Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22/10/2025

This Privacy Policy explains how https://foodandwinemagazine.it/ collects, uses, and protects users’ personal data.

By accessing or using the Website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

Your rights

Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at redazione@foodandwinemagazine.it. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

If you have subscribe to our newsletter and provided your email and name, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you and to cancel your subscription by writing to redazione@foodandwinemagazine.it. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data

• Request correction or deletion of data

• Object to or restrict processing

• Request data portability

• Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, contact:redazione@foodandwinemagazine.it.

Enbedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies

We are collecting just necessary and functional cookies. If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Security

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Grievance / Data Protection Officer:

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer at redazione@foodandwinemagazine.it. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

Types of Data Collected

We collect personal data voluntarily provided by users or automatically collected through digital tools:

• Data provided voluntarily: name, email and other information entered in contact forms or newsletter subscriptions.

• Data collected automatically: cookies, IP address, browser type, pages visited, navigation statistics.

Purpose of Data Processing

Collected data is used for:

1. Providing and improving our services.

2. Managing newsletters, communications, and contact requests.

3. Analyzing website usage via tracking tools such as Google Analytics or Meta Pixel.

4. Publishing content on social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram) via plugins or APIs.

Legal Basis for Processing

Personal data is processed based on:

• Express consent from the user (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR)

• Compliance with legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR)

• Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) for statistical analysis and service improvement.

Data Retention

Personal data will be retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described above, and no longer than 24 months, unless required by law.

Data Deletion

For data deletion instruction go to page

Data Sharing

Data may be shared with:

• Social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram) for automatic posting or statistical analysis.

• Technical service providers and site plugins (e.g., hosting, email marketing services).

Data will never be sold to third parties for commercial purposes.