Privacy Notice
(Arts. 13–14 EU Reg. 2016/679 “GDPR” – Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended by Legislative Decree 101/2018 – Directive 2002/58/EC)
1. Data Controller
GFC S.r.l. Società Benefit
Registered office: Via Monteporzio 13, 00178 Rome (Italy)
VAT No. 17186361006 – email: segreteria@goodfoodconsulting.it
Legal representative: Carmine Feliciano Milone
2. Personal data processed
The website goodfoodconsulting.eu is purely informational (“static”).
- Browsing data: only technical data (IP address, logs) collected by hosting systems, necessary for the functioning of the site.
- Newsletter: email address voluntarily provided by the user through the relevant form.
The site does not use profiling cookies; only technical cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the page are employed.
3. Purposes and legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (Art. 6 GDPR) | Nature of provision |
|---|---|---|
| Sending informational newsletters on food safety, regulatory updates, and activities of GFC Srl SB | Explicit consent (Art. 6 §1 letter a) | Optional; failure to provide prevents subscription to the newsletter but does not affect site browsing |
4. Processing methods
Processing is carried out electronically and on paper, in compliance with the principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency, minimisation and confidentiality (Arts. 5–32 GDPR).
Pseudonymisation is applied where possible; consent logs and activity records are retained for accountability purposes (Art. 7 §1).
5. Data retention
- Newsletter: until withdrawal of consent or unsubscription (unsubscribe link included in each communication).
- Technical logs: usually 7 days, unless longer retention is required by judicial authorities for the investigation of offences.
6. Recipients and processors
Data are processed exclusively by authorised staff of GFC Srl SB and by any newsletter/email or hosting providers appointed as Data Processors pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.
The updated list of processors is available on request.
7. Transfers outside the EU
Where the newsletter service is hosted on servers outside the EEA (e.g. USA), the transfer will take place:
- to countries subject to an adequacy decision (Art. 45), or
- with appropriate safeguards (Art. 46), such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses 2021/914.
Detailed information will be provided prior to subscription.
8. Data subject rights (Arts. 15–22 GDPR)
Right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, withdrawal of consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (https://www.garanteprivacy.it).
9. Exercising your rights
By writing to segreteria@goodfoodconsulting.it or the PEC address indicated on the site, or via the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter.
10. Security measures
Encrypted connections (HTTPS), protected backups, logical and physical access controls, and minimised retention policies.
11. Updates
This Privacy Notice may be subject to revision; the updated version is published on goodfoodconsulting.eu with the date of the last modification.