What are Cookies?
“Cookies” are data packets that a website sends to your computer while you are visiting that website. These data files include information that helps to remember important data that will make your browsing more efficient and useful. This website uses cookies for various purposes, namely to obtain non-personal data from online visitors.
How are Cookies used?
Visitors to this website use different computers and web browsers. To make their visits as simple as possible, a record of the browser type used (for example, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome) and the operating system (for example, Windows, Macintosh), as well as the domain name of their internet service provider, is automatically stored.
What are Cookies used for?
Cookies help determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of the websites, allowing faster and more efficient browsing by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.
What types of Cookies do we use?
Persistent cookies: these are cookies that remain stored at the browser level on your access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever you make a new visit to one of our websites. They are generally used to direct browsing according to the user’s interests, allowing us to provide a more personalised service.
Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in your browser’s cookie file until you leave the website. The information obtained by these cookies is used to analyse web traffic patterns, allowing us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.
What do we use Cookies for?
Strictly necessary cookies: These allow you to browse the website and use its applications, as well as access secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, the services you have requested cannot be provided.
Analytical Cookies: These are used anonymously for the purpose of creating and analysing statistics, in order to improve the functioning of the website.
Functionality Cookies: These store the user’s preferences regarding the use of the site, so that it is not necessary to reconfigure the site each time it is visited.
Third-Party Cookies: These measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising. They may also be used to personalise a widget with user data.
Advertising Cookies: These direct advertising according to each user’s interests, in order to target advertising campaigns based on users’ preferences; they also limit the number of times an advertisement is seen, helping to measure the effectiveness of the advertising and the success of the website’s organisation.
How can you manage Cookies?
All browsers allow the user to accept, refuse or delete cookies, namely by selecting the appropriate settings in the relevant browser. You can configure cookies in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
Please note, however, that disabling cookies may prevent some web services from working properly, partially or totally affecting your browsing experience on the website.
For more information about cookies and how to prevent them from being installed, or how to delete existing cookies from your hard drive, you can visit: www.allaboutcookies.org