Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2026
APS Designs, Inc. ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information gathered through our website antoniopiosaracino.com (the "Website"), in accordance with applicable U.S. privacy laws and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
1. Data Controller
APS Designs, Inc.
Email: info@antoniopiosaracino.com
2. What Data We Collect and Why
2.1 Website analytics and technical data (Squarespace)
Our Website is hosted and powered by Squarespace, Inc. (USA). When you visit the Website, Squarespace may automatically collect certain technical and usage data, including:
- Information about your browser, network, and device
- Your IP address
- The pages you visited before coming to this Website
- Interactions with this Website, including clicks, internal links, pages visited, scrolling, searches, and timestamps
We use this information solely to understand website traffic and activity, maintain and improve the Website, and enhance user experience.
Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR), where applicable.
2.2 Contact form submissions
If you contact us through the Website’s contact form, we process your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your message. We use this data only to respond to your inquiry and manage any related communications.
Legal basis: Pre-contractual measures or legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(b) or (f) GDPR), where applicable.
3. Cookies and Consent
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies provided by Squarespace to support essential site functionality, security, performance, and analytics.
These may include cookies that:
- Help the Website function properly
- Support security and fraud prevention
- Measure traffic and visitor activity
- Remember certain visitor preferences
On your first visit, a cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to manage your preferences. Depending on your choices, certain non-essential cookies may be restricted until you accept them. You can also update your preferences later through the cookie banner when available, or by adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website.
4. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
- Squarespace analytics and related cookie-based data: generally up to 24 months, depending on the relevant cookie or analytics setting
- Contact form submissions: up to 3 years, or longer if reasonably necessary to manage an ongoing relationship, request, or legal obligation
5. Sharing of Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data.
We share personal data only with service providers that help us operate the Website, specifically:
- Squarespace, Inc., our website hosting, infrastructure, and analytics provider, acting as a processor or service provider in accordance with its applicable contractual commitments
We may also disclose data if required to do so by law, regulation, legal process, or to protect our rights.
6. International Data Transfers
Squarespace, Inc. is based in the United States. As a result, personal data collected through the Website may be transferred to and processed on servers located outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States.
Where required, such transfers are carried out using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection law, including contractual measures intended to protect personal data in accordance with Art. 46 GDPR.
For more information, please refer to Squarespace’s Privacy Policy.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request erasure of your personal data
- Request restriction of processing
- Object to certain processing activities
- Receive your data in a portable format, where applicable
- Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at:
If you are located in the European Union, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority, including the Italian data protection authority where applicable:
Garante per la protezione dei dati personali
Website: www.garanteprivacy.it
8. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. Our Website is hosted on Squarespace infrastructure, which applies its own technical and organizational security measures.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, Website functionality, service providers, or legal requirements. The date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last updated. Continued use of the Website after any update constitutes acceptance of the revised version, to the extent permitted by law.
10. Contact
For any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:
APS Designs, Inc.
Email: info@antoniopiosaracino.com