Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is provided in compliance with Article 13 of GDPR 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) and the Guidelines of the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) regarding cookies and other tracking tools - June 10, 2021 [9677876]. This information is provided solely for this website (www.ism.cnr.it) and not for any other websites that may be accessed by the user via links.

Data Controller
The data controller for personal data is CNR - Istituto di Struttura della Materia (CNR-ISM)", with registered office in in via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 - 00133 Roma (I). The contact point for exercising data subjects' rights is the Editorial Manager, reachable at the email address: , and the Webmaster, reachable at the email address: .

Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer (DPO), appointed by resolution 91/2023 of 04/07/2023, can be reached at the following email address:

Purpose and Processing of Data
The processing of personal data carried out via www.ism.cnr.it exclusively concerns navigation data normally received by the HTTP service (such as IP address, operating system, and any other data normally passed from the client to the server via the HTTP protocol). Such data is retained for one year, then anonymized and stored indefinitely solely for statistical and security purposes.
Data is processed by CNR-ISM in the performance of its tasks of public interest or in the exercise of its official authority, including the purposes of scientific research and analysis for statistical, teaching, and administrative purposes, pursuant to Article 6(1)(e), also in order to provide and improve the web services offered. Such data is processed by internal personnel who have been previously trained, in a lawful, fair, and relevant manner, limited to what is necessary to achieve the purposes of the processing, in accordance with the principles set out in Article 5 of EU Regulation 2016/679. The data is retained solely for any potential need to ascertain crimes by the Judicial Authority. Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, unlawful or improper use, and unauthorized access.

Rights of Data Subjects
Data subjects have the right to request the data controller to grant them access to their data, as well as the rectification or erasure of it, or the restriction of processing concerning them, or to object to processing as provided for in Articles 15 et seq. of EU Regulation 2016/679.
The data subject has the right to submit their request to the Data Controller. Requests must be addressed to: .
Data subjects who believe that the processing of their personal data carried out through this site is in violation of the Regulation have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante), as provided for in Article 77 of the Regulation itself, or to seek an effective judicial remedy (Article 79 of the Regulation).
Data subjects are also recognized the right to lodge a complaint with the Garante as the supervisory authority, where the applicable conditions are met.
Cookies and other tracking systems, third-party cookies
This Website uses technical cookies to save the User's session and to carry out other activities strictly necessary for the operation of the site. Prior consent from users is not required for their installation. No cookies are used for the profiling of users.

Social Networks
Regarding the accounts ---- active on the social platforms Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cnr.ism/), X (https://x.com/CNR_ISM), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cnr.ism), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@ISMedia.CNR-1), and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/cnr-ism), some personal information may be collected by the managers of these platforms whenever the user decides to interact with the plug-ins. For more detailed information, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
For sharing on some of the main social networks (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn), some personal information may be collected by the managers of the social network platforms whenever the User decides to interact with the plug-ins. For more information on the logic and methods of processing the collected data, users are invited to read the privacy notices provided by the entities providing the services in question:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/center
X: https://x.com/it/privacy
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/legal/privacy
YouTube: https://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/privacy
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy