Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Selezione Italiana Ingredients collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our online platform and related services. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data We Collect

We collect personal data that you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, place an order, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter. This may include your name, billing and shipping address, payment information, and contact details.

We may also collect data automatically when you visit our site. This includes technical information like your IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage data about your browsing activity, such as pages visited and time spent on the site. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect for various purposes, including:

Processing and fulfilling your orders.
Managing your account.
Providing customer support.
Improving our products and services.
Sending you relevant information about our products, promotions, or updates, where you have consented or where permitted by law.
Ensuring the security of our site and services.
Analyzing site usage to understand user behavior and optimize our platform.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

Performance of a contract: Processing is necessary to provide the services you request or to fulfill an order you place with us.
Legitimate interests: We process data for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services, preventing fraud, ensuring network and information security, and marketing purposes, provided these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.
Consent: We may process your data based on your explicit consent for specific purposes, such as sending you marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Legal obligations: We may process your data to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with trusted third parties who assist us in operating our business and providing services to you. These include:

Payment processors to handle transactions.
Shipping carriers to deliver your orders.
Service providers who assist with marketing, IT, and other business operations.

These third parties are obligated to protect your data and are only permitted to use it for the specific purposes for which it was shared.

We may also disclose your personal data if required by law, regulation, or legal process, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. While we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under GDPR and other applicable laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, particularly where we process it based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

Details on how to exercise these rights are available via the contact information provided on our site.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our site uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information automatically. Cookies are small text files placed on your device that help us improve your experience, analyze site usage, and provide relevant content. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

Third-Party Links

Our site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When your data is no longer needed, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any changes on this page.