Extended Cookie Policy

Extended Cookie Policy

Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies in order to make its services simple and efficient for the user visiting its pages.

What are Cookies:

Cookies are small strings of text that sites visited by the user send to the user’s terminal, usually to the browser, which stores them and then transmits them to the same sites on subsequent visits by the same user; they are information.

While browsing a website, the user may also receive cookies sent by different websites or web servers (hereinafter referred to as “third parties”), which may contain certain elements (such as, for istance, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages of other domains) present on the website the user is visiting.

Please note that by disabling cookies some of our services may not function properly and some pages may not be displayed correctly.

Cookies are usually present in users’ browsers in large numbers and sometimes with characteristics of wide temporal persistence. They are used for various purposes: performing computer authentication, monitoring sessions, storing information on specific configurations concerning users accessing the server, etc.

There are different types of cookies, some make the use of the Site more effective, others enable certain features.

Cookies allow:

1) To remember any preferences you may have entered on the site you are visiting;

2) To avoid entering the same information several times, e.g. username and password;

3) To analyse the use of the content and services provided in order to optimise the browsing experience and the services themselves.

Types of Cookies:

Technical Cookies

This type of cookie is strictly necessary for the proper functioning of certain sections of the Site and can be of two categories: persistent and session:

  • persistent: this is information that, once the browser is closed, is not deleted but remains until a preset expiry date;
  • session: this is information that is deleted each time the browser is closed.

These cookies, which are always sent from our domain, are necessary for the correct display of the site and are in relation to the technical services offered, and will therefore always be used and sent, unless the user changes the settings in his/her browser (as we will explain later).

Analytical cookies

The cookies in this category are used to collect information in relation to the use of the Site itself; they record anonymous statistical data in order to improve the use of the Site itself and to make its content more interesting and relevant to the wishes of the user. The data is collected anonymously and records the user’s activity and how the user arrived at the Site. Analytical cookies are sent by the Site itself or by third-party domains.

Third-party analytics cookies

These cookies are used to collect information, in an anonymous form, on the use of the Site by its users.

The data analysed is collected in order to carry out marketing campaigns. The information recorded is as follows: pages visited, time spent on the site, source of traffic, geographical origin, age, gender and interests. These cookies are sent from third-party domains outside the Site, such as Google Analytics.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your anonymous IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of these cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using our website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

At this link you can disable the recording of cookies by Analytics.

At this link you can see the types of cookies used by Analytics for its statistics.

IP addresses

An IP address is a unique number that identifies your computer or other Internet access device. Usually a web server automatically collects IP addresses and uses them to administer the Site. IP addresses are usually used in conjunction with cookies for the purpose of “remembering” the device used to access this Site. This Site uses IP addresses in conjunction with cookies.

Cookies to integrate third-party software products and functions

This type of cookie integrates functionalities developed by third parties into the site, for example:

  • the icons and preferences expressed on social networks that are useful for sharing the content of the site on those social networks;
  • the use of third-party software services such as: software to generate maps and/or additional services.

Profiling cookies

These cookies are necessary to create user profiles in order to send advertisements in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the pages of the Site.

This site does not use profiling cookies.

According to current legislation, our website is not required to ask for consent for technical cookies, as they are necessary to provide the services requested.

For all other types of cookies, consent may be given by the User by changing the settings when using third-party services.

Please note that the above solution may prevent you from using or viewing the Site itself.

Third-party websites and services.

The Site may contain links to other websites which have their own privacy and cookie policies which may differ from those adopted by us. This site is not responsible for the sites linked to it.

How to disable cookies via browser configuration

Chrome

  1. Run the Chrome Browser
  2. Click on the menu on the browser toolbar next to the url entry window for navigation.
  3. Select “Settings”
  4. Click on “Show Advanced Settings”.
  5. In the “Privacy” section click on the “Content settings” button
  6. In the “Cookies” section you can change the following cookie settings:

– Allow data to be saved locally;

– Modify local data only until the browser is closed;

– Prevent sites from setting cookies;

– Block third-party cookies and data from sites:

– Manage exceptions for certain websites;

– Delete one or all cookies.

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

Mozilla Firefox

  1. Run the Mozilla Firefox browser
  2. Click on the menu on the browser toolbar next to the url entry window for navigation.
  3. Select Options
  4. Select the Privacy panel
  5. Click on Show Advanced Settings
  6. In the “Privacy” section click on the “Content settings” button
  7. In the “Tracking” section you can change the following cookie settings:

– Ask sites not to do any tracking;

– Inform sites of your willingness to be tracked;

– Do not communicate any preference regarding the tracking of personal data.

  1. From the “History” section, you can:

– Enable ‘Use custom settings’ to select to accept third-party cookies (always, from the most visited sites or never) and to keep them for a specified period (until they expire, when Firefox closes or to ask for them each time);

– Remove individual stored cookies.

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

Internet Explorer

  1. Run the Internet Explorer Browser
  2. Click on the Tools button and choose Internet Options
  3. Click on the Privacy tab and in the Settings section change the slider to the desired cookie action:

– Block all cookies;

– Allow all cookies;

Selecting which sites to get cookies from: move the cursor to a midpoint so that you do not block or allow all cookies, then press Sites, in the Website Address box enter a website and then press Block or Allow.

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

Safari 6

  1. Run the Safari Browser
  2. Click on Safari, select Preferences and click on Privacy
  3. In the Block Cookies section, specify how Safari should accept cookies from websites
  4. To see which sites have stored cookies click on Details

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

Safari iOS (mobile devices)

  1. Run the Safari iOS Browser
  2. Tap on Settings and then Safari
  3. Tap on Block Cookies and choose from the options: “Never”, “Third-party and advertisers” or “Always”
  4. To clear all cookies stored by Safari, tap on Settings, then Safari, then Clear Cookies and Data

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

Opera

  1. Run the Opera browser
  2. Click on Preferences, then Advanced and then Cookie
  3. Select one of the following options:

– Accept all cookies;

– Accept cookies only from the site you are visiting: third-party cookies and cookies that are sent from a domain other than the one you are visiting will be rejected;

– Never accept cookies: all cookies will never be saved.

For more information, please visit the dedicated page

How to disable cookies from third-party services linked to us

Google services – Visit the dedicated page.

Facebook – Visit the dedicated page.

Twitter – Visit the dedicated page.

Pinterest – Visit the dedicated page.

Linkedin – Visit the dedicated page.

For more information on cookies and to manage your preferences for third-party profiling cookies, please visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

To disable analytical cookies and prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your browsing, you can download the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on at this address.

Pursuant to art. 122, second paragraph, of Legislative Decree 196/2003 and following the simplified procedures for information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies published in the Official Gazette no. 126 of 3 June 2014 and its register of provisions no. 229 of 8 May 2014, this page is visible on all pages of the site through a link placed in the Footer.