Data controller
Avv. Fulvio Covino, Studio Legale Covino; email international@covino.legal. Further identification details of the controller are provided on written request to the same address. This notice applies to covino.legal and to the subdomains investments, international, immigration and commercial.covino.legal.
Data processed
- Data you provide through the contact form or by email: name or company name, email, telephone, area of interest and the content of your request.
- Browsing data: IP addresses, date and time of the request and the resources requested, recorded automatically by the server for security and operational purposes.
Please do not include in the form any special-category data (art. 9 GDPR) or data relating to criminal convictions and offences (art. 10 GDPR): if needed, they will be collected in the course of any mandate.
Purposes and legal bases
- replying to requests and assessing a possible mandate: pre-contractual steps taken at your request (art. 6.1.b GDPR);
- compliance with legal obligations, including professional and anti-money-laundering duties if a mandate is given (art. 6.1.c);
- website security and the establishment or defence of legal claims: the controller’s legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f).
Providing the data marked as required is necessary for us to deal with your request.
Methods and retention
Data are processed electronically, with appropriate technical and organisational measures and in keeping with professional secrecy. Requests not followed by a mandate are kept for 12 months; where a mandate is given, data are kept for the duration of the relationship and for the period required by law and by the Code of Conduct. Server logs are kept only as long as strictly needed for security purposes.
Recipients
Data may be processed by authorised staff of the Firm and by the hosting and email provider (Hostinger), appointed as processor under art. 28 GDPR. The controller does not disclose the data or transfer them outside the European Economic Area.
Your rights
You may at any time exercise the rights under articles 15-22 GDPR (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection) by writing to international@covino.legal, and you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (www.garanteprivacy.it).
Last updated: November 2026.
This English text is a courtesy translation; the Italian version prevails.