Cookie Policy
WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are plain text files containing information which are saved on the device of the user that visits a website. During any visit following the first transmission, the cookies are sent once again to the website that created them (first-party cookies), or to another website (third-party cookies), which recognizes that specific cookie. The cookies are useful because allow another website to acknowledge a user’s device.
WHY DO WE USE COOKIES
Cookies allow a website to “remember” its users during the time of their visit (temporary cookies) or future visits (permanent cookies).
Cookies can accomplish many different functions: some are essential and allow the users to browse between pages in an efficient way, to set and store their preferences and to enhance and optimize the visit on a website.
It is always possible for the user to de-activate cookies or remove them from the browser, but these actions may render inaccessible some parts of the website and make it less functional from the browsing standpoint.
TYPES OF COOKIES EMPLOYED
We listed the cookies we employ in base of their purpose as follows:
1) TECHNICAL cookies (relative to browsing or session)
2) THIRD-PARTY cookies.
1) TECHNICAL COOKIES
Browse or session cookies
They are employed just to provide discretely defined features that grant the usual browsing and fruition of a website. The cookies can be divided into two categories in base of their persistence on user’s device: the cookies that delete automatically at the end of each session and persistent cookies.
We use session cookies to provide:
Anonymous management of website visiting
Authentication for restricted areas, where expected
Management of personal preferences regarding the use of cookies, as defined by the user
Here’s a list of the aforementioned cookies:
| Name of Cookie | Description |
| PHPSESSID | Employed to assign an anonymous ID to the navigation session of the user |
| gc_webuser_allow_cookie | This cookie is employed to archive user’s consensus to cookies’ use, in case the user accepted it by pressing the “CLOSE” button on the information bar |
| web_user_remember | Employed in the restricted areas that require authentication, used to authenticate the user |
Technical cookies are essential and cannot be disabled using the functions of this website.
2) THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
COOKIE ANALYTICS
These are directly employed to gather aggregated information about the number of users and about how they visit the same website. The cookies gather information about how a website is used and allow the owner of the site to know better the users and to enhance the way the site works.
We use cookie analytics to provide:
Statistics about the ways our website is used.
These cookies on our behalf are managed by a third party (Google Inc. for the Google Analytics cookies), that provides the service in return for the information regarding users who visit to our site.
To view the list of Google Analytics cookies, that can be modified by the providing subject, please refer to the link provided by the third party:
HTTPS://DEVELOPERS.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/DEVGUIDES/COLLECTION/ANALYTICSJS/COOKIE-USAGE#GAJS
For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please refer to the following link:
HTTP://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/LEARN/PRIVACY.HTML
It is otherwise possible to disable cookies set by the Google Analytics service following the instructions at the following link:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en
COOKIES AND BROWSER SETTINGS
The “Guide” section of the browser adopted by the user allows to manage cookies settings. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can set your browser to inform you when they are sent to you. It is also possible, through your browser settings, to erase previously stored cookies at any time. Editing your settings will affect only the single browser and machine currently in use, to extend this preference to other devices it will be necessary to repeat that same operation on each browser.
Internet Explorer:
HTTP://WINDOWS.MICROSOFT.COM/EN-US/WINDOWS7/BLOCK-ENABLE-OR-ALLOW-COOKIES
Google Chrome
HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/CHROME/ANSWER/95647?HL=EN&P=CPN_COOKIES
Mozilla Firefox
HTTPS://SUPPORT.MOZILLA.ORG/EN-US/KB/BLOCK-WEBSITES-STORING-SITE-PREFERENCES
Apple Safari
HTTP://WWW.APPLE.COM/LEGAL/PRIVACY/EN-WW/COOKIES/
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