Below we inform you in a transparent manner about the operation of the so-called cookies on this website (hereinafter “Site”).

Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and/or numbers) that allow the web server to store information on the client (the browser, e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Opera…) to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after several days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, based on the user’s preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone).

Similar technologies, such as, for example, web beacons, transparent GIFs and all forms of local storage introduced with HTML5, can be used to collect information on the user’s behavior and use of the services.

A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from the user’s hard drive or transmit computer viruses or acquire email addresses. Each cookie is unique to the user’s web browser. Some of the functions of cookies can be delegated to other technologies. The term ‘cookies’ refers to cookies and all similar technologies.

Depending on the characteristics and use of cookies, various types of cookies can be distinguished:

Strictly necessary technical cookies. These are cookies that are essential for the correct functioning of a website and are used to manage various services related to websites (such as a login or access to reserved functions on the sites). The duration of cookies is strictly limited to the work session or they can be stored for a longer period of time in order to remember the visitor’s choices. Disabling strictly necessary cookies can compromise the experience of using and browsing the website.
Analytics and performance cookies. These are cookies used to collect and analyze traffic and use of a website anonymously. These cookies, even without identifying the user, allow, for example, to detect if the same user returns to connect at different times. They also allow monitoring the system and improving its performance and usability. The deactivation of these cookies can be done without any loss of functionality and will be discussed in detail later.

Profiling cookies (not operational on this Site). These are permanent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) the user’s preferences and improve their browsing experience. For more information on these cookies not used by the Website, please visit the specific section on the site www.garanteprivacy.it/cookie

Purpose of processing and purposes of technical session cookies

The cookies used on the Site have the sole purpose of performing computer authentication or monitoring sessions and storing specific technical information regarding users who access the servers of the Data Controller who manages the Site. From this perspective, some operations on the Site could not be performed without the use of cookies, which in such cases are therefore technically necessary. By way of example, access to any reserved areas of the Site and the activities that may be carried out therein would be much more complex to perform and less secure without the presence of cookies that allow the user to be identified and maintained throughout the session.

Pursuant to Article 122, paragraph 1, of the Privacy Code (in the formulation in force following the entry into force of Legislative Decree 69/2012), “technical” cookies may be used even in the absence of the interested party’s consent. Moreover, the same European body that brings together all the Privacy Authorities of the various Member States (the so-called “Article 29” Group) clarified in Opinion 4/2012 (WP194) entitled “Exemption from consent for the use of cookies” that these are cookies for which it is not necessary to acquire the prior and informed consent of the user: cookies with data compiled by the user (session identifier), lasting for a session or persistent cookies limited to a few hours in some cases;

• authentication cookies, used for authenticated services, for the duration of a session;
• user-centric security cookies, used to detect authentication abuses, for a limited persistent duration;
• media player session cookies, such as “flash” player cookies, for the duration of a session;
• load balancing session cookies, for the duration of a session;
• persistent user interface customization cookies