Informativa sulla Privacy

1. Introduzione

Noi di https://wtbcommunity.com rispettiamo la tua privacy e ci impegniamo a proteggere i tuoi dati personali. La presente Informativa sulla Privacy spiega come raccogliamo, utilizziamo, condividiamo e proteggiamo i tuoi dati personali, in conformità al Regolamento Generale sulla Protezione dei Dati (GDPR - Regolamento UE 2016/679). General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

2. Quali dati personali raccogliamo

We may collect the following personal data:

• Name and surname
• Date of birth
• Email address
• Social media handles and phone number when you provide them to us, such as when submitting content or expressing interest in future collaborations.
• IP address
• Contact messages or inquiries
• Browser and device data (via cookies)

We only collect the minimum amount of data necessary to fulfill the purposes described below.

3. How and Why We Use Your Data

Your data is used only for specific, lawful purposes:

We will not use your data for purposes incompatible with the original intent unless we receive your explicit consent.

4. Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions for a period of up to 12 months for the purpose of providing customer service. The information submitted through these forms is not used for marketing purposes unless explicit consent has been granted.

We retain submissions received via contact forms, including those from “Apply as a Creator”, “Apply As a Brand” forms, article authors (via the “Share Your Experience” form), and reviewers (via the “Leave Your Review” form), for up to 12 months for customer service and administrative purposes unless explicit consent is provided for a longer retention period.

For individuals who provide personal data based on mutual agreement or consent, we retain such data only as long as the consent remains valid or the data is necessary to fulfill the agreed purpose.

Please note that our website currently does not support user registration or maintain user accounts. All previously existing user accounts have been permanently removed from our database.

Comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely to enable automatic recognition and approval of any subsequent comments, thereby avoiding the need for manual moderation.

Upon receiving a request to delete personal data collected via contact forms or comments, we will take appropriate measures to remove or anonymize such data in accordance with our data retention and security policies.

Anonymous analytics data is retained for a period of 26 months.

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your data and ensure safe browsing on our website:
◉ SSL encryption to protect data transmission.
◉ Anti-bot and anti-spam protection to prevent automated attacks.
◉ Cloudflare for enhanced security, DDoS protecion, and faster page loading globally.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
• Restrict or object to processing
• Data portability
• Withdraw consent at any time

Since our website does not have a user account system, you can exercise these rights by submitting a request to us via email. Upon receiving your request, we will respond within 30 days with the information or actions you have requested.

7. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and gather usage data. Non-essential cookies (like analytics and marketing) are only used after you give explicit consent.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time via the cookie banner or your browser settings.

Read our full Cookie Policy for details.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Sharing and Disclosure

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

We will never sell or share your personal data without your explicit consent, except where required by law. We retain your data only as long as necessary for the purposes mentioned. We may share it with:

• Trusted third-party service providers (e.g., email marketing platforms, hosting providers)
• Authorities when required by law

All third parties are required to comply with GDPR and ensure your data is protected.

11.1. Where your data is sent

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

We collect the following data, only when you voluntarily provide it:

12. International Data Transfers

If your personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure:

• Adequate safeguards are in place (e.g., standard contractual clauses or data protection agreements)
• Transfers are limited to what is necessary and secure

13. Consent and Its Withdrawal

If we rely on your consent to process personal data (e.g., for email marketing), you can:

• Give consent by ticking a checkbox during form submission
• Withdraw consent at any time by contacting us or unsubscribing

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

14. Automated Decision-Making

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that would have legal or significant effects on you.

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.

15. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Consenso – when you check a consent box (e.g., on a contact form, user registration form). By using this website and submitting your personal data via forms or signups, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and give your explicit consent to the collection and processing of your data as described.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. You will be notified of significant changes via the website or email if applicable.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a request related to your data: le***@**********ty.com

If you believe your rights under GDPR have been violated, you can also lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority (DPA).