The Data Controller for personal data collected through this website is Schermax Srl, with registered office at Viale Tunisia 22, Milano, Italy. You can contact us at any time at info@schermax.it or by phone at 02 9924 7773.

Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following categories of personal data:

Navigation data. The website’s IT systems and software procedures automatically acquire certain data whose transmission is implicit in internet communication protocols. This includes IP addresses, browser type, operating system, the referring page, and the date and time of each visit. This data is used solely for anonymous statistical purposes and to verify the correct functioning of the site, and is deleted after a short retention period.

Data provided voluntarily. When you submit an enquiry or request a quote through our contact form, we collect the information you provide, which may include your name, company name, email address, telephone number, and the content of your message.

Cookies. The website uses technical and, where applicable, analytical cookies. For full details, please see our Cookie Policy below.

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

Responding to enquiries and quote requests. If you contact us via the contact form or by email, we process your data to respond to your request and to provide information about our products and services. The legal basis is the execution of pre-contractual measures taken at your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Website operation and security. Navigation data is processed to ensure the correct technical functioning of the website and to detect and prevent security incidents. The legal basis is our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Legal obligations. We may process your data to comply with legal, regulatory, or fiscal obligations applicable to our business. The legal basis is legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).

Marketing and communications. Only with your explicit consent, we may contact you with newsletters or promotional information about Schermax Srl’s products and services. The legal basis is consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you may withdraw at any time.

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected:

• Contact and enquiry data is retained for up to 24 months from the last interaction, unless a longer retention period is required by contract or law.
• Navigation data is typically deleted within 30 days.
• Data processed for legal or fiscal obligations is retained for the periods prescribed by applicable Italian and EU law (generally 10 years).

Your data may be shared with the following categories of recipients:

• Service providers and processors acting on our behalf (e.g. web hosting providers, IT service providers, email platforms), who are bound by data processing agreements and may only process your data on our instructions.
• Professional advisors such as lawyers, accountants, and auditors, where necessary.
• Public authorities and regulatory bodies, where required by law.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Where any service provider is located outside the European Economic Area, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for the transfer of your data, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, in accordance with Chapter V of the GDPR.

This website uses the following types of cookies:

Technical cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function correctly. They do not require your consent.

Analytical cookies are used to collect anonymous statistical information about how visitors use the website (e.g. pages visited, time spent on site). Where these cookies are fully anonymised, consent is not required; otherwise, we will ask for it.

You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

Our website contains links to our Facebook and LinkedIn pages. These platforms may collect data about your visit to our website independently. We are not responsible for the data processing carried out by these platforms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of Facebook (Meta) and LinkedIn before interacting with these services.

Under the GDPR and applicable Italian law (Legislative Decree 196/2003, as amended), you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

• Right of access – to obtain confirmation of whether we process your data and to receive a copy of it.
• Right to rectification – to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to erasure – to request deletion of your data where there is no legitimate reason for us to continue processing it.
• Right to restriction – to request that we limit processing in certain circumstances.
• Right to data portability – to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.
• Right to object – to object to processing based on our legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
• Right to withdraw consent – where processing is based on consent, to withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@schermax.it. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) at www.garanteprivacy.it.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Access to personal data is restricted to authorised personnel only.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.