Cookie Policy

What are cookies? 

A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred by a website on to your computer's hard disk through an anonymous code that is able to identify your computer but not the user and passively monitor your activities on the site.

Cookies can be classified in four categories, depending on their function:
1) Strictly necessary cookies
2) Performance cookies
3) Functional cookies
4) Targeting cookies and advertising cookies

1) Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are essential in order to allow website browsing and the use of its features, such as access to some protected areas. Without these cookies, some requested features such as login to the site or the creation of a shopping cart for online shopping may not be provided.

2) Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, for example which pages are visited most often, and if users receive error messages from these pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a specific visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. They are used solely to improve website operation.

3) Functional cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices made by you (such as your username, your language or the geographic area where you live) in order to optimise and provide more advanced features. These cookies can also be used to provide features requested by you, such as for example viewing a video or enabling you to comment on a blog. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and does not track browsing and the user’s activity on other websites.

4) “Targeting cookies” are used to:
Allow you to use the "share" and "like" features and send information to other websites to customise their advertisements.

This site uses Web Analytics Italia cookies, a web analytics service provided by AGID. The information generated by the cookies concerning your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by AGID on servers which will use this information in order to: track and examine your use of the website, compiling reports on the activities carried out on the website and provide other services related to the activities and internet usage.

Please note that by disabling cookies some features of our portals could be reduced or not available.

How are cookies disabled or removed? 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can also choose not to accept them. We do not recommend this last choice as this may prevent normal browsing and use of all the features of the site. If you do not wish your computer to receive and store cookies, you can change your browser’s security settings (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.). However, note that certain parts of our site can be used in full only if your browser accepts cookies; otherwise, you will not be able to access the reserved area, for example. Consequently, the choice to remove and not to accept cookies may affect your visit to our site. If you want to change your cookie settings, access the settings of the various browsers, brief instructions are provided below for the most popular browsers.

• Windows Internet Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Opera

Active cookies on our site

Below you can view the complete list of cookies used on our site.

Session Cookies 

SESSION cookies are cookies that enable Websites to store data on serialisation status. On the Website they are used to establish a user session and to communicate status data through a temporary cookie, commonly called session cookies. As the session cookies do not have a time limit, they disappear when the browser is closed.

Functional Cookies 

These cookies allow the Website to remember user’s choices in order to optimise the functions. For example, functional cookies allow the Website to remember a user's specific settings, such as selecting the country and, if set, permanent access status.

__RequestVerificationToken_
Expiry: when browser is closed
The cookie's name is followed by a random sequence of characters (for example: "__RequestVerificationToken_L09yY2hhcmQuV2Vi0"). This is an anti forgery measure, which protects the site from false requests from other sites.

.ASPXAUTH
Expiry: 1 month
Used to determine if a user is authenticated.

cultureData
Expiry: 1 year
Remembers the language setting you choose for navigation.

cc_cookie_accept and cc_cookie_decline
Expiry: 1 year
Remembers your choice regarding consent to the use of cookies.

Accessibility
Expiry: 1 month
Used to remember the user's choice to use the site in a specific mode (high contrast, text only or normal).

AccessibilitySize
Expiry: 1 month
Used to remember the user's choice regarding the size of the text of the pages of the site.

Third-party cookie regulations

We cannot control the settings for these cookies, therefore you must check the information on the use of cookies for these sites to obtain more information about them.

These third-party cookies and related pages with disclosures:

Web Anlytics Italia
Web Analytics Italia privacy policy (in Italian)

Data Protection Authority
For more information on cookies please read the regulations carefully.