PRIVACY POLICY AND DECLARATION OF CONSENT TO PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING UNDER ART. 13 OF EU REGULATION NO. 679/2016 OF 27 APRIL 2016
This policy is issued under art. 13 of Regulation EU 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and in respect of the regulations on personal data processing, as well as on the free movement of such data.
This policy refers to the METID – Learning Innovation website ("METID"), offered by Politecnico di Milano ("Polimi"). This privacy policy is for the METID website ("Website") and provides information to its users by electronic means and belongs to the metid.polimi.it domain.
Data controller
Politecnico di Milano - Director General, delegated by the Pro-tempore Rector – e-mail: dirgen@polimi.it dirgen@polimi.it
Data protection officer and contacts
Data supplied voluntarily by the user
The optional, express and voluntary sending of emails to the addresses indicated in this website implies the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, which is required to answer his/her requests, and any other personal data included in the message. Any personal data supplied voluntarily by users will be processed to execute the Politecnico di Milano – METID activities, subject to the limits laid down in laws and regulations and in accordance with the general principles of transparency, fairness and confidentiality.
Purpose of the personal data processing and data storage period
Personal data is processed according to all purposes related to design and delivery of METID website, that include purposes related to monitoring, analyzing and assessing the use of the website.
Data storage period: 5 years.
Cookies
METID uses cookies, small data files that are stored on user’s computer when user accesses the website or parts thereof.
Third-party monitoring cookies
METID website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google”); Google Analytics uses cookies to collect statistics about site usage and performance. These cookies cannot be used to identify individuals. The information generated by cookies (including anonymised IP addresses) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Cookies used by Google Analytics are listed below:
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Cookie name |
Expires |
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__ga |
2 years |
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__gat |
1 day |
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__gid |
1 day |
By using METID website, you consent to the processing of your data on the part of Google for the procedures and purposes indicated.
According to the terms of service in place, Google will use this information, as the independent data controller, for the purpose of tracking and examining your use of the website, compiling reports on the website’s activities for the website operators and providing other services relating to the website’s activities, device and browser used etc. and where visitors have come to METID website from. Google may also transfer this information to third parties in the event this is obligatory by law and where said third parties process the aforementioned information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
To consult the privacy policy of the Google company concerning the Google Analytics service, please visit the website http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.
Google’s privacy policy can be found here: http://www.google.com/intl/it/privacy/privacy-policy.html.
Google Analytics cookies can be disabled without any negative impact on the browsing of METID website by using this Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (see 4.2 Disabling only Google Analytics cookies).
How to disable cookies
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your settings to disable this function. It is possible to block all types of cookies or agree to receive only some and disable others. The "Options" or "Preferences" sections in the browser menu allow you to prevent the use of cookies and other user tracking technologies, and to obtain notifications from the browser when these technologies are being implemented. Alternatively, you can also consult the "Help" section of the toolbar present in most browsers.
You can select the browser you use from the list below and follow the instructions:
For more information on cookies and their general functions, visit a helpful website such as www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.garanteprivacy.it/faq/cookie.
Disabling cookies may limit your ability to use the website and prevent you from taking full advantage of its features and services.
Privacy contact point: privacy@polimi.it
Rights of data subjects
As a data subject, you can request at any time from the Data Controller:
- confirmation of the existence or non-existence of personal data concerning you;
- access to your personal data and related information;
- rectification of inaccurate data or integration of incomplete data;
- deletion of personal data concerning you (upon the occurrence of one of the conditions indicated in Art. 17, para. 1 of the Regulation and in compliance with the exceptions provided in para. 3 of the same article);
- restriction of the processing of your personal data (in the occurrence of one of the cases indicated in Art. 18, para. 1 of the Regulation);
- anonymization or blocking of data processed in violation of the law, including those for which retention is not necessary in relation to the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed.
As a data subject, you also have the right to object, in whole or in part, for legitimate reasons, to the processing of personal data concerning you, even if pertinent to the purpose of collection.
These rights can be exercised by contacting the privacy contact point at privacy@polimi.it.
If you believe that your rights have been violated by the Data Controller and/or a third party, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority and/or another competent supervisory authority under the Regulation.
Effective date: 23 February 2026