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DE AGOSTINI S.p.A. PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy illustrates and describes the methods used to manage the De Agostini S.p.A. site (hereinafter "De Agostini") with regard to the collection, recording and use of the personal data of Users who consult the site or who communicate their personal data in order to access specific web services.
Within the meaning of Art. 13 of Decree Law No. 196/2003 – Privacy Law, this Privacy Policy also applies to all persons accessing this site or interacting with the web services provided by De Agostini to its Users.
The information set forth in the Privacy Policy must be considered as provided only for this De Agostini site and not for any other websites that can be consulted by the User via links existing on this site.

The information we collect

Navigation data
During normal functioning, the information technology systems and software procedures of this site acquire certain information. It is necessary to collect and transmit this information in order to use Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected in order to associate it with the persons identified but, due to its nature, could permit identification of Users through processing and association with data held by third parties. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by Users who connect to the site, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in reply, the digital code indicating the status of the reply given by the server (OK, NOK, etc.) and other parameters regarding the User’s operating system and computer environment. For this reason, when you visit the De Agostini site, the server automatically records the name of your provider and the site from which you access our site.
The data indicated are used only to obtain anonymous statistical information regarding use of the site and in order to verify correct functioning. The data could be used to ascertain responsibility in the case of hypothetical computer crimes that damage the site.

Data provided voluntarily by the User
The User may provide his/her own personal data voluntarily, for example filling in modules or forms in order to use specific services or through voluntary submission of e-mail messages to the addresses indicated in this site.
The type of information collected using the forms permits the User to exploit web services available on the site and will not be used by De Agostini for other purposes. Some of the information requested during compilation of the forms on the site may be mandatory because it is indispensable to De Agostini to provide the service requested by the User. However, the User is always able to distinguish between mandatory and voluntary information as De Agostini has highlighted compulsory information with an asterisk [*].
Specific summary information may be displayed in site pages set up for particular services.

Cookies
No cookies are used for transmission of personal information and no type of so-called persistent cookies are used, referring to user tracking systems. Cookies and other technical information are not used to personalize user accesses to the site or to develop the User’s on-line profile.
The De Agostini site uses only so-called session cookies, which are not saved persistently on the User’s computer and which are cleared on closing of the browser, and cookies intended to indicate the version of the site selected by the User (English or Italian) in order to permit correct navigation.
Use of cookies is therefore restricted to transmission of session identifiers, such as random numbers, which are necessary so that the User can navigate efficiently through the site and its pages.

Purposes of the Treatment and Optional Conferment of Data
Except as specified for navigation data, the User is free to provide De Agostini with his/her personal data, as indicated in information request forms or in other forms present on the site, in order to use specific web services including requests for particular information regarding activities, products and/or services of De Agostini or of De Agostini Group companies.
Any User who fails to provide such information may not be able to obtain the service requested. As indicated in the "Data provided voluntarily by the User" paragraph, De Agostini indicates the compulsory or optional nature of the information to be furnished by the User with an asterisk [*], as well as information that is essential to provide the service requested.
Only failure to confer mandatory information will prevent compliance with the User’s request.

Method of Treatment
Personal data is treated using automated instruments for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they have been collected.
Specific security measures are adopted to prevent illicit or incorrect use, unauthorized accesses and loss of data.

Communication of Data
The data collected via the site may be communicated within the limits of the purposes indicated and for correct management of the Site (i) to other companies of the De Agostini Group, including ones located abroad; (ii) to persons, companies, associations or professional studios that provide De Agostini with assistance and consulting services and activities, with particular but not exclusive reference to the areas of accounting, legal, fiscal and financial matters, and information technology; (iii) to subjects whose right to access such data is recognized by legal provisions and secondary regulations.
Furthermore, the data will be disclosed to De Agostini internal staff, insofar as they are responsible for the processing of data, who will process it in order to permit correct execution of the User’s requests or correct management of the site, or to third parties appointed for this purpose by the processing supervisors.
The User can obtain a list of the persons or entities to which the data may be notified by sending a written request to the following e-mail address:

Security
Although absolute security cannot be guaranteed on the Internet, De Agostini assures the User that appropriate technical and organizational safety measures have been adopted in order to protect his/her personal data against loss or intentional or accidental manipulation of data.
De Agostini will maintain an updated security system in accordance with technological developments.

Rights of the Persons Involved
The subjects to whom the personal data refer have the right, at any time, to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of such data and to know its contents and origin, in order to verify its accuracy or to request integration or update or rectification thereof (Art. 7 of Decree Law No. 196/2003).
In accordance with the same Article, the User has the right to request cancellation, conversion into anonymous form or blocking of data treated in breach of the law and also to oppose its treatment for legitimate reasons. Requests should be sent to the following e-mail address:

Amendments to our Privacy Policy
In the event that De Agostini decides to modify this Privacy Policy, such amendments will be published on the site so that the User can always access the most updated version. De Agostini invites the User to consult this page regularly.

How to contact us
For any questions or comments on this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: or write to De Agostini S.p.A., via Borgonuovo 16 - 20121 Milan, to the attention of Institutional Relations & Media.