Cookie Policy
1 - WHAT IS A COOKIE
A cookie is a small text file that websites save on your computer, phone, or other device, storing information related to the user's browsing habits. Cookies are not dangerous for your computer; on the contrary, they are necessary tools that make browsing easier.
2 - WHAT ARE COOKIES USED FOR?
Cookies are a fundamental element for the proper functioning of our website. The main purpose of our cookies is to optimize the user’s browsing experience. For example, cookies help us identify you (if you have already registered on our website), remember your preferences during browsing sessions (language, country, etc.) or for future visits, manage your shopping cart, or allow you to make purchases.
The information collected in cookies allows us to improve our website through appropriate analysis of statistical data and usage patterns, adapting the website according to the specific interests of users, accelerating the search function, etc.
The cookies we use do not store sensitive information that allows for personal identification, including address, credit card data, or passwords. Similarly, we do not use cookies for advertising purposes.
The cookies adopted by this site
3 - TECHNICAL COOKIES
Technical cookies are 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 user to provide that service. They are not used for further purposes and are usually installed directly by the website owner or manager.
They can be divided into:
Navigation or session cookies, which ensure normal navigation and use of the website (for example, allowing purchases or authentication to access reserved areas);
Analytics cookies, which are assimilated to technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect information in aggregate form on the number of users and how they visit the site;
Functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate according to a series of selected criteria (e.g., language, selected products for purchase) in order to improve the service provided.
4 - PROFILING COOKIES
Profiling cookies are aimed at creating user profiles and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences shown by the user during web browsing. Due to the particular invasiveness that such devices can have within the users' private sphere, European and Italian regulations require that the user must be adequately informed about their use and give valid consent.
This is referred to in Article 122 of the Privacy Code, where it states that "the storage of information or the access to information already stored in the terminal equipment of a subscriber or user is permitted only on the condition that the subscriber or user has given their consent after being informed in the simplified manner referred to in Article 13, paragraph 3" (Article 122, paragraph 1 of the Code).
5 - THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
Some services provided by third parties (Google, Zopim, social media service providers, etc.) allow third parties to install cookies on the user’s terminal.
The purposes of these cookies may vary from ensuring access or better use of these services to collecting data about the user. The data collected through these cookies is not processed by the owner of this site.
Below are the cookies used by the website:
Technical cookies used:
Session cookies are temporarily stored and deleted when the user closes the browser. If the user registers on the site, AEFFE Lab SRL may use cookies that collect personal data to identify the user during subsequent visits and facilitate access (e.g., login to the site by saving the user’s username and password) and navigation.
Banner information display cookies facilitate user navigation by recognizing them and preventing the display of an informational banner again, activating by default after a first visit to the site.
Cookie banner display cookies facilitate user navigation by recognizing them and preventing the warning banner about the presence of cookies on the site from reappearing, activating by clicking "Ok" on the banner or browsing the site.
6 - THIRD-PARTY COOKIES USED
The site uses third-party services that may result in the installation of cookies on the user's terminal. It is also possible that the third-party owners of these services choose to send advertising to the user based on the information collected through these cookies.
Note that not consenting to these cookies will disable options to watch videos from third-party providers like YouTube, or simple tools to share content from our website on social media platforms like Facebook and Google+.
We invite you to refer to the privacy and cookie policies of the third parties mentioned below.
Google Analytics
The site uses Google Analytics to collect data regarding visits and the appeal of pages and information provided (most/least viewed pages, most/least clicked elements, number of visitors, most searched words, etc.).
The service is provided free of charge by Google Inc. These cookies are used to store visitor information, such as the time the site was visited, the previous visit, and the domain through which they arrived at the portal.
This information, generated by merely accessing the portal, is then sent to Google and stored on its servers.
More information about the Google Analytics service can be found at https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=it. Google's Privacy Policy, http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/, generally governs the use of personal data by Google users who use Google products and services. You can choose how Google Analytics collects data through the add-on at the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=it.
The list of cookies used by Google Analytics can be found at the following address: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Tawk.to
This is a customer relationship service provided by tawk.to inc. that uses cookies placed on the user's computer to enable live chat support and provide aggregated data on pages visited and time spent. The data generated by tawk.to is stored by tawk.to inc., with the cookie policy available at the following link: https://www.tawk.to/data-protection/. For the privacy policy of Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd, please refer to the following link: https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy/
YouTube Videos
YouTube is a video content viewing service provided by Google Inc. that allows this website to integrate such content within its pages. For Google's privacy policy, please refer to the following link: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy
Google Maps
The site incorporates the Google Map widget with the map of the activity, and this service involves the installation of cookies by Google. No information is shared by the site in which the widget is embedded. For more information, including on disabling these cookies, please consult the following link: https://www.google.com/intl/it_it/policies/privacy/
Facebook can set cookies when you use the "Like" buttons on our website. For Facebook’s privacy policy, please refer to the following link: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
AddThis.com provides a series of buttons to insert into a web page to facilitate the distribution and subscription of web content on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. The service provides buttons that allow web page content to be added to various social bookmark services. For the AddThis privacy policy, please refer to the following link: https://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy#publisher-visitors
7 - DISABLING AND DELETING COOKIES
To disable cookies and/or choose the level of blocking, the user can use the features of their browser by modifying the settings.
Below are links explaining how to perform this operation with the main web browsers:
GOOGLE CHROME
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
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
SAFARI
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411
OPERA
https://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
Furthermore, users always have the option to manually remove cookies already installed on their fixed or mobile devices using browser functions such as "empty cache," "delete browsing data," or similar options.
Information on this can be found at the following links:
GOOGLE CHROME
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
INTERNET EXPLORER
http://windows.microsoft.com/it-IT/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11
MOZILLA FIREFOX
https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Eliminare%20i%20cookie
SAFARI
https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
BLACKBERRY
For mobile devices, please visit the following webpage and search for the model of your device: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/mobile/index.html
For more information on cookies and to manage cookie preferences (first and/or third-party), users are also invited to visit the platforms www.youronlinechoices.com and www.aboutcookies.org
8 - ACCEPTANCE AND REFUSAL OF COOKIES
By continuing to browse this site, closing the information banner, clicking on any part of the page, or scrolling to highlight additional content, you accept the AEFFE Lab Srl Cookie Policy and cookies will be set and collected. If you do not accept cookies by abandoning the navigation, any cookies already locally stored in your browser will remain there but will not be read or used by AEFFE Lab Srl until you later accept the Policy. You will always have the option to remove such cookies at any time through the methods described in the paragraph "Disabling and deleting cookies".
9 - DATA PROCESSING
The ownership of data processing, the methods of exercising the rights provided by Legislative Decree 196/2013, and the contact information for exercising these rights are indicated in the privacy policy.