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Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of Vatican Hill Tours data subject. The processing of personal data, such as the name, address, e-mail address, or telephone number of a data subject shall always be in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and by the
country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Vatican Hill Tours. Using this data protection declaration, our enterprise would like to inform the general public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data we collect, use, and process. Furthermore, data subjects are informed, using this data protection declaration, of the rights to which they are entitled.
As the controller, Vatican Hill Tours has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure
the most complete protection of personal data processed through this website. However, Internet-based data
transmissions may in principle have security gaps, so absolute protection may not be guaranteed. For this reason,
every data subject is free to transfer personal data to us via alternative means, e.g. by telephone.
1. Definitions
The data protection declaration of Vatican Hill Tours is based on the terms used by the European legislator for
the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be legible
and understandable for the general public, as well as our customers and business partners. To ensure this,
we would like to first explain the terminology used.
In this data protection declaration, we use, inter alia, the following terms:
a) Personal data
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”).
An identifiable natural person can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an
an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors
specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that
natural person.
b) the Data subject
The data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person, whose personal data is processed by the
the controller responsible for the processing.
c) Processing
Processing is any operation or set of operations that are performed on personal data or sets of personal data,
whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation
or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making
available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
d) Restriction of processing
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data to limit their processing in the future.
e) Profiling
Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to
evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular, to analyze or predict aspects
concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences,
interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.
f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be
attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information provided that such additional
information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organizational measures to ensure that the
personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing
The controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority,
agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing
of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law,
the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.
h) Processor
A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body which processes personal data on
behalf of the controller.
i) Recipient
The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or another body, to which the personal data
are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in
the framework of a particular inquiry by Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as
recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall comply with the applicable
data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing.
j) Third party
A third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject,
controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorized
to process personal data.
k) Consent
Consent of the data subject is any freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous indication of the data
subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the
processing of personal data relating to him or her.
2. Name and Address of the controller
Controller for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), other data protection laws applicable in
Member states of the European Union and other provisions related to data protection are:
info@vaticanhilltours.com
3. Cookies
The Internet pages of Vatican Hill Tours use cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in a computer system
via an Internet browser.
Many Internet sites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique
identifier of the cookie. It consists of a character string through which Internet pages and servers can be
assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. He allows visited Internet sites
and servers to differentiate the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain
other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognized and identified using the unique cookie ID.
Through the use of cookies, Vatican Hill Tours can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly
services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.
Using a cookie, the information and offers on our website can be optimized with the user in mind. Cookies allow us,
as previously mentioned, to recognize our website users. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for
users to utilize our website. The website user that uses cookies e.g. does not have to enter access data each time
the website is accessed, because this is taken over by the website, and the cookie is thus stored on the user's
computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping cart in an online shop. The online store remembers
the articles that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping cart via a cookie.
The data subject may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies through our website using a corresponding
setting of the Internet browser used, and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already
set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in
all popular Internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used,
not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
4. Collection of general data and information
The website of Vatican Hill Tours collects a series of general data and information when a data subject or
automated system calls up the website.
This general data and information are stored in the server log files. Collected may be (1) the browser types
and versions used, (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the website from which an
the accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrers), (4) the sub-websites, (5) the date and time of
access to the Internet site, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider
of the accessing the system, and (8) any other similar data and information that may be used in the event of
attacks on our information technology systems.
When using these general data and information, Vatican Hill Tours does not draw any conclusions about the data
subject. Rather, this information is needed to (1) deliver the content of our website correctly, (2) optimize
the content of our website as well as its advertisement, (3) ensure the long-term viability of our information
technology systems and website technology, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information
necessary for criminal prosecution in case of a cyber-attack. Therefore, Vatican Hill Tours analyzes anonymously
collected data and information statistically, to increase the data protection and data security of our enterprise
and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log
files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.
5. Registration on our website
The data subject can register on the website of the controller with the indication of personal data. Which
personal data are transmitted to the controller is determined by the respective input mask used for the
registration. The personal data entered by the data subject are collected and stored exclusively for internal
use by the controller, and his purposes. The controller may request transfer to one or more processors
(e.g. a parcel service) that also uses personal data for an internal purpose which is attributable to the
controller. By registering on the website of the controller, the IP address—assigned by the Internet service
provider (ISP) and used by the data subject—date, and time of the registration are also stored. The storage of
this data takes place against the background that this is the only way to prevent the misuse of our services,
and, if necessary, to make it possible to investigate committed offenses. Insofar as the storage of this data
is necessary to secure the controller. This data is not passed on to third parties unless there is a statutory
obligation to pass on the data, or if the transfer serves the aim of criminal prosecution.
