Privacy

INTRODUCTION

In this page a description is given of the way the website processes the personal data of users who consult it. This is an information note pursuant to article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 196/2003 (Personal Data Protection Code), provided for people who interact with the Mont Blanc Tunnel web. The information note has been prepared solely and exclusively with respect to the GEIE-TMB and does not concern other websites that may possibly be consulted by the user through links.  The information note is also based on Recommendation n° 2/2001 that the European authorities for personal data protection, meeting as the Working Party instituted by article 29 of Directive n°95/46/EC, adopted on 17 May 2001 in order to identify certain minimum requirements for collecting personal data on-line, and, in particular, the mode, timing and nature of the information that Data Controllers must provide to users when they connect to web pages, regardless of the purpose of the connection.

THE “DATA CONTROLLER” OF THE PROCESSING

The “Data Controller” for the processing of personal data of users who consult this website is the GEIE-TMB, the offices of which are at Piazzale Sud del Traforo del Monte Bianco, 11013 Courmayeur (AO), Italy.

“PERSONS RESPONSIBLE” FOR THE PROCESSING

The GEIE-TMB, as the “Data Controller” for processing personal data, has identified within its organization, on the basis of the processing of personal data produced and recorded, the following “persons responsible” for data processing, pursuant to art. 29 of Legislative Decree n°196/ 2003, Personal Data Protection Code:
  • Manager of the Administration and Finance Department (DAF);
  • Manager of the Customers and Toll Department (DCP);
  • Manger of the Safety and Traffic Department (DST);
  • Manager of the Technical and Computing Department (DTI).

TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED

Processing concerning the web services of this site takes place at the above-mentioned offices of the GEIETMB and is only carried out by staff in the department responsible for the processing, or by people who may be given responsible for occasional maintenance operations. No data taken by the web service is communicated or circulated to outside concerns. Personal data provided by users who forward specific requests for information is used solely for the purpose of carrying out the service requested.

TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED

The computer systems and software processes put in place to operate this website acquire in the course of normal use some personal data the transmission of which is implicit when using internet communication protocols. This is information that is not collected for association with identified interested parties, but that by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified. This category of data includes IP addresses or the domain names of computers used by users of the site, addresses in URI notation, the time of the request, the method used in submitting the user’s request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server, and other parameters relating to the user’s operating system and computer environment. This data is used solely for the purpose of anonymous computer statistics concerning site usage, and to check that this is functioning correctly, and is erased immediately after processing has been carried out. The data might be used to ascertain responsibility in the case of hypothetical computer crime to harm the site: except for this eventuality, data regarding website contacts is not kept for more than three days. The optional, explicit and voluntary sending of electronic mail to the addresses listed on this website involves the acquisition of the sender’s address, which is necessary for replying to their requests, as well as any personal data contained in the mail. The persons allowed to link to this website are the GEIE-TMB business customers that have signed a contract “post payment”. Their data will be processed in specific contract.

COOKIES

No personal data of users is acquired on purpose by the website. Cookies are not used to transmit information of a personal nature, nor is use made of persistent cookies of any kind, or user tracking systems. The use of session cookies (which are not persistently memorized on the user’s computer and disappear when the browser is closed) are strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers needed to allow safe and efficient exploration of the website.

THE WAY DATA IS PROCESSED

Personal data is processed using automatic means for the time strictly needed to achieve the purpose for which it has been collected. Specific security measures are taken to prevent data loss, illicit or improper use, and unauthorized access.

RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS

People whose personal data is referred to have the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not such data exists, and to know its content and origin, to verify that it is exact, or to ask for it to be supplemented or updated or rectified (art. 7 of Legislative Decree n°196/2003).