Privacy policy

Our “website” address is: www.b22.it. The website contains general information and documents regarding B22 architettura urbanistica paesaggio | Stefano Tropea (“B22”), which are published for informational purposes only.

All information, material, illustrations and documents contained in this website are protected by copyright laws and shall not be used without the express consent of B22. All material published on this website is the exclusive property of B22.

B22 does not intend to, and shall not, provide any professional advice and/or design consultancy through this website. Accordingly, B22 shall not be liable for any costs, expenses, losses or damages that might derive from the use of this website and/or from the reliance upon the information contained herein.

Here below you can find information on the processing of personal data carried out by B22 through the website and, in the case of a professional mandate conferred by clients, for the provision of the services agreed by means of the mandate.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

On this page you will find a description of the procedures in accordance with which the information contained in the website www.b22.it is managed, with reference to the processing of personal data of the users who access this website. This information notice is also provided pursuant to Art. 13 of the EU Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) – to whomsoever will access the website. The information notice is provided with regard to the website www.b22.it only, and not with regard to other websites accessed by the user through links. Personal data will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and its implementing EU and Italian laws, as amended and integrated from time to time  (the “Applicable Privacy Law”).

The data controller

Following access to this website, data regarding identified or identifiable persons may be processed. The “controller” of such data processing shall be B22 with office in Milan, via Revere 8, I-20123.

Where data will be processed

Any data processing operation connected with the Web services provided on this website shall be carried out at the office of B22, solely by employees, consultants, associates or partners of B22 in charge of the processing of data, or by persons entrusted with occasional maintenance operations. No data deriving from the Web service shall be disclosed or disseminated.

Type of data processed

Data automatically collected by the website

The information systems and software procedures implemented for the operation of this website may acquire, during the course of their normal execution, personal data, the transmission of which is implied in the use of the Internet communication protocols. Such information is not collected in order to be associated with identified data subjects; however, due to its nature such information could permit the identification of users, through processing operations and associations with data held by third parties. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of the computers used by users who access the website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation addresses of the resources requested, the time at which the request is submitted, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the state of the reply given by the server (sent, error, etc.), and other parameters relating to the user’s operating system and information environment. This data is only used to retrieve anonymous statistical information on the use of the website and to control that it works properly. Such data will therefore be deleted immediately after being processed. Such data may be used to ascertain any liability in the case of any alleged computer crimes to the detriment of the website. Except in the case of an alleged computer crime, for the time being data concerning the access to the website shall be kept for no more than seven days.

Data voluntarily supplied by the User

The optional, express, and voluntary sending of electronic mail to the email addresses specified on this website shall imply the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s email address, which is necessary for a reply to any request, as well as the acquisition of other personal data, if any, contained in the email. Similarly, user’s request of submission of information material by B22 shall lead to the acquisition of user’s email address, which is necessary for the transmission of the communications as requested.

Data relating to the curricula vitae voluntarily sent to the ad hoc email address

Any personal data contained in the curricula vitae sent to jobs@b22.it shall be used for the sole purpose of the assessment of candidates’ profiles and their selection. Such data may be disclosed to other B22 offices but shall not be disclosed to any third parties. You can contact B22 at the email address privacy@b22.it to check your personal data and to request that it be supplemented, updated or corrected, or to exercise any other rights provided for by Articles 15-22 of the GDPR. The sending of special categories of personal data pursuant to section 9 of the GDPR, if any, (relating, in particular, to the data subject’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or other beliefs of a similar nature, political opinions, membership of political parties, trade unions, or other religious, philosophical, political or trade union associations or organisations, as well as data relating to the data subject’s physical or mental health or condition or sexual life) shall imply that such data be immediately deleted, unless the data subject gives his/her written consent for his/her data to be processed by B22.

Optional supply of data

Apart from that which has been specified above with regard to the Web surfing data, the user shall be free to supply his/her personal data in order to solicit the sending of information material or apply for any professional position at B22. If the user does not supply his/her personal data, it may be impossible for him/her to obtain the requested information or for the submitted application to be evaluated. Where required to do so, the failure to give consent shall imply the impossibility for the user to obtain the requested information.

Procedures and purposes of data processing

B22 may process personal data either in paper format or by automated means for as long as is strictly necessary to achieve the objectives for which such data has been collected. Apart from that which has been specified above with regard to Web surfing data, any personal data supplied by any user who sends, to the email addresses published on this website, any request for information material or any application for professional positions at B22 shall be used for the sole purpose of sending the information requested or evaluating the application(s) submitted, and shall not be disclosed to any third parties, unless such disclosure is required by law or is strictly necessary for the fulfilment of the submitted request(s).
Personal data processing through this website is carried out in order to fulfill user’s requests or to ensure the proper and secure functioning of the website itself. Therefore, pursuant to the Applicable Privacy Law, the user’s consent shall not be collected, apart from the cases in which information material (e.g. newsletter, events) is requested by user himself/herself.

