Privacy Policy

Polypipe Italia s.r.l.

Information pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”)

The following explains how the personal data collected automatically or provided through navigation or use of the www.effast.com website (the “Website”) by users of the same (the “Users”) are processed.

The Web Site is managed by Polypipe Italia S.r.l., and its purpose is to present Effast branded products, providing Users with technical and commercial information on thermoplastic valves and fittings for pressure piping systems. The Website allows Users to consult catalogues, technical data sheets, supporting documentation, access useful tools (such as calculators and compatibility tables), as well as send contact requests or subscribe to the newsletter (the “Services“).

1. DATA CONTROLLER

   The Data Controller is the company Polypipe Italia s.r.l., with registered office in Loc. Pianmercato, 5C-D-H 16044 Cicagna, Genoa, Italy, tax code 02442130106 and VAT number IT00183810993 (hereinafter the “Company” or “Data Controller”).

   The Company is part of the Genuit Group plc.

2. TYPE OF DATA PROCESSED

   To enable the use of the Website and its Services, the Data Controller needs to know and process the following personal data relating to Users:

   1. Browsing Data

      Whenever Users access the Website, the computer systems and software procedures used to operate the Website acquire, in the course of their normal operation, access and navigation data, such as: information on the browser used by the User, the operating system of the device used to use the Services, pages visited, date, time and duration of each visit, as well as other parameters relating to the User’s computer environment.

   2. Data voluntarily provided by the User

      The Website collects personal data necessary to enable the User to use the Services. In particular, the Data Controller may process the following data:

      1. Identifying data, such as first name, surname of the User;
      2. Company data, such as name, company name, VAT number, billing address;
      3. Contact data, such as e-mail address;
      4. CV data, information typically included in the curriculum vitae, such as: job title, educational qualification, university exams taken, specialization, years of experience.

      Such personal data are collected through the Website and are provided by Users via communications or emails sent directly to the Data Controller using the contact details available in the “Contact”, “Registration”, “Newsletter” and “Work with us” sections of the Website.

      The content of communications received, including any personal data contained therein, will be processed for the purpose of answering any questions and following up on requests received.

      Users are requested to provide the Company with up-to-date and relevant data, limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are shared.

   3. Data acquired through Cookies

      Cookies are used on the Website to enable the processing of further personal data of the User acquired during the User’s navigation on the Website. The information concerning the processing of personal data acquired through cookies can be found in the relevant cookie policy.

      Browsing Data, Data voluntarily provided by the User in order to create an account and use the Services, and Data acquired through cookies, are hereinafter jointly referred to as “Personal Data” or “Data”.

3. PURPOSE, LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING AND NATURE OF CONFERMENT

   The Personal Data provided by the User will be used exclusively for the following purposes:

   1. The Data Controller will process Identifying Data, Contact Data and Company Data to enable the User to create an account and use the Services and to carry out related activities. The legal basis for the processing of Personal Data in pursuit of these purposes is the performance of the contract to which the User is a party. The provision of Personal Data is mandatory. Failure to provide it will make it impossible to use the Services.
   2. Identification Data, Contact Data and CV Data are processed in order to allow the Data Controller to carry out the candidate selection procedure aimed at the possible establishment of an employment relationship with the Data Controller. The legal basis for the processing of Personal Data is the execution of pre-contractual measures taken at the request of the data subject. The provision of Personal Data for the above-mentioned purpose is mandatory and necessary. Any refusal, partial or total, to provide Personal Data will make it impossible for the Data Controller to comply with the request to execute pre-contractual measures at the request of the data subject and to carry out the selection procedure for the possible establishment of an employment relationship with the Data Controller in relation to which the Personal Data are collected.
   3. The Identification Data and Contact Data will be processed in order to answer and follow up on the requests that Users send to the Data Controller through the e-mail address and the contact details present within the various sections of the Website. The legal basis for this processing is the legitimate interest of the Data Controller in pursuing its business activities in order to follow up Users’ requests. This legitimate interest has been duly balanced against the reasonable expectations of the data subjects and, since it does not prejudice the rights of the data subjects involved and the processing of the Data is carried out at the request of the User, it has been deemed to prevail. The provision of Data for the above-mentioned purposes is necessary for the proper management and execution of the User’s requests. Any partial or total refusal to provide Data for such purposes will make it impossible for the Data Controller to fulfil such requests.
   4. The Data Controller collects and processes Identifying Data and Contact Data provided by the Users in order to send the newsletter and to allow the Users to benefit from this service and to receive commercial offers, promotions and communications on the Company’s products. This processing has its legal basis in the consent of the data subject. Users may revoke the consent given and cancel their subscription to the newsletter service at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe/unsubscribe” link, entering their e-mail address in the form on the page and clicking on the “unsubscribe/unsubscribe” button. Alternatively, Users may send a specific communication to the Data Controller, at the addresses indicated in the “Data Subjects’ Rights” section, expressing their wish to unsubscribe from the newsletter service and to cancel the data held by the Data Controller. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the processing already carried out. The provision of Personal Data is optional. Refusal to provide the Data will make it impossible to use the newsletter service.
   5. the Company will process Personal Data in order to fulfil the legal obligations of the Data Controller or to perform specific tasks arising from the law, a regulation or legislation, national and European . The legal basis for the processing of Personal Data is the fulfilment of a legal obligation;
   6. the Company shall process Personal Data for the needs of judicial defence relating to possible litigation that may arise with the User as a result of unlawful activities performed on and/or through the Website. The legal basis for the processing of Personal Data is the legitimate interest in judicial defence, which does not prejudice the rights and freedoms of the data subjects, since the processing of data for the purpose in question is limited to data not belonging to the special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9 of the GDPR and is necessary for the exercise of a right constitutionally guaranteed to the Data Controller;
   7. Browsing Data will also be processed in order to monitor the correct functioning of the Website and to allow the Data Controller to make changes and improvements to it, as well as to solve any operating problems. The conferment of the Data takes place automatically through the connection to the Website and any partial or total refusal to confer the Data for these purposes will make it impossible for the Data Controller to properly manage the operation and maintenance of the Web Site.
4. PERSONAL DATA RETENTION PERIOD

