What are cookies and what are they used for?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website server and that only that server will be able to retrieve or read its content. It contains some anonymous information and allows the website to remember some data.
There are different types of cookies, which can be defined as follows:
Technical cookies (which DO NOT require your consent):
They are necessary for the operation of the site and allow you to access its functions (so -called navigation cookies ) and are mostly session cookies. We can also use functional cookies that allow you to save your preferences and settings, improving your browsing experience on our site (eg remember you as a registered user of the site when you select the "Remember me" function; connect to the section of the site in your language possibly chosen or based on the country from which you access; remember your preferences in terms of acceptance or not of profiling cookies). To ensure their functionality and to be able to remember your preferences, these cookies are not deleted when the browser is closed; however, they have a predefined maximum duration (up to a maximum of 2 years) and after the predefined time period they are automatically deactivated. These cookies and the data they collect are not used for other purposes. Your consent is not required to install technical cookies; we proceed with their installation automatically following access to the site or your request for certain features (eg by selecting "remember me"). At any time you can always decide to disable them by changing the settings of your browser. However, in that case, you may not be able to view our site correctly.
Profiling cookies (which require your CONSENT):
Our site also uses so-called cookies. profiling that we can install only with your prior consent. Through the site, third-party cookies can also be installed, provided you expressly consent to their installation.
The profiling cookies defined by the Guarantor for the protection of personal data may include different categories of cookies, including advertising profiling cookies, retargeting cookies, Social cookies and analytical cookies that are not limited to aggregate statistical analysis:
- Advertising profiling cookies: they create profiles relating to the user to make you view advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by you while browsing the Internet;
- Retargeting cookies: they send you advertising to offer you products similar to those in which you have expressed interest (for example, by showing you the products you have viewed on our site when you browse affiliate sites), or allow you to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaign or third parties;
- Analytical cookies: they keep track of the choices you make on the site and your navigation to perform statistical analysis on our part and third parties, keeping track of your preferences and your online behavior and to propose personalized messages;
- Social cookies: the site also allows some social networks (for example, Facebook, LinkedIn) to install their own cookies using their plug-ins. These cookies are managed directly by these third parties and can also be used in order to display advertising messages in line with your preferences on other sites.
Types of cookies used by our site:
Our site uses cookies that
DO NOT require your
CONSENT for their installation because they are technical or functional cookies, therefore we do not use profiling cookies, neither first nor third party.
This site uses:
Google Analytics: an anonymous website traffic analysis tool. No information will be made public or disclosed to entities, associations, organizations capable of carrying out targeted marketing following the User's preferences, but will be used for the sole purpose of improving navigation and the user's experience for the next visits.
The social buttons used by the site in the footer of the homepage, in the sidebar of the pages and in the top of all the articles of the site are links that refer to the account of the owner on the social networks depicted. By using these buttons, third-party cookies are therefore not installed.
