Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy of Coffeexplore.com

Types of Data collected

Among the types of Personal Data that Coffeexplore.com collects, by itself or through third parties, are Cookies; Usage Data; first name; last name; email addresses.

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 before the Data collection.

The User may freely provide Personal Data or, in the case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Coffeexplore.com.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Coffeexplore.com is mandatory, and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Coffeexplore.com to provide its services. In cases where Coffeexplore.com specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without affecting the Service’s availability or functioning.

Users uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies or other tracking tools by Coffeexplore.com or by the owners of third-party services used by Coffeexplore.com serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and the Cookie Policy if available.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published, or shared through Coffeexplore.com 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 destruction of the Data.

The Data processing is carried out using computers and 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 Coffeexplore.com (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. An updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.

Legal basis for 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 legislation, the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing without relying on consent or other 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 the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
  • Processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.

In any case, the Owner will gladly help clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, mainly 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 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.

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 occurs, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquiring 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 entirely performed.
  • Personal Data collected for 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 more extended 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 more extended 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 the expiration of the retention period.

The purpose 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: Commercial affiliation, Analytics, Advertising, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Contacting the User, Hosting and backend infrastructure and Displaying content from external platforms.

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 Coffeexplore.com, 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 behavioural retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behaviour, including those detected outside Coffeexplore.com. 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 mobile phone advertising settings or ads settings in general.
  • Google AdSense
    Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Coffeexplore.com is accessed. This service uses the DoubleClick Cookie, which tracks the use of Coffeexplore.com and User behaviour concerning ads, products, and services offered.
    Users may disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to Google Ad Settings.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: the United States Privacy Policy “ Opt-Out; Ireland “ Privacy Policy.
  • Ezoic (Ezoic Inc.)
    Ezoic is an advertising service provided by Ezoic Inc.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: the United States “ Privacy Policy “ Opt-out.
  • Analytics
    The services in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to track user behaviour.
    Google Analytics
    Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Coffeexplore.com is accessed from (Google). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Coffeexplore.com 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 advertising network.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: the United States“ Privacy Policy“ Opt-Out; Ireland“ Privacy Policy.
  • Commercial affiliation
    This type of service allows Coffeexplore.com to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
    Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below and are shared with Coffeexplore.com.
    For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.
    Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)
    Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: the United States“ Privacy Policy.
  • Contacting the User
    Contact form (Coffeexplore.com)
    By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes Coffeexplore.com 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, first name, last name.
  • Displaying content from external platforms
    This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Coffeexplore.com 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.
    Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)
    Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Coffeexplore.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    Personal Data processed: Usage Data; various data types as specified in the service’s privacy policy.
    Place of processing: Ireland“ Privacy Policy.
    YouTube video widget (Google Ireland Limited)
    YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Coffeexplore.com to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: Ireland“ Privacy Policy.
  • Hosting and backend infrastructure
    This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable Coffeexplore.com to run and be distributed and provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of Coffeexplore.com.
    Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
    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 Coffeexplore.com.
    The interaction and information obtained through Coffeexplore.com 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.
    Log out from the respective services is recommended to ensure that the processed data on Coffeexplore.com isn’t being connected to the User’s profile.
    Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)
    The Facebook Like button and social widgets allow interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.
    Personal Data processed: Cookies; Usage Data.
    Place of processing: the United States“ Privacy Policy.

The rights of Users

Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.

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 processing their Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if it 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. Under certain circumstances, users have the right to restrict their data processing. 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 of which the User is part or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
  • Lodge a complaint. Users can 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 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 Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document to learn whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.

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.

Cookie Policy

Coffeexplore.com uses Trackers. To learn more, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.

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 Coffeexplore.com 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, Coffeexplore.com 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, Coffeexplore.com and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with Coffeexplore.com (System logs) and 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

Coffeexplore.com does not support Do Not Track requests.

Please read their privacy policies to determine whether any third-party services it uses honour the Do Not Track requests.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Owner reserves the right to change this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within Coffeexplore.com and/or“ as far as technically and legally feasible“by 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 last modification date listed at the bottom.

Should the changes affect processing activities performed based on 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 Coffeexplore.com (or third-party services employed in Coffeexplore.com), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Coffeexplore.com, 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 particular 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 Coffeexplore.com 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 processing Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Coffeexplore.com. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Coffeexplore.com.

Coffeexplore.com (or this Application)

The means by which the User’s Personal Data is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by Coffeexplore.com is described in 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.

Cookie

Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.

Tracker

Tracker indicates any technology, “e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting, “ that enables the tracking of Users, for example, by accessing or storing information on the Users 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 Coffeexplore.com if not stated otherwise within this document.