Last updated: October 17, 202612 min read
This page explains, in plain words, how we process your personal data when you visit this website, use our app, write to us, follow us on social media, buy online or in our workshop, or join our loyalty programme. It is the notice required by Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and by the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003 as amended by Legislative Decree 101/2018). It covers www.olimpiaceramicheartistiche.live, the «Olimpia Ceramiche Artistiche» app (Android and iPhone) and our workshop; sferedinatale.com, which is also ours, has its own notice with the same rules. If the Italian and English versions differ, the Italian version prevails.
In short
Who we are
Olimpia Ceramiche Artistiche, a ceramics workshop in Naples. For anything about your data write to info@olimpiaceramicheartistiche.live: the owner answers you herself.
Only what is needed
We use your data to answer your requests, make and ship your creations and run your account and loyalty card.
Never sold
We never sell or hand over your data. Only the people who work with us and the providers who help us see it, under strict rules.
You choose
Newsletter, statistics and advertising only if you accept them, and you can change your mind at any time: on the website, in the app, in every email.
The photos you send us
We use them only to make your creation and never publish them without your permission.
Your rights
You can see, correct, download or delete your data: we answer within a month, free of charge.
Data controller
Olimpia Ceramiche Artistiche di Boscatto Olimpia
Via Comunale Catena, 7A – 80126 Napoli (NA), Italy
VAT number 09653221219 · REA NA-1048557
Email: info@olimpiaceramicheartistiche.live · Phone / WhatsApp: +39 348 184 4469
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer, as the conditions of Art. 37 GDPR do not apply. For any question about your data write to info@olimpiaceramicheartistiche.live: the owner of the business will answer you directly.
What data we process, why and on which legal basis
a) Enquiries, quotes and appointments
name, email, phone number, the content of your request and anything you choose to send us, such as photos to reproduce on a creation (for example a portrait of a person or a pet), texts to be written, event dates. They may reach us through the website form, the app, email, phone, WhatsApp or social media messages.
answering you, preparing a quote, booking an appointment and making the creation you ask for. Requests are recorded in the workshop's internal management system; if you leave your number, we send you the confirmation and updates on WhatsApp.
pre-contractual and contractual measures taken at your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR).
if you send us a photo of someone else (a relative, a child), please do so only if you have the right or the permission to. We use it only to make your creation and never publish it without your explicit consent.
24 months from the last contact if the request does not become an order; otherwise as in point b.
b) Purchases online, in the workshop and made-to-order creations
first and last name, billing and shipping addresses, email, phone, tax code or VAT number and recipient code when needed for the invoice, order details, payment data (we never see or store card numbers: they are handled by the payment provider).
concluding and performing the contract, preparing and shipping the order, issuing receipts or e-invoices, handling returns, warranty and support.
performance of the contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); for invoices, receipts and accounting, legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR).
10 years, as required by tax and civil law.
card payments are handled by Stripe, PayPal payments by PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A., in-store payments by the bank's POS terminal. These providers process payment data as independent controllers under their own notices and may use automated fraud checks.
c) Website and app account
name, email, phone, password (stored only in encrypted form), addresses, preferences, wishlist, history of requests and orders, technical login data (date and time, device).
providing your account and the app: seeing your orders and requests, writing to us, receiving updates, using the loyalty card.
performance of the service you accept when signing up (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); for login security (blocking suspicious attempts, email verification), legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
as long as the account is active. You can ask to delete it at any time, from the app or by writing to us: we only keep what the law requires (point b).
d) The mobile app
the first time you open the app it asks you, on a single screen, what to turn on: notifications, usage statistics and error reporting and, if you already have an account, news and offers. You can accept everything, keep only what is necessary or choose item by item, and change your mind at any time from Settings → Privacy and consents.
if you enable them, your phone gives us a technical code (token) through Google Firebase Cloud Messaging, used only to send you the app's notifications (status of requests and orders, messages, new creations and, only if you chose so, news and offers). You can turn them off at any time in the app or phone settings.
the app accesses the camera or the gallery only when you ask it to, to send us a photo; photos stay on your phone until you decide to send them.
if you accept them, the app uses Google Firebase Analytics (Google Ireland Limited) to tell us which screens and creations are viewed most, how many requests start from the app, the phone model, the app version and the country, linked to a random code of the installation. This does not collect your name, email or phone number, advertising identifiers are switched off and the data is not used for advertising; people working in the workshop are never counted. Data is kept for 14 months.
