Cookie policy

Nature of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are sent by the website visited by the user on the user’s device (usually to the browser), where they are stored in order to recognize this device on the next visit. In fact, at each subsequent visit, cookies are sent back from the user’s device to the site.

Each cookie generally contains:

  • the name of the server from which the cookie was sent;
  • the deadline and a value, usually a unique number randomly generated by the computer

The website server that transfers the cookie uses this number to recognize you when you return to visit a site or navigate from one page to another.

Cookies can be installed not only by the same operator of the site visited by the user (first-party cookies), but also by a different site that installs cookies through the first site (third-party cookies) and is able to recognize them . This happens because on the visited site there may be elements (images, maps, sounds, links to web pages of other domains, etc) that reside on servers other than that of the visited site.

Based on the purpose, cookies are divided into technical cookies and profiling cookies.
Technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of “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“. In particular, these cookies are usually used to allow efficient navigation between pages, store user preferences (language, country, etc.), perform computer authentication, manage the shopping cart or allow online purchases, etc. Some of these cookies (called essential or strictly necessary) enable functions without which some operations would not be possible. Pursuant to art. 122, co. 1 of the Privacy Code, the use of technical cookies does not require users’ consent.

Cookies are assimilated to technical cookies. analytics if used directly by the site manager or to collect aggregate information on the number of users and how they visit the site. These cookies allow website owners and / or managers to understand how users interact with the contents of the site for the purpose of optimizing it.

Profiling cookies are used to track user navigation, analyze his behavior for marketing purposes and create profiles on his tastes, habits, choices, etc. in order to transmit targeted advertising messages in relation to the user’s interests and online. with the preferences shown by these in online browsing. These cookies can be installed on the user’s terminal only if he has given his consent in the simplified procedures indicated in the Provision. Based on their duration, cookies are divided into persistent, which remain stored, until their expiry, on the user’s device, save removal by the latter, and session, which are not persistently stored on the device of the user and disappear when the browser is closed.

Which cookies are used on this site

  • Technical cookies
    This site uses technical cookies, installed by the site itself in order to monitor the functioning of the site and allow efficient navigation on it. For each technical cookie that could be used, the name, purpose of use and type / duration are shown below.
    The aforementioned cookies cannot be disabled using the functions of this website, but can be disabled through the settings of your browser at any time (in the manner indicated below). Their deactivation could preclude the optimal use of some areas of the site.
  • Performance and analytics cookies
    Analytical cookies are also used in order to statistically analyze traffic on the site, count the accesses or visits to the site itself and allow the owner, also thanks to estimates on numbers and consumption models, to improve the structure, the navigation logics and content, to adapt it to users’ interests, to speed up searches, etc.
    For each analytics cookie used, the name, purpose of use, type / duration and origin are shown below.
  • Third party profiling cookies
    While browsing this site, the user may receive profiling cookies installed and managed by third parties on his terminal in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user in the context of his browsing on the net. This happens because, as indicated above, there may be elements on the site that reside on servers other than the one on which the visited site is located. Where third parties set cookies while visiting this site, they obtain information relating to the fact that users have visited it. More information on the use of cookies is available by accessing the link indicated below on the third-party site. The refusal of consent to the use of third-party profiling cookies does not interfere with the possibility of accessing the site.
    Below, we report the name of the third-party cookies that could be installed by the latter through the site, the purpose, the name of the third party and the link to the latter’s site.

How do you disable cookies?

By default, almost all web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. However, it is possible to change this default configuration via the browser settings. Disabling / blocking cookies or deleting them may, however, preclude optimal use of certain areas of the site, prevent the use of some services and make navigation slower.
The configuration of cookie management depends on the browser used.
Usually, cookies are configured from the “Preferences”, “Tools” or “Options” menu.

The links to the cookie management guides of the main browsers are shown below: