This is the Privacy & Cookies Policy of IM GROUP. IM GROUP acts as the data controller for the processing of your personal data via its website https://www.im-group.com/ and treats personal information which it receives through its website (including any application made available by for use on a tablet, mobile phone or other mobile device) with due care and in accordance with the applicable data protection legislation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons – GDPR). This Privacy & Cookies Policy is designed to advise you about the type of information that the IM GROUP collects via its website and the purposes for which this information is being processed. We are committed to the lawful, fair, and transparent collection and use of personal data. By using our website you accept the practices described in this Privacy & Cookies Policy in all the sections that appear below.

Personal Data

When you visit or contact us through our website, you may provide us with information about yourself. For example, you may give us: your email address, country of residence, and areas of interest if you choose to receive our newsletter, updates, or other information from us; your contact information, and any other personal data you choose to include, if you email, text, or instant message us, or contact us through our website; and any personal data contained in, or included with, any proposal documents, feedback, comments, photos, videos, or other information you submit via online portals, forms, surveys, or interactive portions of the website.

We also automatically collect information via the use of cookies, such as your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit, the website you have previously visited, demographic information and the time and duration of your visit.

If you use our website or are a follower of our social media accounts or choose to provide us with your e-mail address or other (indirect) personally identifiable information, we will use such information: (i) for the technical and functional management of our website and to ensure it is easy to use; (ii) to send you our newsletter on our services and to respond to your inquiry; (iii) to comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements.

We store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the abovementioned purposes. When you unsubscribe from our newsletter your e-mail address will be deleted from our files.

We will not intentionally collect any “special categories of data” under the EU GDPR. Special categories of data include personal data (a) revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership; or (b) concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation. Our website is not intended for minors (individuals under the age of 13, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

Please do not provide personal data about others unless you are authorise or required to do so by contract or applicable law.

Cookies

IM GROUP uses cookies whenever you interact with this website. Cookies are small files that are sent along with this website and placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other mobile device by your browser. On each subsequent visit to this website, the browser searches for cookies and sends the available information stored therein to the servers of this website.

In this website are or could be used the following types of cookies:

Technically necessary cookies: these cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies services you have asked for could not be provided. The use of so-called technical cookies (which are not stored permanently on the user’s computer and disappear when the browser is closed) are strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers (consisting of random numbers generated by the server) necessary to allow the safe and efficient exploration of the website. The use of technical cookies on the website avoids the use of other IT techniques that are potentially prejudicial to the confidentiality of the user’s browsing and do not allow the acquisition of personal identification data of the user.

Functionality cookies: these cookies may store your browser name, the type of computer, tablet, mobile phone or other mobile device and technical information about your means of connection to the website, such as the operating system and the Internet Service Providers utilised and other similar information. This information is used to technically facilitate the navigation and use of the website. In addition, functional cookies may be used to store personal settings, such as language, or to remember your information for next visits if so requested. The information these cookies collect will be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Analytical cookies: these cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, for instance which pages they visit most often. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated. This information is used to provide aggregated and statistical information on the use of the website and is used to improve the contents of the website to enhance your user experience. The website could also use analytics cookies placed by Google Analytics to measure the number of visits and the parts of the website that are the most popular among the website’s visitors as well as for benchmarking purposes. This information is used to provide aggregated and statistical information on the use of the website and is used to improve the contents of the website to enhance your user experience.

In a separate Excel file you can find a table showing the individual types of cookies used on this website, their function and their origin:

Deleting cookies

If you do not want to have cookies stored on your computer or want to remove cookies that have already been stored, you can disable these cookies via your browser settings. If you disable the cookies through browser settings, certain parts of this website may not work properly. If you require more information or help to change your cookies preferences in your browser, please click here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/

Third Party websites and social media

IM GROUP may provide hyperlinks to websites from other companies or persons. IM GROUP is not responsible or liable for any processing of your personal data via these websites. This Privacy & Cookies Policy does not apply to the use of such websites. Your interactions with these sites are governed by the third parties’ applicable privacy notices, statements, or policies. We encourage you to read them. If you share content from this website via social media, your personal data will be visible to those visiting your personal pages on these social media websites. IM GROUP is not responsible or liable for any processing of your personal data via social media websites and this Privacy & Cookies Policy does not apply to the use of such social media websites.

Processing Methods and Security

Personal data is processed with automated tools for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected as well as, where applicable, for the time periods provided for by specific legal provisions. After such time, we will either delete or anonymise your personal data or, if this is not possible, we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible. The processing operations connected to the web services of this site are also handled by the staff of IM GROUP, who have been appointed for this purpose as “Processing Operators”, as well as by third parties as “Data Processors” in relation to the specific activities performed.

IM GROUP may transfer your data to our analytic cookie providers and our third-party subcontractors, such as the hosting provider. Your personal data is provided subject to agreements which state that these service providers keep such information confidential, that the data is not used for its own purposes and that all information will be used in accordance with applicable privacy legislation, including strict provisions in the light of data security. IM GROUP reserves the right to transfer personal data to a third country. In doing so, IM GROUP will ensure that appropriate and suitable safeguards shall be in place, such as standard contractual clauses.

Specific security measures are observed by IM GROUP to prevent data loss, its illicit or incorrect use and unauthorised access (these include installing a firewall to prevent unauthorised access to our systems, using secure servers as well as ensuring the personal data are stored in physically secure areas). Your personal data are dealt with in strict confidence. No data deriving from the web service is subject to disclosure. As the transmission of data via the internet is not completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our sites and any such transmission is at your own risk. However, we maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data.

Rights of the Data Subjects

The data subjects to whom the personal data refers have the right at any time, when the legal requirements are met, to obtain confirmation of the existence of the same data and to know its content and origin, request its correction, the integration or updating, or the limitation of the processing, and the portability of the data (articles 15-22 of the GDPR).

The user also has the right to request deletion, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of processed data, as well as to oppose its processing, always for legitimate reasons. To exercise any of these rights that you are not able to do directly, please contact us. If you feel that your rights have been infringed, we prefer to discuss this in good faith with you. However, you may always contact the appropriate local data protection authority.

Place of Data Processing

This website is hosted on machines managed by our company located in Italy.

Questions

Should you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy & Cookies Policy, please contact us via e.mail: admin@im-group.com

This Privacy & Cookies Policy will be updated from time to time. We will inform you appropriately of any relevant changes in this Privacy & Cookies Notice.