This privacy statement serves to inform visitors of the HEAL Network for the Ethnography of Healing website about the registration of their personal data in compliance with the guidelines set forth under Art. 13 and 14 of the EU Regulation GDPR n. 679/2016 (concerning/on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data) and the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003).

1. Validity
This privacy statement applies to the HEAL Network for the Ethnography of Healing website (www.healnetwork.eu) in its entirety. You agree with our statement by visiting and using our website.

2. Collection of data
2.1 Nature of the data
Which data we collect, depends on your surfing behavior on our website. We use cookies and Google Analytics to track the general surfing behavior of our visitors. We do not collect your personal contact information, unless you contact us via our contact page. This website does not contain sections that require you to share your personal contact information in order to proceed. We do not store any visitor’s financial information.
2.2 Aims
We may use your data to:
- Consult our statistics and track the number of visits per post or page;
- Improve the content of our website by means of the surfing behavior of our visitors.

3. Rights
Under the EU Regulation GDPR n. 679/2016 at any time, you have the right of access, rectification, objection, restriction of processing and to request the removal of your personal data. You have the right to request an overview of your personal surfing data, as processed by Google Analytics and/or the removal of specific data sets. Please use our contact address in case you want to use one or more of these rights. We can only remove specific data sets if this is still in accordance with our legal obligations.

4. Data processing and protection
We intend to handle all your data with care manually or using automation, including the support of electronic/online and automated systems, in compliance with the criteria set forth by the EU Regulation GDPR n. 679/2016 (concerning/on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data) and the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree 196/2003). We will never provide your data to third parties without your permission, only if we are legally obliged to do so. Should you have any concerns about your privacy when using our website, please contact us at healresearchnetwork@gmail.com to allow us address your concerns. We will respond to your request as soon as possible.

5. Data Controller and Data Protection Officer
The data controller is Sapienza - Università degli studi di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. The DPO (Data Protection Officer) currently in office is Mr. Andrea Bonomolo (email: responsabileprotezionedati@uniroma1.it).

6. Cookies
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
We discern the following types of cookies:
- Functional cookies: these cookies are meant to let the website function on your device in the best possible manner. You are able to block functional cookies via your browser, but this may affect the functioning of the website.
- Tracking cookies for Facebook: these cookies come into play once you click the Facebook button on our homepage and visit our Heal – Network for the Ethnography of Healing social network pages, which function in accordance with their own privacy policies.
- Analytical cookies for Google Analytics: these cookies process your general surfing data via Google Analytics. This allows us to see via which source (e.g. Facebook, Google) you visit our website, which pages you visit, and the duration of these visits.

7. Google Analytics
We Google Analytics to track general data of our visitors, such as the number of visitors, the country they are visiting from, what kind of devices they use and how long they spend on each of our pages. We do not collect personally identifiable information and we have no need to. Google Analytics functions in accordance with the general privacy statement of Google. Heal – Network for the Ethnography of Healing cannot affect the procession of your data via Google.

8. Third Parties Websites and Services
This website contains hyperlinks to other websites. Heal – Network for the Ethnography of Healing is not responsible for the procession of your data on these external websites. For instance, if you click one of the YouTube or Vimeo videos embedded in our website, you accept the policy and privacy regulations of YouTube or Vimeo.