Cookies
Cookies are small text strings that the websites visited by the user send to their terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored to be retransmitted to the same sites on the user’s next visit. While navigating a site, the user may also receive cookies sent from different sites or web servers (so-called “third parties”), where some elements may reside (such as images, maps, sounds, specific links to other domain pages) present on the site the user is visiting. Cookies, usually present in large numbers in users’ browsers and sometimes with long persistence characteristics, are used for different purposes: performing computer authentication, session monitoring, storing information on specific configurations regarding users accessing the server, etc. In this regard, and for the purposes of this provision, two macro-categories are identified: “technical” cookies and “profiling” cookies.
a. Technical Cookies
Technical cookies are those used solely for the purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide that service” (see art. 122, paragraph 1, of the Code). They are not used for additional purposes and are normally installed directly by the website owner or manager. They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which ensure the normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, to make a purchase or authenticate to access restricted areas); analytics cookies, assimilated to technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site; functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate based on a series of selected criteria (for example, the language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided.
b. Profiling Cookies
Profiling cookies are aimed at creating user profiles and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user during web browsing.
What cookies are used by this site?
This site uses different types of cookies and similar technologies, each of which has a specific function. The site can be navigated by users even without the use of cookies, but navigation may not be the best possible. The cookies used and their functions are listed below.
Navigation and Session Cookies
Navigation and session cookies ensure the normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, to view content on the device by recognizing the language of the country from which the user connects, or to make purchases through e-commerce systems). Navigation cookies are technical cookies and are therefore necessary for the functioning of the site, improving its quality and navigation experience.
Analytical Cookies
This site uses Google Analytics to collect and process statistical analysis on users’ browsing methods on the site through computers or mobile applications, on the number of pages visited, or the number of clicks made on a page during the site navigation. The information generated regarding our website is used by our company to create reports on the site’s usage to improve its usability, functionality, interface, and communication. Our site processes the results of these analyses anonymously and solely for statistical purposes.
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=en
How to disable cookies
Almost all browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. You can control and possibly disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling and blocking navigation cookies or functional cookies may preclude optimal use of some areas of the site, limiting the service offered by the website.
Below are links to guides for managing cookies from major browsers:
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11913
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
To disable analytical cookies and prevent Google Analytics from collecting data on this site’s navigation, you can download the Browser Add-on for Google Analytics Opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
