This Cookies Policy (“Cookies Policy”) has the objective to inform on the user on the cookies used on the website food-chain.it (“Website”). Cookies are used to provide you with an easier and intuitive experience when you browse the Website, also to offer a more efficient navigation and store and process information regarding the user.
Cookies are small text files that are sent by the Website to the user and are stored on the user’s device (“Device”) to be used at every visit.
Cookies are generally divided in in two macro-categories: technical cookies and profiling cookies. Furthermore, cookies can be classified according to the data subject, distinguishing between first party cookies (coming from the host website) and third party cookies. Third party cookies are introduced to the user’s computer or device by our commercial partners, such as the cookies used by social networks or by Google Maps for external contents.
These cookies are used to improve your navigation on the Website and allow us to provide the services requested. Technical cookies are generally divided in navigation cookies, functionality cookies and analytical cookies:
(a) Navigation cookies: they are required to provide the user with an optimal experience or to allow user authentication on the Website. These cookies are normally session cookies and once the browser is closed they are erased immediately;
(b) Functionality cookies: they are used to store user’s preferences (such as the language spoken or country of origin) without having to change the settings on future visits. Functionality cookies are often persistent cookies, as they remain stored in the Device even after the navigation browser is closed, until they reach their expiry date or when the user decides to erase them;
(c) Analytical cookies (or analytics): they are used to collect statistics, in anonymous and collective form, count the number of visits to the Website and see how visitors move around the Website when they are navigating it.
They are have the purpose to create profiles of the users to provide user-friendly services such as sending marketing inputs based on the preferences shown during the navigation. The Website does not use profiling cookies.
Below are listed the individual types of cookies used by the Website:
(a) type of cookie;
(b) specific function of the cookie (technical or profiling);
(c) source of the cookie (first or third party);
(d) if the cookie is a first party cookie, instructions to block it;
(e) if the cookie is third party, link to third party’s cookies policy.
Type |
Function |
Source |
Indication on how to block the cookies / link to third party cookies policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | Change browser’s settings to accept or block this type of cookies. Refer to section 4 |
Google Analytics |
Technical - analytical |
Third party |
https://www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/
Disable Google Analytics by installing on your browser the opt-out component provided by Google. To disable Google Analytics, refer to the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
How to block cookies/link to third party’s cookies policy
Every browser manages cookies differently and the majority of them accepts cookies automatically. It is possible to change the browser's settings to disable them. Disabling technical cookies might affect the correct functioning of the Website and/or limit the services provided. To manage your preferences, please follow the instructions of the browser that you use to navigate the Website:
The controller of the Website may at any time change, modify, add or remove parts of this Cookie Policy. We invite the user to read this Cookie Policy from time to time. By using the Website after the changes made to the Cookies Policy you agree to our use of cookies and the terms of this policy.
For any question or comment concerning this Cookies Policy, please contact the controller of the Website via e-mail on the following address: support@food-chain.it