Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how Giovanni Martinotti collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit giovannimartinotti.com, in compliance with EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003.
Data Controller
Giovanni Martinotti
Via del Forte Trionfale 36 — 00135 Rome (RM), Italy
VAT no. 14990661002
Email: giovanni.martinotti@gmail.com
Data We Collect
Browsing data
The site’s computer systems automatically collect certain technical data in the course of normal operation:
- IP address and domain name of the device
- Browser type and version, operating system
- Date, time and duration of the visit
- Pages visited and navigation path
Data you provide voluntarily — contact form
The Contact page includes a form that collects:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Type of request (speaking invitation, press and media, scientific collaboration, other)
- Message text
Submission requires an explicit consent checkbox. Your data is used solely to respond to your request and is not shared with third parties other than the site’s technical providers.
Statistical data — only with your consent
If you accept the Statistics category in the banner, Google Analytics 4 collects pseudonymous information about how the site is used: pages visited, how you reached the site (for example a search engine or an external link), device type and browser, approximate country and region, visit duration and interactions. Google Analytics 4 uses your IP address only to derive an approximate location and does not log or store it. Google Signals, advertising links and user identifiers are not enabled: the data is used solely to understand, in aggregate, how the site is consulted.
Without your consent, Google Analytics sets no cookies or identifiers: through Google’s Consent Mode it may only receive technical signals without identifiers, used in aggregate.
Cookies and tracking tools
The site uses technical cookies for the banner to function, Google Analytics 4 statistical cookies only with your consent and, only following your explicit action, YouTube’s services to display videos. See the Cookie Policy for details.
Why We Collect Your Data
| Purpose | Legal basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Site operation (technical cookies) | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | 6 months |
| Site delivery and hosting | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | Duration of the hosting service |
| Handling contact form requests | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) | 24 months |
| Transactional email delivery (replies, notifications) | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | As long as needed for delivery |
| Site usage statistics (Google Analytics 4) | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) | 14 months (data in Analytics); cookies up to 2 years |
| Loading of measurement tools (Google Tag Manager) | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) | No retention (no cookies) |
| YouTube video playback | Consent — contextual action on clicking play | Session |
Third-Party Services
We rely on the following external services to operate the site.
Data Retention
Personal data is retained only for as long as strictly necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, as set out in the table in Section 3. At the end of the retention period, data is deleted or anonymized.
Transfers Outside the EU
Transfers to the United States take place under the safeguards required by the GDPR, on the basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR), to which Google LLC is certified, and alternatively the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46 GDPR).
Your Rights
As a data subject, you have the following rights under Articles 15–22 of the GDPR:
Requests should be addressed to the Controller using the contact details provided. The Controller responds within 30 days.
Contact
To exercise your rights or for any question about the processing of your data:
Giovanni Martinotti
📧 giovanni.martinotti@gmail.com
✉️ Via del Forte Trionfale 36 — 00135 Rome (RM), Italy
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) — www.garanteprivacy.it.
The Controller reserves the right to update this privacy policy. The current version is always available at this URL, together with the date of the last update.