The website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of procedures and enhance the online application usage experience. This document provides detailed information about the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used, and how to manage them.
Definitions
Cookies are small text fragments (letters and/or numbers) that allow the web server to store information on the client (the browser) to be reused during the same site visit (session cookies) or later, even after several days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, based on the user’s preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone). Similar technologies, such as web beacons, transparent GIFs, and all local storage forms introduced with HTML5, can be used to collect information about user behavior and service usage. In this document, we will refer to cookies and all similar technologies simply as “cookies.”
Types of Cookies
Based on the characteristics and usage of cookies, we can distinguish different categories:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the sites and are used to manage login and access to reserved site functions. The duration of these cookies is strictly limited to the work session (they are deleted when the browser is closed), except for the site itself where longer duration cookies (30 days) are used to recognize the visitor’s computer through an identification code generated during the first access session, in order to propose content strictly intended for them. Disabling these cookies compromises the use of services accessible via login. The public part of the site remains normally usable.
Analysis and Performance Cookies
These cookies are used to collect and analyze site traffic and usage anonymously. These cookies, while not identifying the user, can detect if the same user reconnects at different times. They also allow monitoring the system and improving its performance and usability. Disabling these cookies can be done without any loss of functionality.
Profiling Cookies
These are permanent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and improve their browsing experience. The sites in question do not use this type of cookie.
Third-Party Cookies
When visiting a website, you can receive cookies from both the visited site (“proprietary”) and sites managed by other organizations (“third parties”). A notable example is the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and ShareThis. These are parts of the visited page directly generated by the aforementioned sites and integrated into the host site page. The most common use of social plugins is to share content on social networks. The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all sites managed by third parties. The management of information collected by “third parties” is governed by the respective information notices to which please refer.
Google Analytics
The website in question also includes components transmitted by Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). These are also third-party cookies collected and managed anonymously to monitor and improve the host site’s performance (performance cookies). Google Analytics uses "cookies" to collect and anonymously analyze information on site usage behavior (including the user’s IP address). This information is collected by Google Analytics, which processes it to compile reports regarding the activities on the website (traffic sources, nationality, return frequency, etc.). This site does not use (and does not allow third parties to use) the Google analysis tool to track or collect personally identifiable information. Google does not associate the IP address with any other data held by Google nor does it seek to link an IP address with a user’s identity. Google may also communicate this information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. For more information, please refer to the link below: https://www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/ Users can selectively disable Google Analytics action by installing the opt-out component provided by Google on their browser. To disable Google Analytics action, please refer to the link below: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Cookie Duration
Some cookies (session cookies) remain active only until the browser is closed or the logout command is executed. Other cookies “survive” the browser closure and are available on subsequent user visits. These cookies are called persistent cookies, and their duration is set by the server at the time of their creation. In some cases, an expiration is set; in others, the duration is unlimited. The website, except for the private part (accessed via login with credentials), where information is stored exclusively for technical purposes, does not use persistent cookies. However, by browsing the website’s pages, you can interact with sites managed by third parties that can create or modify persistent and profiling cookies.
Managing Cookies
The user can decide whether to accept cookies using their browser settings. Note: the total or partial disabling of technical cookies may compromise the use of the site functions reserved for registered users. On the other hand, the public content is usable even by completely disabling cookies. Disabling third-party cookies does not affect navigability in any way. The setting can be defined specifically for different sites and web applications. Furthermore, the best browsers allow defining different settings for proprietary cookies and those of third parties. For example, in Firefox, through the Tools->Options->Privacy menu, you can access a control panel where you can specify whether to accept the different types of cookies and proceed with their removal.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=it_IT
