This privacy notice describes how the personal data of users visiting the website The Thinking Watermill Society is processed, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR").
Data Controller
The Thinking Watermill Society
The Thinking Watermill Society (TTWS) — free, independent and non-profit association, in person of its legal representative pro tempore
VAT / Tax code: [Partita IVA]
Registered office: Via Bocca di Leone 78, Rome, Italy
Email: info@thethinkingwatermill.com
Types of data collected
The site may collect, directly or through third parties, browsing data (IP address, browser, operating system, pages visited, access times), data voluntarily provided through forms (name, email, phone, message) and data collected through cookies and similar technologies.
Purposes and legal basis of processing
- Provision of the service and operation of the site (performance of a contract or legitimate interest).
- Responding to requests sent through contact forms (response to a request from the data subject).
- Statistical analysis of traffic, including in aggregate form (consent).
- Marketing, remarketing and profiling activities (consent).
- Compliance with legal obligations (legal obligation).
Method of processing
Data is processed using electronic and/or telematic tools, with security measures adequate to prevent its loss, unlawful or incorrect use and unauthorised access.
Cookies and tracking technologies
For detailed information on the cookies used, please see our Cookie Policy.
Disclosure and dissemination of data
Data may be disclosed to entities acting as data processors (technical service providers, hosting, analytics and marketing) or to entities to whom disclosure is mandatory by law. Data is not subject to dissemination.
Transfer of data outside the EU
Some third-party services may transfer data outside the European Economic Area, in compliance with the safeguards provided by the GDPR (e.g. standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions).
Retention period
Data is kept for the time strictly necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and in compliance with applicable legal terms.
Consent records
When you set your cookie preferences, the site keeps a record of your choice, as required by Article 7 GDPR. Only the following is stored: a random consent identifier (the same one saved in the cookie on your device), the date and time, the categories you accepted, the version of the notice and the page you chose from. Your name is not recorded, nor is any data that directly identifies you. The legal basis is the controller's accountability obligation (Articles 5(2) and 7(1) GDPR). Records are automatically deleted after 24 months.
Rights of the data subject
The data subject may exercise at any time the rights provided for in Articles 15-22 of the GDPR, including:
- right of access to their data;
- right to rectification and integration;
- right to erasure ("right to be forgotten");
- right to restriction of processing;
- right to data portability;
- right to object to processing;
- right to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise these rights you can write to: info@thethinkingwatermill.com.
Right to lodge a complaint
A data subject who believes that the processing infringes the GDPR has the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it).
Nature of data provision
The provision of browsing data is inherent to the use of web technologies. The provision of data through forms is optional, but failure to provide mandatory data may prevent the request from being fulfilled. Provision for statistical and marketing purposes is optional and based on consent, freely withdrawable.
Automated decision-making and profiling
Except for what may be carried out, subject to consent, by third-party marketing and analytics services for advertising profiling, the Controller does not carry out automated decision-making that produces legal effects on the data subject pursuant to Article 22 of the GDPR.
Changes to this privacy notice
The Controller reserves the right to amend this notice at any time, publishing the changes on this page. Please review it periodically.

