POLICY FOR THE USE AND ACCEPTANCE OF COOKIES

Our website uses cookies to provide a better and personalized web service, as well as to differentiate between the users who access it.

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the hard disk or in the browser of an end device (such as a computer, a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet) when a user accesses the content of a site, in order to help the user to navigate more efficiently on that site, to perform certain functions, as well as record its actions or preferences (such as authentication, language, etc.).

2. TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE
Strictly necessary cookies – are used for the operation and operation of the website (for example: authentication in secure areas, system administration or prevention of fraudulent activities, etc.);

Cookies specific to an online session – stores an identifier that allows the user to move from one page to another without having to enter identification information (name, user, passwords, etc.) each time. They are stored in the user’s device’s memory only during the browsing session and are automatically deleted when the browser is closed.

Analytical, permanent, persistent or stored cookies – are stored at the user’s device level and are not deleted at the time of closing the browser. This type of cookies retains the user’s preferences, so that they can be used in other browsing sessions of the website. They can also be used to identify individual users, being able to provide information on: the number of visitors to the website, the time spent in the browsing session or the performance of the website.

Cookies regarding the marketing, advertising and identification of the target audience – record the users’ visit to our website, the pages, the articles viewed and the links followed. They are used to provide advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. For this purpose, we may share such information with third parties (such as advertisers).

Functionality cookies – are used to recognize users who return to the website, thus helping us to personalize the content of the website according to your preferences.

3. HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
Our website uses cookies in particular for the following purposes:

To retain the individual actions and preferences of the users;
To ensure a good performance of the website;
To help users of the website to perform certain operations without having to enter identification data (user name, password, etc.) every time they navigate from one page to another;
For displaying behavioral advertising and for displaying advertisements relevant to what the user has been looking for in the past.
We will not use cookies for purposes other than those listed above.

4. HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?
You can withdraw your consent to the use of a type of cookie at any time. In this regard, you can disable or delete cookies through the browser settings you use to navigate the website. In any case, there may be certain problems related to the use of certain parts of the website if you disable certain types of cookies.

For more details, please visit the websites of your browsers, as follows:

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer – Internet Explorer;

• Cookie settings in Firefox – Firefox;

• Cookie settings in Chrome – Chrome;

• Cookie settings in Safari – Safari;

• Cookie settings in Edge – Edge;

• Cookie settings in Opera – Opera.

In the following table you can find more information about the cookies used on our website, the purposes for which we use them as well as the possibility and consequences of deleting a certain type of cookie: