Cookie policy in accordance with European law
1. DEFINITION OF COOKIES
Cookies are files that are downloaded onto internet browsing devices (such as PCs, tablets, smartphones and similar devices) when you access a web page or an application such as ours.
Cookies make it possible to store and retrieve information on various matters, from the user’s browsing habits to recognising whether they have previously registered, so as to recognise them as a customer.
The information obtained relates to the number of pages visited, the language, the place of access, the number of new users, the frequency and repetition of visits, the duration of the visit, and the browser or type of device from which the connection is made.
2. COOKIES USED BY THIS SITE
Technical and session cookies:
Cookies of this type are essential for some areas of the site to work. They are divided into persistent cookies and session cookies. Persistent ones, once the browser is closed, remain until a preset expiry date, while session ones are destroyed as soon as the browser is closed.
Since without such cookies the site might not work correctly in whole or in part, they are always used, regardless of the user’s preferences.
The cookies in this category are always sent from our domain.
List of cookies used:
_utma / _utmz / _ga / _gat
Cookies used by the third-party service Google Analytics. They serve solely to identify users who visit the website (they contain identifiers).
Cookies used by the third-party service ShinyStat. They serve solely to identify users who visit the website and are already anonymised.
ASP.NET_SessionID
Cookie used by ASP.NET to keep track of the session
Profiling cookies:
Profiling cookies create profiles of the specific user and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences the user has shown while browsing online. They are perceived as more invasive of users’ privacy, and for this reason European and Italian law requires that the user be adequately informed about their use and thus give valid consent, as stated in art. 122 of the Privacy Code, which provides that “the storage of information on a subscriber’s or user’s terminal equipment, or access to information already stored, is permitted only on condition that the subscriber or user has given consent after being informed by the simplified means referred to in article 13(3) of the Privacy Code”.
This site does not use profiling cookies, but there are third-party services, such as specific plug-ins or sharing functions, that may use them. For more information we recommend reading the following section on third-party cookies, and consulting their usage policies directly.
Third-party cookies:
Third-party analytics cookies
These cookies collect anonymous information about users’ use of the Site: pages visited, time spent, traffic sources, geographic origin, age, gender and interests, in order to allow marketing campaigns to be implemented. These cookies are sent from third-party domains, and therefore external to this Site.
Cookies to integrate third-party software products and functions
These cookies allow third-party functions to be integrated within the pages of this Site, such as the ability to express preferences or share content on social networks, and to use third-party software services (for example, software to generate maps). These cookies are sent from third-party domains and from partner sites that offer their functions among the pages of the Site.
Source: Google YouTube
Cookies: GEUP (duration 2 years), PREF (duration 8 months), VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE (duration 8 months), YSC (duration current session)
Source: Google Google Maps
Cookies: PREF (duration 2 years), NID (duration 6 months)
3. HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES BY CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER?
Chrome
Run the Chrome browser
Click on the menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window
Select Settings
Click on Show Advanced Settings
In the “Privacy” section, click on the “Content settings” button
In the “Cookies” section you can change the following cookie settings:
Allow local data to be saved
Keep local data only until the browser is closed
Prevent sites from setting cookies
Block third-party cookies and site data
Manage exceptions for certain websites
Delete one or all cookies
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Mozilla Firefox
Run the Mozilla Firefox browser
Click on the menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window
Select Options
Select the Privacy panel
Click on Show Advanced Settings
In the “Privacy” section, click on the “Content settings” button
In the “Tracking” section you can change the following cookie settings:
Ask sites not to track you
Tell sites you are willing to be tracked
Do not communicate any preference regarding personal-data tracking
From the “History” section you can:
By enabling “Use custom settings”, choose whether to accept third-party cookies (always, from the most visited sites, or never) and to keep them for a set period (until they expire, until Firefox is closed, or ask each time)
Remove individual stored cookies
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Internet Explorer
Run the Internet Explorer browser
Click on the Tools button and choose Internet Options
Click on the Privacy tab and, in the Settings section, move the slider according to the desired action for cookies:
Block all cookies
Allow all cookies
Selecting which sites to get cookies from: move the slider to an intermediate position so as not to block or allow all cookies, then click on Sites, in the Website Address box enter a website and then click on Block or Allow
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Safari
Run the Safari browser
Click on Safari, select Preferences and click on Privacy
In the Block Cookies section, specify how Safari should accept cookies from websites.
To see which sites have stored cookies, click on Details
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Safari iOS (mobile devices)
Run the Safari iOS browser
Tap Settings and then Safari
Tap Block Cookies and choose from the various options: “Never”, “From third parties and advertisers” or “Always”
To delete all cookies stored by Safari, tap Settings, then Safari and finally Clear Cookies and Data
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
Opera
Run the Opera browser
Click on Preferences, then Advanced and finally Cookies
Select one of the following options:
Accept all cookies
Accept cookies only from the site you visit: third-party cookies sent from a domain other than the one you are visiting will be rejected
Never accept cookies: no cookies will ever be saved
For more information, visit the dedicated page.
How to disable third-party service cookies
Google services http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/?hl=it
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies?ref_type=sitefooter
Google privacy policy https://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/
Sharethis http://www.sharethis.com/legal/privacy/#sthash.q25kjrn6.dpbs
Piwik http://piwik.org/blog/2011/03/piwik-1-2-custom-variables-first-party-cookies-and-more/
Shynistat http://www.shinystat.com/it/informativa_privacy_generale.html
Tool to disable Google Analytics in your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
Link to disable ShinyStat in your browser: http://www.shinystat.com/it/opt-out.html
This page is visible, via a link in the footer of all the Site’s pages, pursuant to art. 122, second paragraph, of Legislative Decree 196/2003 and following the simplified procedures for cookie information and consent published in Official Gazette no. 126 of 3 June 2014 and the related register of measures no. 229 of 8 May 2014.
If you want to learn more about the subject
WIKIPEDIA http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie
GOOGLE http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/technologies/cookies/