Information notice pursuant to Article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 196/2003

“Personal Data Protection Code”

With Legislative Decree No. 196 of 30 June 2003, containing provisions for the protection of persons and other subjects with regard to the processing of personal data, the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna – Department of Economics, hereinafter referred to as the “Research Centre”, in its capacity as “Data Controller”, is required to provide certain information regarding the use of personal data.

- Source of personal data

Personal data held by the Research Centre is collected directly from volunteers. In the event that the Research Centre acquires data from external parties, information will be provided at the time of registration and in any case no later than the first possible communication. In any case, the processing of data will be based on the principles of correctness, lawfulness and transparency, protection of confidentiality and rights, which have always inspired the activities of the Research Centre.

- Purpose of data processing

The data is processed as part of the normal activities of the Research Centre and for the following purposes:

- involvement of volunteers in experimental activities promoted by the Research Centre;

- dissemination of information on the locations and times of experimental activities promoted by the Research Centre;

- correction notices information previously sent to volunteers;

- to comply with legal obligations

- Data processing methods

Personal data is processed manually and stored on paper and/or using electronic means. We will also store the data electronically on personal computers. The data collected may be communicated to other departments of the Alma Mater University of Bologna and to public and private entities, exclusively for the purpose of ensuring compliance with accounting, tax and legal obligations.

- Mandatory or optional nature of data provision and consequences of failure to provide data

The provision of data is optional. Failure to provide data necessary to carry out specific tasks related to the research may make it impossible for the Research Centre to admit the individual to the research..

- Rights of the data subject also pursuant to Article 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003

Article 7 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 grants interested parties the exercise of specific rights. In particular, interested parties may obtain confirmation from the Research Centre, by writing to the Director of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Piazza Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna, as to whether or not their personal data exists and that such data is communicated in an intelligible form. The data subject may also request to know the origin of the data, the purposes and methods of processing, as well as the logic applied in the case of processing carried out with the aid of electronic instruments, the names of the data controller, the appointed data processors and the subjects or categories of subjects to whom the data may be communicated or who may become aware of it. The data subject has the right to obtain the updating, rectification, integration, erasure, anonymisation or blocking of data processed in violation of the law.

The interested party also has the right to object, in whole or in part, on legitimate grounds, to the processing of personal data concerning him/her, even if pertinent to the purpose of collection. These rights may be exercised, including through a designated person, by sending a request to the Research Centre.