Cookies are small text files that the visited websites send to the terminal (PC, tablet, smartphone or notebook), where they are stored and later re-transmitted to those websites on subsequent visits. There are different cookies that contain different information (e.g. authentication of computer information, session monitoring, storing preferences for sending advertising messages, etc.). Each cookie in turn contains different data such as, for example, the name of its server of origin, a numerical identifier, etc..
\nThis data may remain on the user’s device for different periods of time, such as a browser session, a few hours, several days or longer times. <\/p>\n
They are used to perform computer authentication, session monitoring and to store information about sites. While browsing a site, the user may also receive cookies on their terminal that are sent from different websites or servers (so called \u201cthird parties\u201d), which may contain certain elements (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages on other domains) found on the website that the user is visiting.
\nThe so-called \u201cshort message\u201d (small banners with the wording, \u201cBy using this website, you consent to our use of cookies\u201d, or other similar expressions) was introduced by the Italian Data Protection Authority with the regulation that can be examined on the following Internet page: www.garanteprivacy.it in order to obtain the consent of the user visiting the website to the sending of cookies (either directly by the site owner or by third-party subjects through so-called \u201cthird-party cookies\u201d), where the latter can be basically grouped into two macro-categories which are:<\/p>\n
Technical cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n The Data Protection Authority defines \u201ctechnical\u201d cookies as those relative to: Profiling cookies<\/strong><\/p>\n The Data Protection Authority defines \u201cprofiling\u201d cookies as those: Cookie control<\/strong> Deactivating a cookie<\/strong> If Internet Explorer is used:<\/u> If Mozilla Firefox is used:<\/u> If Google Chrome is used:<\/u> If Safari is used:<\/u> Description of the cookies in the Site.<\/strong>
\n1. activities strictly necessary to the operation of the website and\/or requested service;
\n2. saving preferences (e.g. products placed in the trolley, setting the navigation language, currency, purchase method, etc.);
\n3. statistical activities, provided that the data is used directly by the site administrator and only if in aggregate form and not individually (e.g. visit counters per country managed internally by the site).<\/p>\n
\n1. relative to advertising profiling, i.e. that collect and process the data of users for advertising purposes (e.g. to send them to advertising media owners);
\n2. involving retargeting activities, consisting in online advertising systems selected on the basis of the user\u2019s previous actions or Web searches (e.g. Google AdWords);
\n3. set by social networks;
\n4. relating to statistical activities managed by third parties (e.g. Google Analytics).
\nMore detailed information on the nature and purpose of cookies can be found at https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cookie, as well as at other similar Internet pages.<\/p>\n
\nSet the browser to accept all cookies or to tell you whenever a cookie is offered and decide whether to accept or refuse it.<\/p>\n
\nAll browsers available to the user allow for the deactivation of cookies through a specific procedure. Unless the browsers have made changes, the current configurations for monitoring and, if necessary, deactivating cookies are specified below.<\/p>\n
\n1. Open Internet Explorer.
\n2. Select \u201cInternet Options\u201d under the \u201cTools\u201d menu.
\n3. Click on the \u201cPrivacy\u201d tab and shift the selection cursor to the desired privacy level (upwards to block all cookies or downwards to allow them all).<\/p>\n
\n1. Open Mozilla Firefox.
\n2. From the menu on the top right-hand side, select \u201cTools\u201d then \u201cOptions\u201d.
\n3. Select the \u201cPrivacy and security\u201d tab.
\n4. Select \u201cUse custom settings for history\u201d under \u201cHistory\u201d.
\n5. Remove the tick from the \u201cAccept cookies from sites\u201d option and save.<\/p>\n
\n1. Open Google Chrome.
\n2. Click on the \u201cTools\u201d icon.
\n3. Choose \u201cSettings\u201d then \u201cShow advanced settings\u201d.
\n4. Select \u201cContent settings\u201d under \u201cPrivacy\u201d.
\n5. Under \u201cCookies\u201d it is possible to deselect cookies and save the preferences.<\/p>\n
\n1. Open Safari.
\n2. Select \u201cPreferences\u201d from the tool bar, then the \u201cSecurity\u201d panel in the next dialogue window.
\n3. In the \u201cAccept cookies\u201d section, it is possible to specify if and when Safari must save cookies from websites.
\n4. For further information on the cookies stored, click on \u201cShow cookies\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nAll the data is saved in the database, including the source IPs, browser, page viewed, time and check on the Privacy option (if the latter is not flagged, the request will not be submitted).
\nThe data is collected from the forms present in the website:
\n\u2022\tby filling in the form accessible from the \u201cContact info\u201d page;
\n\u2022\tby activating the chat line with support;
\n\u2022\tby registering your Account;
\n\u2022\tby subscribing to the newsletter. In this latter case, the data will be automatically saved also on the HubSpot platform (hubspot.com).<\/p>\n