Before using the portal, please read carefully in order to comply with what is indicated below. 

Information and responsibilities 

The INDY portal is owned by the Movimento dei Focolari-Opera di Maria (of the Italian institution P.A.F.O.M.). The use of the INDY website and services is therefore subject to Italian law and regulated by the "Terms of use" on the portal. 

Profiles related to the respect of copyright 

INDY has been prepared for the training and updating of members of the Focolare Movement who are explicitly authorized to use it on the basis of the type of membership and responsibility in the Focolare Movement. 

The materials available through the Services are protected by Italian legislation on copyright pursuant to Law 633/1941 and subsequent amendments. 

Any content, image, information, document, logo, graphic, sound, interface or software provided by P.A.F.O.M. is owned by P.A.F.O.M. or authorised for use and license to P.A.F.O.M., therefore subject to copyright and other intellectual property (IP) rights pursuant to Italian law. 

P.A.F.O.M. reserves the right to remove or inhibit, as a precaution, access to those materials in relation to which a dispute arises regarding the ownership of copyright or the legitimate use of which is disputed by third parties. 

P.A.F.O.M. makes every effort to provide accurate and updated information but does not assume responsibility or guarantee the completeness of the contents. P.A.F.O.M. reserves the right to modify the information contained in the portal at any time and without notice. 

P.A.F.O.M. reserves the right to modify the Terms of use of the portal, at any time, by publishing new Terms, of which users will be informed through the portal. The user is responsible for regularly checking for possible changes and for adhering to them. If the user continues to use INDY after the modification of the Terms and the related notice, those terms will be binding for the user.  

Failure to comply with the Italian legislation on copyright can lead to criminal and monetary sanctions for those responsible for the violations. 

Service users 

The user is to be held solely responsible for the use of the material in compliance with Italian legislation. 

Indy organization 

P.A.F.O.M. works with a group of collaborators who safeguard compliance with current legislation in the following areas of the management of the portal: 

• Coordination of the Management Group;  
• Security administration; 
• Communication; 
• Content management; 
• Translation of contents; 
• Translation of the graphical interface; 
• Technical assistance; 
• Graphic interface management; 
• Programming development; 
• Infrastructure management; 
• Efficiency management. 

Processing of personal data  

The personal data controller is P.A.F.O.M., with headquarters in Rocca di Papa (Rome – Italy), Via Frascati, 306. The Data Protection Officer (DPO) is the lawyer. Sergio Barbaro who can be contacted at the following address: Personal Data Protection Officer, Via Frascati n. 306, Rocca di Papa (Rome-Italy), e-mail: privacy@focolare.org.  

P.A.F.O.M. has appointed the persons responsible for the individual Organizations (archives) in Indy as Internal Data Processing Managers. 

The provision of data is optional, i.e. it does not derive from a regulatory obligation, but it is mandatory in order to access the Services and failure to provide it will prevent access to the Services. Personal data will be processed by the Data Controller, and will not be communicated or disclosed.  

The personal data collected and processed will be kept by the Data Controller for the period necessary for the provision of the services and for the time necessary for the execution of any obligations required by Italian law or European regulation. 

The user of the Services, as an interested party, enjoys the rights referred to in EU Regulation no. 2016/679 (GDPR) and other regulations in force. For any requests and for the exercise of rights, please write to privacy@focolare.org. 

Please refer to the complete privacy policy which can be found in the footer of the INDY portal.  

Links to other sites 

P.A.F.O.M. is not responsible for any references and links to other websites that are external to the portal. 

Reference legislation 

1. Legislation on copyright and other rights related to its exercise, introduced with Law 633/1941 for the protection of intellectual works of a creative nature, whatever the mode or form of expression; 

2. Software protection regulations, introduced with Legislative Decree no. 518/92 "Implementation of directive 91/250/EEC relating to the legal protection of computer programs", which introduced article 171-bis, the text of which was recently amended by Law no. 248/2000 "New rules for the protection of copyright"; 

3. Constitution of the Italian Republic, article 15 states that "The freedom and secrecy of correspondence and any other form of communication are inviolable"; 

4. Penal Code article 616 "Violation, removal and suppression of correspondence"; 

5. Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, concerning the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, as well as the free movement of data and which repeals Directive 95/46/EC (general regulation on data protection); 

6. Legislative Decree 30 June 2003 n. 196 "Personal data protection code" and subsequent amendments (last amended by Legislative Decree 101/2018); 

7. Code of Ethics of the Women's Pious Association "Opera di Maria"; 

8. Privacy Organizational Model (acronym M.O.P.) of the Women's Pious Association "Opera di Maria"; 

9. Internal regulations on the correct use of resources related to telematics. 

21 June 2023