Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The data controller for this website is:
Fontanini Veronica
Partita IVA: 03095310300
Email: info@italianlingua.com

2. What data we collect and why

Data	Purpose	Legal basis (GDPR Art. 6)	Retention
Name, email, lesson notes (booking)	Scheduling and delivering lessons	Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b))	Duration of teaching relationship + 10 years (Italian tax law)
Payment data (Stripe)	Processing lesson payments	Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b))	Handled by Stripe; we do not store card numbers
Placement quiz answers	Assessing your Italian level	Consent (Art. 6(1)(a))	Session only (not stored on a server)
Cookies (see Section 6)	Website functionality and analytics	Consent for non-essential; legitimate interest for essential	See Cookie Policy below

3. Who receives your data

We share personal data only with the following third-party processors, all of which have signed Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) or offer standard contractual clauses:

• Substack (The Letterhead Group Inc., USA) - newsletter delivery
• Stripe (Stripe Inc., USA) - payment processing
• TidyCal (Sumo Group Inc., USA) - lesson booking
• Google Fonts (Google LLC, USA) - web fonts (your IP address may be transmitted)

Where data is transferred outside the EU/EEA (e.g. to the USA), transfers are safeguarded by EU Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.

4. Your rights under GDPR

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data (Art. 15)
• Rectify inaccurate data (Art. 16)
• Erase your data ("right to be forgotten") (Art. 17)
• Restrict processing (Art. 18)
• Data portability - receive your data in a machine-readable format (Art. 20)
• Object to processing based on legitimate interest (Art. 21)
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing (Art. 7(3))

To exercise any of these rights, email info@italianlingua.com. We will respond within 30 days.

5. Right to complain

If you believe your data has been mishandled, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority:
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Piazza Venezia 11, 00187 Roma, Italy
Website: www.garanteprivacy.it

6. Cookie Policy

This website uses the following cookies:

Essential cookies

These are strictly necessary for the website to function (e.g. remembering your cookie consent preference). They do not require consent.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
cookie_consent	Remembers your cookie preference	365 days

Non-essential cookies

These are only set if you click "Accept" on the cookie banner. Currently, this site does not set analytics or marketing cookies. If this changes, this policy will be updated and consent re-requested.

Third-party services (Stripe, Substack, TidyCal) may set their own cookies when you interact with their platforms. Please refer to their respective privacy policies.

7. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will reflect the most recent revision. For significant changes, we will notify newsletter subscribers by email.

8. Contact

For any privacy-related questions or requests:
Email: info@italianlingua.com