COOKIE POLICY
This website uses cookies.
The website https://hopeintoaction.it uses cookies to enhance usability, performance, and security, as well as to collect statistical information about user navigation and website usage.
Additionally, the website, including its blog section, uses cookies to identify user preferences in order to display content and provide embedded services (e.g., videos or comment platforms). These cookies require the user's consent to be used.
This extended policy is specifically intended to illustrate the types and methods of use of cookies, as well as to explain the actions to take to refuse or delete cookies on the website https://hopeintoaction.it.
Data Controller
1.1. The Data Controller is Antonio Pizzarella, Via Zanchi 32, 35133 - Padua (PD)
Certified Email (PEC): antonio.pizzarella@pec.it
Email: patient.pizzarella@gmail.com
Phone number: +39 340 0640714
2. Collected Data
2.1. Browsing data and cookies (hereinafter also referred to as "Data").
3. What is a Cookie
3.1. Cookies are small text strings that websites visited by the user send to the browser on their terminal, where they are stored and then retransmitted to the same websites upon the user's next visit.
3.2. While browsing a website, the user may receive first-party cookies, which are managed directly by the website owner and/or operator, as well as cookies sent by different websites or web servers (third-party cookies). This occurs because the visited website may contain elements hosted on servers different from the one hosting the website itself.
3.3. In other words, third-party cookies are set by a website different from the one the user is currently visiting.
3.4. Cookies can be categorized into three different types:
Technical cookies: Used solely to ensure the proper functioning of the website.
Analytical cookies: Used to collect aggregated information, mainly for statistical purposes.
Profiling cookies: Designed to create user profiles and used to send advertising messages aligned with the user’s preferences expressed while browsing the web.
4. Which Cookies Are Used and for What Purpose
4.1. Based on their intended purpose, the cookies on the Website can be classified as technical, analytical, and profiling cookies.
4.2. The Website uses cookies for the purposes described in this policy, which may include the use of third-party services embedded in the blog or other sections of the site. These cookies can be managed at any time through the dedicated cookie management tool available via the pop-up upon accessing the site or through the “Cookie Preferences” link in the footer.
5. Nature of Data Provision by Users
5.1. The user of the Website authorizes the use of technical and equivalent cookies by selecting the appropriate option within the banner containing the brief notice, marked by a checkbox, or by clicking the button "Reject all cookies except necessary technical cookies", which maintains the default settings and allows continued navigation without cookies or other tracking tools beyond the necessary technical ones. While the provision of Data processed through the installation of technical and analytical cookies is optional, it is necessary to ensure proper navigation on the Website. If the user chooses to disable technical and analytical cookies, they will not have access to many features that enhance the Website’s efficiency, and some services may not function correctly.
5.2. The user is entirely free to consent to the installation of first- and third-party profiling cookies. Their Data will be processed through such cookies only upon explicit consent, given by clicking the "Accept all cookies" button or by customizing preferences accordingly.
5.3. Cookie preferences can be modified at any time through specific browser settings, following the procedures described below.
5.4. Through browser settings, users can also delete previously installed cookies, including those for which they had previously given consent.
5.5. Regarding third-party cookies, the user can exercise their right to object to data processing by referring to the third party’s privacy policy, using the provided opt-out link (if explicitly available), or by directly contacting the third party. This includes third-party services that may be integrated in blog posts or other interactive sections of the Website.
6. Options Regarding the Use of Cookies
6.1. Cookies can be managed through the settings of the browser used.
6.2. Since each browser has slightly different functions, users should check the "Help" menu of their browser to learn how to properly adjust cookie settings.
6.3. Users can modify their browser settings to ensure that cookies are deleted or not stored on their computer or mobile device without their explicit consent.
6.4. Users can find more information on how to configure their browser at the following links:
· Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
· Internet Explorer: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
· Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
· Safari for mobile devices: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=en_US
· Safari for desktop: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=en_US
· Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox/protect-your-privacy/cookies
7. Data Recipients
7.1. The Data may be accessed and processed by employees of the Controller’s corporate functions responsible for pursuing the aforementioned purposes, who are expressly authorized to process the data and have received appropriate operational instructions.
7.2. Furthermore, the Data may be disclosed to third-party recipients – either independent data controllers or duly appointed data processors – belonging to the following categories:
A – External entities acting as independent controllers, such as, by way of example, supervisory and regulatory authorities, as well as, in general, entities (including private parties) legally entitled to request the data (e.g., accounting consultants, legal advisors), and Public Authorities that expressly request the data for administrative or institutional purposes, in accordance with applicable national and European regulations.
B – External entities unrelated to the Controller that provide services useful for its activities (e.g., IT service providers for the management of databases, including contact and email databases, digital service providers, and IT consultants providing technical assistance to the Controller, companies supporting market research activities). These entities have been specifically appointed as data processors, and their names are available upon request from the Controller using the contact details provided in Paragraph 9 below.
8. Transfer of Personal Data to Non-EU Countries
8.1. The Data collected through cookies on the Website may be transferred outside the European Union. Should this occur, with regard to the Data collected through cookies on the Website, the Controller, within its remit, will implement appropriate safeguards, including applicable adequacy decisions and the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission, as well as any relevant supplementary measures recommended by the European Data Protection Board.
9. Data Subjects' Rights
9.1. Users, as data subjects (i.e., individuals to whom the Data refers), are entitled to the rights granted by the GDPR. Specifically, pursuant to Articles 15-22 of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to request and obtain, at any time, access to their personal data, information on the processing carried out, rectification and/or updating of personal data, deletion, and restriction of processing. Additionally, they have the right to object to the processing and to request data portability (i.e., to receive their personal data in a commonly used, structured, and machine-readable format).
Finally, data subjects always have the right to withdraw their consent at any time (this will not, however, affect the lawfulness of processing carried out based on consent given before its withdrawal) and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in Italy: the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali).
The above rights may be exercised at any time by submitting a simple request to the Controller:
via email at patient.pizzarella@gmail.com; or
by sending a written communication to the following address: Via Zanchi 32, 35133 – Padua (PD).
Your consent applies to the following websites: https://hopeintoaction.it.
The types of cookies used on this website, as well as the options to accept, refuse, or manage their use, can be controlled through the dedicated pop-up that appears upon accessing the website. It is also advisable to check for any updates and to consult the "Cookie Preferences" available in the dedicated banner or in the website footer. This Cookie Policy is current as of April 5, 2025.