We will also collect information about when you use our services or when we otherwise interact or correspond with you. We use various technologies to collect and store information when you visit our website.

Information we obtain from other sources

If you apply for a position with us we may collect personal information relating to past employments, qualifications and education, opinions from third parties about you, past employment history and other details about you, which will be provided to us by a third party that provides background screening services to us.
If we collect or receive your personal information in the context of our provision of services we might receive information from third parties such as your employer, other parties relevant to the services we are providing (e.g. counterparties in transactions) and others such as regulators and authorities. That information could include your name, contact details, employment details and other information relevant to the legal services that we are providing to our client.

We may do the following with your personal information:
1. use it to provide advice services to the relevant client,
2. use it to engage in marketing and business development activity in relation to our services. This may include sending you newsletters, updates, marketing communications and other information that may be of interest to you,
3. where you have applied for a position with us, to review and process your job application,
4. to comply with legal and regulatory obligations that we have to discharge,
5. use it to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights or for the purpose of legal proceedings,
6. use it to look into any complaints or queries you may have, and
7. use it to prevent and respond to actual or potential fraud or illegal activities.

We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal information, namely:
• Consent - we may (but usually do not) need your consent to use your personal information. You can withdraw your consent by contacting us (see below).
• Performance of a contract - we may need to collect and use your personal information to enter into a contract with you or to perform our obligations under a contract with you.
• Legitimate interest - we may use your personal information for our legitimate interests, some examples of which are given above.
• Compliance with law or regulation - we may use your personal information as necessary to comply with applicable law/regulation.

How we share information with third parties

In other circumstances, the law may permit us to otherwise transfer your personal information outside Europe. In all cases, however, any transfer of your personal information will be compliant with applicable data protection law.
You can obtain more details of the protection given to your personal information when it is transferred outside Europe by contacting us using the details set out below.

Keeping your information and information security

How long we hold your personal information for will vary and will depend principally on:
• the purpose for which we are using your personal information - we will need to keep the information for as long as is necessary for the relevant purpose, and
• legal obligations - laws or regulation may set a minimum period for which we have to keep your personal information.
We will ensure that the personal information that we hold is subject to appropriate security measures.

Your choices and rights

You have a number of legal rights in relation to the personal information that we hold about you and you can exercise your rights by contacting us using the details set out below.
These rights include:
• Obtaining information regarding the processing of your personal information and access to the personal information which we hold about you. Please note that there may be circumstances in which we are entitled to refuse requests for access to copies of personal information. In particular, information that is subject to legal professional privilege will not be disclosed other than to our client and as authorised by our client
• Requesting that we correct your personal information if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Requesting that we erase your personal information in certain circumstances. Please note that there may be circumstances where you ask us to erase your personal information but we are legally entitled to retain it.
• Objecting to, and requesting that we restrict, our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. Again, there may be circumstances where you object to, or ask us to restrict, our processing of your personal information but we are legally entitled to refuse that request.
• In some circumstances, receiving some personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and/or requesting that we transmit those information to a third party where this is technically feasible. Please note that this right only applies to personal information which you have provided to us.
• Withdrawing your consent, although in certain circumstances it may be lawful for us to continue processing without your consent if we have another legitimate reason (other than consent) for doing so.
• Lodging a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us.
• We can, on request, tell you which data protection authority is relevant to the processing of your personal information.

Cookies

1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites visited by the user send and store on their computer or mobile device, to be sent back to the same websites upon subsequent visits.

2. Types of Cookies Used by This Website
This website uses only technical cookies, for which user consent is not required under Article 122 of the Personal Data Protection Code and the Guidelines of the Data Protection Authority dated June 10, 2021.

Specifically, the site uses:
• Navigation or session cookies: These ensure normal navigation and use of the website. They are necessary for the proper functioning of the site.
• Functionality cookies: These allow the user to navigate based on a set of selected criteria (e.g., language) to improve the service provided.

This site does not use profiling cookies, marketing cookies, non-anonymized analytics, or other tracking tools that require prior user consent. For this reason, there is no consent management banner. In this context, the presence of such a banner has been deemed “unnecessary and even misleading” by the Data Protection Authority..

3. Type of Data Provision and Consequences of Refusal
The installation of technical cookies is necessary to enable navigation on the site. Disabling these cookies via browser settings may impair the proper functioning of the site.

4. How to Manage and Disable Cookies
Users can manage cookie preferences directly within their browser and prevent third parties from installing them. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past. Please note that disabling all cookies may compromise the functionality of this site.

Users can find information on how to manage cookies in their browser at the following addresses:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge

5. Data Subject Rights
As a data subject, you have the rights set out in Articles 15–22 of the GDPR, including the right to request access to your personal data, rectification, deletion, or restriction of processing.
Requests can be addressed to the Data Controller using the contact details provided on this page. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority.

How to contact us and other important information

If you would like further information on the collection, use, disclosure, transfer or processing of your personal information or the exercise of any of the rights listed above, please contact us. You can do this by writing to us at:
segreteria@apesgr.it or Data Protection Officer, APE, Via Cesare Cantù n. 1, 20123 - Milano