VAT No. 03448000921
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Terms and Conditions
On this site we use technical cookies necessary for navigation and functional to the provision of the service. We also use cookies to provide you with an ever better browsing experience.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small fragments of text, usually consisting of letters and/or numbers, which are sent by the visited website and stored by the software (for example, a web browser) installed on the device used by the user for browsing. The cookies are then retransmitted to the aforementioned website upon the user's next visit.
Cookies allow information to be stored regarding a user's visits to a website and represent a very useful technology, because for example they allow websites to function, making them more efficient, and provide useful information to website managers. Without cookies, or other similar technologies, websites would have no way to "remember" information about visitors, such as how many items the user has placed in the shopping cart or whether or not they have logged in.
Cookies can be classified according to:
• duration: session cookies or persistent cookies
• origin: first-party cookies or third-party cookies;
• purpose: technical, analytical, or profiling cookies.
Cookies that expire at the end of a browser session (usually when a user closes their browser) are called session cookies and are useful, for example, to store a user's purchase order or for security purposes, such as when accessing your internet banking or webmail account. Cookies that, on the other hand, are stored for a longer period of time (between one session and another) are called persistent cookies and are useful, for example, to remember user preferences or to offer targeted advertising.
The definition of first-party or third-party refers to the website or domain that installs the cookie. First-party cookies are installed directly by the website the user is visiting, while third-party cookies are installed by a domain different from the one the user is visiting, for example in cases where the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins, or advertising.
It should be specified that the purposes usually fulfilled by a cookie can also be achieved through other similar technologies, including the use of certain features that allow devices to be identified in order to analyze visits to a website. This policy in fact applies to any technology that stores or accesses information on the user's device. These may include, for example, HTML5 local storage, Local Shared Objects (also called flash cookies), and fingerprinting techniques. In particular, device fingerprinting is a technique that consists of combining a series of information in order to uniquely identify a particular device. Examples of information that device fingerprinting can detect, associate, or infer include:
• data derived from the configuration of a device;
• data that can be inferred from the use of particular network protocols;
• JavaScript;
• information on HTTP headers, information on the clock;
• installed fonts;
• plugins installed in the browser.
It is also possible to combine these elements with additional information, such as IP addresses or unique identifiers, etc.
VAT No. 03448000921
© Copyright 2021 Consorzio Natura Viva - All Rights Reserved