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4FILMMAKERS uses no cookies, no advertising trackers and no social media plugins. This page explains which data is processed when you read the site, in line with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003 and the Italian Data Protection Authority’s guidelines on cookies.

Last updated: 5 November 2026

Who is responsible

The data controller is 4FILMMAKERS, based in Italy. For any privacy request write to 4filmmakersco@gmail.com. We reply within 30 days, as the GDPR requires.

What data is processed

The site has no user accounts, no comments, no newsletter and no contact form. Only two kinds of data are processed:

  • Server logs. Like every website, the server records technical data for each request: IP address, browser and device type, page requested, date and time, referring page. They are used only to run and protect the site.
  • Visit statistics. Anonymous data collected with Umami, which sets no cookies and does not store IP addresses (details below).

If you write to us by email or on Instagram, we use your message and contact details only to reply.

  • Server logs, to keep the site working and secure: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.
  • Visit statistics, to see which articles are read and how readers find us: legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. No cookies are used, so no consent is needed.
  • Replies to your messages: your request, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR.

Statistics

Statistics are collected with Umami (umami.is), on servers in the European Union. When you open a page, Umami records the page, the referring website, the type of device, browser and operating system, and the approximate location (country, region and city) worked out from the IP address, which is then discarded. Pages viewed in the same visit are grouped under a random identifier that changes regularly and cannot be traced back to you. The data is not combined with other sources, is not used for profiling and is not shared with advertising networks. We do not use Google Analytics or any other cookie-based analytics service.

Cookies and browser storage

This site does not use profiling, marketing or analytics cookies, so there is no cookie banner. It only keeps a few small technical items in your browser:

  • Session storage: remembers that you have already seen the opening animation, until you close the browser.
  • Exclusion flag: set only on the editors’ own devices, so their visits are not counted in the statistics.
  • Private statistics area: a technical login cookie is used only in the password-protected area for the editors. Readers never receive it.

None of these items identifies you. You can delete them at any time from your browser settings.

Other services

Fonts, images and scripts are served from this site, apart from the Umami statistics script. Links to manufacturers, shops, Instagram and other websites are plain links: those sites receive data only if you click them, under their own privacy policies.

Who receives the data

Data is handled only by the providers needed to run the site: the web hosting provider (server and logs) and Umami (statistics). They act as data processors. Data is never sold or used for marketing. The hosting provider may process data outside the European Economic Area, for example in the United States. Such transfers rely on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework or on the standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission.

How long data is kept

  • Server logs: a few days, then deleted automatically by the hosting provider.
  • Visit statistics: anonymous data, kept in Umami for as long as its service plan allows and no longer than needed to compare traffic over time.
  • Messages: for as long as needed to reply and follow up.

Your rights

Under Articles 15 to 22 GDPR you can ask to access your data, correct it, erase it, restrict or object to its processing, and receive it in a portable format. Write to 4filmmakersco@gmail.com. You can also lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, garanteprivacy.it).

Automated decisions

No automated decision-making or profiling takes place.

Changes

We update this page when the site changes. The date at the top shows the latest revision.