Privacy Policy 2018-08-30T14:08:46+00:00

Privacy Policy

Privacy Information

 M.R.S. privacy policy has been updated on May 22, 2018.

Your privacy is important to us.

We have consequently developed a Privacy Policy regulating the ways in which we collect, use, transfer and retain your Personal Data (hereinafter referred to as “Data”). Below all related information are given.  They are meant to provide you with all needed details for you to decide whether you want to give your explicit and informed consent to the processing of your Personal Data through our website.

In general, every information or data you will provide MRS with through its website, or otherwise collected through the website in connection with the use of the products and/or services offered by MRS (hereinafter referred to as “Services”), will be processed in accordance with the internationally recognized principles of lawfulness, honesty, transparency, limitation on the data purposes and retention, data minimization, correctness, integrity and privacy.

INDEX

  1. Data Controller and Data Protection Officer
  2. Processed data

-Name, Contact Details and Other Data

-Special Data Categories

– Third Party Data Disclosed by the Data Subject

– Anonymously Collected Browsing Data

– Cookies and Other Technologies

  1. Personal Data Processing Purposes
  2. Legal Basis and Mandatory or Discretionary Nature of the Processing
  3. Data Recipients
  4. Data Transfer
  5. Data Retention
  6. Your Rights in Relation to your Personal Data
  7. Revisions
  1. Data Controller and Data Protection Officer

M.R.S. Srl, having registered and operating headquarters in Gazzaniga (BG), Via Cesare Battisti, 134 (hereinafter MRS), is the Data Controller of all Personal Data collected through its website

You can contact MRS Data Protection officer at: privacy@acmrs.com.

  1. Processed Data

We inform you that when you  browse our website we collect information about you which – depending on your use of the offered services – can be composed of user ID info such us name, ID number, IP address or one or more elements characterizing your physical, physiological, psychic, economic, cultural or social identity which can identify you, or make you identifiable (hereinafter referred to as “Data”).

Your Data can be collected either because voluntarily provided (e.g. when subscribing to our Newsletter or when requesting for a contact in order to receive info relating to our products and services) or by analyzing your behavior on our website.

The Data we process through our website are listed below:

Name, Contact Details and Other Data

When browsing our website, in particular when entering the Contact section, or submitting an application, you will be required to provide information such as your name, phone number, e-mail address, date of birth, country of residence, address, etc.

We will process all Data provided to this purpose according to the specific legislation available herein.

Special Data Categories

By submitting a contact request or an application you will provide us with free information which might include some Data.

Considering that through the abovementioned free information you might (either intentionally or not) provide a few categories of special/sensitive Data, such as data showing race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical convictions, membership to a trade union, genetic data or biometric data univocally identifying a natural person, data relating to the health, the sexual behavior or the sexual orientation of a person, we strongly recommend that you do not provide these type of data, unless strictly mandatory.

Considering that providing this type of information is totally discretionary, we kindly require you to take into consideration that these special categories of Data can only be processed prior your explicit consent and according to the laws in force. Therefore, we would like to emphasize the importance of your explicit consent to the processing of special personal Data categories in case you decide to share them, and that the provided Data will not be used unless strictly connected to the specific purposes of the relationship.

Third party Data Disclosed by the Data Subject

As abovementioned, in some areas of our website you are allowed to type in text messages we can see and which might contain (either intentionally or not) third parties Data.

If this happens, you become an independent owner of the Data processing, take upon yourself all legal obligations and responsibilities, and release from all liabilities with reference to any notifications, claims or compensation requests for damages arising from Data processing, MRS should receive from third parties the Data of whom have been treated through your use of the site functions, in violations of the applicable rules in force for the protection of personal Data.

In any case, if using the website you provide, or otherwise process, any Data belonging to third parties you guarantee from now, and take full responsibility for this, that this specific Data processing hypothesis is based on the involved third party’s consent, or on another appropriate legal basis making the processing of said information legitimate.

