Definition of Cookies
Cookies are text strings that websites visited by users or web servers (so-called “third parties”) place and store on the User’s device, so that they can be retransmitted to the same websites during subsequent visits.
Cookies perform a variety of important functions, including computer authentication, session monitoring, storage of information regarding specific configurations relating to users accessing the server, facilitating the use of online content, etc.
The same result may also be achieved through the use of other tools which allow processing activities similar to those described above and are subject to the same regulations. Hereinafter, the term “Cookies” refers to Cookies and all similar technologies.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be distinguished according to the purposes pursued by those who use them, into the following categories.
Technical Cookies
Technical Cookies are used to carry out navigation or provide a service requested by the User. They are not used for additional purposes and are normally installed directly by the website owner.
They may be divided into:
navigation or session cookies, which ensure normal browsing and use of the website (allowing, for example, purchases or authentication to access restricted areas);
functionality cookies, which allow the User to browse according to selected criteria (for example, language preferences) in order to improve the service provided.
Profiling Cookies
Profiling Cookies are used to trace specific actions or recurring behavioral patterns in the use of the functionalities offered (patterns) back to identified or identifiable individuals, in order to group different profiles into homogeneous clusters of varying sizes. This allows the Data Controller, among other things, to provide increasingly personalized services beyond what is strictly necessary for the provision of the service itself, as well as to send targeted advertising messages consistent with the preferences expressed by the User while browsing the internet.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics Cookies are used to evaluate the effectiveness of an information society service provided by a publisher, for the design of a website, or to contribute to measuring its “traffic,” i.e., the number of visitors, possibly divided by geographical area, connection time slot, or other characteristics.
These identifiers may fall within the category of technical cookies and therefore be used without the prior consent of the data subject only in the following cases:
use solely to produce aggregated statistics relating to a single website or mobile application;
masking, for third-party cookies, at least the fourth component of the IP address;
the third parties refrain from combining minimized analytics cookies with other processing activities (such as customer files or statistics relating to visits to other websites) or from transmitting them to additional third parties.
Purposes of Cookie Processing on the Website and Legal Basis
This website uses technical cookies and may use other types of cookies among the ones above mentioned. Users may manage their preferences regarding different types of cookies by selecting their cookie choices.”
For technical cookies, due to the function they perform, their use falls under an exemption from the obligation to obtain consent from the data subject. They are necessary for the provision of services through the website, ensuring the proper functioning of the website and navigation security.
Third-Party Cookies
With regard to the installation of cookies from “third-party” domains, the management of information collected by third parties is governed by their respective privacy policies, which should be consulted.
The Data Controller bears no responsibility for the operation of third-party cookies on this website. For example, they may include: Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google Fonts (Google Policy), or social media platforms (e.g., LinkedIn and Facebook Privacy Policies).
Preferences
The User may manage cookie preferences through browser settings and this website.
Retention Period
Personal Data derived from cookies are retained only for the period necessary for the purposes for which they are processed or within the terms established by applicable national and EU laws, regulations, and rules, in compliance with the principles of data minimization and storage limitation set out in Article 5 GDPR.
For third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant privacy policies and retention periods established by the third party.
All rights may be exercised by sending a specific request to the Data Controller specified in the Privacy Policy on this website.