Cookie Policy

Pursuant to Article 13 of the European Regulation No. 679 of 2016 (the “Privacy Regulation”), the Provision No. 229 of 2014 of the Data Protection Authority (titled “Identification of simplified methods for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies”), and Recommendation No. 2 of 2001 adopted pursuant to Article 29 of Directive No. 95/46/EC, MIR - Medical International Research S.p.A. intends to inform Users about the use of their personal data, log files, and cookies collected through browsing the website (hereinafter, the “Site”).

1. Data Controller, Data Processors, and Data Protection Officer

The Data Controller of personal data is MIR - Medical International Research S.p.A. (hereinafter, the “Controller”), located in Rome 00173, Viale Luigi Schiavonetti 270, tax code and VAT number 04564101006, phone +39 06 22754777, and email mir@spirometry.com.

The updated list of Data Processors, if designated, can be provided upon request by the Users.

2. Navigation Data

These are navigation data that computer systems automatically acquire during the use of the Site, such as IP address, addresses in URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) notation, as well as details of requests sent to the Site's server, which make navigation possible. Navigation data may also be used to compile anonymous statistics that help understand the use of the Site and improve its structure.

Finally, navigation data may be used to ascertain unlawful activities, such as computer crimes, to the detriment of the Site.

3. Data Provided by the User

For simple browsing of the Site, registration is not necessary. However, to access your private are MyMIR, MIR - Medical International Research S.p.A. needs to collect some information about Users at the time of their registration.

Users' personal data will also be used to provide the information they requested and/or related to their questions, if they filled out the dedicated form on the Site.

4. Cookies

Cookies are used on the Site. Cookies are text files stored on a computer that allow recording certain parameters and data communicated to the computer system through the browser you use. These tools allow an analysis of your habits in using the Site for different purposes: performing computer authentications, monitoring sessions, storing information on specific configurations regarding users accessing the server, storing preferences, etc.

Cookies are distinguished into:

  1. Technical cookies: used to perform navigation or provide a service you requested. Without these cookies, some operations could not be completed or would be more complex and/or less secure.
  2. Profiling cookies: used to track your navigation and create profiles on your tastes, habits, choices, etc. This way, advertising messages can be sent to your device in line with your preferences expressed during previous online navigation.

This site does not use profiling cookies: none of the personal data collected during user navigation is used to send advertising messages that reflect the preferences expressed by the user while browsing the Internet.

  • Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), whose policy can be found at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/?hl=en. You can refuse the installation of cookies used by Google Analytics by selecting the corresponding settings in your Google browser options; specifically, the Google Analytics service described above uses the following cookies:
    • _GA: These cookies are used to collect information on how visitors use the website. The information is used to prepare reports that help us improve the website. Cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, the websites from which visitors have arrived, and the web pages visited within the website.
    • _GAT / _GID: For more information on the collection, storage, and use of personal data by Google, as a Third Party under the Regulation, please refer to Google's privacy policy at the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

By using the Site, you are considered to have accepted the use of technical cookies and to have given your consent to the processing of data collected by Third Parties.

5. Disabling Cookies

Cookies can be disabled by changing the browser settings, for example:

  • Firefox
  • Internet Explorer
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Safari iOS

Some browsers have specific features that allow the blocking of third-party cookies.

If the browser used is different from the above, select the “Help” function of the respective browser for information on how to proceed.

6. Enable “Anonymous Browsing” Mode

This function, now available in almost all browsers, allows you to browse the Internet without saving any information on the websites and web pages visited.

However, despite the activation of this function, navigation data will still be recorded and saved by the website administrators and Internet service providers.

7. Direct Deletion of Cookies

Almost all browsers now allow the deletion of all installed cookies. For detailed instructions, consult the “Help” function of the browser or visit one of the following links:

Despite this, cookies will be reinstalled during each new browsing session; consequently, it will be necessary to periodically perform the deletion procedure or use automated functions for periodic cookie deletion.

8. Links to External Websites

This website may contain hyperlinks (tools that allow linking to a web page of another website): external websites reachable via links from this website (such as the MIR YouTube channel) are developed and managed by subjects over which this website has no ownership or control; consequently, this website is not in any way responsible for the content, quality, accuracy, or services offered by them. Visiting other websites and using them via links from this website are therefore made at the sole discretion and under the exclusive responsibility of the interested user. Therefore, this information is provided only with regard to this website and not for any other websites possibly consulted by the user through links.

9. Privacy Policy

Regarding the nature of the provision of data and the legal basis for processing, the methods of processing, the scope of data communication, the rights of Users, the duration of processing, and the security measures adopted, please refer to the Site's privacy policy.