Anonymously Collected Browsing Data

Information systems and software procedures used for the website operation, normally acquire Data the transmission of which is implied when using Internet communication protocols. We collet the information in order to associate them with the identified people involved however, by their nature, they might make the user’s identification possible through data processing and associations with data collected by third parties.

The following Data fall into this category:

– IP addresses or domain names of the computers users utilize when connecting to the website,

– URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the required resources,

– time of the request, method used to submit the request to the server, size of the obtained file requested and numerical code indicating the status of the request provided by the server (successful, error, etc.)

– different parameters relating to the user’s operating system and IT environment.

These data are only used to acquire anonymous statistical information relating to the website use, to check its proper functioning, and to identify anomalies and/or abuses. Unless needed to ascertain responsibilities relating to hypothetical cyber offences against the site or third parties, these data will not be retained for longer than 7 (seven) days.

Cookies and Other Technologies

Information relating to the use of cookies can be found in the Cookies Information section available in the website at  http://www.resonance-audiology.com/en/cookies-policy/

Different technologies such as pixel tag and web beacon can be used for us to better understand the user’s behavior. They provide us with information relating to the visited section of the website and measure the effectiveness of the web searches. These are processed as Data.

  1. Personal Data Processing Purposes

The Data we collect through our website are used for the following purposes:

– Check your identity and help you in your website experience;

– In case you asked for it as a Service, send you the MRS Newsletter containing information and no commercial material;

– Send you any type of information you explicitly requested from us;

– Enable you to ask for commercial information, or identify the closest MRS distributor/agent and provide you with any service you require (“Supply of Goods and Services”);

– Send you by e-mail, SMS, telephone, banners, instant messaging, phone operator, standard mail and through MRS official social pages marketing communications, promotions and ads, including market researches and surveys connected to products and services by MRS and third parties (“Marketing”);

– Send you by email marketing communications and ads relating to products and services similar to the ones you bought through the website (“Soft Spam”);

– In case you accept the use of profiling cookies, create your profile by collecting and analyzing information based on your selections in the website and on your activities when visiting the website. Your profile will be used to provide you with information relating to other products and/or services MRS believes can be interesting for you and to submit you with ads which might be relevant to you. All algorithms used in this process are regularly tested to check the process accuracy and prevent errors (“Profiling”);

– Fulfil the legal obligations imposing to MRS the collection and/or the processing of specific types of Data (“Compliance”);

– Prevent or identify any kind of abuses in using the website or fraudulent activities (“Abuses/Frauds”)

  1. Legal Basis and Mandatory or Discretionary Nature of the Processing

The legal basis we use to process your Data, for the previously indicated purposes listed in Paragraph 3, are the following:

Supply of goods and services: data processing to this purpose is needed for us to be able to provide you with products and/or services and, consequently, to execute the pre-contractual phase and/or the contract we have in place with you. Providing your Data to MRS to this purpose is not mandatory, however, in case you do not provide them, we will not be able to provide you with any Services.

Marketing: Data processing to this purpose is totally based on your consent. Giving consent to MRS to this purpose is not mandatory and you are free to withdraw it at any time and without consequences, other than the suspension of the service use. You can withdraw your previously given consent by following the instructions provided in Paragraph 8 in this information.

Soft Spam: Data processing to this purpose is based on MRS interest in sending you by e-mail marketing communications relating to products and services which are similar to the ones you have already purchased. You can stop receiving this type of communications, without consequences other than the suspension of the service, through the link provided at the bottom of each e-mail.

Profiling: Data processing to this purpose is based on the consent you gave through the cookie banner. Your consent to MRS to this purpose is not mandatory, and you are free to withdraw it at any time without consequences other than the suspension of the service. You can withdraw your previously given consent by following the instructions provided in Paragraph 8 in this information.

Compliance: Data processing to this purpose is mandatory for MRS to be able to comply with any possible legal obligations. The Data you provide to MRS will be processed in compliance with the applicable regulations. This might involve retaining them and disclosing them to Government Authorities for accounting, tax or other obligations.

