1 – Information on Website Privacy

1. This section contains information on the management methods of www.mycutepicci.com, owned by My Cute Picci, with reference to the processing of user data on the site itself. 2. This information also applies for the purposes of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679, concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data, for those who interact with www.mycutepicci.com. 3. This information is provided only for www.mycutepicci.com and not for other websites that may be consulted by the user via links contained therein. 4. The purpose of this document is to provide information on the methods, timing, and nature of the information that data controllers must provide to users when they connect to the web pages of www.mycutepicci.com, regardless of the purpose of the connection itself, in accordance with Italian and European legislation. 5. This information may be subject to changes due to the introduction of new regulations in this regard; users are therefore invited to check this page periodically. 6. If the user is under the age of fourteen, pursuant to Article 8, paragraph 1 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, and Article 2-Quinquies of Legislative Decree 196/2003, as amended by Legislative Decree 181/18, he or she must legitimize his or her consent through the authorization of his or her parents or legal guardians.

2 – Data Controller

1. The data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. It also manages security aspects. 2. The data controller for this website is: Il Barone Burro di Georgel Federico. For any clarification or to exercise your rights, you can contact them at the following email address: info@mycutepicci.com.

3 – Data Processing Location

1. The data processing generated by the use of www.mycutepicci.com takes place in Italy.

4 – Legal basis for processing

1. The processing of personal data by www.mycutepicci.com is based on the consent—pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 1, letter a) of EU Regulation 2016/679—expressed by the user by browsing and consulting this website, thereby accepting this policy. 2. Consent is optional and may be revoked at any time by sending a request via email to info@mycutepicci.com, specifying that, in this case, without consent, certain services cannot be provided and navigation on the website may be compromised.

5 – Cookies

1. This section describes how this site and third parties use cookies and similar technologies. The use of cookies complies with the relevant European legislation (Directive 2009/136/EC amending Directive 2002/58/EC “Privacy”) and national legislation (Provision of the Italian Data Protection Authority of 8 May 2014 and subsequent clarifications, as well as Guidelines on Cookies and Other Tracking Tools No. 231 of 10 June 2021). We have decided to draft a Cookie Policy, not only to comply with the latest legislation, but above all because we want to ensure maximum transparency and clarity regarding what happens when you visit our website.

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a piece of data that is stored on a computer, tablet, or smartphone while you browse the internet, so that that computer, tablet, or smartphone can be recognized at a later time. Our cookies do not recognize you as a natural person; they merely recognize the device you are using. Cookies ask for permission. to be placed on the hardware of your device, but do not damage it in any way.

2. What are cookies used for?

Cookies ensure the efficient functioning of the site and improve its performance. Furthermore, they provide the site owner with important information useful for statistical and advertising purposes, and to improve the user’s online browsing experience, for example by storing preferences.

3. Examples of how cookies are used

• They enable certain services, such as payment.
• They allow us to recognize your device to avoid having to provide the same information multiple times. For example, returning to previously visited pages, managing your shopping cart.
• They calculate how many users are using the site in order to facilitate navigation.
• They analyze data to help us understand how to improve the experience on our site.

4. Types of Cookies

There are different types of cookies, which can be divided into different categories:

• First-Party Cookies: These are cookies installed directly by the operator of the website the user is visiting;
• Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies installed by parties other than the operator of the website the user is visiting;
• Technical Cookies: These are cookies of a purely technical nature, used to perform specific activities and operations on the website. These cookies have a purely functional role and are used to ensure the proper functioning of the website. These cookies are further divided into subcategories: – Navigation or session cookies: These are used to ensure navigation on the website and perform activities such as authentication to access restricted areas; – Analytics cookies: These are used to collect information in aggregate and anonymous form on the number of users who visit the website and how they visit it; – Functionality Cookies: These allow the user to navigate based on a series of selected criteria (e.g., language) to improve navigation;
• Profiling Cookies: These are cookies used to deliver targeted marketing messages. The purpose is to create targeted advertising messages based on user preferences. These cookies create a historical memory that allows for appropriately personalized advertising. To better understand this, we offer the following example: once you visit a website about airline tickets, you often come across advertisements for airline tickets during subsequent browsing sessions. This is possible thanks to profiling cookies.

