What are cookies? 

Cookies are small text strings which a website browsed by a user sends to the user’s terminal (normally to the web browser), where they are memorized so that they can be sent back to the same website the next time the user browses it. While browsing, the user may also receive cookies on his or her terminal which are sent by different websites or web servers (“third parties”), on which a number of elements (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages in other domains) present on the website the user is browsing may reside. 

There is normally a large number of cookies present in users’ web browsers, and they may persist for some time and used for a number of different purposes: log-in, session monitoring, storage of information on specific configurations regarding users who access the server. 

Cookies differ from one another on the basis of the purposes of those who use them. On this basis, cookies may be divided into two macro-categories: technical cookies and profiling cookies. 

Technical cookies 

Technical cookies are used solely in order to send a communication over an electronic communication network, or to the extent strictly necessary to supply a service requested by a user. They are normally installed by the publisher or manager of the web website. 

Profiling cookies 

Profiling cookies are intended to create user profiles, and are used to send advertising messages which are in line with the user’s preferences as demonstrated while browsing the internet. 

Third-party cookies 

Cookies may be installed on the user’s terminal not only by the manager of the website the user is browsing but by managers of other websites which install cookies through the first website (referred to as “third-party cookies”). 

Types of cookie used by the Website 

Technical cookies.  

The Website uses technical cookies permitting recognition of users who come back to browse the Website and their data, so that they will not need to enter the same information over and over again.The user’s prior consent is not required before these cookies can be installed and used. 

The following technical cookies are used on the Website. 

• Browsing or session cookies, which permit ordinary browsing and use of the Website. For example, they allow users to make a purchase or log on to access restricted areas. These cookies are necessary for optimal use of the Website. 

Technical cookies, while not requiring the user’s prior consent to be installed and used, can be managed by the user through browser settings (see the section on “How to manage cookie settings”). Deleting them could, however, affect proper functioning of the Website. 

• Analytics cookies, on the basis of which statistical information is acquired on the number of users browsing the Website and their browsing methods. This information is processed in aggregate, anonymous form. 

Advertising cookies used on our business partners’ websites 

The Website adverts on a number of third-party websites. The Website use cookies to control how often the user is shown a particular advert on those websites, so he does not see the same advert too frequently. The Website does not collect any personal data within these cookies. To reject our use of these cookies, please refer to the browser settings as set out in the ‘Managing cookie settings’ section below. 

Third-party cookies 

The Website has a number of third-party cookies installed. 

The Website does not have direct control over third-party cookies (it cannot either install them directly or delete them). Users may, however, manage these cookies and withhold consent for their use through their browser settings, as described the section on “How to manage cookie settings” below, or by going to the links given in the table below. 

The table below contains information on the third parties who install the cookies, the third-party cookies installed by the Website, their features and purposes, links to their privacy notices, and links to the methods to be used for deactivating third-party cookies or consent forms that may be used to deactivate them. 

Managing cookie settings 

Users may remove some or all cookies used by the Website with their browsers on the basis of the browser settings listed below. Note that deactivating technical cookies may cause malfunctioning of the Website and/or limit the service available. 

Below is the procedure to follow to manage cookies from the following browsers: 

IE: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies 

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19255?viewlocale=en_US&locale=it_IT 

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=fr&hlrm=en 

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences 

Third-party cookies may also be deactivated using the browser settings specified below, or by methods specified by the third parties, listed in the paragraph on “Third-party cookies”. You may at any moment select your preferences in the http://www.youronlinechoices.com/by activating or disabling the single cookie category. For more information on cookies and to manage your preferences for third party profiling cookies, please go to http://www.youronlinechoices.com. 

You may freely and at any time receive assistance and explanations on how to provide your consent or selective refusal, or on how to delete cookies from your browser, by sending an e-mail to legal@dsegni.com. 

If you want to know more about how cookies work and how to manage or delete them, visit the World Wide Web Consortium’s website (or, for third party cookies, visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/).