Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies, like almost all websites. 

Cookies are small strings of text that a website sends to the user’s device, where they are saved and then sent back to the same website the next time the user visits it. When browsing a website, users may also receive cookies sent by different web pages (see Italian Data Protection Authority guidelines no. 229 of 8 May 2014).

Cookies may be stored permanently on the user’s computer or mobile device of the user or have a variable duration (known as persistent cookies), or may be deleted when the browser is closed or have a limited duration (session cookies). Cookies may be installed by the website that the user is visiting (known as first-party cookies) or by other websites (third-party cookies).

In order to correctly regulate the use of cookies, they need to be distinguished based on the purposes they are used for.

 The following is a list of cookies used by our website:

Technical cookies.

Technical cookies are those used only for the purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication on an electronic communications network, or insofar as this is strictly necessary to the provider of an information society service that has been explicitly requested by the contracting party or user to provide the said service”(see section 122, paragraph 1, of the Italian Personal Data Protection Code and guidelines 229/2014).

These can be grouped into browsing or session cookies, which allow users to navigate and use a website (e.g. to purchase items online or authenticate themselves to access reserved areas).

These cookies can be installed without requiring the user’s consent.

Profiling cookies.

Profiling cookies are designed to create user profiles and are used to send advertising based on preferences shown when browsing the internet.

Given their invasive nature, users must consent to their installation.

Analytical cookies.

These are used to monitor the use of web pages by users, providing statistical reports that can help site managers optimise their websites. One of the most commonly-used web analytics tools is “Google Analytics”, a service provided by Google Inc. that offers the possibility to compile browsing statistics. The Italian Data Protection Authority has ruled that these cookies can be considered technical cookies in cases where the user’s IP address is hidden (including partially) and no information is shared with Google. In all other cases, they are considered profiling cookies.

All types of cookies may be first party (i.e. processed and managed directly by the website’s owner) or third party (when installed or acquired by other subjects).

Third party cookies include so-called social plugins, in other words components that allow users to interact with social media (such as Gestpay, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr etc.) via the website, where these generate cookies.

Management of information gathered by third parties is regulated by a specific policy, which can be referred to for further information.

BRIEF NOTIFICATION ON FIRST ACCESS –BANNER.

The banner that opens when a user accesses a web page for the first time shows essential information on how to manage cookies, as well as a link to the complete privacy policy.

As required by law, the user’s preferences on how to manage cookies are stored in a technical cookie.

LINKS TO PROCEDURES FOR DISABLING COOKIES ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER 

IN THE MAIN BROWSERS

The preferences a user sets when first accessing a website can be modified subsequently using the following procedures.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

LINKS TO RELATED SITES AND/OR SITED WITH RELATED FUNCTIONS

As our website uses third party cookies (for example Google, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedln), below are the links to the corresponding privacy policies.

 Facebook – Informativa:https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/

  Facebook – Configurazione:accedere al proprio account. Sezione privacy.

  Linkedin – Informativa:https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy

  Linkedin – Configurazione:https://www.linkedin.com/settings/

  YouTube – Informativa:http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/technologies/cookies/

  YouTube – Configurazione:http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/technologies/managing/

Last updated on 03 March 2023