Cookies Policy
Cookies:
Definitions, characteristics and applications
Cookies are small text files that the sites visited by the user send and record on their computer or mobile device to then be re-transmitted to the same sites on the next visit. The use of cookies allows a site to remember user preferences (for example, the chosen language, font size, etc.) so that they do not have to be indicated again when the user returns to visit said site or you browse from one page to another of it. Cookies, therefore, are used to perform computer authentication, session monitoring and storage of information regarding the activities of users who access a site and may also contain a unique identification code that allows you to keep track of the user’s navigation within. of the site itself for statistical or advertising purposes. While browsing a site, the user may also receive on his computer cookies from sites or web servers other than the one he is visiting (so-called “third-party” cookies). Some operations could not be performed without the use of cookies, which in some cases are therefore technically necessary for the site to function itself.
Cookies can be distinguished according to their characteristics or functions. A further method of differentiation is based on the duration of the cookies’ stay on the user’s computer. In fact, you can have: session cookies, which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed; or so-called persistent cookies, which remain on the user’s equipment until a set deadline.
According to current legislation in Italy, the user’s express consent is not always required for the use of cookies. In particular, “technical cookies”, ie those used for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user, do not require this consent. In other words, these are cookies that are essential for the operation of the site or necessary to perform activities requested by the user.
Among the technical cookies, which do not require express consent for their use, the Italian Data Protection Authority (see Measure Identification of simplified procedures for the information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies ‘May 8, 2014 and subsequent clarifications, hereinafter also only “Provision”) includes:
“analytics cookies”, when used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site,
navigation or session cookies (to authenticate),
functionality cookies, which allow the user to browse according to a series of selected criteria (for example, the language, the products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided.
On the other hand, a prior consent from the user is required for “profiling cookies”, ie those aimed at creating profiles relating to the user and used in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while surfing the net. .
Types of cookies used by the Site and the possibility of (de-) selection
Except for third-party cookies, for which reference must be made directly to the relative methods of selection and de-selection of the respective cookies, indicated by means of links; the Site, with the possibility of de-selecting them, uses the following cookies:
Technical navigation or session cookies: they are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Site or to allow you to use the content and services requested.
Functionality cookies: they are used to activate specific functions of the Site and a series of selected criteria (for example, the language) in order to improve the service rendered.
ATTENTION: by disabling technical and / or functional cookies, the Site may not be available for consultation or some services or certain functions of the Site itself may not be available or may not work properly. In these cases, the user may be forced to modify or manually enter some information or preferences each time he visits the Site.
Third-party cookies: they are cookies from websites or web servers other than that of the Owner, used for the purposes of these third parties. It should be noted that these third parties, listed with the relative links to the privacy policies, are typically independent data controllers of the data collected through the cookies they serve; therefore, you will have to refer to their personal data processing policies, information and consent forms (selection and de-selection of the respective cookies), as specified in the aforementioned Provision. For the sake of completeness, it is also specified that the Data Controller constantly strives to be able to track cookies on its Site.
As regards the third parties that send cookies through our Site, we provide the links relating to the respective privacy policies. We delegate to these third parties, as already specified, the responsibility of providing the information and collecting the user’s consent, as required by the Provision. This responsibility is to be referred not only to the cookies that third parties send directly, but also to any additional cookies that are sent through our Site by virtue of the use of services that the same third parties use. In fact, with respect to these cookies, sent by service providers of the aforementioned third parties, the Data Controller does not have the possibility to exercise any control and does not know their characteristics or purposes.
Cookie settings
The user has the ability to block (in whole or in part) technical and functional cookies through the specific functions of his browser. Failure to authorize technical cookies could make it impossible to use the Site, view its contents and use the related services. Inhibiting functionality cookies could mean that some services or certain functions of the Site are not available or do not work properly and the user may be forced to modify or manually enter some information or preferences each time they visit the Site.
The choices made in relation to the Site’s cookies will in turn be recorded in a specific cookie. This cookie may, however, in some circumstances not work properly: in such cases, we advise the user to delete unwanted cookies and to inhibit their use also through the browser functionality.
User preferences, with reference to cookies, will be reset if different devices or browsers are used to access the Site.
As for how to view and modify cookies through the browser: the user can authorize, block or delete (in whole or in part) cookies through the specific functions of his browser.
For more information on how to set preferences on the use of cookies through the browser, you can consult the relevant instructions: