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There are different types of cookies, depending on their characteristics and functions, which are stored in users’ PCs, smartphones or tablets for different lengths of time: session cookies are automatically erased when the browser closes, whereas persistent cookies are written to disk until their expiration date.
Italian legislation does not always require users to express their consent to the use of cookies; in particular, no consent is necessary to install technical cookies, i.e. cookies used for the sole purpose of sending an email message or providing a service expressly requested by the user; in other words, these cookies are essential for the operation of websites or necessary to carry out activities requested by a user. The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, in its document “Individuazione delle modalità semplificate per l’informativa e l’acquisizione del consenso per l’uso dei cookie” – identification of the simplified procedure for providing the privacy notice and for obtaining consent to the use of cookies – dated 8 May 2014, and it subsequent clarifications) specified that technical cookies include:
Instead, content customisation cookies, which are used to profile users and send them ads in line with their browsing preferences, require users’ express prior consent.
Pirola Pennuto Zei & Associati’s website (the “Site”) uses the following cookies:
The use of session cookies is strictly circumscribed to the transmission of session identifiers (web server generated random numbers), which are required for a secure and efficient surfing of the site. The session cookies used in this site do not rely on other IT techniques potentially harming confidentiality during browsing activities and do not allow the gathering of the user’s personal details. These cookies are processed electronically.
There are other technical cookies which are necessary for the proper operation of the website. Purpose of these cookies is to provide the services required by users and to grant them the best possible surfing experience. These cookies may not be disabled and their use does not involve the processing of personal data.
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