Cookie Policy

Cookie

We use cookies to make our website easier and more intuitive to use. Cookies are small pieces of data that allow us to compare new and returning visitors and understand how users navigate through our website. We use the data collected through cookies to make the browsing experience more enjoyable and efficient in the future.

Cookies do not record any personal information about a user and any identifiable data will not be stored. If you wish to disable the use of cookies, you must customise your computer settings to delete all cookies or activate a warning message when cookies are stored. To proceed without changing the application of cookies, simply continue browsing.

Visit the dedicated section on the Data Protection Authority’s website for more information on cookies and how they affect your browsing experience.

The types of cookies we use

Essential cookies

These cookies are essential in order to allow you to move around the entire site and make full use of its features, such as accessing the various protected areas of the site. Without these cookies, some necessary services, such as filling out a form for a competition, cannot be used.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how users use a website, for example, which pages are most visited, whether error messages are received from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected through cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. They are only used to improve the functioning of a website.

By using our website, you agree that these cookies may be installed on your device.

Functionality cookies

Cookies allow the website to remember choices made by the user (such as name, language or region of origin) and provide advanced customised features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes made to the size of text, fonts and other parts of web pages that can be customised. They can also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information collected by these types of cookies may be anonymised and unable to track your browsing activity on other websites.

By using our website, you agree that these cookies may be installed on your device.

How to delete cookies

Cookies are not used to store personal information, but you can always delete them. Most common web browsers allow you to delete cookies on command or automatically when you close your browser. You can also configure your web browser to block the creation of cookies, but in this case we cannot guarantee that the service offered will function correctly.

Google analytics / yandex metrics

This website uses Google Analytics or Yandex Metrics, two web analytics services provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’) and Yandex, respectively. These services use ‘cookies’, which are text files placed on your computer to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your anonymous IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by third-party providers on their servers. The Providers will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The Providers may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on the Providers’ behalf. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by third-party providers for the purposes and in the manner set out above.

For more information about Google Analytics, click here.

For more information about Yandex Metrica, click here (in English).

Google adwords, bing advertising, facebook advertising

This site may occasionally use the advertising and remarketing tools of Google Adwords, Bing Advertising, and Facebook Advertising, which allow it to advertise itself and publish personalised advertisements based on user visits.
For this reason, some pages of the site may include a code defined as a ‘remarketing code’. This code allows the browser’s cookies to be read and configured in order to determine which type of advertisement to display.
For this reason, some pages of the website may include a code called a ‘remarketing code’. This code allows you to read and configure browser cookies in order to determine what type of advertisement to show the user, based on data relating to their visit to the website, such as the navigation circuit chosen, the pages actually visited or the actions performed within them. The remarketing lists thus created are stored in
a database on the servers of the relevant networks, where all the cookie IDs associated with each list or category of interests are stored.
In addition, some pages may include a conversion tracking code: a statistics service that links data from individual ad networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Advertising and Facebook Advertising with actions performed within this website.
For more information about Google Adwords, visit this page.
For more information about Google Remarketing, visit this page.
For more information about Bing Advertising, visit this page.
For more information about Facebook Advertising, visit this page.
Authorisation to collect and store data may be revoked at any time.
The user can disable the use of cookies by Google, Bing and Facebook through the specific settings options of the various browsers.

For embedded content (that is, all video players from social video Networks, widgets, and social buttons in general):

This site may occasionally use content from Youtube, vimeo, twitter, facebook, linkedin, google+, skype, pinterest And instagram, widgets or elements to interact with individual social networks and embeddable as needed.

For more information on the cookie policies of the third parties mentioned:

– Facebook

– Twitter

– YouTube

– Google+

– Vimeo

– Pinterest

– Instagram

– LinkedIn

– Skype

For flash elements – flash cookies

This site may occasionally use Adobe Flash Player to deliver certain content, such as videos or animations. In order to improve the browsing experience, we use Local Shared Objects (more commonly known as ‘Flash cookies’) to remember the user’s settings and preferences. These cookies are stored on the user’s computer or mobile device, but are managed through a different interface than the one provided by the browser. Therefore, it is not possible to manage Flash cookies with the browser, but you must access the Flash management tools directly from the Adobe website (www.adobe.com). The Adobe website provides comprehensive information on how to delete or disable Flash cookies. The Adobe website provides information on how to remove or disable Flash cookies. Please note that limiting and/or deleting the use of this type of flash cookie may affect the functions available for applications based on Flash technology.

For more information, visit this page.

GOOGLE FONT

This site may use fonts from the Google Fonts service.

For information on cookies, visit this page.

AddThis

This site may occasionally use the AddThis service, which also allows you to share articles from the website through social media platforms. AddThis may transmit information to third parties if required by law or if such third parties process such information on behalf of AddThis. We have no control over the use of data by AddThis and/or third parties.

AddThis may refer to various social platform providers, each of which has its own privacy policy. AddThis is a permanent cookie.

For more information, visit this page.

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