Go For ITaly · Legal
Privacy & Cookie Policy
Last updated: 18 October 2026
This policy explains what personal data we collect when you visit the Go For ITaly websites (goforitaly.it, 1year.goforitaly.it, 2years.goforitaly.it and university.goforitaly.it; goforitaly.eu redirects to goforitaly.it) or write to us on WhatsApp, why we collect it, who we share it with and what your rights are. It follows the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”) and the Italian privacy law (D.Lgs. 196/2003).
1. Who we are
Go For ITaly is the international project of Cooperativa Regeneration Molise, an Italian social cooperative, which is the data controller:
Regeneration Molise Società Cooperativa Sociale
Registered office: Via Giovanni Pascoli 52, 86100 Campobasso (CB), Italy
Office: Via Facchinetti 3, 86100 Campobasso (CB), Italy
VAT number and tax code 01904170709 · REA CB-215413
Email: info@goforitaly.it · PEC: regeneration.molise@postecert.it
Write to this address for any question about your data or to exercise your rights.
2. What data we collect
Data you give us
- Contact forms: your name, email, WhatsApp number, country and, depending on the page, the course or plan you are interested in, your second choice, the intake, whether you have finished secondary school, your level of Italian, the topics you are interested in and your message.
- WhatsApp: your name and number as shown on WhatsApp, the messages and voice messages you send us and the information you choose to share in the conversation.
Name and at least one contact (email or WhatsApp) are needed to answer you. Everything else is optional. Please do not send us special categories of data (for example health information) unless they are needed for your request.
Data collected when you use the site
- Where your visit came from: when you send a form or open WhatsApp from the site, we record the page you came from, the first page you visited, the referring website and the campaign parameters in the link (utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content, utm_term, fbclid, gclid). WhatsApp messages started from the site include a short code (for example “ref 1Y-EN”) with the page and the campaign.
- Technical data: like every website, our server records the IP address, date and time, page requested and browser type of each visit, for security and to fix errors.
- Meta Pixel: only if you click “Accept” in the cookie banner (see section 9).
We do not use Google Analytics. The fonts and images of the site are served by our own server: opening a page does not send your data to Google or other font providers.
3. Why we use it and on what legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Answering your request | Steps taken at your request before a possible contract (art. 6(1)(b)): we reply, explain our services and, if you wish, prepare your application. |
| Following up | Our legitimate interest (art. 6(1)(f)) in contacting you again about the request you made, for example about the next intake. You can tell us to stop at any time. |
| Knowing which pages and campaigns work | Our legitimate interest (art. 6(1)(f)) in measuring where our contacts come from. We only use the data listed in section 2, linked to your request. |
| News, offers and promotions | Your consent (art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and art. 130 of the Italian privacy code), given with the separate, optional box in our forms. Without it we never send you promotions. |
| Meta Pixel (ads measurement) | Your consent (art. 6(1)(a)), given in the cookie banner and revocable at any time. |
| Security, spam and abuse prevention | Our legitimate interest (art. 6(1)(f)) in keeping the site and our services safe. |
| Contracts, invoices and legal duties | Contract (art. 6(1)(b)) and legal obligations (art. 6(1)(c)), only if you become a client. |
We do not sell your data.
News, offers and promotions
If you tick the optional box “I would like to receive news, offers and promotions” in one of our forms, we may send you information about our programmes, new intakes, offers and events by email and WhatsApp. This box is never pre-ticked and you can send your request without it. We record the date and the text you agreed to.
You can withdraw this consent at any time, for free: use the unsubscribe link in our emails, reply “STOP” on WhatsApp or write to info@goforitaly.it. Withdrawing does not affect the answers to your request.
4. WhatsApp and our virtual assistant
On WhatsApp the first replies may come from Sofia, our virtual assistant, which uses artificial intelligence to answer questions about our programmes. A person from our team reads the conversations, can take over at any moment and does so whenever you ask to talk to a person.
- Sofia uses your messages to answer you and to fill in your request in our contact system (for example your name, country and the course you are interested in).
- Voice messages are converted into text on our own server.
- Sofia does not take decisions about you: admissions, prices and contracts are always handled by people (no automated decision-making under art. 22 GDPR).
