Gauss Control Cookie Policy
1. Introduction and Scope
At Desert Point SpA (hereinafter, “Gauss Control”), we respect and protect the privacy of our users and visitors. This Cookie Policy is intended to provide you with clear, precise, and unambiguous information regarding the use of cookies and similar technologies on our website, in strict compliance with Law No. 19,628 on the Protection of Privacy and its amendments introduced by Law No. 21,719.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites store on a user’s device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when they visit a website. These technologies allow the website to remember information about the visit, such as the preferred language, login details, and other settings, making navigation easier and improving the user experience.
3. Data Processing Principles
The collection of information through our cookies is governed by the principles of our Information Security Management System (ISO 27001), ensuring at all times the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. The data collected shall always comply with the principle of purpose limitation (legitimate and explicit purposes) and the principle of proportionality, and shall be limited to data that is strictly necessary.
4. Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the website. They cannot be disabled in our systems because, without them, basic services such as secure browsing or user login would not function properly.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources in order to evaluate the performance of our website. All information collected through these cookies is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous (subject to a data dissociation or anonymization process).
- Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering the user’s preferred language.
- Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our website by advertising partners in order to display relevant advertisements on other websites.
5. User Consent and Control
The processing of personal data through cookies is based on the user’s freely given, specific, unambiguous, and informed consent. When you access our website, a “Privacy Notice” (Cookie Banner) will be displayed, allowing you to:
- Accept all cookies.
- Reject non-essential cookies (analytics, functional, or advertising cookies).
- Configure or withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of any processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to its withdrawal.
6. Transfer and Confidentiality of Information
Gauss Control shall not sell, license, or transfer data collected through cookies to third parties for their own purposes. Where external service providers (third-party processors) are used for web analytics, they shall be contractually required to protect personal information through appropriate security measures and to maintain strict confidentiality.
7. Data Subject Rights (ARCOP+ Rights)
As a user and Data Subject, you are entitled at all times to exercise your rights of Access, Rectification, Erasure (Cancellation), Objection, and Portability with respect to your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, or to withdraw your consent regarding the use of cookies, you may submit a formal request to our Information Governance and Security Team at dp@gausscontrol.com. Your request will be answered within a maximum period of 15 business days from the date of receipt.
8. Updates
This Cookie Policy shall be reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains aligned with technological and legal developments. Any amendments shall be duly communicated to users through our website.
