Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that the websites visited by the user send and store on the user's computer or mobile device, to be retransmitted to the same sites during subsequent visits. Thanks to cookies, the site remembers the user's actions and settings (such as login data, selected language, font size, other display settings, etc.), so that they don't have to be re-entered when the user returns to the site or navigates from one page to another. Some operations could not be performed without the use of cookies, which are sometimes technically necessary for the proper functioning of the site.

There are various types of cookies depending on their characteristics, functions, and persistence on the user's computer or mobile device.

According to current regulations, explicit user consent is not always required for the use of cookies. In particular, no consent is required for so-called "technical" cookies, which are used solely to transmit a communication over an electronic communications network or are strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user. In other words, these are cookies essential for the operation of the site or necessary to carry out activities requested by the user.

Among the technical cookies, which do not require explicit consent for their use, the Data Protection Authority (see General Provision "Identification of simplified methods for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies - May 8, 2014) includes:

• "Analytics cookies" used to collect information, in aggregate form, about the number of users and how they visit the site. These can be used as technical cookies if they anonymize the data, or as profiling cookies, in which case user consent is required.

• Browsing or session cookies (for authentication, purchases, etc.)

• Functionality cookies that allow the user to navigate according to a set of selected criteria (for example, language, selected products for purchase) to improve the service provided.

Cookies are also categorized depending on the entity that acts as the controller of the personal data collected by the cookie, distinguishing between first-party and third-party cookies.

• First-party cookies: These are cookies managed by the site owner. The site owner is responsible for providing information and for specifying how to block the cookie.

• Third-party cookies: These are cookies managed by a third party other than the site owner. For these cookies, the third party is responsible for providing information and specifying how to block the cookie, while the site owner is responsible for including a link to the third party's site where such information is available.

Below are the cookies in use on this site.

Technical cookies, i.e., those necessary for the proper and easy use of the Site:

• hex: Used to manage server calls to the website's backend systems - HTTP type - SESSION expiration

• test_cookie: Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.

Third-party analytics cookies, used to gather information about the site's use, analyze site visits or access, for purely statistical purposes, gathering information in aggregate and anonymous form, without the possibility of identifying the user:

• _ga: Records a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website - HTTP type - 2 YEARS expiration

• _gat: Used by Google Analytics to limit the request rate - HTTP type - 1 DAY expiration

• _gid: Records a unique ID used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website - HTTP type - 1 DAY expiration

• ad_storage: cookie for advertisements

• analytics_storage: analytical cookie

• ad_user_data: shares data with Google ADS

• ad_personalization: enables personalized ads