PRIVACY POLICY

on (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR") is aimed at ensuring that the treatment of your personal data is carried out in compliance with the rights, fundamental freedoms and the dignity of the person, with particular reference to privacy and personal identity.

The website https://www.pssworldwide.org including the domains and applications associated with it, are managed by Dive Italia S.r.l..

Dive Italia Srl observes the legal provisions governing the protection, legal field, privacy and security of personal data. The data is collected in a secure database that is accessed only for the purposes listed in the Privacy Policy.

What type of data do we collect?

When you use our services, you accept that our company collects some of your personal data. This page is intended to inform you about what data we collect, why, and how we use it.

We process two types of data:

data provided by the user

when you register, we ask you to provide us with certain data that is needed so you can use our service.

This is the data we ask you for:
- name
- surname
- date of birth
- sex
- address
- city and municipality of residence
- CAP
- country of residence
- telephone number
- email address
- password
- VAT number
- tax code

Additional data may be required for participation in a diving course:
- medical certificate stating fitness to practice diving activities
- diving certifications held
- photo card

If you provide information regarding third parties, as for example those of the students attending diving courses, you must be sure that these subjects have been adequately informed and have consented to the relative processing of their data in the manner described in this statement.

Dive Italia S.r.l also collects information about children under the age of 13 who participate in the diver training programs. If you provide third-party data concerning those under the age of 13, as for example students of diving courses, you must be sure that data entry is authorized by a parent, or whoever takes their place, only after consent to the processing of data, in the manner described in this informative document, has been given.

data that we collect automatically

We collect the following data using the services you use:
- technical data: such as IP address, browser type, information about your computer;
- data relative to the current position of the device that you use when inserting dive details. Location services can be activated or deactivated by the user at any time by accessing the settings of their device.
- the marks of completed tests, the details of your dives and all the information necessary to complete diving courses.
- data collected using cookies or similar technologies. For further information, please visit the "information and cookie policy" section.

data necessary for the management of online payments

To make a payment by credit card through the site https://www.pssworldwide.org, you will need to disclose your confidential credit card information to payment service providers through the sites they manage https://www.paypal.com and https://pay.bnlpositivity.it who will act as autonomous data controllers.
For detailed information on data management, it is advisable to consult the privacy policy of the sites listed.

1. How do we use the collected data?

Dive Italia uses the collected data to send the participants of the diving courses the appropriate materials for the completion of the training programs, as well as for research and statistics.

Furthermore, participants' information could be used by Dive Italia to promote additional diving programs and / or opportunities for participation in diving activities, products related to diving, or services that Dive Italia deems to be in the interest of the participant.

In addition to this, the information of the participants is provided to PSS affiliates to allow dive courses and the participation in underwater activities to be carried out. The data provided may also be used by PSS affiliates to promote diving and diver training, products related to diving, and services that affiliates deem to be in the interest of the participant.

The data collected may be communicated to companies that perform functions strictly connected and instrumental to the operation of the Dive Italia Srl services. For example, but not limited to, shipping service providers.

The data may also be transferred to companies associated and / or belonging to the same corporate group as Dive Italia S.r.l.

Data collected regarding your name, surname, date of birth and PSS diving certifications held, can be viewed by any user of the website www.pssww.org however, this function can be blocked from your reserved area.

2. Is the conferral of data mandatory?

The conferral of personal data is mandatory only for the processing necessary for the provision of services offered by Dive Italia srl through the website www.pssww.org, the domains, and applications associated with it (eventual refusal makes the use the service impossible); it is, however, optional for promotional purposes and profiling and any refusal to give consent does not have negative consequences on the provision of the service offered within the website www.pssww.org and related applications.

3. Who processes the data?

The Data Controller is Dive Italia S.r.l., with its registered office located in Naples (IT), Via Diocleziano, 350, C. F. / P.IVA 04693761001, which can be contacted at the following email address privacy@pssww.org

The Company has appointed a Data Protection Officer who can be contacted at the following email address rpd@pssww.org

We would like to remind you that you can contact the Data Protection Officer at any time and send any question or request concerning your personal data and respecting your privacy by writing to the address rpdinfo@pssww.org

4. How can you get information about the data, edit it or delete it?

You may view your personal information in your reserved area at any time. Log into your account and click on the section “Profile”.

Remember you can revoke the consent you provided at any time by accessing your reserved area and removing the related flag.

To request the cancellation of your data you can send a request to the email address rpdinfo@pssww.org from the inbox with which you registered on www.pssww.org. The cancellation will be made within the technical times necessary, however, no later than 30 days.

5. How and for how long will your data be kept?

The storage of personal data will be in electronic / informatic form for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which it was collected and / or up to your eventual request for cancellation. The data will be stored in accordance with your privacy and the current regulations.

Invoices, accounting documents and transaction data are stored for 11 years in accordance with the law (including tax obligations).

6. How do we ensure the protection of your data?

The data is collected according to the indications of the relevant legislation, with particular regard to the security measures provided for by GDPR (art. 32) for its processing using IT tools, manual and automated, in order to guarantee the security and confidentiality of the data.

In compliance with applicable legislation, an anti-spam verification system on the communication between users is active. The data entered may be verified for the sole purpose of identifying illegal activities or contents that do not comply with the General Conditions of Service, but they will not be processed or communicated for commercial or promotional purposes.

7. Further information on cookies, similar technologies, search engines

Dive Italia uses cookies of small text files that are stored on your device while browsing the website www.pssww.org including the domains and applications associated with it. Cookies may be stored permanently on your device and have a variable duration (persistent cookies), or they may be deleted by closing the browser or may even be limited in time (session cookies). Cookies may be installed by Dive Italia or by other websites (third-party cookies - Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter).

In order to improve service and navigation, in addition to cookies, Dive Italia allows the use of similar technologies on your devices such as Google Analytics tools. The use of such technologies is governed by the privacy policies of these companies and not by Dive Italia's privacy policy.

Cookies can be completely disabled by the browser using the appropriate function provided in most browsers. It is good to know, however, that by deactivating cookies some of the features of website www.pssww.org including domains and associated applications may not be usable.

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8. Could the privacy policy change over time?

This information may be subject to change. If substantial changes are made to the use of data relating to the user by the Data Controller, the latter will notify the user by publishing the changes very clearly on their pages or through alternative or similar means.