Cookies

1. Introduction

This website uses both its own and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to everyone’s needs and interests.

In accordance with the EU “e-Privacy” Directive, in force since May 26, 2012 and with the provisions of Law no. 506 of November 17, 2004 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, all website visitors are required to consent before sending cookies to their computers.

2. What are cookies?

An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie”, “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on your computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which the Internet is accessed. The cookie is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely “passive” (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and can not access the information on the user’s hard drive) .

3. For what purposes are cookies used through this website:

Our website installs cookies only to allow the improvement of the offered functions, so that the experience occasioned by visiting the site becomes more pleasant. We do not use cookies to collect, process, disseminate or record personal data.

Cookies” play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of multiple services that the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:

Customize certain settings such as:

– the language in which a site is viewed;

– the currency in which certain prices or tariffs are expressed;

– keeping the options for various products (measures, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and storing these options) – thus generating the flexibility of the “shopping cart”;

– accessing old preferences by accessing the “Forward” and “Back” button.

Cookies provide site owners with feedback on how their sites are used by users, so that they can make them even more efficient and accessible to users;

Allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included in a particular site to create a more valuable, useful and enjoyable browsing experience;

Improve the efficiency of online advertising.

4. What is the lifetime of cookies?

Cookies are administered by webservers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user has left the website, while other cookies are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website. (‘persistent cookies’). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through browser settings.

5. What are cookies placed by third parties?

Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties / providers (eg news-box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties may place cookies through another website and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of that website. Third party providers must also comply with applicable law and the privacy policies of the site owner.

These cookies may come from the following third parties: facebook.com, twitter.com, etc.

6. What cookies are used through this website:

A visit to the website may place cookies for the purposes of:

increase website performance;

visitor analysis;

geotargetting;

user registration.

Other third party cookies

On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies, in order to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the use of the website, the website cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies held by that website. For example, when the user distributes an article using the social media button on a website, that social network will record the user’s activity, not the website on which the button is located.

7. What type of information is stored and accessed through cookies?

Cookies store information in a small text file, which allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves your Internet browsing experience, for example:

the settings of the language in which you want to access a site;

keeping a user logged in to the webmail account;

online banking security;

keeping products in the shopping cart.

8. How can cookies be stopped?

There are people for whom the storage of information extracted from their computer or mobile device is relatively invasive, especially when the information in question is stored and used by third parties who are unknown to them. If you prefer, you can block all cookies or just some of them or even remove cookies that have been installed on your terminal. But be aware that you may not be able to use certain functions. To enable this lock, you must change your browser privacy settings. Some third-party operators have developed tools whose modules allow data collection and use to be disabled. Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, the refusal to accept cookies does not mean that the user will no longer receive / see online advertising. It is possible to set in the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted, or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a certain website. But, for example, if a user is not registered using cookies, he will not be able to leave comments. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings.

These settings are usually found in the “Options”, “Settings” or “Preferences” menus (buttons) of the browser.