5. Which cookies do we use

Below is a list of the cookies used on our website: Our website uses both first-party and third-party cookies. The Technical Cookies on our site are as follows:

• woocommerce_cart_hash;
• woocommerce_items_in_cart;
• wp_woocommerce_session_[id];
• wp-settings-[id_user];
• cb-enabled.

Regarding Third-Party Cookies, our site uses the Google Analytics service with anonymized IPs with the following cookies:

• _ga;
• _gid;
• Google Analytics;
• Facebook;
• Instagram;
• Management of payments with credit/debit cards (VISA – American Express – MasterCard – Maestro – Discover – Aura – PostePay) and PayPal;
• Google Fonts.

Please note that the website owner is not responsible for third-party cookies; therefore, we invite you to consult the privacy policies of each third-party provider. Finally, we remind you that our website does NOT use profiling cookies.

6. How to disable cookies

You can disable cookies at any time; however, we remind you that disabling cookies, especially navigation and functional cookies, may cause your browsing experience on our website to malfunction or limit your access to the services we offer. Below are instructions for disabling cookies on the most commonly used browsers: » Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it; » Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie; » Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/hub/4338813/windows-help; » Safari: https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265. Failure to disable cookies for this site means you accept their use and the data they collect. We inform you that you can find further information on cookies and how to manage them by consulting the website www.aboutcookies.org, alternatively you can consult the document of the Privacy Guarantor https://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/3118884 “Identification of simplified procedures for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies” of 8 May 2014. To disable analytical cookies, which collect anonymous data on how users use the website. We invite you to visit the Google Analytics page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6 – Type of data processing

1. The processing of personal data is necessary for the pursuit of the legitimate interest of the data controller for the purpose of providing information about the activities of www.mycutepicci.com pursuant to Article 6, Section 1, Letter f) of EU Regulation 2016/679, in compliance with the provisions of the same Regulation. 2. This site uses log files that store information collected automatically during user visits. The following information may be collected:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address;
• Browser type and device parameters used to connect to the site;
• Name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
• Date and time of visit;
• Web page from which the visitor came (referral) and exited;
• Possibly the number of clicks.

3. The aforementioned information is processed automatically and collected exclusively in aggregate form to verify the correct functioning of the site and for security reasons. This information will be processed based on the legitimate interests of the data controller.

7 – Type of data collected

1. www.mycutepicci.com collects user data directly from the site or from third parties. The data is necessary for site navigation. 2. The data collected by www.mycutepicci.com are:

My Cute Picci – Italy

8 – User-provided data

1. If the site allows comments, or in the case of specific services requested by the user, including the option to submit a CV for potential employment, the site automatically detects and records certain identifying data about the user, including the email address. This data is voluntarily provided by the user when requesting the service. 2. By entering a comment or other information, the user expressly accepts the privacy policy. The data received will be used exclusively to provide the requested service and only for the time necessary to provide the service. 3. Any information that users of the site deem to be public through the services and tools made available to them is provided by the user knowingly and voluntarily, exempting this site from any liability for any violations of law. It is the user’s responsibility to verify that they have permission to enter the personal data of third parties or content protected by national or international laws. 4. The optional, explicit, and voluntary sending of emails to the addresses on this site entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, which is necessary to respond to requests, as well as any other personal data included in the message. 5. Specific summary information will be progressively reported or displayed on the site pages dedicated to particular services upon request.

9 – Purpose of data processing

The data collected by the site during its operation is used exclusively for the purposes indicated above and retained for the time strictly necessary to carry out the specified activities, and in any case no longer than 1 year.

10 – Data Retention

1. In accordance with Article 5.1 (c) of the Regulation, the information systems and software used by www.mycutepicci.com are configured to minimize the use of personal and identifying data; such data will be processed only to the extent necessary to achieve the purposes indicated in this Policy. 2. The data will be retained for the period of time strictly necessary to achieve the specific purposes pursued and, in any case, the criterion used to determine the retention period is based on compliance with the terms permitted by applicable laws and the principles of data minimization and storage limitation. 3. The data used for security purposes (blocking attempts to damage the site) are retained for the time strictly necessary to achieve the aforementioned purpose.

