Privacy Policy


At Foodchain S.p.A. we consider your data (“Data”) privacy a serious matter. We want to inform you as a user (“User” or “Data Subject”) of the website food-chain.it (“Website”) that all activities of processing of the Data that we collect and/or you wish to provide to us through the use of the Website, will be processed in a fair, lawful and transparent way and exclusively for the purposes clearly explained in this document (“Privacy Policy”). We would like you to read this Privacy Policy carefully as it provides essential information to help you understand the purposes of the processing of your Data and the possible ways you may exercise your rights according to the GDPR.

The owner of the data processing is Foodchain S.p.A. (Registration 03648070138), registered office in (22074) Lomazzo (CO), via Cavour n. 2 (in this document referred to as “Foodchain” or “Proprietor”). You may contact us to exercise your rights as listed and explained in section (6) of this document, by sending a request via email to the following address support@food-chain.it with attached the necessary documents (i.e. a copy of the ID document) enable us to identify the user.

The Data that we collect and process through the Website concerns:

The Data collected will be processed physically (paper submissions) and/or electronically for the following purposes.

Data might be supplied to our services providers (for example to accounting services, Website hosting and maintenance services, system management services, etc.), as well as to our consultants (for example to lawyers, auditors, etc.). Data might be also supplied to third parties where we believe in good faith that the access, use, storage and communication of Data is necessary to (i) be in compliance with the applicable law or fulfill a court order issued by the legal or administrative authority or by a public organism, (ii) preserve and protect Foodchain’s rights and (iii) identify, prevent or counter frauds and/or security or technical problems. The Data will not be transferred to Countries that are not members of the European Union and will not be disseminated.

According to the purposes outlined in (c) in section 3, the Data might be stored until the withdrawal of the consent of the User. Furthermore, Foodchain is committed to provide the Users on yearly basis with a communication to verify promotional activities, containing a link for the withdrawal of the consent. With reference to the Navigation Data, for the purposes outlined in (a) section 3, the Data will be stored for 24 months and then destroyed. For the remaining purposes outlined in section 3, the Data will be stored for the duration required to fulfill such purposes and according to:

We inform that you as Data Subject may exercise your rights according to Art. 15 – 22 of the GDPR. In particular, you may:

This Privacy Policy may be subject to amendments. In this case, we will announce the changes made to this Privacy Policy using appropriate communication via Website or vie-mail sent to the recipients provided, specifying the date they will take into effect.
The updated Privacy Policy will replace the previous one and it will also be applied to the processing of the Data collected prior to the changes. In case you decide not to accept the terms of the updated Privacy Policy, you shall immediately cease any use of the Website.
If you access and continue to use the Website after the update Privacy Policy takes effect, you agree to the content of the updated Privacy Policy.