What are cookies?
Cookies are small text strings exchanged between a website and the user’s web browser each time a website is accessed. These strings, which do not contain any executable code, are used for various activities, such as performing automatic authentication, tracking sessions, storing information to improve website navigation or the user’s browsing experience. Each domain visited through a browser may set one or more cookies. A web page may contain objects originating from many different domains, and each of them may set cookies (in this case referred to as “third-party cookies”). The use of cookies makes it possible to improve the browsing experience on the website and may retain the settings chosen during your next visit.
The general measure of the Data Protection Authority (Official Gazette No. 126 of 3 June 2014) defines two types of cookies:
Technical cookies – Used solely for the purpose of enabling the transmission of a communication, completing a service requested by the user, or carrying out statistical surveys.
Profiling cookies – Used to record a user’s behavior and expressed preferences in order to send advertising messages consistent with their profile.
This website uses the following cookies:
Analytics
Third-party
Google Analytics is a free web analytics tool provided by Google that mainly allows the collection of information (such as data relating to pages visited, time spent on the site, how the site was reached, and everything the user clicked while browsing our pages) in anonymous form and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors.
You can view Google’s privacy guidelines at the following link:
http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/privacy/
Social
Third-party
We also use social plugins (the “Tweet”, “Share”, “Condividi” and “Like” buttons, respectively from Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook, as well as the social login features of Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook) which set third-party cookies for various purposes, including tracking visits, recognizing users, understanding their interests, improving the user experience, increasing security, measuring the use and effectiveness of the various services, and delivering advertising.
With regard to third-party cookies, please refer to the following pages for a description of their purposes and the possibility of disabling them:
Facebook custom audience
Facebook connect
How can cookies be disabled?
Most browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) are configured to accept cookies. However, all browsers allow you to control and disable cookies through the browser settings. Please note, however, that disabling browsing cookies or functional cookies may cause the website to malfunction and/or limit the service we provide.
You can disable the use of cookies stored on your PC or related to a specific provider via the selection tool available on the website www.youronlinechoices.eu, or alternatively by disabling cookies through your browser settings.
Below are the procedures for disabling cookies in the most commonly used browsers.
Chrome
Open the Chrome browser
Click the menu in the browser toolbar
Select Settings
Click Show advanced settings
In the Privacy section, click the Content settings button
In the Cookies section you can change the following cookie settings:
• Allow local data to be set.
• Keep local data only until you quit your browser.
• Block sites from setting cookies.
• Block third-party cookies and site data.
• Manage exceptions for specific websites.
• Delete one or all cookies.
For more information, please visit:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Mozilla Firefox
Open the Mozilla Firefox browser
Click the menu in the browser toolbar
Select Options
Select the Privacy panel
Click Show advanced settings
In the Privacy section, click the Content settings button
In the Tracking section you can modify the following settings related to cookies:
• Ask websites not to track you.
• Tell websites you are willing to be tracked.
• Do not communicate any preference regarding the tracking of personal data.
From the History section you can:
• Choose to accept third-party cookies and keep them for a specified period.
• Remove individual stored cookies.
For more information, please visit:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer
Open the Internet Explorer browser
Click the Tools button and choose Internet Options
Click the Privacy tab
In the Settings section you can:
• Block all cookies.
• Allow all cookies.
• Select the sites allowed to use cookies.
For more information, please visit:
http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
Safari
Open the Safari browser
Click Safari, select Preferences and click Privacy
• In the Block Cookies section, specify how Safari should accept cookies from websites.
• To view which websites have installed cookies, click Details.
For more information, please visit:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11913
Opera
Open the Opera browser
Click Preferences, then Advanced, and finally Cookies
Select one of the following options:
• Accept all cookies.
• Accept cookies only from the site you visit.
• Never accept cookies.
For more information, please visit:
http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