if the app crashes or hits an error, Google Firebase Crashlytics (Google Ireland Limited) sends us a report with the point in the code where it happened, the phone model and operating system, the app version, free memory, screen orientation and a random code of the installation, so that we can fix it. The report does not contain your name, email, photos or messages. Reports are kept for 90 days.
statistics and error reporting are turned on and off together, from Settings → Privacy and consents. If you withdraw consent, collection stops at once, the installation code is reset and reports not yet sent are deleted. Today these tools are in the Android version of the app; on iPhone we collect no statistics or errors.
performance of the requested service (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR); for usage statistics, error reporting and promotional notifications, your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 122 Italian Privacy Code).
e) Loyalty card and credit
your contact details, the card code, points earned and used, the purchases that generated them (website, app, sferedinatale.com and workshop), any credit or gift card and its expiry; if you add the card to your phone, the pass data in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet.
running the loyalty programme according to the terms of sale (crediting points, discounts, reminders before points or credit expire).
performance of the programme rules you accept when activating the card (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). No profiling: points depend only on what you spend.
as long as you take part in the programme; movements linked to purchases follow point b.
f) News, offers and newsletter (only with your consent)
name, email and, if you choose so, phone number for WhatsApp.
sending you news about our creations, previews, ideas for special occasions and offers by email, in the app or on WhatsApp, as you chose.
free, optional consent you can withdraw at any time (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and Art. 130 Privacy Code). Email sign-up is confirmed with a click (double opt-in) and every message has an unsubscribe link. We keep a record of when and how you gave or withdrew consent, to be able to prove it.
until you withdraw your consent.
g) Browsing, statistics and advertising
IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, date and time, technical cookies. They are needed to run the website and the cart and to protect them from abuse (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Technical logs are kept for up to 12 months.
Google Analytics 4 by Google Ireland Limited tells us, in aggregate form, which pages and products are of interest and where visitors come from (for example from one of our social posts). It does not store IP addresses. Data is kept for 14 months.
the Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) measures visits and purchases coming from our ads and lets us show our creations on Facebook and Instagram to people who visited the website.
Statistics and advertising start only if you accept them in the cookie banner (Art. 122 Privacy Code and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); until then the tools are not even loaded. Full details in the cookie policy.
h) Our social media profiles
We have profiles on Instagram and Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) and on TikTok (TikTok Technology Limited). If you follow us, like, comment or write to us, we see your username and what you write, and we may reply from our management system, which is connected to the platforms through their official interfaces. The platforms also give us aggregate statistics about visits and audience (for example age groups and cities), without data identifying individuals.
For Meta page insights we are joint controllers with Meta (Art. 26 GDPR) under Meta's joint controller addendum; otherwise each platform processes your data as an independent controller under its own notice. Comments stay on the platforms: we only see them in our system to reply. Legal basis: legitimate interest in communicating with our followers (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Our posts may show photos of creations made for customers, never with details that identify them without their consent.
i) Reviews
The website shows public reviews left on Google, with the name and picture the author chose to make public on Google (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). If you are the author and prefer your review not to appear on our website, write to us.
j) Artificial intelligence tools
We use artificial intelligence services (Google Gemini) to prepare the photos and descriptions of our products and the texts of our posts. We do not use them to make decisions about you and we do not upload customers' data to them.
k) The record of your choices
every time you make a choice in the cookie banner, in the «Your choices» panel of the cookie policy or in the app, we record the categories you accepted or refused, the version of the notice, the page, date and time, the type of browser or phone, the shortened IP address (without its last part, so it does not identify you) and a random code of the device. If you have an account, the choices made in the app (acknowledging the notice, news and offers, usage statistics) are linked to your account.
being able to prove what you chose, as the law requires (Art. 7(1) GDPR), and respecting it.
legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and legitimate interest in demonstrating compliance (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
5 years from the choice for device choices; for consents linked to an account, for as long as the consent lasts and 10 years after withdrawal.
l) Security, legal obligations and legal claims
We may process the data needed to protect the website, app and management system from unauthorised access (legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), to comply with legal obligations or requests from authorities (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) and to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, for as long as needed (Art. 6(1)(f) and 9(2)(f) GDPR).
