These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of RoCS’s website.
By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions in full. Do not continue to use RoCS’s website if you do not accept all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.
Cookies
We employ the use of cookies. By using RoCS’s website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with RoCS’s privacy policy. Most of the modern-day interactive web sites use cookies to enable us to retrieve user details for each visit. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those people visiting. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.
License
Unless otherwise stated, RoCS and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on RoCS. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may view and/or print pages from https://www.rocs-project.org/ for your own personal use subject to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
Hyperlinking to our Content
The following organizations may link to our website without prior written approval:
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
We may consider and approve in our sole discretion other link requests. We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link); (b) the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of; and (d) where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Web site information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and it products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
If your organization is interested in linking to our website, you must notify us by sending an e-mail to project.rocs@gmail.com
Please include your name, your organization name, contact information (such as a phone number and/or e-mail address) as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URL(s) on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Web site as follows:
No use of RoCS’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
Iframes
Without prior approval and express written permission, you may not create frames around our web pages or use other techniques that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our website.
Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right at any time and in its sole discretion to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our web site. You agree to immediately remove all links to our website upon such request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms and conditions and its linking policy at any time. By continuing to link to our website, you agree to be bound to and abide by these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website
If you find any link on our website or any linked web site objectionable for any reason, you may contact us about this. We will consider requests to remove links but will have no obligation to do so or to respond directly to you.
While we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Content Liability
We shall have no responsibility or liability for any content appearing on your website. You agree to indemnify and defend us against all claims arising out of or based upon your website. No link(s) may appear on any page on your website or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third-party rights.
Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law in respect of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).
Nothing in this disclaimer will:
The limitations and exclusions of liability set out in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer or in relation to the subject matter of this disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort (including negligence) and for breach of statutory duty.
To the extent that the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
RoCS is committed to user privacy. It only processes your personal data for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes clearly described in each specific privacy statement, and does not further process any personal data in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
1. Introduction & General Terms
At RoCS, we are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy relates to our use of any personal information we collect from you:
– via following online services:
– via any Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or any similar technology that may communicate with your (mobile) device. This includes collecting unique online identifiers such as IP addresses, MAC addresses, which are numbers that can uniquely identify terminal equipment such as a specific computer, handset, tablet or other network device on the Internet.
This Privacy Policy also relates to our use of any personal information you may provide to us by phone, SMS, email, in letters or other correspondence, in person and through copies of your personal information obtained from your identity card or your residence permit (but excluding your national number).
To provide you with the full range of services, we sometimes need to collect information about you.
This Privacy Policy explains the following:
RoCS is committed to safeguarding your personal information. Whenever you provide such information, we are legally obliged to use your information in line with the EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereafter the “GDPR”). Please note that, no website can be completely secure.
RoCS website contain hyperlinks to website owned and operated by third parties. These third-party websites have their own privacy policies, and are also likely to use cookies, and we therefore urge you to review them. Their policies will govern the use of personal information you submit, or which may be collected by cookies, when visiting such websites. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of third-party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.
When you access or sign-up to any of RoCS’s services, for example newsletters, chats with our social media accounts, message boards, web and mobile notifications, we may receive personal information about you.
This can consist of personal information you have provided to us such as, for example, your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number, gender or date of birth, personal interests (e.g. what newsletters you have read), as well as general (aggregate, non-personal) information collected about the way in which visitors make use of RoCS online services.
If you are the parent or guardian of a child under (16), we may process limited personal data about you so that you can give consent for the child to access some RoCS services. We may use your contact details to communicate with you about the child’s account or use of services.
Please note that sometimes we will require you to provide additional personal information. When we do this we will provide further information about why we are collecting your information and how we will use it.
Please note that any information that is not required by the particular service you have opted to use will not be retained by RoCS.
RoCS will use your personal information for a number of purposes including the following:
Where RoCS proposes using your personal information for purposes not mentioned above we will notify you first.
RoCS may contact you:
RoCS will not sell or rent your information to third parties and will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Generally, we will use your information within RoCS and will only share it outside RoCS where you have requested it or given your consent, except:
– where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to government bodies or law enforcement agencies, including for child protection reasons) by a court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime, or
– if RoCS or its affiliate ceases to be the data controller in respect of your personal information through the operation of a merger, acquisition or any change of control
We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents subcontractors and other associated organizations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf (for example to send you mailings). However, when we use third party service providers, we disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service. In addition, our contracts with such third-party service providers require them to keep your information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. We will not release your information to third parties for them to use for their own direct marketing purposes, unless you have requested us to do so.
