Cookies Management Practice

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Contact details:
Gibitre Instruments S.r.l. Via dell'Industria 73 - 24126 Bergamo
telephone: 035 460146
e-mail: info@gibitre.it.
Contact details of the data protection officer (DPO): mauro.belloni@gibitre.it.

Personal data processed
Browsing data.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of text, usually consisting of letters and/or numbers, which are sent by the website visited and stored by the software (e.g. a web browser) installed on the device used by the user for browsing. Cookies are then transmitted back to the aforementioned website on the user's next visit. Cookies allow information about a user's visits to a website to be stored and are a very useful technology because, for example, they allow websites to function, making them more efficient, and provide useful information to website operators. Without cookies or other similar technologies, websites would not be able to ‘remember’ information about visitors, such as the language the user has chosen for the website or whether they have logged in or not. Cookies can be classified according to: • duration: session cookies or persistent cookies • origin: first-party cookies or third-party cookies
• purpose: technical, analytical or profiling cookies.

Cookies that expire at the end of a browser session (usually when a user closes their browser) are called session cookies and are useful, for example, to remember a user's shopping cart or for security purposes, such as when accessing your internet banking or webmail account. Cookies that are stored for a longer period of time (between sessions) are called persistent cookies and are useful, for example, to remember user preferences or to offer targeted advertising.

The definition of first-party or third-party refers to the website or domain that installs the cookie. First-party cookies are installed directly by the website you are visiting, while third-party cookies are installed by a domain other than the one you are visiting, for example, when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins or advertisements.

It should be noted that the purposes usually fulfilled by a cookie can also be achieved through other similar technologies, including the use of certain features that allow devices to be identified in order to analyse visits to a website. This policy applies to any technology that stores or accesses information on the user's device. This may include, for example, HTML5 local storage, Local Shared Objects (also known as flash cookies) and fingerprinting techniques. In particular, device fingerprinting is a technique that combines a series of information to uniquely identify a particular device. Examples of information that device fingerprinting may detect, associate or infer include:
• data derived from a device's configuration;
• data inferable from the use of particular network protocols;
• JavaScript;
• HTTP header information, clock information;
• installed fonts;
• plugins installed in the browser.
These elements can also be combined with additional information, such as IP addresses or unique identifiers, etc.
From now on, when referring to cookies, this definition will also include other similar technologies.

What are the purposes of the cookies used by this website?
Depending on their purpose, the cookies installed on this website are divided into technical cookies, analytical cookies and profiling cookies.

Technical cookies are necessary for the website to function because they enable functions that facilitate the user's navigation, such as allowing the user to access their profile without having to log in each time or selecting the language in which they wish to navigate the website without having to set it each time.
Technical cookies are considered strictly necessary because the storage of information is essential to provide a service requested by the user. Therefore, technical cookies cannot be disabled and their installation does not require the prior consent of users (pursuant to Article 122 of the Privacy Code).

Analytical cookies, which may be first or third party cookies, are installed to collect information on the use of the website. In particular, they are useful for statistically analysing accesses or visits to the website and for allowing the owner to improve its structure, navigation logic and content. The information collected (including the IP address, which is masked) is used to perform statistical analyses in order to improve the use of the website and, where appropriate, to make the content more interesting and relevant to the user's wishes.
Analytical cookies are not necessary for the functioning of the website; however, since the IP address is not clear, the installation of these cookies does not require the user's consent.

Profiling cookies, which may be first or third party cookies, are used to track the user's browsing, analyse their behaviour for marketing purposes and create profiles on their tastes, habits, choices, etc. This makes it possible, for example, to send targeted advertising messages related to the user's interests and in line with the preferences they have expressed while browsing online. Social cookies also fall into this category.

Analytical and profiling cookies can only be installed on the user's terminal if they have given their consent.

How are cookie preferences managed?
When you first access any page of the Website, a banner appears containing a brief notice and the cookie preference management panel/a button through which you can accept all cookies. You can select/deselect individual categories of cookies. Consent to the use of cookies is recorded with a specific ‘technical cookie’.

Cookie Centre Users can also express their preferences regarding cookies through the settings of their browser. By default, almost all web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies, but users can change the default settings through their browser settings, which allow them to delete/remove all or some cookies or block the sending of cookies or limit it to certain sites.
Disabling/blocking cookies or deleting them may compromise the optimal use of certain areas of the website or prevent certain features from working, as well as affect the functioning of third-party services.

Persons authorised to process data
The data may be processed by employees of the company departments responsible for pursuing the purposes indicated above, who have been expressly authorised to process the data and have received adequate operating instructions.

Recipients of the data
The data may be processed by external parties acting as data controllers, such as, by way of example, supervisory and control authorities and, in general, by parties, including private individuals, who are entitled to request the data, public authorities who expressly request it from Gibitre Instruments for administrative or institutional purposes, in accordance with current national and European legislation, as well as persons, companies, associations or professional firms that provide assistance and consultancy services.
The data may also be processed on behalf of Gibitre Instruments by external parties designated as data processors, who are given appropriate operating instructions. These parties are essentially included in the following categories:
a) companies that offer email services;
b) companies that offer website and information system maintenance services;
c) companies that offer support in carrying out market research;
d) companies that perform management and maintenance services for the Gibitre Instruments database;
e) companies that offer marketing automation platform management services.
Your personal data may be processed, with your explicit consent, by third parties to whom it is disclosed.

Transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union
Data collected using cookies may be transferred to countries outside the European Union whose level of data protection has been deemed adequate by the European Commission pursuant to Article 45 of the GDPR.