Privacy Policy
Effective date: 11 apr 2025
Controller: Milan Polymer Days Association
Contact: info@milanpolymerdays.org
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how the Milan Polymer Days Association ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you visit or interact with our website, milanpolymerdays.org.
We are committed to handling your data responsibly, transparently, and in full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679, "GDPR").
2. Data We Collect
We only collect personal data that is strictly necessary to provide our services. Specifically, we collect:
- Email address – provided voluntarily by users through subscription forms or during the purchase process.
We do not collect sensitive data or track user behavior for advertising purposes.
3. Purpose and Legal Basis of Processing
We process your personal data solely for purposes that are legitimate and necessary for the functioning of the Website and the services we offer:
- To manage event registration and communicate with participants, based on the performance of a contract.
- To process payments securely, through our payment provider Stripe, also based on the performance of a contract.
- To send users important service-related communications, based on our legitimate interest in ensuring smooth operations and communication.
- To analyze website traffic and improve performance, relying on our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used.
- To send newsletters or updates (only if you have explicitly subscribed), based on your prior consent.
4. Third-Party Services
Stripe (Payments)
All payments are handled by Stripe, Inc. When completing a transaction, you may be required to enter additional data such as billing information. This data is processed directly by Stripe and not stored by us.
Read the Stripe Privacy Policy to learn more.
Vercel Analytics
We use Vercel Analytics to collect anonymized and aggregated data on how the Website is used. This helps us improve our services without tracking or identifying individual users.
For further details, see the Vercel Privacy Policy.
5. Data Retention
We store your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. If you withdraw your consent or ask for your data to be deleted, we will comply unless there is a legal requirement to retain it.
6. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access the data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Restrict or object to the processing of your data
- Request data portability in a commonly used format
- Withdraw your consent at any time, where applicable
To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@milanpolymerdays.org. We will respond within 30 days, as required by law.
7. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These include secure hosting and encrypted communications where applicable.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in legal requirements or the way we operate. Any changes will be posted on this page along with the updated effective date.
If you have any questions about this policy or how we process your data, feel free to contact us at:
📧 info@milanpolymerdays.org