If you post or send content which may reasonably be deemed to be offensive, inappropriate or objectionable anywhere on or to RoCS websites, social media pages, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behavior on any RoCS service, RoCS may remove such content.
Where RoCS reasonably believes that you are or may be in breach of any applicable laws, for example on hate speech, RoCS may disclose your personal information to relevant third parties, including to law enforcement agencies or your internet provider. RoCS would only do so in circumstances where such disclosure is permitted under applicable laws, including data protection law.
If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent/guardian’s permission before you provide any personal information to RoCS.
You have the right to restrict and the right to object to the use of your personal data; the right to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data and the right to request deletion of your personal data.
In any case, you can exercise your rights by contacting us. You may also adjust your communication preferences or opt out of communications at any time by clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of any e-mail, following instructions provided in the communication or changing your preferences within your account or by sending us an e-mail.
You have the right to portability of your personal data. All personal data you directly submitted to RoCS, can be sent to you or any third party, at your request.
Under the GDPR you have the right to access to and the right to correct the personal information RoCS holds. These rights can be exercised by contacting us directly, who will then use reasonable efforts consistent with our legal duty, to supply, correct or delete personal information about you that may be held on our files.
We will endeavour to provide you with access to your personal information wherever possible.
a) What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes a unique identifier that is sent to your computer, tablet or mobile phone (all referred to here as a “device”) web browser from a website’s computer and is stored on your device’s hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your web browser if your browser’s preferences allow it.
Many websites do this whenever a user visits their website in order to track online traffic flows. Similar technologies are also often used within emails to understand whether the email has been read or if any links have been clicked. To inform you fully, RoCS will ask your consent for the receipt of cookies. However, you can change your cookie settings at any times in your web-browser (see our Cookies Policy below for more information).
On RoCS websites, cookies record information about your online preferences and allow us to tailor our websites to your interests.
b) RoCS cookies and how to reject cookies?
RoCS’s Cookies Policy which contains full information about how RoCS uses cookies, and which explains how to control what cookies are set on your device through RoCS websites, can be found on our website.
It is important to note that if you change your settings and block certain cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of some features of RoCS services, and we might not be able to provide some features you have previously chosen to receive.
c) Other information collected from web browsers
Your web browser may also provide RoCS with information about your device, such as an IP address and details about the browser that you are using.
If you have any concerns about the way that we use cookies or respect your settings, please contact us.
DNT is a feature offered by some browsers which, when enabled, sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing is not tracked, such as by third party ad networks, social networks and analytic companies. Our websites do not currently respond to DNT requests.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check it each time you submit personal information to RoCS. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use RoCS websites or Apps to submit personal information to RoCS.
As part of the services offered to you through the RoCS websites, the information which you provide to us may be transferred to countries outside the European Union (“EU”). By way of example, this may happen if any of our servers are from time to time located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have similar data protection laws to Italy. By submitting your personal data, you are agreeing to this transfer, storing or processing. If we transfer your information outside of the EU in this way, we will take steps to ensure that appropriate security measures are taken with the aim of ensuring that your privacy rights as set out in this Policy continue to be protected.
If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with those services.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact us.
This Cookies Policy provides further information about several types of computer and mobile cookies and why we use them. The information below is intended to give you a better understanding of what cookies are and what role they play when you use our mobile application.
A cookie is a small file that is placed on the device used by a visitor to a website to facilitate the communication between the visitor’s device (whether a computer, smartphone, video-games console or other device) and the site server. In this limited sense the cookie fulfills the role of a simple ‘witness’ to the web-site/visitor exchange by storing certain information.
Thereafter, technological developments have allowed the purposes of cookies to be extended to, for example: performance of the site, user statistics for the site, remembering preferences and in some cases targeted advertising.
In this broader sense, the word ‘cookie’ refers to all the files that store extracts of the information conveyed or generated during exchanges between a site and its visitors, whether they are stored on the visitor’s device or on a server. It is in this wider sense that the term is used here.
Cookies help us improve our site and provide a better and more personalized service to you, by, for example, storing information about how you are using our website, which pages you visit the most. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the settings of your internet browser. However, if You select such settings certain parts of our site may not work or may not work as well.
a) What information do we collect?
