Cookie Policy

Cookies and other Identifiers consist of portions of code installed in the browser that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described. Some of the purposes for which Cookies are installed may also require the User’s consent.

Where the installation of Cookies is based on consent, such consent can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

This Website uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.

Experience enhancement

This Website uses Trackers to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

    • Content commenting

      Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website.
      Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
      If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.

      Comment system managed directly (this Website)

      This Website has its own internal content comment system.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies, email address, first name, last name and website.

 

    • Displaying content from external platforms

      This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
      This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.


      YouTube video widget (Google LLC)

      YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.


      Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)

      Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

 

  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
    The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
    This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
    It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to
    the User’s profile.


    Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)

    The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.


    Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)

    The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.


    LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)

    The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

 

Measurement

This Website uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior with the goal of improving the Service.

 

    • Analytics

      The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.


      Google Ads conversion tracking (Google LLC)

      Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.


      Hotjar Form Analysis & Conversion Funnels (Hotjar Ltd.)

      Hotjar is an analytics service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
      Hotjar honors generic Do Not Track headers. This means your browser can tell its script not to collect any of your data. This is a setting
      that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.


      Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) (Facebook, Inc.)

      Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on this Website. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.


      HubSpot Analytics (HubSpot, Inc.)

      HubSpot Analytics is an analytics service provided by HubSpot, Inc.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out .

 

    • Analytics services managed directly by this Website

      The services contained in this section allow the Owner to collect and manage analytics through the use of first-party Trackers.


      Analytics collected directly (this Website)

      This Website uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

 

    • Anonymized analytics services

      The services contained in this section allow the Owner, through the use of third-party Trackers, to collect and manage analytics in an anonymized form.

      Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google LLC)

      Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
      Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
      This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

 

    • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

      The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.


      Google Optimize (Google LLC)

      Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC (“Google”).

      Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

      Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

      Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

 

  • Heat mapping and session recording

    Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of a page where Users most frequently move the mouse or click. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyze web traffic and keep track of User behavior.
    Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.


    Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)

    Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
    Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

 

Targeting & Advertising

This Website uses Trackers to deliver personalized marketing content based on User behavior and to operate, serve and track ads.

Some of the advertising services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry – providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on this Website.

This Website participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. This Website uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.

 

  • Remarketing and behavioral targeting

    This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
    This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
    Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
    In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

    Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.


    Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC)

    Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

    Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

    Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

    Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

 

Activities that do not fit the above categorizations

 

  • Hosting & Backend Infrastructure

    This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.

    OVH Public Cloud (OVH GmbH)
    OVH Public Cloud is a hosting service provided by OVH GmbH.
    Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

    Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy.

 

How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent

 

There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:

Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.

Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.

It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent.

Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.

 

With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

 

Owner and Data Controller

 

Since the installation of third-party Cookies and other tracking systems through the services used within this Website cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, the User is kindly requested to consult the privacy policy for the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding the identification of technologies based on Cookies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of Cookies by this Website.

 

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

 

User

The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

This Website (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookies

Small sets of data stored in the User’s device.

Legal information

Notice to European Users: this privacy statement has been prepared in fulfillment of the obligations under Art. 10 of EC Directive n. 95/46/EC, and under the provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC, as revised by Directive 2009/136/EC, on the subject of Cookies.

This privacy policy relates solely to this Website.

Latest update: December 21, 2024