Siracusa International Tango Festival 2027

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 September 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed in connection with SITF 2027 and is provided before personal data is collected through the festival platform.

2. Data Controller

The data controller for your personal data is:

Siracusa Sport Academy ASD

Via Sanremo 16, 96100 Siracusa (SR), Italy

Codice Fiscale: 93114660892

Partita IVA: 02182750899

Email: info@siracusatangofestival.com

PEC: siracusasportacademyasd@pec.it

3. Personal Data We Process

We process the following categories of personal data:

3.1 Identity and Contact Data

  • First name and last name
  • Email address
  • Mobile phone number
  • Date and place of birth
  • Country and city of residence
  • Residential address

3.2 Italian Tax Code (Codice Fiscale)

Collected only from participants residing in Italy, as required for association membership registration with ACSI/FAITANGO.

3.3 Language Preference

Your preferred language (English or Italian) for communications and the festival interface.

3.4 Membership Data

Association membership status, membership number, validity period, and membership fee payment status.

3.5 Purchase and Order Data

Order numbers, products purchased, prices, payment status, purchase dates, and order history.

3.6 Payment Status Data

Payment confirmation and refund status. We do not store your full card number, card verification value (CVV/CVC), or card expiry date. Payment card processing is handled through Stripe. Stripe processes payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy terms. We retain payment status records and transaction identifiers for accounting and order management purposes.

3.7 Festival Access Data

Your festival pass status, active entitlements, and personal QR credential used for event access.

3.8 Check-In and Attendance Data

Records of event check-ins, scan results, and access logs generated when you enter festival events.

3.9 Account and Authentication Data

Your account email and authentication data managed by the festival platform.

4. Purpose of Date of Birth Processing

Your date of birth is processed to verify compliance with the Festival’s 18+ eligibility requirement, for association membership registration with ACSI/FAITANGO, and as part of your participant identity.

5. Legal Bases for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

5.1 Contract Performance

Processing of identity, contact, purchase, and access data is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations: registering you as a participant, processing your pass purchase, granting event access, and managing your festival participation.

5.2 Legal Obligation

Processing of certain data (including Codice Fiscale for Italian residents and accounting records) is necessary to comply with applicable legal and tax obligations.

5.3 Legitimate Interests

Processing of access logs, attendance records, and operational data is necessary for the security and proper management of festival events.

5.4 Consent (Optional Activities Only)

The optional newsletter subscription is based on your consent. You may withdraw this consent at any time without affecting your festival registration or participation.

6. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data to:

  • Register you as a festival participant and manage your account
  • Verify that you meet the Festival’s 18+ eligibility requirement
  • Process your pass purchase and membership registration
  • Grant and manage event access through your personal QR credential
  • Send you transactional communications about your purchase (purchase confirmation)
  • Notify the Organizer of new registrations for operational purposes
  • Maintain accounting and tax records as required by law
  • Ensure event security and access control

7. Data We Do Not Store

We do not store:

Full credit/debit card numbers

Card verification values (CVV/CVC)

Card expiry dates

Payment card processing is handled through Stripe. Stripe processes payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy terms.

8. Data Sharing

8.1 Platform Infrastructure

Your personal data is processed through the festival’s online platform, which provides the database, authentication, and hosting infrastructure for SITF 2027.

8.2 Payment Processing

Payment card processing is handled through Stripe. Stripe processes payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy terms.

8.3 Association Membership Registration

Your identity data, date and place of birth, and Codice Fiscale (for Italian residents) are used to register your association membership with ACSI/FAITANGO through Siracusa Sport Academy ASD. Public information confirms that ACSI/FAITANGO membership processing requires personal participant data and documentation.

8.4 No Marketing Third Parties

We do not share your personal data with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.

9. Data Retention

Personal data is retained only for the period necessary for the specific purposes for which it is processed and, where applicable, for the longer period required to comply with legal, accounting, tax, association, or dispute-related obligations.

Different categories of personal data may have different retention criteria:

9.1 Newsletter

Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you withdraw consent or unsubscribe, subject to any limited retention necessary to document the withdrawal.

9.2 Access and Check-In Data

Access logs and check-in data are retained only for the period reasonably necessary for festival access, security, operational management, and handling possible disputes, then deleted or anonymized unless further retention is legally required.

9.3 Accounting and Tax Records

Accounting and tax records are retained for the period required by applicable law.

10. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:

Access your personal data

Rectify inaccurate personal data

Erase your personal data (subject to legal retention obligations)

Restrict or object to processing

Data portability

Withdraw consent for optional processing (newsletter)

Lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority

To exercise these rights, contact: info@siracusatangofestival.com or PEC: siracusasportacademyasd@pec.it

11. Cookies and Tracking

The SITF 2027 website currently does not use:

Google Analytics

Google Tag Manager

Meta Pixel

TikTok Pixel

Advertising pixels

Marketing cookies

The website uses a single functional local storage item (sitf_lang) to remember your language preference (English or Italian). This is essential for the website to function in your chosen language.

The website uses platform authentication and session mechanisms necessary for account access.

No non-essential tracking cookies or marketing cookies are currently present.

If any non-essential analytics, profiling, advertising, or marketing tracker is introduced in the future, cookie and tracking compliance will be reassessed before deployment.

12. Transactional Communications

We send the following transactional emails:

Purchase Confirmation — sent to you after a successful purchase, confirming your registration and access details.

Admin New Registration — an operational notification sent to the Organizer when a new registration is completed.

These communications are transactional and are not marketing. They are sent based on your purchase and do not require separate marketing consent.

13. Newsletter (Optional)

The newsletter is a separate, optional subscription. Subscribing to the newsletter requires your consent and is not a condition of festival registration or pass purchase. You may unsubscribe at any time.

14. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including:

Row-level access controls restricting data to authorized users

Server-side authentication for all data access

Payment card processing through Stripe

No storage of sensitive card data

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. The version number and date will be updated accordingly. Material changes will be communicated through the festival platform.

16. Contact

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, contact:

Siracusa Sport Academy ASD

Email: info@siracusatangofestival.com

PEC: siracusasportacademyasd@pec.it