Cookies
– This website uses cookies to improve the user experience and ensure that everything works effectively –
To ensure the best experience on our website and to make our services efficient, this website uses cookies. Therefore, when you visit it, certain portions of code are stored in specific Cookie files located in the User’s browser directory that assist the owner in providing the service.
There are different types of cookies, but the main purpose of a cookie is to make a website function more effectively by enabling certain features.
Cookies are used to improve the User’s overall browsing experience. In particular:
- They allow efficient navigation between the pages of the Website.
- They store login details and user preferences.
- They are essential for the functioning of e-commerce engines.
- They allow users to avoid entering the same information (such as username, password and identification data) multiple times during a visit or when filling out forms.
- They analyze statistics regarding the use of services by Users in order to optimize their experience.
- They present targeted advertising information based on the interests and behavior shown by the User while browsing.
Below are the types of cookies that may be used on the Website, with a description of the purpose related to their use.
Technical cookies.
Cookies of this type are necessary for the correct functioning of certain sections of the website. They may be persistent or session cookies. Without these cookies, the website or certain sections of it may not function properly.
Therefore, they are always used regardless of the user’s preferences. These cookies are always sent from our domain.
The Data Controller is not required to request the user’s consent for technical cookies, as these are strictly necessary for the provision of the service and therefore do not process sensitive user data.
Analytical cookies.
Cookies of this type are used to monitor the use of the Website. The Data Controller uses this information for statistical analysis in order to improve the use, usability and functionality of the Website. User activities on the Website and the sources through which users access the Website are collected in anonymous form. These cookies are sent by the Website itself or by third-party domains such as http://www.google.com/analytics/.
The table below contains a detailed list of the cookies used by Google Analytics.
| Name | Domain | Description and expiration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | riccardotesi.com | The _ga cookie allows counting website visits and therefore measuring its effectiveness. The _ga cookie is also used to distinguish users as it stores information about visitors, sessions and campaigns. Duration: 2 years. |
| _gid | riccardotesi.com | The _gid cookie is used to identify the session. Duration: 1 day. |
| _gat | riccardotesi.com | The _gat cookie is used to limit requests. Duration: 10 minutes from the last modification. |
| _utma | riccardotesi.com | The _utma cookie allows us to know if you have previously visited our website, so we can count how many new visitors have viewed our website or a specific page. Duration: 3 months. |
| _utmb | riccardotesi.com | Used together with _utmc, the _utmb cookie calculates the average time a user spends on the website. Duration: 30 minutes from the last modification. |
| _utmc | riccardotesi.com | Used together with _utmb, the _utmc cookie determines when the browser is closed. Duration: until the browser is closed. |
| _utmt | riccardotesi.com | The _utmt cookie allows limiting access requests. Duration: 10 minutes. |
| _utmv | riccardotesi.com | The _utmv cookie stores custom variable data based on the user and is created when a developer uses the _setCustomVar method with a custom variable at the visitor level. This cookie has also been used for the deprecated setvar method. It is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics. Duration: 2 years from the last modification. |
| _utmz | riccardotesi.com | The _utmz cookie stores the path used to reach the website. Duration: 6 months from the last modification. |
| Doubleclick cookie – id / Google Analytics | riccardotesi.com | The Doubleclick cookie – id is a tracking cookie used by Google to improve your online experience, including displaying more relevant advertisements. Duration: 30 days from the last modification. |
Third-party tracking cookies.
Cookies of this type are used to collect information about visitors’ use of the Website, the keywords used to reach the Website and the traffic sources from which visitors arrive for marketing campaigns. The Data Controller may use this information to compile reports and improve the Website. Cookies collect information anonymously and are sent by the Website itself or by third-party domains such as http://www.google.com/analytics/.
Cookies for integrating third-party features.
Cookies of this type are used to integrate third-party features into the Website, for example modules for comments or for sharing content on social networks. These cookies may be sent by the domains of partner websites or by websites that provide the functionalities available on the site.
Third-party websites.
Some pages of the Website may contain links to other websites that have their own privacy policies. These privacy policies may differ from the one adopted by the Data Controller, who therefore is not responsible for third-party websites.
Pursuant to Article 122, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree 196/2003, consent to the use of such cookies is expressed by the data subject through the individual configuration freely chosen for the browser used to browse the Website, without prejudice to the user’s right to communicate at any time to the Data Controller their wishes regarding data managed through cookies that the browser itself has accepted.