Cookie Policy

We use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse user behaviour, administer the website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. This is done in order to enhance your experience with us.

A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer. Cookies store information that is used to help make sites work. Only we can access the cookies created by our website. You can control your cookies or not accept our cookies policy through the banner displayed entering our website, or at the browser level. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your use of certain functions.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

You can remove cookies stored in your computer via your browser settings. Alternatively, you can control some 3rd party cookies by using a privacy enhancement platform such as optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.com. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Read below our Cookies Policy for further information about cookies we use.

Browsing data

The IT systems and software procedures for the operation of this website acquire, during normal operation, some  data the transmission of which is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This is information that is not collected to be associated with identified parties concerned, but that by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow identifying users. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by users that connect to the website, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of the resources requested, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response from the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters regarding the operating system and the user’s IT environment. This data is only used to obtain anonymous, statistical information regarding website use and to verify its correct operation. The data may be used to ascertain liability in the event of hypothetical computer crimes against the website.

To ensure a good level of security, and to prevent hackers’ attacks, this website uses a security function managed by a specific pluginiTheme Security https://ithemes.com/security/.  This protection system allows banning malicious users blocking their IP address. This plugin uses also blacklists lists.

Spam Protection

This type of service analyzes the traffic of this Application, potentially containing Users’ Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages, and content that are recognized as SPAM.

Akismet (Automattic Inc.)
Akismet is a SPAM protection service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Matomo Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

Matomo Analytics with anonymized IP 

In order to correctly analyse how the Site is used, the Data Controller uses the Matomo web analysis service on its own web server located in the European Union. Matomo collects information on how Users use the Site, which is then transmitted by the User’s browser directly to our server and is not shared with third-party services.

Matomo uses this information for the purpose of evaluating the User’s use of the Site and to return reports that are useful to the Data Controller in order to better understand the User’s preferences. This information may be transmitted to third parties where required by law or where such third parties are expressly authorised to process the information on behalf of the Owner.

We do not use profiling cookies

No profiling cookies are used. Cookies are not used for either personalised or non-personalised third-party advertising.

Youtube

This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)
YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Application to incorporate the content of this kind on its pages.

Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy

Interaction with social media

This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Application. The interaction and information obtained through this Application are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network. This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Disabling Cookies

If you would like to restrict the use of cookies you can either not accept our cookies policy (via banner) or control this in your Internet browser. Links to advice on how to do this for the most popular Internet browsers are provided below for convenience and will be available for the Internet browser of your choice either online or via the software help (normally available via key F1).

Linked Websites

This website contains links to other websites. Please be aware this Application is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage users to be aware when they leave this website and to read the privacy statements of each website they visit that collects personal information. While we carefully choose the websites to link to, this Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on this website.

Contact & Communication

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use.

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process. Or whereby you the consumer have previously purchased from or enquired about purchasing from the company a product or service that the email newsletter relates to. This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email information material. Your details are not passed on to any third parties.

Feedback

We very much welcome and actively encourage your feedback on this site. The site is being constantly developed, so we encourage you to provide feedback to ensure that future iterations meet your needs. This project is seen by us as a collaborative one between CNR-Ibimet and yourselves so do get in touch and help shape future direction. We will not pass on any of your personal information when dealing with your enquiry unless you have given us permission to do so. Once we have replied to you, we keep a record of your message for audit purposes.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.

Contact Information

IBIMET – CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Giovanni Caproni 8 – I-50145 Firenze, Italia

email: info@drought.climateservices.it

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make change to this Privacy Policy.
Last modification was made 15th of May 2018