Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Tuscan Food & Wine Tours collects, uses and protects the personal data of visitors to this website, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the Italian Privacy Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003, as amended by Legislative Decree no. 101/2018).

1. Data Controller

Italia Highlights srl
Trading as Tuscan Food & Wine Tours
Loc. Vallone 194, 57022 Livorno, Italy
P.IVA 02025240496
Email: info@tuscanfoodtours.com
Phone: +39 333 4234 217

2. Hosting & Website Development

This website is hosted by OVH SAS (2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France) via the service provider DAVI The Humanizers (davi.ai). It was developed by Elandry (elandry.fr).

As part of normal server operations, OVH may automatically collect standard server log data (IP address, browser type, pages visited, date and time of access). This data is used solely for technical and security purposes and is not used to identify individual users.

3. Data We Collect and Why

3.1 Contact Form

When you use the contact form on this website, we collect the following information:

  • First and last name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Your message

This data is collected solely to respond to your enquiry. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) in responding to communications addressed to us, and, where applicable, the performance of a pre-contractual relationship (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Your data is retained for a maximum of 3 years from the date of your last contact, after which it is permanently deleted.

3.2 YouTube Video Embeds

Several pages on this website include videos embedded from YouTube (Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). When you visit a page containing a YouTube embed, YouTube may set cookies and collect data about your visit, even if you do not play the video.

YouTube’s data collection is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy. Data may be transferred to Google servers outside the European Union.

Our cookie management tool (see Section 4) allows you to block YouTube embeds before any data is transmitted to Google.

4. Cookies

This website uses cookies to ensure its proper functioning and to improve your browsing experience. Cookie consent is managed through Complianz, which allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies before they are placed on your device.

For full details on the cookies used on this site, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to third parties. Your data may be shared only in the following circumstances:

  • OVH SAS — as our hosting provider, acting as a data processor under a data processing agreement.
  • Google / YouTube — when you interact with embedded video content (see Section 3.2).
  • Legal obligations — if required to do so by applicable law or a competent authority.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — to obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data, subject to legal retention obligations.
  • Right to restriction — to request that we limit the processing of your data.
  • Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: info@tuscanfoodtours.com

We will respond to your request within 30 days.

7. Supervisory Authority

If you believe your data has been processed unlawfully, 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
www.garanteprivacy.it

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

This website was developed with the support of the QM Export project, co-funded by the Interreg Italy-France Maritime Programme 2021–2027 (ERDF funding: €1,701,900).