Do you have to give us your data?
Data marked as required in forms is needed to answer you, fulfil your order or create the account: without it we cannot do so. Everything else is optional. Consent to news and offers, statistics and advertising is always optional: without it you can still buy and use the website and app.
Who else processes the data
Data is accessible only to people working with us, within their duties and with precise instructions (Art. 29 GDPR). We also rely on providers that process it on our behalf as processors (Art. 28 GDPR), each only for its own service:
- ConnectYourLife, which develops and maintains the website, the app and the workshop's management system;
- the provider of the servers running the website and management system, in the European Union;
- Google (Google Ireland Limited): Analytics and reCAPTCHA on the website, Firebase for app notifications and, only with your consent, for its usage statistics and error reporting (Crashlytics), Gemini for product content, Google Wallet for the loyalty card;
- Apple (Apple Distribution International) for the card in Apple Wallet and the distribution of the app;
- Meta (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited and WhatsApp Ireland Limited): WhatsApp for messages about requests and orders, Facebook and Instagram for our page, shop and Pixel (only with consent);
- TikTok (TikTok Technology Limited) for our profile;
- Odoo S.A. (Belgium), the online software we use for accounting and electronic invoicing: it issues, sends and receives invoices through the Italian Revenue Agency's exchange system (SdI);
- shipping services (booking platforms and couriers) for deliveries;
- the email service provider, for service emails and the newsletter;
- our tax and accounting adviser.
Payment providers (Stripe, PayPal, the bank operating the POS), the Italian Revenue Agency for receipts and e-invoices, and authorities to which the law requires us to disclose data act as independent controllers. We never sell or hand over your data to anyone.
Transfers outside the European Union
The website and management system are hosted on servers in the European Union. Some providers (Google, Apple, Meta, TikTok, Stripe, PayPal) may also process data outside the EU, for example in the United States. In that case the transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for providers that joined it, or on the standard contractual clauses approved by the Commission (Articles 45-46 GDPR). You can ask us for a copy of the safeguards.
Automated decisions
We do not take decisions about you based solely on automated processing and we do not carry out profiling within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. Statistics are used only in aggregate form. Payment providers may use automated fraud checks under their own notices.
Retention at a glance
| Data | How long |
|---|---|
| Requests and quotes that do not become orders | 24 months from the last contact |
| Orders, receipts, invoices, accounting | 10 years |
| Website and app account | while active, or until you ask to delete it |
| Loyalty card and credit | while you take part in the programme |
| News, offers and newsletter | until consent is withdrawn |
| Record of device choices (cookies and app) | 5 years from the choice |
| Consents linked to an account | for as long as the consent lasts and 10 years after withdrawal, to be able to prove it |
| Technical logs | up to 12 months |
| Website (Google Analytics) and app (Firebase Analytics) statistics | 14 months |
| App error reports (Firebase Crashlytics) | 90 days |
Your rights
At any time you can exercise the rights of Articles 15-22 GDPR:
- access: know what data we process and get a copy;
- rectification: correct or complete it;
- erasure: have it deleted, except data the law requires us to keep;
- restriction: ask that it is kept but not used;
- portability: receive it in a format another service can read;
- objection: object to processing based on legitimate interest and, always and without reason, to marketing;
- withdrawal of consent: at any time, without affecting processing carried out before.
Write to info@olimpiaceramicheartistiche.live, or use the app settings (consents and account deletion) or the unsubscribe link in every newsletter. We answer within one month (extendable by two in complex cases, letting you know), free of charge.
Complaints
If you believe your data is not processed in line with the GDPR you can lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Piazza Venezia 11, 00187 Rome), or with the authority of your country, or go to court. We would appreciate the chance to talk about it with you first.
Security
We protect data with appropriate measures (Art. 32 GDPR): encrypted connection (HTTPS), passwords stored only in encrypted form, access to the management system reserved to people working with us with personal credentials and blocking of suspicious attempts, encrypted keys for external services, updated systems and regular backups.
Children
The website and app are not aimed at children under 14, who cannot sign up or consent to marketing communications (Art. 2-quinquies Italian Privacy Code). If a child has sent us data, write to us and we will delete it.
Changes to this notice
If the services we use or the way we process data change, we update this page and the date at the top; for important changes we also tell you in the app or by email and, where needed, ask for your consent again.