Cookie Policy

Cookies consist of portions of code installed in the browser that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described. Some of the purposes for which Cookies are installed may also require the User’s consent.

Where the installation of Cookies is based on consent, such consent can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

Technical Cookies and Cookies serving aggregated statistical purposes

• Activity strictly necessary for the functioning of the service

  This Website uses Cookies to save the User’s session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of this Website, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic.

• Activity regarding the saving of preferences, optimization, and statistics

  This Website uses Cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize the User’s browsing experience. Among these Cookies are, for example, those used for the setting of language and currency preferences or for the management of first party statistics employed directly by the Owner of the site.

Other types of Cookies or third parties that install Cookies

Some of the services listed below collect statistics in an anonymized and aggregated form and may not require the consent of the User or may be managed directly by the Owner – depending on how they are described – without the help of third parties.

If any third party operated services are listed among the tools below, these may be used to track Users’ browsing habits – in addition to the information specified herein and without the Owner’s knowledge. Please refer to the privacy policy of the listed services for detailed information.

• Advertising

  This type of services allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.

  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.

  Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

  Google AdSense (Google Inc.)

  Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks use of this Website and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.

  Users may decide to disable all the Doubleclick Cookies by clicking on: google.com/settings/ads/onweb/optout.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Google Analytics (Google Inc.)

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

  Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

  Yandex Metrica (YANDEX, LLC)

  Yandex Metrica is an analytics and heat mapping service provided by YANDEX, LLC. Yandex Metrica can be used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Russia – Privacy Policy.

  Google Tag Manager (Google Inc.)

  Google Tag Manager is an analytics service provided by Google Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

• Commercial affiliation

  This type of service allows this Website to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.

  Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with this Website.

  For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

  Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

  Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

  The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.

  Google Website Optimizer (Google Inc.)

  Google Website Optimizer is an A/B testing service provided by Google Inc.

  Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of services allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.

  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)

  YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)

  Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Getty Images widget (Getty Images, Inc.)

  Getty Images is an image delivery service provided by Getty Images, Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of services allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.

  The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.

  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  Facebook Like button (Facebook, Inc.)

  The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Google+ +1 button (Google Inc.)

  The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Twitter Tweet button (Twitter, Inc.)

  The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  Pinterest “Pin it” button (Pinterest)

  The Pinterest “Pin it” button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.

  Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

How to provide or withdraw consent to the installation of Cookies

In addition to what is specified in this document, the User can manage preferences for Cookies directly from within their own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing Cookies.

Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the Cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of Cookies by this website.

Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

With regard to Cookies installed by third parties, Users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Notwithstanding the above, the Owner informs that Users may follow the instructions provided on the subsequently linked initiatives by the EDAA (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

Data Controller

Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within this Website cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, the User is kindly requested to consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding the identification of technologies based on Cookies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of Cookies by this Website.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

User

The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

This Website (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookies

Small piece of data stored in the User’s device.

Legal information

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Website.