Taiao • Privacy

The Website and the app collect some Personal Data of their Users.

Personal data controller
Taiao S.b.r.l.
With registered office in Via del Borghetto 75/D, 55100, San Pietro a Vico, Lucca (LU)
Contact: ciao@taiao.fun

Data Protection Officer
Marco grossi
Via del Borghetto 75/D, 55100, San Pietro a Vico, Lucca (LU)
Contact: ciao@taiao.fun

Contact email
Contact email for information on the processing of personal data and for requests to exercise rights under the GDPR: ciao@taiao.fun

What is the privacy policy?
The privacy policy shows how we collect, use, store, transfer and share information, and lists your rights.
For this, please read the privacy policy.

DATA COLLECTED
Data
- Information you provide when you sign up for Taiao by creating a profile; this information may include: email, username, declaration that you have reached the age of majority;
- Information you provide when registering for the Taiao contest: first and last name, declaration of being an Italian resident. In the case of contests between schools: teacher's name and surname, school's email, mechanographic code;
- Activities you do on the app, including photos, comments, likes, shares, interactions in the sponsor section;

Types of information collected and possibly shared
Activities
- Content created, such as photos, comments, reactions;
- Content provided through your camera or gallery tools;
- Types of content you view and interact with in any way, including advertisements;
- Metadata on message contents.

About apps, browsers and devices
We receive and collect certain information from the devices you use, by way of example:
- Type of device and software or other features;
- Activities you perform in the device;
- Identifiers that distinguish your device, including ID;
- Device signals;
- Information you share via device settings: notifications, camera access and related metadata.

Information on Partners, Suppliers and Sponsors:
We collect information from:
- Partners: they use, free of charge, our products, business tools and technologies that enable companies to advertise their products; these tools also help Partners understand and measure how Users interact with their products and services;
Partners are companies that use our Products to make their initiatives more visible.
- Sponsors: use, for a fee, our products, business tools and technologies that enable companies to advertise their products; these tools also help Sponsors understand and measure how Users interact with their products and services;
Sponsors are companies that use our Products to make their initiatives more visible.
All data are collected in aggregate form.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We do not use the information collected for the purpose of providing you with a personalised browsing and advertisement experience.
Supply, customisation and improvement of our Products
We use the information to improve our products internally and without selling data to third parties.
We do not use the information to personalise the experience and/or the Product.
Sponsor section: we use data in aggregated and anonymous form to share with Sponsors and/or Partners and/or potential Sponsors.
Partner section: we use data in aggregated and anonymous form to share with Partners and/or Sponsors and/or potential Partners.
How we use information to show products
We use the information we collect, in aggregate form, to:
- Verify the actual functioning of a product;
- Troubleshooting and correcting malfunctioning products;
- Test the operation of new products and functions;
- Gathering feedback on our product and feature ideas;
- Carry out surveys and research on your preferences regarding our products and brands;
- Contact companies to propose sponsorship and organise contests;
- Send the contest winner's email to a third party for the awarding of the prize.
Promoting security and integrity
We use the information we collect to protect people and provide safe and secure products.
Some examples of how we use information:
- Verification of comments and votes;
- Account and activity verification;
- Verification of compliance with and violation of our conditions, regulations, guidelines;
- Investigation of suspicious activities;
- Detecting, preventing and combating unlawful or harmful conduct;
- Spam detection and prevention;
- Detecting and stopping threats to our employees.
Communications with the User
We use the information to communicate with you.
Some examples of how we use the email address for:
- Sending marketing communications and products;
- Communication of initiatives;
- Sending newsletters;
- Request for participation in surveys, research and questionnaires;
- Information on our regulations and conditions;
- Communication with customer service;
- Reply to your questions to the e-mail address provided;
- Sending communications regarding suspicious activity.
Statistical data, measurements and services for companies
We use the information in aggregated and anonymous form to provide measurement and data collection services and statistical data.
Research and innovation for social and environmental sustainability
We use the information in aggregate and anonymous form for projects, actions and research aimed at research, innovation, and the organisation of contests and events aimed at contributing to causes concerning social and environmental sustainability, whether organised and/or proposed by Taiao or in collaboration with Sponsors and/or Partners that Taiao reserves the right to deem appropriate.

