The purpose of this Cookie Policy, produced pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of
General data protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 (hereinafter for brevity the
GDPR) and to the applicable Italian provisions of law, is to describe the types and
usage methods of Cookies and to provide instructions on steps to be taken to reject
or eliminate the cookies present in the website if so desired.
With respect to any matter not explicitly provided for here, see the contents of the Privacy Policy.
Cookies are packets of information sent by a web server (e.g. the website) to the user's Internet browser, which are automatically stored on your computer and sent to the server with each subsequent access to the site.
Almost all browsers are set to accept cookies automatically by default.
Typically, cookies can be installed:
• directly by the owner and/or administrator of the website (so-called first party cookies)
• by administrators extraneous to the website visited by the user (so-called third party cookies). Where not specified otherwise, note that the administrators of such cookies are directly and exclusively liable for them. Further information on privacy and on the use of these cookies is available on the websites of their respective administrators.
This website may use, including in combination with each other, the following types of cookies, which have been classified on the basis of the instructions of the Italian Data Protection Authority and the opinions and recommendations issued at the European level by the Article 29 "Future of Privacy" Working Party:
· Session Cookies which are not stored permanently on the user's computer and are deleted when the browser is closed. They are strictly limited to transmitting the session identifiers required to enable a safe and efficient exploration of the website and to avoid the use of other technologies that could compromise users privacy
· Persistent Cookies that remain stored on the computer's hard drive until they expire or are deleted by users/visitors. Using persistent cookies, visitors accessing the site (or any other users who use the same computer) are automatically recognised at each visit. Visitors can set their computer's browser to accept/reject all cookies or to alert whenever a cookie is offered, in order to assess whether or not to accept it. The default configuration can be changed and cookies disabled (i.e. definitively blocked) by setting a higher security level.
· Technical Cookies are cookies used for authentication, to benefit from multimedia content of the 'flash player' type and to enable selection of the browsing language. Therefore it is not generally necessary to obtain the user's prior and informed consent. This category includes cookies that statistically analyse website accesses/visits, but only if used exclusively for statistical purposes through the collection of information in aggregated form.
· Non-technical cookies are all cookies used for profiling and marketing purposes. Their use on user's machines is prohibited if the users have not been adequately informed in advance and have not given their valid consent by the opt-in procedure. These types of cookies can in turn be grouped on the basis of the functions they perform into:
* Analitycs. These are cookies used to collect and analyse statistical information on accesses/visits to the website. In some cases, in combination with other information such as credentials entered for access to restricted areas (the user's email address or password), they can be used to profile the user (personal habits, sites visited, downloaded content, types of interactions, etc.). For example, in order to obtain aggregated information that can be used to assess the use of the website and visitors' activities, Google Inc. stores information collected by the cookie on a server that may be located in the United States or in another country. Google reserves the right to transfer the information collected by its cookie to third parties if required by law or if the third party processes the information on its behalf. Google guarantees that it does not associate the IP address with any other data held in order to obtain a more detailed profile of the user.
* Widgets. This category includes the graphic components of the user interface of a program, to facilitate the user's interaction with the program. For example, the cookies of Facebook, Google+ and Twitter are widgets.
* Advertsing. This category includes cookies used for advertising on a website. GoogleAdsense and Tradedoubler belong to this category.
* Web beacons. This category includes snippets of code that enable a website to transfer or collect information through a request for a graphic image. Websites can use them for various purposes, such as analysis of website use, control and reporting of advertising, and the customisation of advertising and content.
Name of cookie or code |
Type |
Purpose/description |
(Google Analytics) |
A third party technical/analytics cookie |
The administrator of the site uses the web analysis service provided by Google Inc. to obtain anonymous information of a qualitative and quantitative type in order to improve the usability of services and information and to enhance the users experience of the website.
The specific cookies used are:
· _umta this is a persistent cookie which expires two years after it is written. Its content is a hash number in the form of 6 groups of numbers separated by points. The information gathered indicates the time of the last visit, the previous visit, and the first recorded visit. It is also a visit counter. This information is sent to Google's servers each time a page is opened with the tracking code, and is used inter alia to calculate the visitor's recency and the time elapsed since their last visit.
· __utma this is a persistent cookie which expires exactly two years after it is written. Its content is a hash number indicating the time of the last visit, the previous visit, and the first recorded visit.
