This website (the “Site”) uses cookies and/or similar first- and third-party technologies for the purposes described below. You have the right to decide whether to allow or decline the installation of the cookies that are not necessary.
This Site uses non-necessary cookies only if you provide prior consent by accepting its installation through the notification banner.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files which contain information that is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. When you visit the website again or visit another website which recognizes a cookie you have previously downloaded, your device communicates with the website and the website can read the information held in that cookie.
Cookies can be used for various purposes, such as to record the number of visits to a website, to record the browsing activity of a user or of a device when navigating through a website, to remember users’ preferences, to personalize displayed content or to authenticate the user.
You can find more information about cookies at https://www.allaboutcookies.org.
2. COOKIE TYPES
The cookies are categorized based on the following criteria:
Ownership: Based on the owner of the cookie, we distinguish between first-party cookies and third-party cookies. First-party cookies come from the Site you are currently using and third-party cookies are placed by our approved business partners from a different website
Duration: Session cookies stay in place only for the duration of your visit to our Site and are deleted at the end of your browsing session. Persistent cookies remain on your device until the expiry date and time set by the corresponding website.
Purpose: According to their purpose the cookies can be classified as follows:
- Necessary cookies: Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of the site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
We do not need to ask for your consent in order to use these cookies as without them we would not be able to provide access to our website. Please note that if you remove or disable these cookies, we cannot guarantee that the Site operates correctly. - Performance cookies: Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
- Functionality cookies: these cookies allow our Site to remember preferences you have chosen so we can personalize its content for you (for example, remembering your choice of language or your geographic location to ensure we show our Site localized for your area, the number of results for each searching or customizable site elements such as the text size). These cookies are considered technical cookies.
- Advertising cookies: these cookies allow the efficient management of the advertising spaces that have been included in the Site, normally by third parties that manage the advertising spaces and that allow to deliver content and marketing communications tailored to your interests based on information from your visit to our Site and to avoid showing advertisements that the user has already seen, as well as to limit the amount of advertising impacts that are made.
Our website uses the following cookies:
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | 1 year | Necessary |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | Session | Necessary |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytic |
| _ga | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Analytic |
3. HOW TO DISABLE, ENABLE AND DELETE COOKIES
The user has the possibility to accept, refuse, select and withdraw the use of cookies by this Site. Disabling certain cookies may hinder our Site’s performance and may make certain of its functions and features unavailable.
- Notification banner: the user may accept, refuse or select the use of cookies using the notification banner and/or cookie consent tool that appears upon the first access to the Site.
In order to remove the prior accepted cookies that cannot be removed using the cookie consent tool, please note that you have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. - Cookie settings in your browser: if you want to block all cookies, you can activate the “private browsing” setting in your browser and it will stop recording your browsing history.
For information on how to disable and/or clear cookies in your browser please follow the instructions in the links below:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Apple Safari (desktop)
- Apple Safari (mobile)
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Opera
- Netscape
The aforementioned links may be eventually updated by the web browser owners. Despite the reasonable effort we may put in keeping this cookie policy updated, you shall now that if any of these links is unavailable, you can alternatively go to the “help” function within your web browser to find the information.
- “Do Not Track” (DNT): alternatively, you may be able to block all cookies through the DNT (“Do Not Track”) settings in your browser for each browser you use and each device you use to access the internet. The “Help” function within your web browser should tell you how to implement the DNT.
4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information on how we process, share and transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or on how to contact us or exercise your rights regarding the use we make of your personal data, please see the Privacy Policy of the Site.
5. AMENDMENTS
We may eventually update this Cookie Policy. Updates will be published on the Site and become effective upon publication. We therefore recommend that you regularly visit the Site to keep yourself informed on possible updates.
