Privacy Policy – Progressive Systems
In this privacy policy, we provide more information about the personal data we collect and use in relation to the Progressive Systems website and what your rights are.
- Who we are
Progressive Systems is an Italian company working to simplify the access, use, and extraction of information from large datasets, mainly derived from Earth Observation satellites.
Progressive Systems solutions enable users such as universities, research centers, institutions, and companies to leverage the potential of Earth Observation data for various social, environmental, and scientific purposes.
Contact:
Progressive Systems Srl
HEADQUARTERS
Via Enrico Fermi, 62
00044 Frascati – Rome, Italy
Tel: +39 069424783
E-mail: info@progressivesystems.it
- Types of personal data we collect
We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
- Contact details: name, surname, email, and your communication with us
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website and web-browsing behaviour. We also collect information via cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website. For more information, please read our cookie policy on the website.
- Marketing and interaction data: e-mails opens and click links in such e-mails.
- Location data: with your permission, we may also receive your location data.
- Social media data: depending on your social network settings, we may receive information from your social network provider. For more information on the personal data that we receive from your social network provider and how to change your settings, please check the website and privacy policy of your social network provider.
- How we collect your data
We collect the categories of personal data referred to above in the following ways:
- Personal data provided by you: contact us form on our website, e-mail subscriptions, customer surveys, events or promotional contests.
- Cookies and similar technologies: see our cookie policy.
- Social networks: depending on your social networks settings. For more information, see 2 (E) above.
- Purposes for which we use your personal data
The main purposes for which we use your personal data are:
(A) To take care of your requests on Progressive Systems: we process the personal data referred to under 2, as necessary for the performance of customer support or contract/order.
(B) To provide you with our services and a seamless digital experience
(C) For statistical research
- We use our research results to develop better services and offers for our customers, provide better customer service, and improve the design and content of our website.
- Legal basis and right to object: We process your personal data for our legitimate interests described above (please see (i)).
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of your personal data for statistical research (please see 8 ‘Your rights’ below).
(D) For marketing purposes
- We may send you updates about our services and personal advertisements and offers for our products/services.
- Types of communication:
- E-mails, direct messages through other communication channels: we may use other communication channels to send you direct messages with personalised advertisements and special offers.
- Display relevant information and personalised advertisements on websites: please see our cookie statement.
- Publicity: Progressive Systems may include Customer’s name or Brand Features in a list of Progressive Systems partners/customers, online or in promotional material. Progressive Systems may also verbally reference Customer as a customer of the Services. At the same time, a Customer is permitted and encouraged to state publicly that it is a customer of the Services provided that (i) the content won’t infringe anyone’s rights or violate any laws (ii) the content is accompanied by the following statement “This work has been done using the “Name of the Service” by Progressive Systems”. Any use of a party’s Brand Features will inure to the benefit of the party holding Intellectual Property Rights to those Brand Features. A party may revoke the other party’s right to use its Brand Features under this Section with written notice to the other party and a reasonable period to stop the use.
iii. Personalised advertisements and offers: We aim to make advertisements and offers as relevant as possible for you. To that end, we may use and combine the categories of personal data.
- Legal basis and right to object: We send you updates based on your consent.
You have the right to object to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time (please see 8 ‘Your rights’below).
- Unsubscribe: You may unsubscribe from our updates and emails at any time by sending an email to info@progressivesystems.it with the subject “Unsubscribe”. If you rescind a subscription from Progressive Systems Communications, this won’t imply an automatic erasure of your personal data from our system. To exercise this right please see 8.3 below.
(E) To communicate with you
We use your contact details to communicate with you about your request for pre-contractual and contractual transactions, to answer your questions, or to address your complaints.
(F) To conduct our business operations or to comply with statutory obligations
We collect, use, and retain your personal data to perform and administer our website such as for record-keeping purposes, to prevent or combat fraud, or to settle disputes.
- Granting access, sharing data with third parties
Progressive Systems may use support or additional services of third parties, such as IT suppliers, social media providers, marketing agencies, and screening service providers. All such third parties are required to adequately safeguard your personal data and only process them in accordance with our instructions.
- Retention
We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary. How long your personal data is retained depends on the purposes for which the data is processed and the applicable statutory retention periods.
- International transfer of personal data
Progressive Systems may transfer your personal data to countries other than your country of residence. This is done because service providers may provide their services from other countries.
- Your rights
8.1. You may contact Progressive Systems Privacy Office (please see 8.3 below) to exercise any of the rights you are granted under applicable data protection laws, including (A) the right to access your data, (B) to rectify your data, (C) to erase your data, (D) to restrict the processing of your data, (E) the right to data portability, and (F) the right to object to processing.
(A) Right to access
You may ask us whether we process any of your personal data and, if so, to receive access to that data in the form of a copy.
(B) Right to rectification
You have the right to have your data rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
(C) Right to erasure
You have the right to have your personal data erased. This means that we will delete your data. Erasure of your personal data only takes place in certain cases, as prescribed by law and listed in Article 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes situations where your personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was originally processed.
(D) Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to obtain a restriction on the processing of your personal data. This means that we will suspend the processing of your data for a certain period of time. Circumstances which may give rise to this right include situations where the accuracy of your personal data is contested and we need some time to verify its (in)accuracy. This right does not prevent us from continuing to store your personal data. We may, for example, deny your request for access when necessary to protect the rights and freedoms of other individuals, or refuse to delete your personal data if the processing of such data is necessary for compliance with legal obligations.
(E) Right to data portability
Your right to data portability entails that you may ask us to provide you with your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and have such data transmitted directly to another controller, where technically feasible.
(F) Right to object
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. This means that you may ask us to no longer process your personal data. This only applies if the ‘legitimate interests’ ground (including profiling) constitutes the legal basis for processing. You can object to direct marketing at any time and at no cost to you if your personal data is processed for this purpose, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to direct marketing. If you exercise this right, we will no longer process your personal data for such purposes.
8.2. Withdrawal of consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time by following the specific instructions in relation to the processing for which you provided your consent. For example, you could withdraw consent by sending an email with the subject “unsubscribe” to info@progressivesystems.it.
For more information on how you can withdraw your consent for cookies and similar technologies we use when you use our website, please check our cookie policy.
8.3. Privacy Office
If you wish to exercise your rights, all you have to do is send a request to Progressive systems Privacy Office:
E-mail: info@progressivesystems.it
8.4 Changes to this privacy policy
Progressive Systems reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page. It is recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Last update 04th of August 2025
