Courtesy translation. In case of any discrepancy, the Italian version prevails and is the only legally binding one.
Welcome to the privacy policy of Piazza in Festa. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in this regard.
Last updated: May 29, 2026
Summary
Data we collect automatically
We automatically collect your data, for example when you visit Piazza in Festa.
Trackers
Usage Data
number of Users
session statistics
Trusted third parties that help us process it
How we use it
Analytics
Displaying content from external platforms
Hosting and backend infrastructure
Data Controller
welance Ventures Italia S.R.L.
Via San Michele, 18 12050 - Lequio Berria P. IVA: 04021150042
CAP. SOC. 25.000 € i. v. Legal representative: Enrico Icardi
Data Controller contact email: enrico@welance.com
Types of Data we collect
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are:
Trackers
Usage Data
number of Users
session statistics
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory. If the User refuses to provide it, it may be impossible for this Application to provide the Service. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Data Controller.
Any use of Cookies - or of other tracking tools - by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.
Methods and place of processing of the Data collected
Methods of processing
The Data Controller takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of Personal Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Data Controller, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Data Controller. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Data Controller at any time.
Place
The Data is processed at the Data Controller's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. For further information, please contact the Data Controller.
The User's Personal Data may be transferred to a country other than the User's own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Retention period
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose it has been collected for and may be stored for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users' consent.
Purposes of processing of the Data collected
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Data Controller to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as for the following purposes:
Analytics
Displaying content from external platforms
Hosting and backend infrastructure
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Application to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Application.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
OVHcloud
Company: OVH Srl +2
Place of processing: Italy +2
Personal Data processed: Usage Data
OVHcloud is a hosting and backend service provided by OVH Srl, OVH S.A.S. or OVH GmbH, depending on how the Data Controller manages the Data processing.
The services contained in this section enable the Data Controller to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics 4
Company: Google Ireland Limited
Place of processing: Ireland
Personal Data processed: Usage Data +3
Google Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Personal Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Personal Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google's official documentation.
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or in an application. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts
Company: Google Ireland Limited
Place of processing: Ireland
Personal Data processed: Usage Data +1
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
This Application uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy.
Further information for users in the European Union
Legal basis of processing
The Data Controller may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
provision of Data is necessary for the performance of a contract with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Data Controller is subject;
processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Data Controller;
processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller or by a third party.
In any case, the Data Controller will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Further information about retention time
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose it has been collected for and may be stored for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users' consent.
Therefore:
Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Data Controller and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Data Controller's legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Data Controller.
Where the processing is based on the User's consent, the Data Controller may retain Personal Data longer until such consent is revoked. Furthermore, the Data Controller may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The rights of Users based on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Data Controller.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following, to the extent permitted by law:
Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Data Controller, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Data Controller will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Data Controller.
Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority or to take legal action.
Users are entitled to learn about the legal basis for Data transfers abroad including to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Data Controller to safeguard their Data.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Data Controller or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Data Controller, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. Where the User objects to processing for direct marketing purposes, the Personal Data will no longer be processed for such purposes. To learn whether the Data Controller is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Data Controller through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Data Controller as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law. Any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of processing will be communicated by the Data Controller to each recipient, if any, to whom the Personal Data has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. At the Users' request, the Data Controller will inform them about those recipients.
Additional information about data processing
Legal action
The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Data Controller in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services by the User.
The User declares to be aware that the Data Controller may be required to reveal Personal Data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about the User's Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services it uses may collect system logs, which are files that record interactions and may also contain Personal Data, such as the User's IP address.
Information not contained in this policy
Further information concerning the processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Data Controller at any time using the contact details provided.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or, as far as technically and legally feasible, sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Data Controller. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification indicated at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User's consent, the Data Controller shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information, including a personal identification number, allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party applications integrated in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses, the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the visitor, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the operating system and the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Processor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Data Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Controller)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the owner of this Application.
This Application
The hardware or software tool by which the Personal Data of the Users is collected and processed.
Service
The Service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookie
Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.
Tracker
Tracker indicates any technology - e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User's device.
Legal references
Unless otherwise specified, this policy applies exclusively to this Application.
To extract and compose event pages, guides, translations and social content, Piazza in Festa uses artificial intelligence models provided through OpenRouter, Inc. (USA), acting as a data processor; transfers outside the EU are covered by the Standard Contractual Clauses. The models receive public municipal records, posters and the materials you voluntarily upload (for example the poster in the "Propose an event" form); no account or browsing data is sent to them. Generated content is labelled as such under Article 50 of EU Regulation 2024/1689: more information on the AI transparency page.