The information we collect may consist of IP addresses, browser version, number of visits, which pages You visit, and Your viewing preferences. Information about the duration of the cookies that we usually use can be found here.
During the course of any visit to RoCS’s website, the pages you see, along with a cookie, are downloaded to your device. Many websites do this, because cookies enable website publishers to do useful things like find out whether the device (and probably its user) has visited the website before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
b) How does RoCS use cookies?
Information supplied by cookies can help us to better understand our visitors and improve your user experience.
c) Third-Party Cookies in embedded content on RoCS pages
Please note that during your visits to the RoCS website you may notice some embedded content that is not itself related to RoCS. This may include Twitter and LinkedIn icons. When you visit a page containing such content via an embedded link, you may be served with third-party cookies that may track your use of RoCS’s website. RoCS does not control the provision of such cookies and you should check the relevant third-party’s privacy and cookies policies for more information. Nevertheless, we will always ask your permission regarding the use of these Third-Party Cookies.
There are many websites, which contain extensive information on what cookies are and how they work. For example, you can find out more about cookies and changing your cookie settings by visiting: www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Where RoCS embeds content from social media and other third-party websites, some websites may use Google Analytics to collect data about user behaviour for their own purposes. RoCS does not control this. For more information, see the Google webpage “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” on www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies but, if you do not want to receive cookies, you can change your browser settings to notify you when cookies are sent or you can reject the cookies altogether. To do so you may, for example, consult:
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042?locale=en_GB
Please note that if you continue to browse our site after receiving and accepting our notification about cookies this implies your continued consent for our use of cookies.
You may withdraw your approval for our use of cookies at any time. If you want to restrict or block cookies which are set on your device, you can do this by using your browser settings; the help function of your browser can tell you how. You can also use your browser settings to remove cookies that have been installed. However, please note that if you select such browser settings, you may not be able to access our website or its functionality may be limited as a result.
If you would like to unsubscribe (Opt-out) from third-party cookies related to behavioural advertising, please visit www.youronlinechoices.eu. Note that opting out does not mean you will not receive online ads anymore. It does mean that the company or companies you have left through opt-out will no longer deliver marketing tailored to your web preferences and usage patterns.
Your web browser may also provide RoCS with information about your device, such as an IP address and details about the browser that you are using.
If you have any concerns about the way that we use cookies or respect your settings, please contact us at the email address project.rocs@gmail.com. We can answer any related questions to EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance.
DNT is a feature offered by some browsers which, when enabled, sends a signal to websites to request that your browsing is not tracked, such as by third-party ad networks, social networks and analytic companies. Our websites do not currently respond to DNT requests.
a) User experience cookies
Category 1: Strictly Required Cookies
These cookies are essential to enable you to move on the website and use its features, such as access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services that you ask, like all shopping cart items, cannot be provided. We do not use these cookies to collect information about you, which can be used to sketch a profile, to advertise or to remember where you have been on the internet.
Category 2: Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. For example, which pages visitors visit the most, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that you identify as a visitor. All information gathering these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Category 3: Functional Cookies
These cookies remember the choices you make like the country you visit our website and the language you speak or region you are in. These can then be used to give you an experience that looks more on your selections and to make the selections more tailor made and enjoyable. The information collected by these cookies can be anonymized and these cookies cannot track your browser activity on other websites.
b) Third party cookies
Category 4: Targeting cookies or advertising cookies
These cookies collect information about your browsing habits to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit both the number of times you see an ad and how to measure the effectiveness of an ad campaign. The cookies are usually placed by third party advertising networks with the approval of the website operator. They remember the websites you visit weekly and that information is shared with other parties like advertisers. Quite often, targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to the site functionality provided by the other organization.
Category 5: Social Media Cookies
These cookies allow you to share what you have done on the website on social media such as Twitter or LinkedIn. We have no control over these cookies. This information can be linked to targeting / advertising activities. We would like to refer you to the relevant social media privacy policies to read how their cookies work. Third party cookies are not used unless you allow their use.
We reserve the right to modify, or otherwise update this Cookies Policy to take account of best practice at any time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the date that appears at the top of the Cookies Policy. Feel free to contact us any time for additional information: project.rocs@gmail.com
Last Updated on 30 October 2020