The registration of the data subject, with the voluntary indication of personal data, is intended to enable the
controller to offer the data subject contents or services that may only be offered to registered users due too
the nature of the matter in question. Registered persons are free to change the personal data specified during
the registration at any time, or to have them completely deleted from the data stock of the controller.
The data controller shall, at any time, provide information upon request to each data subject as to what personal
data are stored about the data subject. In addition, the data controller shall correct or erase personal data at
the request or indication of the data subject, insofar as there are no statutory storage obligations. The entirety
of the controller’s employees is available to the data subject in this respect as to
contact persons.
6. Subscription to our newsletters
On the website of Vatican Hill Tours, users are allowed to subscribe to our enterprise's newsletter. The input
the mask used for this purpose determines what personal data are transmitted, as well as when the newsletter is
ordered from the controller.
Vatican Hill Tours informs its customers and business partners regularly using a newsletter about enterprise
offers.
The enterprise's newsletter may only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail
address and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter shipping. A confirmation e-mail will be sent to
the e-mail address registered by a data subject for the first time for newsletter shipping, for legal reasons,
in the double-opt-in procedure. This confirmation e-mail is used to prove whether the owner of the e-mail
address as the data subject is authorized to receive the newsletter.
During the registration for the newsletter, we also store the IP address of the computer system assigned by the
Internet service provider (ISP) and used by the data subject at the time of the registration, as well as the date
and time of the registration. The collection of this data is necessary to understand the (possible) misuse of the
e-mail address of a data subject at a later date, and it, therefore, serves the aim of the legal protection of the
controller.
The personal data collected as part of a registration for the newsletter will only be used to send our newsletter. In addition,
subscribers to the newsletter may be informed by e-mail, as long as this is necessary for the operation of the
newsletter service or a registration in question, as this could be the case in the event of modifications to the
newsletter offer, or the event of a change in technical circumstances. There will be no transfer of personal data
collected by the newsletter service to third parties. The subscription to our newsletter may be terminated by
the data subject at any time. The consent to the storage of personal data, which the data subject has given for
shipping the newsletter, may be revoked at any time. For revocation of consent, a corresponding link is found in
each newsletter. It is also possible to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time directly on the website of
the controller or to communicate this to the controller in a different way.
7. Newsletter-Tracking
The newsletter of Vatican Hill Tours contains so-called tracking pixels. A tracking pixel is a miniature
graphic embedded in such e-mails, which are sent in HTML format to enable log file recording and analysis.
This allows a statistical analysis of the success or failure of online marketing campaigns. Based on the embedded
tracking pixel, Vatican Hill Tours may see if and when an e-mail was opened by a data subject, and which links
in the e-mail were called up by data subjects. Such personal data collected in the tracking pixels contained
in the newsletters are stored and analyzed by the controller to optimize the shipping of the newsletter, as well
as to adapt the content of future newsletters even better to the interests of the data subject. These personal
data will not be passed on to third parties. Data subjects are at any time entitled to revoke the respective
separate declaration of consent issued using the double-opt-in procedure. After a revocation, these personal
data will be deleted by the controller. Vatican Hill Tours automatically regards a withdrawal from the receipt
of the newsletter as a revocation.
8. Contact possibility via the website
The website of Vatican Hill Tours contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our enterprise,
as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic
mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal
data transmitted by the data subject are automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a
data subject to the data controller are stored for processing or contacting the data subject. There is no transfer
of this personal data to third parties.
9. Routine erasure and blocking of personal data
The data controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period necessary
to achieve the purpose of storage, or as far as this is granted by the European legislator or other legislators
in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.If the storage purpose is not applicable, or if a
storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, personal data are
routinely blocked or erased by legal requirements.
