Cookies are text files containing small pieces of information sent to your browser and stored on your computer, mobile phone, or other device whenever you visit a website. Each time you visit a website, cookies send the information back to the referring website.
Cookies can be permanent (persistent cookies), which remain on your computer until you delete them, or temporary (session cookies), which are deactivated when you close your browser. Cookies can also be first-party cookies, if set by the website you are visiting, or third-party cookies, if set by a website other than the one you are visiting.
How we use cookies
We use cookies to improve the functionality of our sites, allow you to move easily between pages, remember your preferences, and ensure you always have an optimal browsing experience.
Cookies used and their purposes
The cookies used on our sites can be classified as follows (see the cookie guide drawn up by the ICC, International Chamber of Commerce):
Essential cookies
These cookies are essential to allow the user to move around the site and use the requested services, such as accessing protected areas of the site.
Essential cookies are first-party cookies and can be permanent or temporary. We use this type of cookie to manage user registration and login. Without these cookies, the user would not be able to access the requested services, and our sites would not function properly.
Performance cookies:
Performance cookies collect information on how users use a site, such as which pages are visited most frequently. These cookies do not store data identifying individual visitors, but only aggregate and anonymous data.
We use these cookies for:
- statistical purposes, to understand how our site is used
- measure the distribution of our advertising campaigns.
These cookies can be permanent or temporary, first-party or third-party. Essentially, these cookies collect anonymous information about the pages visited and the advertisements displayed.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the site to remember visitors' choices (such as their username, language, or country of access) and provide more personalized features. Functionality cookies can also be used to provide services requested by the user, such as watching a video or posting a comment on a blog. The information used by these cookies is anonymous and cannot be tracked on other sites.
We use these cookies to:
- remember whether a particular service has already been provided to the user
- improve the overall experience on the site by remembering user preferences.
These cookies can be permanent or temporary, first-party or third-party. Essentially, these cookies remember the individual choices made by users to improve their browsing experience.
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to limit the number of times a user sees an advertisement and to monitor the distribution of advertising campaigns.
Advertising cookies are used to manage advertising on the site.
Advertising cookies are placed by third parties, such as advertisers and their agents, and can be permanent or temporary. In practice, these are cookies related to advertising services provided by third parties on our site. (This type of cookie is not present on our site)
Other third-party cookies
Some pages of our site may contain content from services such as YouTube or Facebook. We do not control the cookies used by these services, so we invite the user to access the websites of these third-party providers for relevant information.
Cookie management
The user can decide whether or not to accept cookies using their browser settings.
Warning: totally or partially disabling technical cookies may compromise the use of the site's features reserved for registered users. Conversely, public content can be used even when cookies are completely disabled.
Disabling third-party cookies does not affect navigation in any way.
The setting can be defined specifically for different websites and web applications. Furthermore, the best browsers allow you to define different settings for "proprietary" and "third-party" cookies.
For example, in Firefox, through the Tools->Options->Privacy menu, you can access a control panel where you can define whether or not to accept the different types of cookies and proceed with their removal.
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Operation: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=it_IT
Which third-party cookies do we use