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible.

For any further information and in any case to send your request you must contact the Owner at info@maxbestplants.com . In order to guarantee that the above-mentioned rights are exercised by the Interested Party and not by unauthorized third parties, the Owner may request the same to provide any further information necessary for the purpose.

How and when can the interested party object to the processing of his/her personal data? (Art. 21 GDPR)

For reasons relating to the particular situation of the interested party, the same may oppose at any time the processing of his/her personal data if it is based on legitimate interest or if it occurs for commercial promotion activities, by sending the request to the Owner at maxbestplants.com

The interested party has the right to the cancellation of his/her personal data if there is no legitimate reason prevailing on the part of the Data Controller with respect to the one that gave rise to the request, and in any case in the event that the interested party has opposed the processing for commercial promotion activities.

To whom can the interested party lodge a complaint? (Art. 15 GDPR)

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial action, the interested party may submit a complaint to the competent supervisory authority in Italy (Autorità Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) or to the authority that carries out its duties and exercises its powers in the Member State where the violation of the GDPR occurred.

Any update to this Policy will be communicated promptly and by appropriate means and will also be communicated if the Data Controller processes the interested party's data for purposes other than those referred to in this Policy before proceeding and following the manifestation of the interested party's consent if necessary.

SECTION IV

COOKIES

General information, deactivation and management of cookies

Cookies are data that are sent from the website and stored by the internet browser on the user's computer or other device (for example, tablet or mobile phone). Technical cookies and third-party cookies may be installed from our website or from its subdomains.

In any case, the user can manage, or request the general deactivation or cancellation of cookies, by modifying the settings of his/her internet browser. Such deactivation, however, may slow down or prevent access to some parts of our site.

The settings to manage or disable cookies may vary depending on the internet browser used, therefore, for more information on how to perform these operations, we suggest that the User consult the manual of his/her device or the “Help” function of his/her internet browser.
Below are links that explain how to manage or disable cookies for the most popular internet browsers:

• Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442
• Microsoft edge https://support.microsoft.com/help/4468242
• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie
• Opera: https://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19255

Technical cookies

The use of technical cookies, i.e. cookies necessary for the transmission of communications on an electronic communications network or cookies strictly necessary for the supplier to provide the service requested by the customer, allows the safe and efficient use of our site.
Session cookies may be installed to allow access and permanence in the reserved area of ​​the portal as an authenticated user.
Technical cookies are essential for the correct functioning of our website and are used to allow users normal navigation and the possibility of using the advanced services available on our website. The technical cookies used are divided into session cookies, which are stored exclusively for the duration of navigation until the browser is closed, and persistent cookies that are saved in the memory of the user's device until they expire or are deleted by the user. Our site uses the following technical cookies:

• Technical navigation or session cookies, used to manage normal navigation and user authentication;
• Functional technical cookies, used to store customizations chosen by the user, such as, for example, the language;
• Technical analytics cookies, used to understand how users use our website so that we can evaluate and improve its functioning.

Third party cookies

Third-party cookies may be installed: these are analytical and profiling cookies from Google Analytics, Google Doubleclick, Youtube and Facebook. These cookies are sent from the websites of the aforementioned third parties external to our site.
Third-party analytical cookies are used to detect information on user behavior on the site. The detection occurs anonymously, in order to monitor performance and improve the usability of the site. Third-party profiling cookies are used to create profiles relating to users, in order to propose advertising messages in line with the choices expressed by the users themselves.
The use of these cookies is governed by the rules established by the third parties themselves, therefore, Users are invited to read the privacy policies and instructions for managing or disabling cookies published on the following web pages:

For Google Analytics cookies:

• privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/
• instructions for managing or disabling cookies: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=it

For Google Doubleclick cookies:

• privacy policy: https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/
• instructions for managing or disabling cookies: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin

For Facebook cookies:

• privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
• instructions to manage or disable cookies: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/

For Youtube cookies:

• privacy policy: https://www.youtube.com/intl/it/yt/about/policies/#community-guidelines
• instructions for managing or disabling cookies: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=it

Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies may be installed by the Owner/s, using so-called web analytics software, which are used to prepare detailed, real-time analysis reports relating to information on: visitors to a website, search engines of origin, keywords used, language of use, most visited pages, in which case a specific notice will appear from the home page of the site.
They can collect information and data such as IP address, nationality, city, date/time, device, browser, operating system, screen resolution, navigation source, pages visited and number of pages, duration of the visit, number of visits made.