Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to mdigennaro.net (the “Site”), managed by Dr. Marco Di Gennaro (the “Data Controller”, “we”, “us”).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data with transparency and care.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and your rights regarding your data.

2. Personal Data We Collect

a) Voluntarily Provided Data

We may collect personal data that you provide directly to us, for instance when you:

  • Send us an email via the contact form or address
  • Share your name, email address, or other contact details

 

b) Automatically Collected Data

We may also automatically collect certain technical and usage information from your device, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type and operating system
  • Pages visited on the Site, referring site, and access times

 

3. Use of Your Personal Data

We use personal data to:

  • Respond to your inquiries and provide the services or information you have requested
  • Maintain, optimize, and secure the Site
  • Understand user patterns and improve content and functionality

 

4. Sharing Your Personal Data

We will not sell or rent your personal information.

We may share your data only:

  • With trusted third-party service providers (e.g., hosting, analytics) who assist us in running the Site—only under strict confidentiality and use-limited provisions
  • If required by law or to protect our rights or comply with legal processes

 

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies or similar technologies to better understand how users interact with the Site and to improve functionality and performance.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described (e.g., to respond to your request) or to comply with legal obligations.

7. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection laws (like the GDPR), you may have the following rights:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Delete your data (in certain circumstances
  • Restrict or object to processing
  • Withdraw consent at any time (if processing is based on consent)
  • Data portability, i.e., receive your data in a structured format

 

To exercise any of these rights—or if you have questions about how we handle your data—please contact us using the details below.

8. International Transfers

If any personal data is transferred outside your jurisdiction (e.g., for technical hosting), we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your privacy.

9. Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal data from unintended access, alteration, or disclosure. However, no system is completely secure—please contact us if you suspect a security issue.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 16 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe we have, please contact us—we will promptly delete that information.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The “Effective Date” at the top indicates when the last changes were made. Material updates will be clearly indicated on the Site.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact: Dr. Marco Di Gennaro Email: [marco@mdigennaro.net] Website: mdigennaro.net

August 20, 2025

Who we are

Our website address is: https://mdigennaro.net.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

August 20, 2025