WITH THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COOKIE LAW SPECIFIED BY EUROPEAN LEGISLATION, EVERY WEBSITE MUST COMPLY WITH A CERTAIN REGULATION. WITH THE NEXT LINES “THE COOKING TOUCH” TRY TO COMPLY WITH THIS REGULATION BY PROVIDING YOU WITH AS MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT IT.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A COOKIE (COOKIE) IS A SIMPLE TEXT STRING THAT THE SITE YOU ARE VISITING AUTOMATICALLY SENDS TO YOUR COMPUTER OR SMARTPHONE (PRECISELY WITHIN THE BROWSER YOU ARE USING TO BROWSE). A COOKIE TAKES UP VERY LITTLE SPACE EVEN THOUGH GENERALLY EVERY WEBSITE SENDS YOU MORE THAN ONE AND OF DIFFERENT TYPES.

COOKIES ARE MAINLY DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES: TECHNICAL COOKIES AND PROFILING COOKIES. AS REGARDS TECHNICAL COOKIES, THEY ARE STRICTLY RELATED TO NAVIGATION, THEY TEND TO IMPROVE IT AND DO NOT “COLLECT” INFORMATION RELATED TO USERS VISITORS. EXAMPLES ARE THOSE RELATED TO SESSIONS, WHICH ARE USED FOR NORMAL NAVIGATION OF THE SITE, THOSE OF EXTERNAL STATISTICS SERVICES, WHICH SERVE TO RECORD THE NUMBER OF ACCESSES TO THE VARIOUS WEB PAGES OR THOSE SERVED TO STORE THE LANGUAGE OR THE SIZE OF THE CHARACTERS. FOR THIS TYPE OF COOKIES EXPRESS CONSENT FROM THE VISITORS IS NOT MANDATORY OR COMMUNICATION TO THE PRIVACY GUARANTEE BUT IT IS NECESSARY TO FORMULATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE ONLY THIS INFORMATION. PROFILING COOKIES, HOWEVER, ARE USED PRECISELY TO PROFILE AND CATEGORIZE EACH VISITOR FOR THE PURPOSE, FOR EXAMPLE, OF PROVIDING THEM WITH TARGETED ADVERTISING BASED ON THEIR NAVIGATION HABITS. THIS SITE DOES NOT USE THEM.

WHO SENDS COOKIES?
COOKIES MAY BE SENT FROM THE SITE YOU ARE VISITING OR FROM EXTERNAL COMPONENTS ON WHICH THE SITE ITSELF RELATES. THE SITE THAT INSTALLS THE COOKIES DIRECTLY IS RESPONSIBLE DIRECTLY FOR THEM, WHILE FOR COOKIES INSTALLED BY EXTERNAL SERVICES THE USER VISITOR MUST BE REFERRED TO THE RELEVANT COOKIES POLICY PRESENT ON THE PAGES OF THE RESPECTIVE WEBSITES. GOOGLE ANALITYCS COOKIES ARE AMONG THE COOKIES INSTALLED BY THIRD PARTIES.

HOW TO KNOW IF A SITE SENDS COOKIES?
SINCE THE INSTALLATION TAKES PLACE “BEHIND THE SCENES” YOU HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW IF A SITE IS INSTALLING COOKIES IN YOUR BROWSER. HOWEVER, TO VIEW THEM, YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME FREE AND EASY-TO-USE TOOLS MADE AVAILABLE BY THE DIFFERENT BROWSERS. THROUGH GOOGLE CHROME YOU CAN USE THE “DEVELOPER TOOL”. WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PAGE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN, YOU CAN PRESS F12 FROM THE KEYBOARD OR, FROM THE TOP RIGHT MENU, CLICK ON “OTHER TOOLS” –> “TOOLS FOR DEVELOPERS”. A PAGE WILL OPEN. IN THE SAME CLICK ON “RESOUCES” OR “RESOURCES” IN THE MENU ABOVE. THEN SELECT THE “COOKIES” ITEM FROM THE LEFT SIDE MENU. CLICK ON THE TRUNK, SELECT THE SITE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN (IF LISTED). A TABLE WILL APPEAR ON THE RIGHT IN WHICH YOU CAN VIEW ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COOKIES INSTALLED IN THE BROWSER FROM THE SAME WEBSITE. YOU CAN VIEW THE NAME OF THE COOKIE, THE VALUE ASSIGNED (GENERALLY ENCRYPTED), THE URL OF THE SITE THAT INSTALLED IT, THE SIZE, THE EXPIRY DATE.

HOW TO DELETE COOKIES?
I REMIND YOU THAT YOU CAN DELETE THE COOKIES INSTALLED IN YOUR BROWSER BY CLICKING THE “OTHER TOOLS” ITEM IN THE MENU AT THE TOP RIGHT AND OPENING THE TAB THAT OPENS BY CLICKING ON “ERASE NAVIGATION DATA”. YOU CAN ALSO, THROUGH SETTINGS, PREVENT WEBSITES FROM AUTOMATICALLY INSTALLING COOKIES IN YOUR BROWSER.

WHICH COOKIES DOES OR COULD THE SITE SEND?
THE SITE USES TECHNICAL COOKIES AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES, FOR EXAMPLE GOOGLE ANALYTICS. TECHNICAL COOKIES ARE USED TO KEEP TRACK OF SOME OF YOUR CHOICES SUCH AS THE CLOSURE OF THE BANNER YOU SEE (OR HAVE SEEN) ABOVE RELATING TO THE COOKIE POLICY.

FURTHERMORE, THE SITE INSTALLS A SESSION COOKIE WHICH SERVES ONLY TO RECORD YOUR VISIT TO THE SITE ITSELF WITHOUT COLLECTING ANY TYPE OF PARTICULAR DATA.

TO VIEW THE COOKIE POLICY OF EXTERNAL SERVICES I REFER YOU TO THE RELATED LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION:

– GOOGLE ANALYTICS

HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES
BELOW WE ARE GIVEN USERS THE LINKS THAT EXPLAIN HOW TO MANAGE OR DISABLE COOKIES FOR THE MOST POPULAR INTERNET BROWSERS:

INTERNET EXPLORER:
HTTP://WINDOWS.MICROSOFT.COM/IT-IT/INTERNET-EXPLORER/DELETE-MANAGE-COOKIES
GOOGLE CHROME:
HTTPS://SUPPORT.GOOGLE.COM/CHROME/ANSWER/95647
MOZILLA FIREFOX:
HTTP://SUPPORT.MOZILLA.ORG/IT/KB/GESTIONE%20DEI%20COOKIE
OPERA:
HTTP://HELP.OPERA.COM/WINDOWS/10.00/IT/COOKIES.HTML
SAFARI:
HTTPS://SUPPORT.APPLE.COM/KB/PH19255