10. Rights of the data subject
a) Right of confirmation
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the
confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject
wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, the controller.
b) Right of access
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller free
information about his or her data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore,
the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the
following information:
the purposes of the processing; the categories of personal data concerned; the recipients or categories of
recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries
or international organizations; where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored,
or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period; the existence of the right to request from the
controller rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning
the data subject, or to object to such processing; the existence of the right to complain about a supervisory
authority; where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to
their source; the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Articles 22(1) and
(4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the
significance and envisaged consequences of such
processing for the data subject. Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to
whether personal data are transferred to a third country or an international organization. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating too
the transfer. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time,
contact the controller.
c) Right to rectification
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller without
undue delay in the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the
purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have to have incomplete personal data completed, including
using providing a supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact the
controller.
d) Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller the
erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and the controller shall have the obligation
to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds
applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:
The personal data are no longer necessary about the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the
GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2)of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.
The data subject objects to the processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate
grounds for the processing or the data subject objects to the processing under Article
21(2) of the GDPR.The personal data have been unlawfully processed.
The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which
the controller is subject. The personal data have been collected about the offer of information society services
referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.
If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data
stored by Vatican Hill Tours,
he or she may, at any time, contact the controller. An employee of Vatican Hill Tours shall promptly ensure that
the erasure request is complied with immediately.
Where the controller has made personal data public and is obliged under Article 17(1) to erase the personal data,
the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation shall take reasonable steps,
including technical measures, to inform other controllers processing the personal data that the data subject has
requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data, as far
as processing is not required. An employee of Vatican Hill Tours will arrange the necessary measures in individual
cases.
e) Right of restriction of processing
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from the controller
restriction of processing where one of the following applies:
The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling the controller to
verify the accuracy of the personal data.
The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the
restriction of their use.
The controller no longer needs the personal data for the processing, but they are required by the data subject
for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.
The data subject has objected to processing under Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification of whether
the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the
processing of personal data stored by Vatican Hill Tours he or she may at any time contact the controller.
An employee of Vatican Hill Tours will arrange the restriction of the processing.
f) Right to data portability
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning
him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. He or
she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to
which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent under point (a) of Article
6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract under point (b) of Article 6(1)
of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for
the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or the exercise of official authority vested in
the controller.
Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability under Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject
shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically
feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
To assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact Vatican Hill Tours.
g) Right to object
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or
her particular situation, at any time, the processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on
point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions. Vatican Hill
Tours shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection unless we can demonstrate compelling
legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights, and freedoms of the data subject, or
for the establishment, exercise or
defense of legal claims.
If Vatican Hill Tours processes personal data for direct marketing purposes, the data subject shall have the
right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him or her for such marketing. This
applies to profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing. If the data subject objects to
Vatican Hill Tours to the processing for direct marketing purposes, Vatican Hill Tours will no longer
process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject has the right, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to object
to the processing of personal data concerning him or her by Italy With Us di Gentile Patrick for scientific or
historical research purposes, or statistical purposes under Article 89(1) of the GDPR, unless the processing is
necessary for the performance of a task carried out for reasons of public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact Vatican Hill Tours. In addition, the data subject
is free in the context of the use of information society services and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC,
to use his or her right to object by automated means using technical specifications.
h) Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based
solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, as long as the decision
(1) is not is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data
controller, or (2) is not authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also
lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests,
or (3) are not based on the data subject's explicit consent.
If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is
based on the data subject's explicit consent, Italy With Us di Gentile Patrick shall implement suitable measures
to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human
intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.
If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may,
at any time, contact Vatican Hill Tours.
i) Right to withdraw data protection consent
Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to the
processing of his or her data at any time. If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent,
he or she may, at any time, Vatican Hill Tours.
11. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Facebook
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the enterprise Facebook. Facebook is a social network.
A social network is a place for social meetings on the Internet, an online community, which usually allows users too
communicate with each other and interact in a virtual space. A social network may serve as a platform for the
exchange of opinions and experiences, or enable the Internet community to provide personal or business-related
information. Facebook allows social network users to include the creation of private profiles, upload photos, and
network through friend requests.
The operating company of Facebook is Facebook, Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States. If a person
lives outside of the United States or Canada, the controller is Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square,
Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet website, which is operated by the controller and
into which a Facebook component (Facebook plug-ins) was integrated, the web browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download
display of the corresponding Facebook component from Facebook through the Facebook component. An overview of all
the Facebook Plug-ins may be accessed under https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/. During this technical
procedure, Facebook is made aware of what specific sub-site of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook, Facebook detects with every call-up to our website
by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-site of our
The Internet page was visited by the data subject. This information is collected through the Facebook component
and associated with the respective Facebook account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the
Facebook buttons integrated into our website, e.g. the "Like" button, or if the data subject submits a comment, then
Facebook matches this information with the personal Facebook user account of the data subject and stores the
personal data.