DATA SHARING
We do not sell data to third parties.
People, companies and accounts with whom you communicate and share content
The people and/or companies you interact with when publishing content on Taiao can see the content you share: posts, comments, profile information.
Public content
All content posted by users, comments, user name, photographer level and profile picture are public.
Public content can be viewed by all registered users of the app.
External researchers
We share information in an anonymous and aggregated form with external researchers who use it to research progress, innovation and social and environmental sustainability.

LEGAL BASIS FOR DATA PROCESSING
Legal basis
The processing of your information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy is based on various legal bases. Depending on the circumstances, we rely on various legal bases when processing the same information for different purposes. For each legal basis below, we explain why we process your information.

Consent
Your consent is required for the processing of your information.

Contract Execution
We process the information necessary for the fulfilment of our contracts with you, and thus what is contained in the Terms of Use and, in the case of Contest entry, in the Contest Rules.

Legitimate interests
We process your information as necessary for our own and other parties' legitimate interests.
Our interests include:
- Prevention of fraud, illegal activities and cyber attacks;
- Direct marketing: send promotional e-mails to existing customers, with the possibility of unsubscribing;
- Protection of legal rights: keep data to prove legal compliance in case of litigation;
- Social or economic interests: carrying out anonymous market analyses based on Users' data to improve services.

Obligations under the law
We process your information in compliance with applicable laws.

Public interest
We process your information if and to the extent necessary for the public interest.

RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT
The data subject may exercise his or her rights under Articles 7, 15-22 European Regulation 679/2016.
The data subject has the right to:
- Withdraw consent at any time with regard to processing based on consent by means of a communication to be sent to the e-mail address: ciao@taiao.fun;
- Obtaining confirmation of the existence of one's personal data and making them available in an intelligible form;
- Requesting access to one's personal data;
- Portability: receiving personal data provided to the Controller and transmitting it to another Controller;
- For data processed in breach of current legislation: request and obtain the updating, rectification, deletion of data and obtain the restriction of data processing;
- Oppose the processing of personal data for legitimate reasons;
- Object to the processing of data for the purpose of sending advertising material or market analysis;
- Complaint to the Garante della Privacy.

DATA RETENTION PERIOD
We retain your data for the period necessary for the provision of our products, the fulfilment of our obligations or the protection of our interests or those of others.
For these reasons, we determine how long data retention is necessary on a case-by-case basis according to the following criteria:
- Time required for the supply and/or handling of the Products;
- Functions for which information is used and how it works;
- Storage time in compliance with legal obligations;
- Assessment of the need for the information for further legitimate purposes.

TRANSFER OF INFORMATION
Taiao reserves the right to transfer collected data to other countries globally for various reasons, including but not limited to: service management, product analysis, statistics, product improvement.
Data controlled by Taiao will be transferred, transmitted and/or stored:
- In countries where Taiao is present;
- In countries, even outside those where Taiao is present, where our Partners, Sponsors, Service Providers operate.
We also transfer Data in response to requests of a legal nature.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DO NOT AUTHORISE US TO COLLECT DATA
Consent with reference to mandatory data is always required. Failure to provide consent with regard to the collection of mandatory data will result in the impossibility of creating an account.
Consent in respect of optional Data is at the discretion of the User.

COOKIE POLICY
Cookies can be found at https://taiao.fun/cookie-policy-eu.

DEFINITIONS AND LEGAL REFERENCES

Other device signals we receive
Signals we receive from the device and different operating systems, including but not limited to Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections.

Tips
Personalised suggestions for Users using our Products.

Contents
All videos, photos, audios created by the user or in which a subject participates; comments, reactions, messages, conversations.

Device
Computers and PCs, tablets, phones and smartphones, hardware, smart TVs, fixed and portable devices, web-connected devices.

Information
All information provided by the User when registering, updating data and using the Product.

Related metadata
Set of data information.

Partners
Companies or organisations in the Ground section of the Taiao app, which carry out environmental or social sustainability projects.

Sponsors
Companies or entities sponsoring contests, which can be found in the Contest section of the Taiao app.

Products/ Product
The app or the site provided by Taiao.

Processing of personal information
Ways in which we collect, use and share your information, as explained in the other sections of this Policy above.

User
Anyone using the site or, following registration, the Taiao app.