Last updated: June 30, 2026
1. Data Controller
The data controller for the personal data collected through the Abruzzo Connections website is:
Associazione degli Abruzzesi in Paraguay
Registered office: José Félix Bogado 1718, Urbanización Aranjuez, Asunción, Paraguay
RUC: 80053118-3
Email: assoabruzzopy@gmail.com
Phone: +595 21 332572 / +595 981 880666
For privacy-related requests or to exercise personal data rights, users may write to assoabruzzopy@gmail.com, using “Privacy – Abruzzo Connections” as the email subject.
2. Purpose of the Website
Abruzzo Connections is a digital space connected to the project “Radici che Uniscono: gemellaggio tra Schiavi di Abruzzo e la comunità abruzzese in Paraguay.” The website has informational, cultural and narrative purposes related to the enhancement of Abruzzo roots, migration memory, the territory, experiences and Abruzzo know-how.
3. Data Processed
The website may process the following categories of personal data:
- technical browsing data necessary for the operation of the website, such as IP address, browser information, device used, date and time of access and technical logs;
- data voluntarily provided by the user through contact forms or email, such as first name, last name, email address, phone/WhatsApp number, subject of the request and message content;
- any texts, images, stories, testimonials or materials voluntarily shared by the user within the framework of the project;
- data relating to organizations, companies, institutions or local entities that may be reported or involved in the project.
4. Purposes and Legal Bases
Personal data may be processed for the following purposes:
- to ensure the proper technical operation and security of the website, based on the legitimate interest of the data controller;
- to respond to requests sent by the user through forms or email, based on the user’s request and legitimate interest;
- to evaluate, organize and, where appropriate, publish stories, testimonials, images or materials voluntarily submitted, based on the user’s consent when necessary;
- to document, communicate and report on activities connected to the project, based on legitimate interest, project obligations or consent when required;
- to comply with any legal, administrative or institutional obligations.
5. Provision of Data
Providing data through forms, email or the voluntary submission of materials is optional. However, failure to provide the necessary data may prevent the controller from responding to the request or evaluating the submitted contribution.
Users who submit images, stories or materials relating to third parties declare that they are entitled to share them and, where necessary, that they have obtained the relevant authorizations.
6. Processing Methods and Security
Data is processed using IT tools and, where necessary, also through manual procedures. The controller adopts reasonable measures to protect data against unauthorized access, loss, alteration, disclosure or misuse.
Access to the data is limited to subjects who need it for operational, technical, administrative, editorial or project-related purposes.
7. Data Recipients
Data may be processed or communicated, within the limits of what is necessary, to website technical providers, hosting providers, web agencies, developers, subjects supporting digital and editorial activities, project partners, public or institutional bodies involved in the activities, consultants and authorized subjects.
These subjects process data only for purposes connected to the website and the project.
8. International Transfers
Since the data controller is based in Paraguay and the project may involve subjects located in Italy, the European Union and Paraguay, some personal data may be processed or made accessible outside the European Economic Area.
In such cases, the controller undertakes to adopt proportionate measures to limit access and protect personal data.
9. Data Retention
Data is retained for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected.
Requests sent through forms or email are retained for the time necessary to manage the request and, as a general rule, for no longer than 24 months, unless documentation or legal needs require otherwise.
Data connected to project documentation may be retained for the time necessary to manage, report on and protect the activities.
Published content, such as stories or testimonials, may remain online until a removal request is made, except where there are legitimate needs to document activities already carried out.
10. Data Subject Rights
Within the limits provided by applicable law, users may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, data portability where applicable and withdrawal of any consent given.
Requests may be sent to assoabruzzopy@gmail.com, using “Privacy – Abruzzo Connections” as the email subject.
Users may also lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, without prejudice to any other right or remedy provided by law.
11. Minors
The website is not intended to collect personal data from minors without the involvement of a parent or person exercising parental responsibility.
Any images, testimonials or materials concerning minors may be used only with appropriate authorization from the entitled subjects.
12. Cookie Policy
The website uses only technical cookies or equivalent tools necessary for the operation, security and proper display of the pages.
At present, the website does not use profiling, marketing or remarketing cookies, non-anonymized analytics, advertising pixels or user tracking tools.
Technical cookies do not require the user’s prior consent. Users may still configure their browser to block or delete cookies; disabling technical cookies may affect some website features.
If analytics tools, embedded content, maps, videos, newsletters or third-party services involving the use of non-technical cookies are activated in the future, this policy will be updated and, where necessary, the user’s consent will be requested.
13. Updates
This policy may be updated to reflect technical, organizational, regulatory or project-related changes.
The updated version will be published on the website with the date of the last update indicated.