1. Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file that the websites visited by a user send to the browser on that user’s computer, where it is stored throughout the browsing session. When the user returns to the same websites, the browser automatically retransmits the cookie, enabling the sites to recognise the user and recall previously saved information or settings.
The Company uses cookies to ensure the proper functioning of the Site and to enhance its performance. Cookies also serve to provide information about the Site’s operation and the user’s browsing activity.
The Site employs cookies for both technical and additional purposes. Technical cookies are strictly necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the Site and to provide services explicitly requested by the user, such as language settings. As detailed below, cookies used for additional purposes (including profiling and analytical cookies) support behavioural analysis of user navigation on the Site. Their aim is to improve the quality of content and deliver advertising messages aligned with the user’s browsing preferences, as further described in the following sections.
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1.1 Technical Cookies
Technical cookies are essential for enabling users to navigate the Site and utilise its functionalities. They allow the Site to remember user selections, such as language or country of origin, manage traffic by distributing requests across multiple servers, and store user consent to specific options (for example, acceptance of marketing purposes or certain cookies through interaction with the information banner). Technical cookies also ensure the correct display of certain content and videos, including those delivered via Adobe Flash Player. Some of these technical cookies are automatically deleted at the end of the browsing session, while others persist until the user changes their language settings. These cookies do not require the user’s consent.
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1.2 Company Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies can be session or persistent, and their use is limited to the performance and improvement of the Site. These cookies enable the recognition, measurement, and tracking of visitors to the Site, allowing for its continuous improvement and optimisation. For example, they help determine whether users can easily find the information they seek and identify which features or content areas of the Site are most engaging. These cookies are used by the Company to conduct statistical and anonymous analyses of user navigation on the Site, including metrics such as the number of pages visited and the number of clicks performed on each page.
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1.3 Third-party Performance and Analytics Cookies
The Company may also employ third-party analytics and performance cookies on the Site for the purposes described above, particularly those provided by U.S.-based entities such as Google (including Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google Maps) and Facebook.
The activation of these cookies requires the user’s consent, which constitutes the legal basis for their processing. Consent can be provided through the mechanism described in the Company’s cookie information banner.
The Site’s use of Google service (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Ads, and Google Maps), involves data collection with appropriate anonymization measures, such as IP address masking. Additionally, this third party stores cookies independently and does not combine them with other information available to it.
For information on managing performance and analytics cookies set by Google, including options to decline them, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy and cookie management settings at the following links:
👉 https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/
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1.4 Third-party profiling cookies (retargeting)
The Company collaborates with selected partners to display advertisements related to the Site on third-party websites and to enable partner advertising networks to deliver ads tailored to the preferences of users who have requested information from the Site or viewed its content. These cookies, provided by the U.S.-based third party Facebook, are used to display advertising banners to the user on other websites, reflecting the most recent content viewed on the Site. While navigating the Site, these cookies are also used to present the user with products that may be of interest or similar to those previously viewed, based on their browsing history.
These cookies interact with the browser installed on the user’s computer or on other devices used to access the Site. For information on managing these cookies, including options to decline them, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy and cookie management settings at the following links:
👉 https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Finally, for more information on the profiling cookies used on the Site and guidance on managing or disabling third-party cookies, the user may visit the following website:
👉 www.youronlinechoices.com
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1.6 Disabling cookies through the browser
In addition to choosing to accept or reject all or specific cookies used by the Site for additional purposes through the mechanisms described in this Privacy Policy, the user may, at any time, delete cookies placed by the Site directly from their browser using the browser’s settings.
The majority of browsers are set to accept cookies by default. The user may also configure their browser to limit the number of cookies accepted or to block all cookies entirely by adjusting the browser settings as follows:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Click on the “Tools” icon in the top right corner and select “Internet options”. In the pop up window, select 'Privacy'. Here, the User can change the cookies settings.
Google Chrome
Click on the “wrench” icon in the top right corner and select “Settings”. Then select 'Show advanced settings' and change the settings in the 'Privacy' section.
Mozilla Firefox
From the drop-down menu in the upper left corner, select "Options". In the pop up window, select 'Privacy'. Here, the User can change the cookies settings.
Safari
From the drop-down menu in the upper right corner, select "Preferences". Select “Security” and here, the User can change the cookies settings.
Please note, however, that disabling all cookies on the Site, including technical cookies, may affect the proper functioning of certain features.
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1.7 Further information on cookies
The website www.allaboutcookies.org provides instructions for managing cookies on the most widely used browsers. Alternatively, users can refer to the documentation provided with the software installed on their device.
