How cookies are used by our sites
On our website we use cookies and similar tools to improve their performance and improve the user experience.
This document explains how this is done.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website can put on your computer or mobile device the first time you visit a site or page. The cookie allows the website, or another website, to recognize the device the next time you visit it. Web beacons or other similar files are based on the same principle. We use the term “cookies” in this document to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
There are many functions that cookies perform. For example, they can help us remember your username and preferences, analyze the performance of our site, or allow us to recommend content that we believe is most relevant to you.
Some cookies contain personal information – for example, if you click on “remember me” when you are performing an authentication, your username will be stored in a cookie. Most cookies do not collect information that identifies you, instead they will collect more general information such as how users arrived at our site, how they use it, or the generic location of a user.
What type of cookies does this site use?
In general, our cookies perform up to three different functions:
Essential cookies
Some cookies are essential for the functioning of our site. For example, some cookies allow us to identify and ensure that registered users can access the reserved pages. If a user chooses to disable cookies, he will not be able to access all the contents contained in the reserved pages.
Performance Cookies
We use other cookies to analyze how our users use our website and to monitor website performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by personalizing our offer and quickly identifying and solving any problems that arise. For example, cookies could be used to track which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is the most effective, and to determine the reason for some errors that may occur
Functionality Cookies
This type of cookie allows us to remember your preferences. For example, cookies save you the trouble of typing your username every time you access the site, and allow you to upload your site customization preferences. We also use these cookies to provide advanced services, such as the possibility of watching an online video or posting a comment on a blog.
Are cookies on this site used by someone else?
We allow third parties to serve cookies that fall into the three categories above. For example, like many companies, we use Google Analytics to monitor the traffic on our website.
We do not use third party cookies to help us with market research.
We do not use cookies to monitor conversions, to improve the functionality of the site and to check compliance with the terms and conditions and our copyright policy.
Can a user of our site block cookies?
As we explained above, cookies help to get the most out of our website.
The first time you access our website, a superimposed message is shown explaining that by continuing to access our site, you are consenting to the use of cookies.
Further information
More details on how companies use cookies are available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
