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What are cookies
Cookies are small text files sent by the websites you visit to your device. These text files are then stored on your computer and transferred back to the site that sent them for each page you visit. This allows the web site to identify you for a single session or for longer periods.

Types of cookies
When you access the pages of this website your device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) can be sent technical cookies, analytics cookies and profiling cookies. The cookies issued by this site are listed below together with options to grant or deny your consent.

Technical cookies
These cookies are essential for navigation within the website and to use all its functionalities, such as the access to restricted areas. Without these cookies, it would not be possible to provide the requested services. These cookies do not collect information for commercial purposes and when you close your browser technical cookies are not stored on your device.
Technical cookies may be:

  • Session cookies: they ensure normal navigation and use of the website (for example, allowing access to restricted areas).
  • Functional cookies: they allow the user to navigate according to a set of selected criteria (such as language, selected products to purchase) in order to enhance user experience.

Analytics cookies
These cookies collect information in aggregated form about the number of users and about how they visit the website. When analytics cookies collect information they can retain the IP address of the visitor: if they do this then you need to be informed of the fact and be allowed to decide if you wish the cookie to be sent to you.
Analytics cookies may be:

  • Sent by this web site (first party): this means that the information is collected by this web site and not shared with external services.
  • Sent by an external web site or service (third party): this means that the information collected is potentially visible to the owner of the external web site or service.

Profiling cookies
Profiling cookies are cookies used to track user navigation and create a profile of their habits which can then be used to send advertising messages to the user's device.

Profiling cookies may be:

  • Sent by this web site (first party): this means that the information is collected by this web site and not shared with external services.
  • Sent by an external web site or service (third party): this means that the information collected is potentially visible to the owner of the external web site or service.

More information on external web site or service cookies (third party)
These are cookies that originate from other web sites (such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or LinkedIn) or from advertising networks (Google AdSense, DoubleClick, etc.) that can be sent to your device as a result of browsing this site. These cookies are not strictly necessary for navigation but if you deny third-party cookies being sent to your device some advanced features, such as sharing pages on social networks or participation in discussions, could be inhibited. This website cannot govern the emission of cookies by other sites, so in order to get information about these cookies, their characteristics and methods of operation and grant or deny your consent to sending them to your device, you should directly contact the sites emitting the cookies.

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Cookie removal
At any time, you can control which cookies are stored on your device and choose to remove them by using the official help guides of the browser that you are using:

Analytics cookies from other web sites or services (third party) with IP address tracking
Profiling cookies from this web site (first party)
Profiling cookies from other web sites or services (third party)