11 – Payments

1. www.mycutepicci.com uses payment services to process payments with credit/debit cards (VISA – American Express – MasterCard – Maestro – Discover – Aura) and PayPal. www.mycutepicci.com does not collect or acquire payment data. 2. Payment data is collected and acquired directly by the payment service provider, such as the credit/debit card company (VISA – American Express – MasterCard – Maestro – Discover – Aura) and PayPal. These services may send messages to the user, such as emails or text messages with payment notifications. 3. The data collected and its use by third-party services are governed by their respective Privacy Policies, to which we ask you to refer.

12 – Contact Forms

1. The user can fill out the contact/information request form(s) by entering their data and consenting to their use to respond to requests of the nature indicated in the form header. 2. Personal data that may be collected: name, surname, address, postcode, email address, and telephone number.

13 – Social Network Interaction

1. This site also incorporates social network plugins and/or buttons to allow content sharing on your favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed so as not to set any cookies when accessing the page, to protect user privacy. Cookies may be set, if required by the social networks, only when the user actually and voluntarily uses the plugin. Please note that if the user is logged into the social network while browsing, they have already consented to the use of cookies delivered through this site when registering with the social network. 2. This type of service allows interaction with social networks, or other external platforms, directly from the pages of www.mycutepicci.com. 3. The interactions and information acquired by www.mycutepicci.com are in any case subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network. If a service for interacting with social networks is installed, it is possible that, even if Users do not use the service, it may collect traffic data relating to the pages on which it is installed. LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation). The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services for interacting with the LinkedIn social network, provided by LinkedIn Corporation. Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy (https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy). Facebook Like button and widgets (Facebook Meta, Inc.). The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the social network, provided by Facebook Meta, Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy ( https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=data_policy_redirect&entry=0). Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.). The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network, provided by Facebook Meta, Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy (https://twitter.com/en/privacy). Instagram button and social widgets (Instagram, Inc.). The Instagram button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Instagram social network, provided by Instagram, Inc. Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/196883487377501).

14 – User Rights

1. The user is guaranteed respect for his or her rights regarding the protection of personal data. In accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, in relation to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to ask the Data Controller:

• Access: You may request confirmation as to whether or not data concerning you is being processed, as well as further clarification regarding the information in this privacy policy;
• Rectification: You may request that the data you have provided be rectified or supplemented if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
• Erasure: You may request that your data be erased if it is no longer necessary for our purposes, if you withdraw your consent or object to processing, if the processing is unlawful, or if there is a legal obligation to erase the data, or if the data refers to a minor under the age of fourteen;
• Restriction: You may request that your data be processed only for the purposes of retention, excluding any other processing, for the period necessary for the rectification of your data, or if the processing is unlawful for which you object to erasure. if you need to exercise your rights in court and the data controller’s stored data may be useful to you; and, finally, if you object to the processing and a verification is underway as to whether the Data Controller’s legitimate grounds prevail over yours;
• Objection: You may object to the processing of your data at any time, unless the Data Controller has legitimate grounds for processing that prevail over yours, for example, for the exercise or defense of legal claims;
• Portability: You may request to receive your data, or to have it transmitted to another data controller indicated by you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format;
• Withdrawal: You may withdraw your consent to the use of cookies (Cookie Policy) at any time, as in this case it constitutes the basis for the processing. However, the withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

  2. The user may exercise the aforementioned rights at any time by contacting www.mycutepicci.com at the following email address: info@mycutepicci.com. 3. Furthermore, the user has the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian supervisory authority, the “Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali,” if they believe their rights have been violated by www.mycutepicci.com or if they are dissatisfied with www.mycutepicci.com‘s response to their requests.

  15 – Changes to this document

  1. This document, which constitutes the privacy policy of this site, is available on the site. 2. It may be subject to changes or updates. Users are encouraged to periodically consult this page to stay up-to-date on legislative developments. 3. Previous versions of this document will still be available upon request.