What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files sent to the user by the website being visited. They are stored on the computer’s hard drive, allowing the website to recognize users and store certain information about them in order to provide or improve the service offered. Most cookies contain a unique identifier called a cookie ID: a string of characters that websites and servers associate with the browser in which the cookie is stored. This allows websites and servers to distinguish the browser from other browsers storing different cookies and to recognize each browser by its unique cookie ID. Cookies are widely used by websites and servers to provide many of the basic services available online. If you shop on a website, a cookie allows the website to remember the items you added to your virtual shopping cart. If you set preferences on a website, a cookie allows the website to store your preferences for your next visit. If you register on a website, it may use a cookie to recognize your browser later so that you do not have to enter your login credentials again. In addition, cookies allow websites to collect data on user activities, such as the number of unique visitors to a page each month. All these uses depend on the information stored in cookies.
Types of cookies: technical, profiling, and third-party
Definition of technical cookies according to the Italian Data Protection Authority
Technical cookies are those used solely for the purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent
strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide such service.
Example of a technical cookie: the session cookie installed to maintain the login status.
Definition of profiling cookies according to the Italian Data Protection Authority
Profiling cookies are aimed at creating user profiles and are used to send
advertising messages in line with the preferences shown by the user while browsing the web.
Example of a profiling cookie: suppose that while browsing a website you search for running shoes and a cookie containing that query is installed on your browser. If, following the search, software/plugin installed on the site uses that information to offer you related advertising, such as sports equipment or shoes in general, then the installed cookie is a profiling cookie.
Definition of third-party cookies according to the Italian Data Protection Authority
Another element to consider for the correct definition of the subject is the party responsible for installing the cookies on the user’s device. It is necessary to consider the
different entity that installs the cookies on the user’s terminal. Depending on whether it is the same operator of the website the user is visiting, commonly referred to as the publisher, or a different website that installs cookies through the first website, these are referred to as third parties.
Example of third-party cookies: cookies installed by social buttons such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc., Google Analytics cookies, cookies installed through embedded YouTube video iframes, etc.; all of these are third-party cookies.
How to enable or disable cookies
Each browser, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc., has different methods for enabling or disabling cookies. These methods may also vary depending on the operating system used: Mac OS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, etc. Please refer to the guides provided by each vendor to learn how to enable or disable cookies.
Mozilla Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
Safari:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Cookies used by this website
This website
https://mcomemontagna.it/ uses, in addition to technical cookies necessary for normal operation, the following third-party cookies:
Statistical cookies:
* Google Analytics, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
* HubSpot, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://legal.hubspot.com/cookie-policy
* Smartlook, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://www.smartlook.com/help/privacy-statement
Marketing cookies:
* Google Ads, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/2407785
* Facebook, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
* LinkedIn, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
* Twitter, for further details visit the provider’s website:
https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies
Acceptance of the cookie policy through the dedicated “Accept” button in the cookie information banner remains valid for 30 days. After 30 days from acceptance, the request will be displayed again.
Please refer to the provider’s website for any further clarification or questions.