Facebook always receives, through the Facebook component, information about a visit to our website by the data
subject, whenever the data subject is logged in at the same time on Facebook during the time of the call-up to our
website. This occurs regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Facebook component or not.
If such a transmission of information to Facebook is not desirable for the data subject, then he or she may
prevent this by logging off from their Facebook account before a call-up to our website is made.
The data protection guideline published by Facebook, which is available at https://facebook.com/about/privacy/,
provides information about the collection, processing, and use of personal data by Facebook. In addition, it is
explained there what setting options Facebook offers to protect the privacy of the data subject. In addition,
different configuration options are made available to allow the elimination of data transmission to Facebook.
These applications may be used by the data subject to eliminate a data transmission to Facebook.
12. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)
On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function).
Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about
the behavior of visitors to websites.
A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called
referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics
are mainly used for the optimization of a website and to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.
The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351,
The United States.
For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application "_gat. _anonymizeIp". Using this
application the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymized
when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement
on the European Economic Area.
The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected
data and information, inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning
the use of our Internet site for us.
Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of
cookies is explained above.
With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of
the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics
component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will
automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for online advertising and the settlement of
commissions to Google. During this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal
information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the
origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.
The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was
made, and the frequency of visits of our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site,
such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted
to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of
America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.
The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time using a
corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an
adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information
technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at
any time via a web browser or other software programs.
In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by
Google Analytics, which is related too the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google
and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the
link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics
through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to
Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information
technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must
reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by
the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence or is disabled, it is
possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html.
Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.
13. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Instagram
On this website, the controller has integrated components of the service Instagram. Instagram is a service that
may be qualified as to an audiovisual platform, which allows users to share photos and videos, as well as
disseminate such data on other social networks. The operating company of the services offered by Instagram is
Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and
on which an Instagram component (Insta button) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted too download a display of the corresponding Instagram component
of Instagram. During this technical procedure, Instagram
becomes aware of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in at the same time on Instagram, Instagram detects with every call-up to our website
by the data subject—and for the entire duration of their stay on our Internet site—which specific sub-page of our
Internet page was visited by the data subject.
This information is collected through the Instagram component and is associated with the respective Instagram
account of the data subject. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated on our website,
then Instagram matches this information with the personal The Instagram user account of the data subject and stores
the personal data.
Instagram receives information via the Instagram component that the data subject has visited our website provided
that the data subject is logged in at Instagram at the time of the call to our website. This occurs regardless of
whether the person clicks on the Instagram button or not. If such a transmission of information to Instagram is
not desirable for the data subject, then he or she can prevent this by logging off from their Instagram
account before a call-up to our website is made.
Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Instagram may be retrieved under
https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
14. Data protection provisions about the application and use of YouTube
On this website, the controller has integrated components of YouTube. YouTube is an Internet video portal
that enables video publishers to set video clips and other users free of charge, which also provides
free viewing, review, and commenting on them. YouTube allows you to publish all kinds of videos, so you can
access both full movies and TV broadcasts, as well as music videos, trailers, and videos made by users via
the Internet portal.
The operating company of YouTube is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, UNITED STATES. YouTube,
LLC is a subsidiary of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, UNITED STATES.
With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and
on which a YouTube component (YouTube video) was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology
system of the data subject is automatically prompted to download a display of the corresponding YouTube component.
Further information about YouTube may be obtained under https://www.youtube.com/yt/about/en/. During this technical
procedure, YouTube and Google gain knowledge of what specific sub-page of our website was visited by the data subject.
If the data subject is logged in on YouTube, YouTube recognizes with each call-up to a sub-page that contains a
YouTube video, which specific sub-page of our Internet site was visited by the data subject. This information is
collected by YouTube and Google and assigned to the respective YouTube account of the data subject.