· _utmb, this is a session cookie. It contains the timestamp of the moment the user accessed the website.
· __utmc this is a session cookie that expires the moment the browser is physically closed. It can, for example, calculate the average time the user spends on a particular page.
· _umtv this is a persistent cookie that expires two years after creation and enables the website owner to track the conduct of visitors and measure the performance of the site
· __utmz, this is a persistent cookie which expires 6 after creation or update (but this value can be changed). It contains the hash of your account, a timestamp of its creation, some parameters relating to the number of visits and a series of items of information on the source, the campaign and keywords entered.
For further information on Google Analytics, see http://www.google.it/intl/en/analytics/ |
PrivacyChoice |
A first party technical cookie |
A cookie used to send a command to the user's browser. |
JSESSIONID |
A first party technical session cookie |
This cookie is used to establish a user session and to switch status data via a temporary cookie, which is commonly referred to as a session cookie. It is deleted automatically when the page is closed. |
The site can use/uses Adobe Flash Player to provide some multimedia content. The program is installed by default on most computers.
If any of this content is used, Google Analytics stores additional data on the computer, also known as Flash cookies (or Local or Share Objects)
through which the administrator can view the total number of times a certain file audio/video files is opened, the number of people who use it until the end and the number of people who close it before the end.
The Adobe website provides information on how to remove or deactivate the Flash cookies (see the URL http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/security)
Note that limiting and/or eliminating the use of this type of flash cookies could prejudice the functions available for applications based on Flash technology
The following section provides the information on how to disable/delete cookies, according to the type of browser used
a) Chrome
1. Run the Chrome browser
2. Click on the browser toolbar menu next to the browsing URL input window
3. Select Settings
4. Click Show Advanced Settings
5. In the "Privacy" section, click on the "Content Settings" button"
6. In the "Cookie" section, the following cookie settings can be modified:
7. Allow data to be saved locally
8. Edit the local data only until you close the browser
9. Do not allow sites to set cookies
10. Block third-party cookies and site data
11. Manage exceptions for some websites
12. Delete one or all cookies
For further information, visit the dedicated page.
b) Mozilla Firefox
1. Run the Mozilla Firefox browser
2. Click on the browser toolbar menu next to the browsing URL input window
3. Select Options
4. Select the Privacy panel
5. Click on Show Advanced Settings
6. In the "Privacy" section, click on the "Content Settings" button
7. in the "Tracking" section, the following cookie settings can be modified:
8. Request that sites do not carry out tracking
9. Notify sites of your willingness to be tracked
10. Do not indicate any preference for the tracking of personal data
11. From "History" section, you can:
12. By enabling "Use custom settings" select to accept third party cookies (from most visited or never visited sites) and keep them for a specified period (until they expire when Firefox is closed, or ask every time)
13. Remove individual stored cookies.
For more information visit the dedicated page.
c) Internet Explorer
1. Run the Internet Explorer browser
2. Click on the Instruments button and select Internet Options
3. Click the Privacy tab under Settings and change the slider according to the action desired for the cookies (Block All Cookies or Enable all cookies)
4. Selection of sites from which cookies are to be obtained: move the cursor to an intermediate position so as not to block or allow all cookies, press then click Sites. In the Web Site Address box to enter a website and then press to Block or Allow.
For more information visit the dedicated page.
d) Safari
1. Run the Safari browser
2. Click on Safari, select Preferences and press Privacy
3. In the Block Cookie section, specify how Safari is to accept cookies from websites.
4. To see which sites have stored cookies, click Details
For more information visit the dedicated page.
e) Safari iOS (mobile devices)
1. Run the Safari iOS browser
2. Tap Settings, then Safari
3. Tap Block Cookies and choose between the various options: "Never", "Third-party advertisers and" or "Always"
4. To delete all cookies stored by Safari, tap Settings, then Safari, and then click Delete Cookies and Data
For more information visit the dedicated page.
f) Opera
1. Run the Opera browser
2. Click on Preferences, then click Advanced, and then click Cookies
3. Select from the following options:
o Accept all cookies
o Accept cookies only from visited sites: third party cookies that are sent to and from a domain other than the one being visited will be rejected
o Never accept cookies: no cookies will never be saved
For further information, visit the dedicated page.