   The Data Controller intends to retain Personal Data for no longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and processed.

   For the purposes referred to in points a) of paragraph 3, Personal Data shall be retained for a maximum period of 10 years from the deletion of the account or the termination of the contractual relationship between the User and the Company, within which the aforementioned processing operations are carried out, in accordance with the provisions of the statute of limitations.

   For the purposes referred to in point b) of paragraph 3, Personal Data will be retained only as long as strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected and, in any case, no longer than 12 (twelve) months from the date of receipt of the curriculum vitae.

   For the purpose referred to in letter c) of paragraph 3, the Company will retain Personal Data as long as necessary to process the User’s request and, in any case, no longer than the limitation periods under the law with reference to contractual or non-contractual liabilities.

   For the purpose referred to in point d) of paragraph 3, Personal Data will be retained for a maximum period of 24 months from the date of consent to subscribe to the newsletter. One month before expiry, the Data Controller will ask whether the User wishes to continue receiving such communications: if the answer is negative, the data will be deleted; if positive, they will be retained and processed for a further 24-month period.

   For the purpose referred to in point e) of paragraph 3, Personal Data will be processed for as long as required by the legal regulations with which the Data Controller must comply.

   For the purpose referred to in point f) of paragraph 3, Personal Data will be retained in accordance with the provisions of the statute of limitations with regard to torts of a contractual/extracontractual nature.

   For the purposes referred to in point g) of paragraph 3, Personal Data will be kept for as long as it is necessary to resolve any bugs and malfunctions of the Website, as well as for as long as required by the legal regulations with which the Data Controller must comply.

   With regard to Data acquired by means of cookies, the retention periods are indicated in the cookie policy.

5. CATEGORIES OF DATA RECIPIENTS

   The Personal Data subject to processing will not be disclosed to third parties. Personal Data may be disclosed to employees, partners and/or collaborators in any capacity of the Data Controller, who have been specifically instructed and authorized to process them.

   In addition, Personal Data may be accessed by third parties who provide services to the Company, e.g. IT service providers for database management, cloud storage and/or file-transfer service providers, IT consultants.

   Unless acting as independent data controllers, these entities have been specifically appointed as data processors and their names are available on request from the Data Controller.

   Any further communication or disclosure will occur only with the explicit consent of the User.

6. TRANSFER OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES

   The Data Controller does not transfer Personal Data outside the European Union. Where this is necessary to achieve the purposes set out in paragraph 3 of this notice, the Data Controller will transfer data only to entities located in countries for which an adequacy decision by the European Commission exists or by adopting appropriate safeguards under Article 46 of the GDPR..

7. RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

   As a data subject, is the holder of the rights conferred by the GDPR pursuant to Articles 12-23 of the GDPR. In particular, data subjects have the right to request and obtain, at any time: (i) access to their Personal Data; (ii) information about the processing carried out; (iii) rectification and/or updating of Personal Data; (iv) erasure of Personal Data; (v) restriction of processing; (vi) to exercise the right to object to processing; (vii) portability of Personal Data (i.e. receiving Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable, commonly used format), (viii) to exercise the right to withdraw one’s consent to the processing of Personal Data, where this is the legal basis for the specific purpose for which the processing is carried out (this, in any case, will not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent given before the revocation), and, finally, (ix) to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority (in Italy: the Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali).

   The aforementioned rights may be exercised at any time, by simple request to the Data Controller, to be transmitted:

   • To the e-mail address info@effast.com;
   • At Loc. Pianmercato, 5C-D-H, 16044 Cicagna, Genoa, Italy.

   For further information or clarifications on the aforementioned rights, please contact the Company at the same addresses.

   This information notice may be subject to change over time – also in connection with the possible entry into force of new sector regulations, the updating and/or provision of new services or technological innovations – so we invite the User to periodically consult this page.

Information updated on 6 May 2025