Cookie Policy
Websites use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of procedures and improve the experience of using online applications. This document provides detailed information about the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used, and how to manage them.
Definitions
Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and/or numbers) that allow the web server to store information on the client (the browser) to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even days later (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, based on user preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device being used (computer, tablet, smartphone).
Similar technologies, such as, for example, web beacons, transparent GIFs, and all forms of local storage introduced with HTML5, can be used to collect information about user behavior and service usage.
In the remainder of this document we will refer to cookies and all similar technologies by simply using the term “cookies.”
Types of cookies
Based on the characteristics and use of cookies, we can distinguish different categories:
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of the site and are used to manage login and access to restricted functions of the site. The duration of cookies is strictly limited to the work session (closed the browser they are deleted). They are used on the site.
Analytics and performance cookies. These are cookies used to anonymously collect and analyze site traffic and usage. These cookies, while not identifying the user, allow, for example, detection of whether the same user returns to log on at different times. They also enable system monitoring and improve performance and usability. Disabling such cookies can be done without any loss of functionality.
Profiling cookies. These are persistent cookies used to identify (anonymously and non-anonymously) your preferences and improve your browsing experience.
Third-party cookies
By visiting a website, you may receive cookies either from the site you visit (“owners”) or from sites operated by other organizations (“third parties”). A notable example is the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. These are parts of the visited page generated directly from the aforementioned sites and integrated into the page of the host site. The most common use of social plugins is for the purpose of sharing content on social networks.
The presence of these plugins results in the transmission of cookies to and from all sites operated by third parties. The management of information collected by “third parties” is governed by the relevant disclosures to which please refer. For the sake of transparency and convenience, the web addresses of the different disclosures and cookie management methods are provided below.
Facebook disclosure: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/
Facebook (configuration): log in to your account. Privacy section.
Google+ information: http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/technologies/cookies/
Google+ (configuration): http://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/technologies/managing/
Google Analytics
The site also includes certain components transmitted by Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Again, these are third-party cookies collected and managed anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (performance cookies).
Google Analytics uses “cookies” to anonymously collect and analyze information about site usage behavior (including the user’s IP address). This information is collected by Google Analytics, which processes it for the purpose of compiling reports for operators regarding activity on the websites themselves. This site does not use (and does not allow third parties to use) Google’s analytics tool to track or collect personally identifiable information. Google does not associate the IP address with any other data held by Google or attempt to link an IP address with a user’s identity. Google may also disclose this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process this information on Google’s behalf.
For more information, please refer to the link below:
https://www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/
Users can selectively disable the action of Google Analytics by installing the opt-out component provided by Google on their browsers. To disable the Google Analytics action, please refer to the link below:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Duration of cookies
Some cookies (session cookies) remain active only until the browser is closed or the logout command is executed. Other cookies “survive” when the browser is closed and are available on subsequent user visits.
These cookies are called persistent and their duration is set by the server when they are created. In some cases an expiration date is set, in other cases the duration is unlimited.
However, as you navigate the pages of the website, you may interact with sites operated by third parties that may create or modify persistent and profiling cookies.
Cookie Management
Users can decide whether or not to accept cookies using their browser settings.
Warning: disabling all or part of technical cookies may affect the use of site features reserved for registered users. On the contrary, the usability of public content is also possible by completely disabling cookies.
Disabling “third-party” cookies does not affect navigability in any way.
The setting can be defined specifically for different sites and web applications. In addition, the best browsers allow you to define different settings for “proprietary” and “third-party” cookies.
As an example, in Firefox, through the menu Tools->Options ->Privacy, you can access a control panel where you can define whether or not to accept different types of cookies and proceed to their removal.