Cookies are small files of letters and numbers that a website you visit stores on your browser and on the hard drive of your computer. This way, the next time you visit that website, your computer sends the stored cookies back to that website. While browsing a website, you may also be presented with cookies from other platforms and sites (called "third party platforms and sites"). This happens when the website you are visiting contains elements (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to other pages) embedded from other websites or platforms.
Your browser usually contains a great amount of cookies, some of which can be stored for very long periods. These are used for the following purposes: to execute IT authentication, monitor sessions, store information on specific configurations regarding the users accessing the server, etc.
Cookies can be divided into two main categories: technical cookies and behavioural / profiling cookies.
Technical cookies are required for providing "electronic communications to electronic communication networks or, if necessary, to an IT service provider that was explicitly requested by the user or subscriber to provide that service" (see Art. 122, clause 1 of the Italian Privacy Law).
These cookies are not used for any other purpose and are usually installed directly by the website owner or manager. They can be divided in:
To install these cookies, the user's consent is not necessary.
Profiling cookies are designed to create profiles about the user and are used in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing the Internet. The use of this type of cookies requires that the user be informed through a Privacy Policy statement and that he/she grant consent to their use, as both the Italian Guarantor and European legislation consider them invasive of the user's privacy.
According to Art. 122 of the Italian Privacy Law: "Storing information, or accessing information that is already stored, in the terminal equipment of a contracting party or user shall only be permitted on condition that the contracting party or user has given his consent after being informed in accordance with the simplified arrangements mentioned in section 13(3)."
Session Cookies contain the information that is used in the current browser session. These cookies are automatically deleted when the browser is shut down. Nothing is stored in the computer other than the website session time (PHPSESSID).
We reserve the right to analyse our visitors' online activities by means of cookies and other traceability technologies. The user's choice of accepting communications from us allows us to use cookies and other traceability technologies to tailor our future communications to our visitors' interests.
This website can send you the below-mentioned cookies for the following purposes.
This website uses first-party technical cookies necessary for its correct functioning.
To deny consent to the use of one or more profiling cookies, you can use the links above or adjust your browser settings using the instructions below:
Updated: 25th September 2019