As clarified by the Privacy Authority in the FAQs of December 2012, cookies are “small text files” – consisting of letters and numbers – “that websites visited by the user send to their terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored to be then retransmitted to the same websites during the same user’s next visit”. Cookies serve to streamline web traffic analysis or to signal when a specific website or part of it is visited, to distinguish visitors from one another in order to provide personalized content, and they help administrators improve the website and the browsing experience of the users themselves. Through cookies we cannot access other information stored on your device, even though this is where cookies are downloaded. Cookies cannot load code of any kind, convey viruses or malware, and are not harmful to the user’s terminal.
Below you can find all the information about the cookies installed through this website and the necessary instructions on how to manage your preferences regarding them.
- User consent to the use of cookies
When connecting for the first time to any page of our website, an informative banner on the use of cookies will appear, which will allow you to manage your installation preferences.
The website remembers the choice made, therefore the short information notice will not be repeated during subsequent connections from the same device. However, you will always have the possibility to revoke all or part of the consent already given by clicking at any time on this symbol.
If you experience technical problems related to providing consent, you can contact us via email at the address found within the privacy policy linked in the footer of our website.
Depending on the nature of the cookies, they may be stored on your device for longer or shorter periods. Cookies can be:
- session cookies, cookies that are stored persistently on your computer and are deleted when the browser is closed; they are strictly limited to the transmission of session identifiers necessary to allow safe and efficient exploration of our website, avoiding the use of other computer techniques potentially detrimental to the confidentiality of users’ browsing;
- persistent cookies, cookies that remain stored on the computer’s hard drive until their expiration or deletion by users/visitors. Through persistent cookies, visitors accessing the website (or any other users employing the same computer) are automatically recognized at each visit. You can also configure your computer’s browser to accept/reject all cookies or to show you a warning whenever a cookie is offered, so you can evaluate whether to accept it or not. You can still modify the default configuration and disable cookies (i.e., block them permanently) by setting a higher level of protection.
Cookies can be:
- first-party cookies, meaning cookies that report this website as their domain;
- third-party cookies, meaning cookies relating to external domains. Third-party cookies are necessarily installed by an external entity, always defined as a “third party”, not managed by the website.
Regarding the nature of cookies, there are several types:
- Technical cookies::these are used solely to “carry out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide this service”(see art. 122, paragraph 1, of the Code).
They are not used for further purposes and are installed directly by the owner or operator of the website. They can be divided into:
- navigation or session cookies, which guarantee normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, a purchase to be made or authentication to access restricted areas); they are in fact necessary for the proper functioning of the website;
- statistical-analytics cookies (first-party), treated as technical cookies when used directly by the website operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the website itself, in order to improve website performance;
- functionality cookies, which allow the user to browse based on a series of selected criteria (for example, language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided to them. The prior consent of users is not required for the installation of these cookies (more information in the Cookie Management section below).
- Statistical-analytics cookies (third-party): this type of cookie is not used directly by the website operator, but is created and made available by third parties for statistical purposes. The website does not have direct control over individual cookies and cannot control them (it can neither install them directly nor delete them). You can still manage these cookies through the settings found by clicking at any time on this symbol.
- Profiling cookies: these are aimed at creating profiles related to the user and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing the web. Consent from the data subject is required for the use of profiling cookies. You can still manage these cookies through the settings found by clicking at any time on this symbol.
- Cookies present on this website and revocation of consent
This website uses cookies. The cookies specifically installed on this website can be viewed at any time by clicking on this symbol located in the footer (at the bottom of any page viewed). Through the same section, you will be able to enable and disable cookies at any time.
