This site uses cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each person’s needs and interests.
Cookies are used to facilitate access to and delivery of services used by Internet users, such as customizing certain settings (language, country, prices displayed in national currency). “Cookies”, based on the information they collect about users, help website owners to streamline their product so that it is as easily accessed by users as possible and also increase the efficiency of online advertising.
A cookie (“browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie”) is a small file made up of letters and numbers, which is stored on any terminal with Internet access (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) and is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g. Firefox, Chrome, Opera).
Types of cookies used by this site
Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the browser history that remembers them until the user leaves the respective site or closes the browser window.
Persistent cookies – these are stored, depending on the preset duration, on the hard drive of a computer or other device. They can be deleted at any time by the user. Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at that time – known as “third party cookies” – which can be used anonymously to remember the interests of a user, so as to facilitate the delivery of relevant content for each user. Third-party providers are subject to applicable laws and the privacy policies of the site owner.
How are cookies used by this site?
A visit to this site may place cookies for the purpose of:
- Measuring site performance
- Analyzing user behavior
- Providing advertising services – these cookies may come from third parties
Security Aspects
Since identity protection is very important and represents a right of every internet user, it is advisable to know what possible problems cookies can create. Because, through them, information is constantly transmitted, in both directions, between the browser and the website, if an attacker or an unauthorized person intervenes in the data transmission process, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted. Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (e.g. an unsecured WiFi network).
Other cookie-based attacks involve misconfiguring cookies on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information over unsecured channels. Attackers can then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful when choosing the most appropriate method to protect your personal data.
If you want a more granular cookie setting, this can be done from your browser settings. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your web browser.
To understand these settings, the following links may be useful or you can use the “help” option of your browser for more details:
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Edge
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Safari
- Cookie settings in Opera