Cookies

Cookies are short text strings which the sites visited by the user sends to his or her terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored and then re-transmitted to the same sites when the user visits them again in the future. While navigating on the website, the user may also receive cookies on his or her terminal sent from different sites or web servers (known as “third parties”), which may house certain elements (such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages in other domains) found on the website being visited. Cookies, which are usually present in a very high number in users' browsers and sometimes also have long-lasting characteristics, are used for different purposes: performing computer authentication, monitoring sessions, storing information on specific configurations concerning users accessing the server, etc. In this regard, and for the purposes of this provision, two macro-categories are therefore identified: 'technical' cookies and 'profiling' cookies.

a. Technical cookies

Technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of "carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide such service" (see Article 122(1) of the Privacy Code). They are not used for any further purposes and are normally installed directly by the owner or operator of the website. They can be subdivided into browsing or session cookies, which guarantee normal browsing and use of the website (allowing, for example, the user to make a purchase or login to access reserved areas); analytical cookies, similar to technical cookies where they are used directly by the website operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and on how they visit the site itself; functional cookies, which allow the user to browse according to a series of selected criteria (for example, the language, the products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided to the same.

b. Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies allow the creation of user profiles and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user when browsing the web.

What cookies are used by this site?

This site only uses technical cookies. The site can also be navigated by users without the use of cookies but the browsing may not be the best possible. The cookies used and their function are listed below.

Browsing and session cookies

Browsing cookies and session cookies ensure normal navigation and use of the website (for example, they allow content to be displayed on the device by recognising the language of the country from which the user is connecting, or to make purchases via e-commerce systems). Browsing cookies are technical cookies and are therefore necessary for the operation of the site by improving its quality and browsing experience.

Analytical cookies

This site uses Google Analytics to collect and process statistical information on how users browse the site using their computer or mobile applications, the number of pages visited or the number of clicks made on a page while browsing a site. The information generated about our website is used by our company to report on the use of the website to improve its usability, preferences, interface and communication. Our website processes the results of these analyses anonymously and solely for statistical purposes.

Profiling cookies

They are designed to understand the preferences of individual users so that they can be presented with targeted content of interest to them while browsing, based on previous browsing.

Below is an explanatory table showing all the cookies currently used by the website https://www.birth.it/:

How to disable cookies

In addition to the banner applied when the home page of this site is opened, containing brief information on the use of cookies and the option for the user to "accept" or "refuse" the application of unnecessary cookies, it is possible to act directly from the browser setting.

Almost all browsers are set up to automatically accept cookies. You can check and possibly disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling and blocking browsing or functional cookies may prevent the optimal use of certain areas of the site, limiting the service offered by the website.

Below are links to guides on how to manage cookies in major browsers:

Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies

Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11913

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&hlrm=fr&hlrm=en

Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/it-IT/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

To disable analytical cookies and prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your browsing of this site, you can download the Google Analytics Disabling Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.