Abuses/Frauds: Information collected to this purpose are to be used exclusively to prevent and/or identify possible fraudulent activities or abuses in the use of the website (having criminal relevance).

  1. Data Recipients

Your Data can be shared with the following subjects (“Recipients”):

– Subjects typically acting as processing officers: i) natural persons, companies or professionals providing MRS with support and consulting activities for accounting, administration, taxes, finance and debt collection in connection with the supply of goods and/or services;

– Subjects with whom interactions for the supply of goods and services are needed (e.g. hosting providers or e-mail marketing platforms);

– Authorized subjects providing technical maintenance activities (including network equipment and electronic communication network servicing);

– People MRS authorizes to Data processing in order to carry out activities strictly related to the supply of goods and services, and who are committed to confidentiality or bound by suitable confidentiality obligations (e.g. MRS employees);

– MRS Group Companies for internal administrative purposes, including Data processing of both customers and employees;

– Subjects, entities or Authorities to whom the disclosing of Data is mandatory for Compliance purposes, Abuses or Frauds, or by order of Authority;

  1. Data Transfer

Your Data are stored in servers located inside the European Union. It is understood that, if necessary we, as Holder, are entitled to move the servers outside the EU, too. In this case, already from now, we ensure the Data transfer outside the EU will take place in accordance with the applicable laws, following the stipulation of the standard contractual clauses provided for by the European Commission. The Data processing by these Recipients will be made according to the applicable laws and with adequate guarantees such as adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, or other guarantees which are considered adequate.

For additional information you can contact: privacy@acmrs.com.

  1. 7. Data Retention

We store the Data we process to the purpose of providing goods and services for the strictly necessary time needed to pursue the purpose. However, because the Data are processed in order to supply you with goods and services, we might retain them for a longer time, particularly for as long as necessary to protect MRS interests from potential responsibilities connected to such supply.

Data we process for Marketing and Profiling purposes will be stored until you withdraw the given and periodically renewed consent. Once the consent is withdrawn we will no longer use your Data to these purposes, but we will retain them as long as necessary to protect MRS interests from potential responsibilities connected to such processing.

Data processed for Soft Spam purposes will be retained until you object to the processing of your Data through the link to be found at the bottom of each e-mail.

Data processed for Compliance purposes will be retained for the time specific legal obligations or applicable rules provide for.

Data processed to the purpose of preventing Abuses/Frauds will be retained for the strictly necessary time needed to the purpose, therefore until MRS is obliged to keep them to protect itself in court and communicate such Data to the competent Authorities.

Your Rights in Relation to your Personal Data

In connection with the Data processing we carry out, you have the right to ask at any time:

–  To access your personal Data, to correct or cancel them as per Art. 17 of the GDPR,

–  To integrate incomplete Data,

–  To restrict the processing,

–  To receive your Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to transfer them to another controller without hindrance in case the right to data portability can be exercised as per Art. 20 of the GDPR (the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of  Art. 6.1 or point (a) of Art. 9.2) or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Art. 6.1 of the GDPR and is carried out by automated means;

– To withdraw the given consent to the purposes indicated in Art. 3 above, at any time, and to totally or partially object to your Data processing in the allowed cases; to lodge a complaint with the Supervising Authority and to exercise all other rights provided for in the applicable regulation (Arts. 16-21 of the GDPR).

You can exercise your right also by writing to the following e-mail address: privacy@acmrs.com.

If you believe the Data processing is not compliant with the rules in force, you have the right at any time to lodge a complaint to the Supervising Authority.

  1. Revisions

This privacy policy entered into force on May 25, 2018. We reserve the right to modify, or simply up-date its content, either in part or totally. We consequently encourage you to visit this section on a regular basis, in order to get familiar with the latest and revised version of the policy and remain up-to-date with reference to the use we make of the collected Data.