Privacy Policy

Last updated: 30 April 2026

1. Data Controller

This website (oasesresearch.org) is maintained by:

Lucrezia Rovati, PhD candidate at the University of Milano-Bicocca Milan, Italy

Contact: oases.research@gmail.com

For all matters related to the processing of your personal data, including the exercise of your rights, please contact the Data Controller at the email above.

2. Hosting and infrastructure

This website is hosted by Squarespace, Inc. ("Squarespace"), based in the United States. Squarespace acts as our Data Processor under Article 28 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

When you visit this website, Squarespace collects personal information, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs this data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace processes data in their Privacy Policy.

3. Analytics

This website uses Squarespace Analytics, the analytics tool integrated into our hosting platform. We collect personal information to power site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Analytics cookies are loaded only after you accept them through our cookie banner. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.

4. Contact form

When you submit information to this website via the contact form on the "Get Involved" page, we collect:

  • First name and last name

  • Email address

  • Message content

We collect this data to track and respond to your submission. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to us and help us manage our communications with you.

We do not use this data for marketing purposes. We do not share it with third parties beyond Squarespace.

5. Fonts

This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Information about this site and the page you are viewing

  • Your IP address

6. Why we process your data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Responding to inquiries submitted through the contact form: consent (Art. 6(1)(a))

  • Ensuring the proper functioning and security of the website: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f))

  • Analysing aggregated traffic statistics to improve content: consent for analytics cookies (Art. 6(1)(a))

7. How long we keep your data

  • Contact form submissions: retained for up to 24 months from your last interaction, then deleted

  • Analytics data: aggregated and retained according to Squarespace retention policies

  • Server logs: retained for up to 12 months for security and troubleshooting purposes

8. Transfer of data outside the European Union

Our website is hosted by Squarespace, Inc., a company based in the United States. Personal data may therefore be transferred to and processed in the United States. Squarespace adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and implements Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission as required by GDPR Art. 46.

9. Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data (Art. 15)

  • Rectify inaccurate data (Art. 16)

  • Erase your data ("right to be forgotten", Art. 17)

  • Restrict processing (Art. 18)

  • Object to processing (Art. 21)

  • Data portability (Art. 20)

  • Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent

  • Lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, www.garanteprivacy.it)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at oases.research@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

10. Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies. For details, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the most recent version. Significant changes will be communicated through a notice on the homepage.