What are Cookies:
A cookie is a small text file that is stored by the computer when a website is visited by a user. The text stores information that the site is able to read in the moment in which it is seen at a later time. Some of these cookies are necessary for the proper operation of the site, others are useful to the visitor because they can safely store such as a user name or language settings. The advantage of having cookies installed on your PC is to no longer need to fill out the same information each time you want to access a site visited previously.
Why does this site use Cookies:
Some cookies are extremely useful because they can make browsing more enjoyable for you when you visit a website already consulted other times. If you use the same device and the same browser, the cookie can, for example, remembering your preferences, help us understand how to use our sites and make content appear more relevant to the interests and needs of the user.
Cookies Types:
Cookies are categorized as follows below.
A) Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
B) Persistent Cookies
They remain stored on your computer’s hard drive until they expire or cancellation by users/visitors. Through persistent cookies visitors who access the site (or any other users who use the same computer) are automatically recognized at every visit. Persistent cookies fulfill many functions in the interest of navigators, such as the use of the navigation language or recording of the shopping cart in shopping online. However, persistent cookies can also be used for promotional purposes or, even, for purposes of dubious legality. Visitors can set your computer’s browser so that it accept/reject all cookies or to alert whenever a cookie is offered, in order to assess whether to accept it. The user is allowed, however, to change the default configuration (default) and disable cookies (ie block a final), by setting the security level higher.
C) Session Cookies
They are stored on the user’s computer for purely technical and functional requirements, for the transmission of session identifiers required to enable a safe and efficient site; they are deleted at the end of the “session” (hence the name) with the browser is closed. This type of cookie avoids the use of other technologies that could compromise the privacy of users.
D) Third-Party Cookies
Cookies that are stored on behalf of third parties and may be in turn session or persistent.
Check, block and delete Cookies:
If you want to change the way the browser uses cookies, or block or delete cookies from this Web site (or any site), you can do so by changing your browser settings. In order to monitor cookies, most browsers allow the user to accept or reject them all, or accept only certain types, ask every time if you want to save a cookie to a particular site. It is equally easy to delete cookies that have already been saved by the browser on the device. The process for review and delete cookies varies depending on the browser used. To learn how to deal with a particular browser, you can use the Help menu of your browser. To limit the receipt of cookies through the browser visit the following sites to understand how to prevent your device from receiving cookies (user browser depending): Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari.
Alternatively, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org; this website explains, step by step, how to control and delete cookies in most browsers.
If you want more details or look your cookie choices please visit also this website: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
Cookies used in this website:
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Tipology | Cookie Name | Expiration Time | Description | Purpose |
.addthis.com (Third-Party) |
di2, loc, uid, uit, uvc, vc | 1 Year | AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They remember that you have visited a website. | These cookies are associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in the websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking. |
.addthis.com (Third-Party) |
dt | 1 Year + 1 Month | AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They remember that you have visited a website. | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in the websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking. |
.doubleclick.net – Google (Third-Party) |
_drt_, id | 1 Year | Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange. | These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. |
google-analytics.com (Third-Party) |
.NID | 1 Year | This is the Google cookie used for advertising on non-Google website and through the service Google Analytics. | Google analysis and statistics about navigation of website. |
google-analytics.com (Third-Party) |
PREF | 1 Year | This cookie enable us to your preferences and other information. | This cookie track your preferred language, how many search results you wish to have shown per page and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. |
histats.com (Third-Party) |
CountUid | 1 Year | This cookie may place a temporary or persistent on your computer’s hard drive the number of page views, the exact path that an Internet user has taken on a site, the amount of time spent on a webpage. | This cookie user an Internet IP address for the only purpose of geolocating the country and the city of their device, in order to identify the location in which an Internet user connects to a particular website (Region or City in some countries) for statistical research. |
paypal.com (Third-Party) |
AKDC | Session | PayPal cookie requires to be turned on to log in to your account (or register) and to save certain settings. | PayPal cookie to allow you to connect the user’s actions during that specific session. |
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.