A “Cookie” is a small file stored on the user’s computer that allows us to recognise the user. A set of cookies helps us to improve the quality of our website, allowing us to control which pages our users find useful and which they do not.

Cookies are essential to the functioning of the Internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating the navigation and usability of our website. Remember that cookies cannot damage your computer and that, when they are activated, they help us to identify and resolve errors.

The following information will help you understand the different types of cookies:

  • Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the website, so none are recorded on the user’s hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyse web traffic patterns. In the long term, this allows us to provide a better experience to improve the content, making it easier to use.
  • Permanent cookies: these are stored on the hard disk and our website reads them every time you visit it again. Permanent cookies have a specific expiry date. The cookie will stop working after that date.

The following is a list of the main cookies used on our website, in particular

  • Strictly necessary cookies, such as those that act for correct browsing or those that perform services requested by the user or cookies that act to ensure that the content of the website loads efficiently.
  • Third-party cookies, such as those used by social networks or external content plug-ins.
  • Analytical cookies: for periodic maintenance purposes, and in order to ensure the best possible service to the user, websites often use “analytical” cookies to collect statistical data on activity.

 

 

LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COOKIES WE USE ON THE WEBSITE:

The table below shows an overview of the cookies we use on our website:

Cookie Name Purpose / Further information Expiration
Cookies google.com PREF The use of location-based services, such as Google Maps, implies the installation of these cookies. 2 years
APISID It is used to remember user preferences during browsing. 2 years
SAPISID 2 years
SSID Also for Google to count the number of users using the maps. 2 years
NID To make advertising more attractive 6 months
HSID, SID And provide security mechanisms to prevent unauthorised access to users’ login information or to the information they provide in contact forms, for example. 2 years

Supplementary guarantees – Cookie management:

As an additional guarantee to those described above, the registration of cookies may be subject to their acceptance during installation or when updating the browser used, and this acceptance may be revoked at any time by means of the available content and privacy settings.

Many browsers allow you to activate a hidden mode, whereby cookies are always deleted after the visit. Depending on the browser, this hidden mode may have different names. Below is a list of the most common browsers and the different names of this “stealth mode”:

Internet Explorer 8 and above; InPrivate Safari 2 and above; Private Browser

Opera 10.5 and higher; InPrivate Browsing FireFox 3.5 and higher; Private Browser Google Chrome 10 and higher; Incognito

 

Important: Please read the help section of your browser carefully to find out how to activate “stealth mode”. You can still visit our website even if your browser is in “stealth mode”, although your browsing experience on our website will not be optimal and some functions may not work properly.