Information on Cookies

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text strings that the sites visited by the user send to his terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user. While browsing a site, the user can also receive cookies on his terminal that are sent from different sites or web servers (so-called “third parties”), on which some elements may reside (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages of other domains) present on the site that the same is visiting.

Cookies, usually present in users’ browsers in very large numbers and sometimes even with characteristics of wide temporal persistence, are used for different purposes: execution of computer authentication, session monitoring, storage of information on specific configurations concerning users who access the server, etc.

In this regard, two macro-categories are therefore identified: “technical” cookies and “profiling” cookies.

Technical cookies

THE technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide this service” .

They are not used for other purposes and are normally installed directly by the owner or manager of the website. They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which guarantee the normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, to make a purchase or authenticate to access restricted areas); analytics cookies, similar to technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site; functionality cookies, which allow the user to browse according to a series of selected criteria (for example, the language, the products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided.

Profiling cookies

THE profiling cookies they are aimed at creating profiles relating to the user and are used in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while surfing the net. Due to the particular invasiveness that such devices may have in the private sphere of users, European and Italian legislation provides that the user must be adequately informed on the use of the same and thus express their valid consent.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to carry out activities strictly necessary for the functioning of the site (authentication and access to the reserved area) and to provide the company service explicitly requested by the user. Therefore, the technical cookies used consist only in the transmission of session identifiers, for the sole purpose of facilitating access to the contents of our site; that of analytics cookies, on the other hand, is only used to collect information in aggregate form on the number of users and how they visit the site.

How can cookies be disabled?

You can express your options regarding the use of cookies on our site through the settings of your browser, using one of the configuration procedures described below. Please note that the complete disabling of technical cookies by the user could compromise the use of some features of our site.

Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox;
  2. Press the “Alt” button on the keyboard;
  3. In the toolbar located at the top of the browser, select “Tools” and then “Options”;
  4. Then select the “Privacy” tab;
  5. Go to “History Settings:” and then to “Use custom settings”. Uncheck “Accept cookies from sites” and save your preferences.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open Internet Explorer;
  2. Click on the “Tools” button and then on “Internet Options”;
  3. Select the “Privacy” tab and move the slider to the level of privacy you want to set (up to block all cookies or down to allow them all);
  4. Then click OK.

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome;
  2. Click on the “Tools” icon;
  3. Select “Settings” and then “Advanced settings”;
  4. Select “Content settings” under “Privacy”;
  5. In the “Cookies” tab you can deselect cookies and save your preferences.

Safari:

  1. Open Safari;
  2. Choose “Preferences” in the toolbar, then select the “Security” panel in the dialog box that follows;
  3. In the “Accept cookies” section you can specify if and when Safari must save cookies from websites. For more information click on the Help button (marked with a question mark);
  4. For more information on the cookies that are stored on your computer, click on “Show cookies”.