Cookie

Our Website uses cookies to make it simpler and more efficient for you when you visit www.b22.it. When you visit our Website, you will find minimum amounts of information in the devices used (computers or mobile peripheral devices), contained in small text files called “cookies” that are stored in the directories used by your Internet browser. We use different types of cookies, some of them to make our Website work more efficiently, some others to enable specific features and functions. More specifically, the cookies that we use:

  • Allow our Website to recognise repeat visitors and to remember the choices you make and the options you select, thus avoiding re-inserting the same information several times during your visit (such as user name and password), and
  • Allow us to analyse the use of the services and contents provided by www.b22.it to help us provide you with a positive experience when you browse our Website and improve the services offered and the contents provided.

Types of cookies

Below is a list of the cookies that we use on our Website for a variety of purposes,

Technical cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for some sections of our Website to function correctly. There are two categories of technical cookies: persistent cookies and session cookies.

  • Persistent cookies – these cookies will remain on your hard drive until the set expiry time.
  • Session cookies – these are temporary and are erased when you close your browser.

These cookies, always sent from our domain, are necessary to correctly view our Website and in relation to the technical services offered, and will therefore be always used and sent by our domain unless you change the settings in your browser (changing the settings could impair viewing the pages of our Website).

Analytics cookies

These cookies are used to collect information on the use of our Website. www.b22.it will use the collected information for anonymous statistics analyses to improve Website browsing. Analytics cookies collect data anonymously on users’ activities and how the Website pages were accessed. Analytics cookies are sent either by our Website or by third party domains.

Analytics cookies by third party services

Third party analytics cookies are used to collect data on the use of our Website by users in anonymous form (pages visited, time of display, access route, geographical position, age, gender, and interests) in order to determine marketing campaigns. These cookies are sent to our Website by third party domains, in our case, by Google Analytics.

Cookies to integrate third party software products and functions

Integration cookies connect with functions developed by third parties inside the Website pages, such as icons and preferences expressed through social networks in order to share our Website’s contents or for using third party software services (such as software to generate maps and additional software that offers additional services). Integration cookies are sent by third party domains and by partner sites that offer their functions through the Website pages.

Profile cookies

These cookies are necessary to create users’ profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences shown by the user inside the Website pages.
We do not use profile cookies in our Website.

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No personal data of the users is collected by the website through the use of cookies. Such files will be stored in the memory of the user’s computer to facilitate any subsequent access to our website. Cookies are not used to transmit personal information. Persistent cookies and user tracking systems are not used. The use of the so-called session cookies (which are not stored permanently in the user’s computer or which are lost upon the closing down of the browser) is strictly limited to the transmission of session identification data (consisting of casual numbers generated by the server) necessary to permit the safe and efficient exploration of the website. Reception of this website’s cookies can be interrupted by the user at any time by changing his/her browser settings, as follows.

Please note that after this operation, some features of the website may not work properly.

Third party websites and services

Our Website may contain links to other websites that use cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies. Our Website will not be held liable in any manner for the use of cookies by third party websites.

How long we retain your data

Data collected by B22 through the website will be retained as long as necessary to achieve the processing’s purposes, and in any event for no longer than the terms indicated below in relation to each category of data:

  • Data automatically collected by the website will be kept insofar as it is necessary to ensure the proper and secure functioning of the website. Such data may be used to ascertain any liability in the case of any alleged computer crimes to the detriment of the website. Except in the case of an alleged computer crime, for the time being data concerning the access to the website shall be kept for no more than seven days;
  • Data voluntarily provided by the users will be kept as long as it is necessary to discharge the users’ requests, and in any event for no longer than 15 years from the date they have been collected;
  • Data contained in curricula vitae shall be deleted within 3 years, should a candidate not successfully pass the selection.

What rights you have over your data

Users can exercise all rights under the Applicable Privacy Law, including: (i) to ask the controller to confirm the existence of their personal data, (ii) to be informed of of the origin of such data, the logic and purpose of their processing, (iii) to obtain the identification details of the controller and of the processors, (iv) to be informed of the class of subjects to whom the data may be communicated as designed representatives within the territory of the State, as data processors or as third parties authorized to personal data processing, (v) to obtain the deletion, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of any data illegally processed, as well as updating, rectification or, if interested, integration of personal data and (vi) to oppose the processing of personal data,wholly or partly, on legitimate grounds.

For the purpose of exercising the mentioned rights , users can file a complaint with the Italian DPA,within the limits set by the Applicable Privacy Law. Users can also oppose the processing of their personal data for reasons connected to their particular situation, and, in any case, they can oppose the processing with direct marketing purposes. Please, send any request to the email address privacy@b22.it.