Cookie Policy
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are small text strings that the sites visited by the user send to his terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user. While browsing a site, the user may also receive cookies on his terminal that are sent from different sites or web servers (so-called “third parties”), on which some elements may reside (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages of other domains) present on the site that the user is visiting.
2. TYPES OF COOKIES USED
The site uses > as identified by the Guarantor for the protection of personal data with the Provision of 8 May 2014, i.e. those used for the sole purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication on an electronic communications network, or in measure strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the contractor or user to provide this service” (see art. 122, paragraph 1, of the Privacy Code).
The site uses:
- navigation or session cookies, which guarantee normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, authentication to access restricted areas);
- analytics cookies, assimilated to technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site itself;
- functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate according to a series of selected criteria (for example, the language) in order to improve the service provided to the same.
Below is the analytical and specific description of the characteristics and purposes of the cookies installed by the site:
Cookie name | Type of cookies | Purposes |
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wordpress_test_cookie | session | Check whether or not your browser has cookies enabled. |
_icl_current_language | functionality | Stores the selected language |
cookie-policy-accepted | functionality | Stores consent to the use of cookies |
The site uses “third party” cookies. In particular, the site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to allow the website to analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where this is required by law or where such third parties process the aforementioned information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
Cookie name | Type of cookies | Purposes | Third Party that stores and accesses user information collected with cookies | Link to the site where you can view the Third Party’s privacy policy: |
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_ga | Third Party – Persistent | Used to distinguish users. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage | |
_gat | Third Party – Persistent | Used to throttle request rate. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage |
REFUSE AND BLOCK COOKIES
You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser, but this may prevent you from using all the features of this site. The majority of internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies automatically. This means that the user has the possibility, at any time, to set the browser to accept all cookies, just some, or to reject them, disabling their use by the site. You can also normally set your browser preferences so that you are notified each time a cookie is stored on your computer. Finally, at the end of each browsing session, you can delete the cookies collected from the device’s hard drive. If the user wants to delete the cookies installed in the cookie folder of the browser used, it should be remembered that each browser has different procedures for managing the settings.
By selecting the links below the user can obtain specific instructions for some of the main browsers.
- Microsoft Windows Explorer
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies - Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies - Mozilla Firefox
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies - Apple Safari
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html