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Users should note that by subscribing to the Venice Pride Newsletter(1), completing the volunteer services application form (“Venice Pride Volunteer Form”)(2), creating an account or purchasing merchandise through Venice Pride – Official Merchandise (“Venice Pride Shop”)(3), or donating to Venice Pride(4), as applicable, they may have provided personal information, which may constitute “personal data” within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and related implementing legislation (together, “Data Protection Legislation”).

Users’ personal data will be used by Venice Pride for the following purposes:

In each case the personal data referred to above will only be used in connection with Venice Pride’s legitimate business interests and accordingly Users’ specific consent is not required.

Users’ personal data may be disclosed by Venice Pride to its delegates, professional advisors, service providers, regulatory bodies (if any), auditors, technology providers and any duly authorized agents or related, associated or affiliated companies of the foregoing for the same or related purposes.

Users’ personal data may be transferred to countries which may not have the same or equivalent data protection laws as that required under Data Protection Legislation.  Any such transfer of personal data will be in compliance with applicable Data Protection Legislation and appropriate measures are in place to ensure this such as the request for consent from the User in relation to attending and volunteering for Venice Pride Events. For more information on the means of transfer of Users’ data or a copy of the relevant safeguards, please contact Venice Pride.

Pursuant to Data Protection Legislation, Users have the right to object to processing of personal data by Venice Pride and a number of other rights which may be exercised in respect of their personal data in certain circumstances, i.e.:

These rights will be exercisable subject to limitations as provided for in Data Protection Legislation. User may make a request to Venice Pride to exercise these rights by contacting info@venicepride.org.

Please note that personal data may be retained by Venice Pride for as long as reasonably necessary for its legitimate business purpose, to fulfill the purposes, or related purposes, described in this Policy, or in accordance with Venice Pride’s legal and regulatory obligations.

Venice Pride is a data controller within the meaning of Data Protection Legislation and undertakes to hold any personal information provided by Users in confidence and in accordance with Data Protection Legislation. For queries, requests or comments in respect of this notice or the way in which Venice Pride uses Users’ personal data, please contact G.Turck at grant@venicepride.org. Note that Users have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate regulator.

Express Consent request

We require your consent to subscribe to the Venice Pride Newsletter(1), complete the volunteer services application form (“Venice Pride Volunteer Form”)(2), create an account or purchasing merchandise through Venice Pride — Official Merchandise (“Venice Pride Shop”)(3), or donate to Venice Pride(4). By agreeing to the Data Protection Notice, you consent to:


(1)Available at https://www.venicepride.org/ (bottom of webpage).

(2)Available at https://www.venicepride.org/volunteer/.  Note: We should consider if the waiver form on the Volunteer page needs to include any specific GDPR disclosures or should be updated to reference this notice.  The Venice Pride Volunteer Form requires the prospective volunteer to provide personal information such as name, contact information, and date of birth, in addition to a list of skills, qualifications, personality traits, and events of interest to the prospective volunteer.

(3)Available at https://venicepride.org/shop/.

(4)Available at https://venicepride.org/donate.

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