Privacy Policy

Breton S.p.A. ("Breton", "we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information about you when you use our website and contact us through our inquiry forms. Breton acts as a data controller under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Italian privacy legislation.

1. Data Controller

Breton S.p.A.
Via Garibaldi 27, 36061 Bassano del Grappa (VI), Italy
Email: [email protected]

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal data:

• Contact Information: Name, company name, business email address, phone number — provided when you complete our inquiry or contact forms
• Technical Inquiry Data: Information about your production requirements, equipment interests, and technical specifications that you voluntarily provide
• Website Usage Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, time on page, referring URL — collected automatically through standard web server logs and analytics tools
• Communication Records: Records of correspondence between you and Breton staff

3. How We Use Your Information

We process your personal data for the following purposes and under the following legal bases:

• Responding to Inquiries (Legitimate Interest / Contract Performance): To respond to your requests for technical information, quotes, or demonstrations
• Product and Service Communications (Consent): Where you have provided explicit consent, to send you information about Breton products, events, or technical publications that may be relevant to your work
• Website Improvement (Legitimate Interest): To analyze how visitors use our website and improve its content and functionality
• Legal Compliance: To meet our obligations under applicable law

4. Data Retention

We retain contact form data for 36 months from the date of submission, or longer where an ongoing commercial relationship exists. Website analytics data is retained in anonymized form for up to 24 months. You may request deletion of your data at any time (see Section 7).

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with:

• Breton's regional representatives and service partners in your geographic area, solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry
• IT service providers who host and maintain our website and CRM systems, under appropriate data processing agreements
• Public authorities where required by law

When we transfer data outside the EU/EEA (for example, to our regional contacts in non-EU countries), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses.

6. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. Essential cookies are required for the website to function. Analytics cookies (if any) are only placed with your consent. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or any consent management tool we provide on this website.

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erase your data ("right to be forgotten") in certain circumstances
• Restrict our processing in certain circumstances
• Data portability — receive your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is consent-based)

To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) at garanteprivacy.it.

8. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes encrypted data transmission (HTTPS) and restricted access to personal data within our organization.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Material changes will be communicated via a notice on our website. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent update.

10. Contact Our Data Protection Team

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your data rights:
Email: [email protected]
Post: Breton S.p.A., Attn: Data Protection, Via Garibaldi 27, 36061 Bassano del Grappa (VI), Italy