YouTube and Google will receive information through the YouTube component that the data subject has visited our
website, if the data subject at the time of the call to our website is logged in on YouTube; this occurs
regardless of whether the person clicks on a YouTube video or not. If such a transmission of this information to
YouTube and Google is not desirable for the data subject, the delivery may be prevented if the data subject logs
off from their own YouTube account before a call-up to our website is made.
YouTube's data protection provisions, available at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/,
provide information about the collection,processing and use of personal data by YouTube and Google.
15. Payment Method: Data protection provisions about the use of Stripe as a payment processor
On this website, the controller has integrated components of Stripe. Stripe is an online payment service provider.
Stripe can process virtual payments through credit cards. Stripe makes it possible to trigger online payments
to third parties or to receive payments.
The operating company of Stripe is Stripe, Inc. 185 Berry Street, Suite 550 San Francisco, CA 94107
When the data subject uses "Stripe" as the payment option in the online shop during the ordering process,
we automatically transmit the data of the data subject to Stripe. By selecting this payment option, the data
subject agrees to the transfer of personal data required for payment processing.
The personal data transmitted to Stripe is usually first name, last name, address, email address, IP address,
telephone number, mobile phone number, or other data necessary for payment processing. The processing of the purchase contract also requires such personal data, which are in connection
with the respective order.
The transmission of the data is aimed at payment processing and fraud prevention. The controller will transfer
personal data to Stripe, in particular, if a legitimate interest in the transmission is given. The personal
data exchanged between Stripe and the controller for the processing of the data will be transmitted by Stripe
to economic credit agencies. This transmission is intended for identity and creditworthiness checks.
Stripe will, if necessary, pass on personal data to affiliates and service providers or subcontractors to
the extent that this is necessary to fulfill contractual obligations or for data to be processed in the order.
The data subject can revoke consent for the handling of personal data at any time from Stripe.
A revocation shall not have any effect on personal data which must be processed, used or transmitted by
(contractual) payment processing.
The applicable data protection provisions of Stripe may be retrieved under https://stripe.com/it/privacy.
16. Order fulfillment
To fulfill a customer order, the following data will be processed and stored by Vatican Hill Tours:
Full name
Email address
Phone number
IP address
17. Legal basis for the processing
Art. 6(1) lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis for processing operations for which we obtain consent for a
specific processing purpose.
If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a
party, as is the case, for example, when processing operations are necessary for the supply of goods to too provide
any other service, the processing is based on Article 6(1) litGDPR. The same applies to such processing operations
which are necessary for carrying out pre-contractual measures, for example in the case of inquiries concerning our
products or services. Is our company subject to a legal obligation by which processing of
personal data is required,
such as for the fulfillment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art? 6(1) lit. c GDPR. In rare cases,
the processing of personal data may be necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another
natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor were injured in our company and his name, age,
health insurance data or other vital information, would have to be passed on to a doctor, hospital or another
third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6(1) lit. d GDPR. Finally,
processing operations could be based on Article 6(1) lit. b GDPR. This legal basis is used for processing
operations that are not covered by any of the abovementioned
legal grounds if the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by our company or by a third
party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the
data subject which require protection of personal data. Such processing operations are particularly permissible
because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. He considered that a legitimate interest
could be assumed if the data subject is a client of the controller (Recital 47 Sentence 2 GDPR).
18. The legitimate interests pursued by the controller or by a third party
Where the processing of personal data is based on Article 6(1) lit. f GDPR our legitimate interest is to carry out
our business in favor of the well-being of all our employees and the shareholders.
19. Period for which the personal data will be stored
The criteria used to determine the period of storage of personal data is the respective statutory retention period.
After the expiration of that period, the corresponding data is routinely deleted, as long as it is no longer
necessary for the fulfillment of the contract or the initiation of a contract.
20. Provision of personal data as a statutory or contractual requirement; Requirement necessary to enter into
a contract; Obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of failure to
provide such data.
We clarify that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or can also
result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary
to conclude a contract that the data subject provides us with personal data, which must subsequently be processed
by us. The data subject is, for example, obliged to provide us with personal data when our company signs a
contract with him or her. The non-provision of the personal data would have the consequence that the contract
with the data subject could not be concluded. Before personal data is provided by the data subject, the data
subject must contact any employee.
The employee clarifies to the data subject whether the provision of the personal data is required by law or
contract or is necessary for the conclusion of the contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal
data, and the consequences of non-provision of personal data.
21. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we do not use automatic decision-making or profiling.