Privacy Policy

Effective date: 1 May 2025

Introduction
This notice applies across all websites that Marucchi.com owns and operates and all services we provide (our “services”).

When we say “personal data” we mean identifiable information about you, like your name, email, address, phone number, support inquiries, and so on. If you can’t be identified (for example, your personal data has been aggregated and anonymized) then this notice doesn’t apply. Check out our terms of use for more information on how we treat your other data.

We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. Your continued use of this website after we publish changes constitutes your acceptance of the new policy. It is your responsibility to review this policy periodically. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy or any updates, you should cease using this site. Where we make a significant change to this policy, we will endeavor to notify you, for example via email or a prominent notice on our website.

Age Limitations
Our website and services are targeted to people 18 years of age or older.
If you learn that anyone younger than 18 has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we have reason to believe that we hold personal data of a person under that age in our databases, we will take steps to delete that personal data.

Who “we” are
When we refer to “we” (“our” or “us”), we mean Marucchi.com. We are headquartered in the United States but we may maintain offices or use service providers internationally.

How we collect your data
When you visit our websites, we collect personal data. The ways we collect it can be broadly categorized into the following:

• Information you provide to us directly: When you visit or use some parts of our websites and/or services we might ask you to provide personal data to us. For example, we ask for your contact information when you sign up to receive articles and content, interact with us on social media, or contact us with questions. If you don’t want to provide us with personal data, you don’t have to, but it might mean you can’t use some parts of our websites or services.
• Information we collect automatically: We collect some information about you automatically when you visit our websites, like your IP address and device type. We also collect information when you navigate through our website, including what pages you looked at and what links you clicked on. This information is useful for us as it helps us get a better understanding of how you’re using our website so that we can continue to provide the best experience possible (e.g., by personalizing content).
  Some of this information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies. If you want to find out more about the types of cookies we use, why, and how you can control them, please view our Cookie Notice.
• Information we get from third parties: The majority of information we collect, we collect directly from you. Sometimes we might collect personal data about you from other sources, such as publicly available materials or trusted third parties like our marketing and research partners. We use this information to supplement the personal data we already hold about you, in order to better inform, personalize and improve our services, and to validate the personal data you provide.

Where we collect personal data, we’ll only process it:

• to perform a contract with you, or
• where we have legitimate interests to process the personal data and they’re not overridden by your rights, or
• in accordance with a legal obligation, or
• where we have your consent.

If we don’t collect your personal data, we may be unable to provide you with all our services, and some functions and features on our websites may not be available to you.

How we use your data
We use your personal data to operate our website and to manage our relationship with you. We also use your personal data for other purposes, which include the following:

• To communicate with you. This may include:
  • providing you with information you’ve requested from us (like articles or content).
  • operational communications, like changes to our websites and services, security updates, or assistance with using our websites and services.
  • marketing communications (in accordance with your marketing preferences).
  • asking you for feedback or to take part in any research we are conducting.
• To support you: Assisting you with the resolution of technical support issues or other issues relating to the websites.
• To optimize our websites and services: For example, by tracking and monitoring your use of our websites, we can optimize your user experience and improve our services.
• To protect: So we can detect and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity, and make sure that our websites and services are being used fairly and in accordance with our terms of use.
• To market to you: In addition to sending you marketing communications, we may also use your personal data to display targeted advertising to you online, through our own websites and services or through third party websites and their platforms.
• To analyze, aggregate and report: We may use the personal data we collect to produce aggregated and anonymized analytics and reports, which we may share publicly or with third parties.

How we share your data
There will be times when we need to share your personal data with third parties. We will only disclose your personal data to:

• third party service providers and partners who assist us, for example, to provide website functionality, support delivery of services, or to market or promote our goods and services to you.
• regulators, law enforcement bodies, government agencies, courts or other third parties where we believe it’s necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulations, or to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights.
• an actual or potential buyer (and its agents and advisers) in connection with an actual or proposed purchase, merger or acquisition of any part of our business.
• other parties, where we have your consent.

International Data Transfers
We may transfer the personal data we collect about you to recipients in countries other than the country you live in, including the United States, where we are headquartered. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as your country. Rest assured, where we disclose personal data to a third party in another country, we put safeguards in place to ensure your personal data remains protected.

For individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA), your data may be transferred outside of the EEA. Where your personal data is transferred outside the EEA, it will only be transferred to countries that have been identified as providing adequate protection for EEA data, or to a third party where we have approved transfer mechanisms in place to protect your personal data – i.e., by entering into the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, or by relying on an adequacy decision from the European Commission, which may include frameworks like the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. For further information, please contact us.

Security
Security is a priority for us when it comes to your personal data. We are committed to protecting your personal data and maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. We use SSL encryption on our websites where appropriate.

Retention
The length of time we keep your personal data depends on what it is and whether we have an ongoing business need to retain it (for example, to provide you with a service you’ve requested or to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements). We will retain your personal data for as long as we have a relationship with you and for a year afterwards in accordance with our data retention policies. Following that period, we’ll take steps to delete or anonymize it.

Your rights
It’s your personal data and you have certain rights relating to it. When it comes to marketing communications, you can ask us not to send you these at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the communication, or by sending your request to [email protected].

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

• Opt out of some collection or uses of your personal data, including the use of cookies and similar technologies, and the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.
• Access your personal data, update it, restrict or object to its processing, or request its deletion.
• Receive the personal data you provided to transmit it to another company.
• Withdraw any consent you have provided.
• Where applicable, lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

You can exercise these rights at any time by sending an email to: [email protected]. If you’re not happy with how we are processing your personal data, please let us know so we can review and investigate your complaint.

Features and third-party links
We may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites and features, which may include social networking and geolocation tools, operate independently from us. They may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent any linked websites or features you visit are not owned or controlled by Marucchi.com, we are not responsible for their content, use, or privacy practices.

How to contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, Marucchi.com’s privacy practices, or if you would like to exercise your rights, please email us at: [email protected]. As a technology company, we prefer to communicate with you by email, this ensures that you’re put in contact with the right person and that we can respond efficiently.