Project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) – Mission 4 “Education and Research”, Component 1, Reform 1.7 “Student Housing”, financed by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

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PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 29, 2026

This Privacy Policy for Polihouse ("We", "Us" or "Our") explains how we may collect, use and share your information when you visit our website https://www.polihouse.it/.

We appreciate your decision to use our website https://www.polihouse.it/ and to trust us with your valuable personal information. In this document, we seek to explain in the clearest terms possible our privacy practices. We strongly encourage you to read this document (and any other related documents) carefully before using the website. If there are any terms or conditions in this document that you do not agree with, please do not use the website, or if you are already using it, please discontinue its use immediately. By using the website, you accept and consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect about you?

When we collect information, we do so to ensure that you get to experience our service seamlessly. For that, we collect the following information. Some are your personal information and some are your sensitive personal information.

The personal information that we collect about you are the following:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Email address
  • Identification ID number

Sometimes, we also collect sensitive personal information from you, which includes the following:

  • Health information

How do we collect this information?

We may use any of the following three methods to obtain information about you.

  1. Information that you provide to us
  2. Information that we automatically collect from you
  3. Information that we collect from third parties

Before explaining why we collect information, we would like you to understand what the above three terms mean.

a. Information that you provide to us

When you sign up for an account to use our service or product, we ask you for certain information such as your name or email address. This is information that you voluntarily provide to us. The information requested may vary depending on the nature of the service or product we provide.

b. Information that we automatically collect from you

When you access our services from a device, we may automatically collect information from that device, such as through the use of cookies. You can find more information about automatic data collection in the next section.

c. Information that we collect from third parties

These third parties may include data aggregators, online directories, data marketplaces, exchanges, or similar sources from which we may obtain information about you.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small packets of information that are stored on your device so that we can retrieve information such as your login details, preferences on our website and other related information.

For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

Do Not Track requests

We respond to "Do Not Track" requests in the following manner:

It not track data if request

Why do we collect information about you?

We collect information about you for a variety of reasons. Among other things, it helps us provide a better service. The following are the ways in which we use the information we collect.

  • To provide and maintain our services.

How long do we retain your information?

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as for tax, accounting, or other legal obligations). Nothing in this Privacy Policy requires us to retain your personal information for longer than the period during which users maintain an account with us.

When we no longer have a legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it. If this is not possible (for example, because the information is stored in backup archives), we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion becomes possible.

Do we share your information?

We may share your information with third parties in the following ways:

  1. With your consent: When you provide consent, we may share your information with third parties for the purposes described in the consent request.
  2. Legal obligations: We may disclose information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws, governmental requests, judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes, including responses to public authorities for national security or law enforcement purposes.
  3. Business transfers: We may share your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations relating to, a merger, sale of business assets, financing, or acquisition of all or part of our business by another entity.

Sale/sharing of information

We do not sell or share the information we collect from our users.

GDPR Disclosures

Automatic processing of data

We do not use any automated processing of the personal information we collect.

Legal basis for collection

The General Data Protection Regulation requires us to identify and explain the legal basis for processing your personal information. The following are the legal bases on which we process your personal data.

Consent: We may process your personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy based on your consent.

Your rights

In accordance with Articles 12 to 23 of the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights.

  1. Right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. For more information, please see here.
  2. Right to request access to the personal data we hold about you and to receive a copy of it in an accessible format.
  3. Right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data for a limited period under certain circumstances. For more information, please see here.
  4. Right to rectify or update personal information that you consider outdated, incomplete, or inaccurate.
  5. Right to opt out of automated processing of your personal data.
  6. Right to erasure of your personal information (also known as the "right to be forgotten").

To exercise any of the rights listed above, you may use the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

Consequences of non-consent

We require your consent to collect information in order to provide our services seamlessly. However, you may refuse to give your consent. Please note that refusing consent may have consequences, including limited access to our services and reduced functionality on the website.

Children's privacy

We do not knowingly provide our services to children. If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us. Once we verify that such information has been collected without parental consent, we will remove it from our database.

Security of your personal information

We take reasonable measures to ensure that the information we collect from you is stored securely and protected to the greatest extent possible. However, no method of internet transmission or digital storage is completely secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee absolute security. While we use commercially reasonable and appropriate safeguards to protect your information, we cannot promise that it will be 100% secure.

Links to other websites or apps

Our website may contain links to external websites, applications, or services. These are not operated by us and are therefore not governed by this Privacy Policy. We strongly recommend that you review the privacy policies of those websites or services before interacting with them, to ensure that you do not share personal information that you do not wish to disclose.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in applicable law or in our privacy practices. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that it continues to meet your expectations.

This Privacy Policy shall become effective from the date it is published on this page.

Contact us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, or to exercise any of your rights, you may contact us using the following details:

Address: Polihouse Lecco - 23900 Italy

Email address: info@polihouse.it

 
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