Privacy notice under Article 13 of the GDPR

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This notice explains which data tartarughedacqua.it processes, for what purposes, for how long, and the choices and rights you have as a visitor or someone submitting an editorial proposal.

Last updated: 1 October 2026

Data controller and contact details

The data controller is The Guardians of the Earth Foundation ETS. For information about data processing and to exercise your rights, write to info@icustodidellaterra.org.

This page applies to tartarughedacqua.it. Websites reached through links, including the Foundation’s other projects, provide information about their own services.

The website provides informational content without requiring an account. Hosting systems may record IP addresses, dates and times, requested resources, response outcomes and technical browser information to deliver pages, diagnose errors and prevent abuse.

Processing is connected to providing the requested service and ensuring website security. Technical data should be retained for as long as necessary for these purposes, in accordance with the hosting service’s rotation cycles and documented needs arising from an incident or legal obligation.

When you contact the editorial team

The email link opens your email application: the website does not collect your message through a form. The Foundation receives the sender’s address and whatever you choose to write, in order to handle and respond to the request. Sending a message is optional; without contact details, a reply is not possible.

Limit your message to relevant information. Do not send personal health data, identity documents, other people’s data or images of minors. An editorial proposal only needs a summary and sources; any publication rights are agreed separately.

Messages are processed to respond to your request, not to subscribe you to newsletters or send advertising. They are retained for the time needed to manage correspondence and any documented need to protect rights or meet obligations. You can contact the Foundation to ask about the criteria applied to your request.

Google Analytics 4 helps us understand which pages are read and how people browse the site. It is optional and starts only after you choose “Accept statistics”. Before that choice, after rejection and on pages excluded from measurement, the site does not load the Google tag or send measurement requests to Google.

With consent, we process pseudonymous browser identifiers, pages visited, language, browser and device information, the referring site’s domain only and approximate geographical location. We also record the source, medium and name of editorial campaigns in the approved catalogue, scrolling to 90%, clicks on external links and the Foundation’s contact and support links, and clicks on the four institutional PDFs. A click does not prove a completed download, a sent message or a completed donation. We do not send names, email addresses, form contents, link text or referring website paths and parameters. Page parameters are excluded from the addresses sent; visits with parameters other than approved campaigns are not measured. Pseudonymous data is not anonymous data. We do not use this integration for advertising, Google Signals, newsletters or to identify the same person across the Foundation’s three websites. Automatic enhanced measurement remains disabled.

The legal basis is consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You can read the content if you choose “Reject” or close the panel without accepting. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using “Cookie preferences” at the bottom of the page. Withdrawal stops subsequent measurement and removes this site’s Analytics cookies; it does not retroactively invalidate processing already carried out on the basis of consent.

Your preference is stored in the browser for 180 days. After acceptance, the first-party cookies _ga and _ga_<identifier> may distinguish your browser and maintain session state. They are configured to last no longer than 180 days from your choice, without automatic renewal on each visit. This integration does not set advertising cookies. Clearing your browser’s data may cause the choice panel to appear again.

Analytics retention for user-level and event-level data is set to 2 months, without resetting the period when new activity occurs. Aggregate reports may follow different retention periods: this setting does not mean that all statistical summaries are deleted after 2 months.

Google processes service data on the Foundation’s behalf under the data processing terms applicable to Google Analytics. Processing may involve transfers outside the European Economic Area, including to the United States. The provider’s terms describe subprocessors and the mechanisms provided for transfers. The rights and Foundation contact details set out in this notice remain available.

Statistics section updated: 9 October 2026. Extended measurement requires renewed acceptance; previous refusals that are still valid continue to be respected.

The site does not load fonts from external services or embed third-party donation platforms or videos.

Data access and service providers

Correspondence is intended for the Foundation and the people authorised to handle it. Technical hosting and email services participate in processing within the scope of their respective tasks. Data is not published automatically and is not sold.

An author’s attribution, name, profile and materials require a specific editorial agreement before any publication. For clarification about providers and the safeguards applicable to processing, use the contact details above.

Your rights

Where the GDPR provides for it, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction and portability, and object to processing. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Write to info@icustodidellaterra.org and specify your request. You can also contact the Italian Data Protection Authority.

Families and updates

The content can be read together with children; contact with the editorial team must be handled by an adult. Decisions about animal care remain an adult responsibility.

This notice is updated when services and processing activities change. The date at the beginning identifies the version of the text.