Cookie

Cookies are small strings of text that websites visited by the user send to their terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored to be retransmitted to the same websites upon the user’s next visit. While browsing a website, the user may also receive cookies on their terminal that are sent by different websites or web servers (so-called “third parties”), where some elements present on the site being visited may reside.

Types

Cookies are divided into:

– Technical cookies, which ensure the proper functioning of certain sessions of the site

– Measurement cookies: used to collect information, in aggregated form, on the number of users and how they visit the site and use its various features

– Profiling cookies, which make it possible to create user profiles in order to send messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the site’s pages

– Third-party cookies: these are installed by websites other than the one being browsed, and we do not have direct control over how the data is processed. These cookies are used to profile the user in order to show content related to their searches and browsing activity.

Origin

Regarding the origin of cookies, we can distinguish:

– First-party cookies, which are sent to the user’s browser directly from the site being visited

– Third-party cookies, which are sent to the user’s computer from other websites and not from the site being visited.

Duration

Duration is an essential factor to distinguish cookies. We have:

– Session cookies, which are destroyed every time the browser is closed

– Persistent cookies, which are not deleted when the browser is closed but remain until a pre-set expiration date.

Cookies and their use on Fabio Mauri’s websites

Third Parties

While browsing, you may receive cookies from websites managed by other organizations (third parties), due to the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, and other services such as Google Maps and Google Analytics. The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from websites managed by third parties. The management of the information collected by third parties is governed by their respective privacy policies, which we recommend consulting. For greater transparency, here are the web addresses of the various policies and cookie management options:

Fabio Mauri’s websites include components of Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google, Inc. In this case too, these are third-party cookies managed anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (performance cookies).

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect and analyze anonymously the information on the use of Fabio Mauri’s websites (including the user’s IP address) as well as demographic profile data of the site users, where available (this includes age, gender, and interest categories). This information is collected by Google Analytics, which processes it to compile anonymous statistical reports for Fabio Mauri’s website operators on the activities carried out on the websites. This site does not use (and does not allow third parties to use) Google’s 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 attempt to link an IP address with the identity of a user. Google may also disclose this information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/

The user may selectively disable the action of Google Analytics by installing the opt-out component provided by Google in their browser. To disable Google Analytics, please refer to the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Here is the list of technical and analytics cookies used by the site (duration in parentheses):

Google Analytics

_ga (2 years) Used to distinguish users and sessions

_gat (10 minutes) Used to limit request rates

Technical cookies

cookie_consent (1 month) Stores the user’s cookie consent status for the current domain

d (persistent) Used to manage sessions for logged-in users on the site

Third parties

Additional third-party proprietary cookies used temporarily may be added to this list, but they fall under the category of technical cookies.

Cookie Management

The user can decide whether to accept cookies or not by using their browser settings. Total or partial disabling of technical cookies may affect the use of features reserved for registered users, while public content can still be accessed even when cookies are completely disabled. Disabling third-party cookies does not affect navigability in any way.

Here’s how to disable cookies via browser settings:

Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it

Firefox:

https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione dei cookie

Internet Explorer:

http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11

Opera:

http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html

Safari:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=it_IT