- WhatsApp is a service of Meta (WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.), which processes the messages under its own privacy policy.
5. Who receives your data
Your data is seen by the members of our team who handle your request. We also use these service providers, which process data on our behalf and under our instructions:
- Hosting: KingHost / Locaweb (Brazil) — server of the website and of our contact system.
- Artificial intelligence: Anthropic PBC (USA) — the language model behind our virtual assistant.
- Email: Register.it S.p.A. (Italy) — our email service.
- WhatsApp and Meta Pixel: Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. / WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.
Only if you decide to apply, and with your agreement, we share the data needed for your application with the school or university you choose and, for visa matters, with the competent authorities. Otherwise we only disclose data when the law requires it.
6. Transfers outside the EU
Some of the providers above store or process data outside the European Economic Area:
- Brazil (hosting): the European Commission has recognised that Brazil ensures an adequate level of data protection (adequacy decision adopted in January 2026, art. 45 GDPR), so no additional safeguards are needed.
- United States (Anthropic, artificial intelligence): we use Anthropic's commercial service, whose data processing agreement includes the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (art. 46 GDPR).
- Meta (WhatsApp, Meta Pixel): Meta Platforms Ireland and WhatsApp Ireland may transfer data to Meta Platforms Inc. in the United States under the safeguards described in their own privacy policies.
You can ask us for more information about these safeguards at the address in section 1.
7. How long we keep it
| Data | How long |
|---|---|
| Requests and conversations | 24 months after our last contact with you, then deleted or anonymised. Sooner if you ask us to delete them. |
| Clients | For the duration of the contract, plus 10 years for accounting and tax records (art. 2220 of the Italian Civil Code). |
| Marketing consent | Until you withdraw it, and in any case no longer than 24 months after our last contact with you. We keep the record of the consent and of its withdrawal as proof. |
| Server logs | Up to 14 days. |
| Cookies and browser storage | See section 9. |
8. Your rights
You can ask us at any time to:
- see the data we hold about you and get a copy (art. 15);
- correct it (art. 16) or delete it (art. 17);
- limit how we use it (art. 18);
- receive it in a common format to take it elsewhere (art. 20);
- object to its use based on our legitimate interest, including follow-ups (art. 21);
- withdraw your consent, for example to promotions or to the Meta Pixel, without affecting what was done before (art. 7).
Write to info@goforitaly.it. We answer within one month. If you think we are not respecting your rights, you can also complain to the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, or to the authority of the EU country where you live or work.
9. Cookies and similar technologies
We keep this short: the site works without any cookie that needs your consent.
| Name | Type | What it does | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| gfi_consent | Technical (browser storage) | Remembers if you accepted or declined the Meta Pixel, so the banner does not appear on every page. | Until you clear your browser data |
| gfi_origem | Technical (browser storage, this tab only) | Keeps the campaign parameters and the first page of your visit, sent only if you fill in a form or open WhatsApp. | Until you close the tab |
| _fbp and other Meta cookies | Advertising (third party: Meta) | Meta Pixel: measures visits and requests coming from our ads on Facebook and Instagram. Only with your consent. | Up to 90 days |
Technical storage does not need consent (art. 122 of the Italian privacy code). The Meta Pixel fires only after your prior consent in the cookie banner: until you click “Accept”, or if you click “Decline”, it is never loaded and no data is sent to Meta. For the collection and transmission of the pixel data, we and Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. are joint controllers, under the Meta Controller Addendum. Meta then processes the data as an independent controller under its own privacy policy; you can exercise your rights regarding this processing with us or with Meta.
You can change your choice at any time: Cookie preferences. You can also delete cookies and browser storage in the settings of your browser.
Links to Instagram, WhatsApp, the university or our partners open their own websites, which have their own cookie and privacy policies.
10. Other information
- Age: our programmes are for adults (18+). We do not knowingly collect data from children through this site.
- Security: the site uses an encrypted connection (https) and access to our contact system is limited to our team, with personal passwords.
- Data Protection Officer: we have not appointed one, because the law does not require it for our activity (we are not a public authority and large-scale monitoring of people is not our core activity).
- Changes: we may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version.