History Walks Privacy Policy

This Application collects some Personal Data from its Users.

Summary
Personal Data collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Access to third party services’ accounts

Access to the Facebook account
Permissions: In app registration, Likes and Publish to the Wall

Access to the Twitter account

Personal Data: In app registration and Various types of Data
Content commenting

Disqus
Personal Data: Cookie and Usage Data

Interaction with external social networks and platforms
Facebook Like button, social widgets
Personal Data: Cookie, Usage Data, Profile information

Full policy

Data Controller and Owner

Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third
parties, there are: Cookie and Usage Data.

Other Personal Data collected may be described in other sections of this privacy policy or
by dedicated explanation text contextually with the Data collection.

The Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or collected automatically when
using this Application.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Application or by the owners of
third party services used by this Application, unless stated otherwise, serves to identify
Users and remember their preferences, for the sole purpose of providing the service
required by the User.

Failure to provide certain Personal Data may make it impossible for this Application to
provide its services.

The User assumes responsibility for the Personal Data of third parties published or shared
through this Application and declares to have the right to communicate or broadcast them,
thus relieving the Data Controller of all responsibility.

Mode and place of processing the Data

Methods of processing
The Data Controller processes the Data of Users in a proper manner and shall take
appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or
unauthorized destruction of the 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 the site (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 Owner. 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 with the processing are located. For further information, please
contact the Data Controller.

Retention time
The Data is kept for the time necessary to provide the service requested by the User, or
stated by the purposes outlined in this document, and the User can always request that
the Data Controller suspend or remove the data.

The use of the collected Data
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Application to provide its services,
as well as for the following purposes: Access to third party services’ accounts, Creation of
the user in app profile, Content commenting and Interaction with external social networks
and platforms.
The Personal Data used for each purpose is outlined in the specific sections of this
document.

Facebook permissions asked by this Application
This Application may ask some Facebook permissions allowing it to perform actions with
the User’s Facebook account and to retrieve information, including Personal Data, from it.

For more information about the following permissions, refer to the Facebook permissions
documentation (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/authentication/permissions/) and to
the Facebook privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

The permissions asked are the following:

Basic information
By default, this includes certain User’s Data such as id, name, picture, gender, and their
locale. Certain connections of the User, such as the Friends, are also available. If the user
has made more of their data public, more information will be available.

Likes
Provides access to the list of all of the pages the user has liked.

Publish to the Wall

Enables the app to post content, comments, and likes to a user’s stream and to the
streams of the user’s friends.

Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:

Access to third party services’ accounts
These services allow this Application to access Data from your account on a third party
service and perform actions with it.
These services are not activated automatically, but require explicit authorization by the
User.

Access to the Facebook account (This Application)
This service allows this Application to connect with the User’s account on the Facebook
social network, provided by Facebook Inc.
Permissions asked: Likes and Publish to the Wall.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy https://www.facebook.com/policy.php

Access to the Twitter account (This Application)
This service allows this Application to connect with the User’s account on the Twitter social
network, provided by Twitter Inc.

Personal Data collected: Various types of Data.

Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy http://twitter.com/privacy

Content commenting

Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the
contents of this Application.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous
comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it
may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are
responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect
web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when users do
not use the content commenting service.

Disqus (Disqus)

Disqus is a content commenting service provided by Big Heads Labs Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy http://docs.disqus.com/help/30/
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
These services allow interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly
from the pages of this Application.
The interaction and information obtained by this Application are always subject to the
User’s privacy settings for each social network.

If a service enabling interaction with social networks is installed it may still collect traffic
data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook)
The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the
Facebook social network provided by Facebook Inc.
Personal Data collected: Cookie and Usage Data.
Place of processing : USA – Privacy Policy
http://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.php
Additional information about Data collection and 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.

The User is aware of the fact that the Data Controller may be required to reveal personal
data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about 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
may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System Logs) or use for this
purpose other Personal Data (such as IP Address).
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested
from the Data Controller at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning
of this document.

The rights of Users

Users have the right, at any time, to know whether their Personal Data has been stored
and can consult the Data Controller to learn about their contents and origin, to verify their
accuracy or to ask for them to be supplemented, cancelled, updated or corrected, or for
their transformation into anonymous format or to block any data held in violation of the law,
as well as to oppose their treatment for any and all legitimate reasons. Requests should
be sent to the Data Controller at the contact information set out above.

This Application does not support “Do Not Track” requests.
To determine whether any of the third party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track”
requests, please read their privacy policies.

Changes to this privacy policy
The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time
by giving notice to its Users on this page. It is strongly recommended to check this page

often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom. If a User objects to
any of the changes to the Policy, the User must cease using this Application and can
request that the Data Controller erase the Personal Data. Unless stated otherwise, the
then-current privacy policy applies to all Personal Data the Data Controller has about
Users.

Information from the use of our Applications

When you use our mobile apps, we may collect certain information in addition to
information described elsewhere in this Policy. For example, we may collect information
about the type of device and operating system you use. We may ask you if you want to
receive push notifications about activity in your account. If you have opted in to these
notifications and no longer want to receive them, you may turn them off through your
operating system. We may ask for, access or track location-based information from your
mobile device so that you can test location-based features offered by the Services or to
receive targeted push notifications based on your location. If you have opted in to share
those location-based information, and no longer want to share them, you may turn sharing
off through your operating system. We may use mobile analytics software (such as
crashlytics.com) to better understand how people use our application. We may collect
information about how often you use the application and other performance data.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)
Any information regarding a natural person, a legal person, an institution or an association,
which is, or can be, identified, even indirectly, by reference to any other information,
including a personal identification number.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically from this Application (or third party services employed
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 addresses (Uniform
Resource Identifier), 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 User, 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 device operating system and/or the User’s
IT environment.

User

The individual using this Application, which must coincide with or be authorized by the
Data Subject, to whom the Personal Data refer.
Data Subject
The legal or natural person to whom the Personal Data refers to.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or
organization authorized by the Data Controller to process the Personal Data in compliance
with this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural person, legal person, public administration or any other body, association or
organization with the right, also jointly with another Data Controller, to make decisions
regarding the purposes, and the methods of processing of Personal Data and the means
used, 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 User is collected.

Small piece of data stored in the User’s device.
Legal information

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the
obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive
2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.
This privacy policy relates solely to this Application.

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