Cookies

Like many other websites, we use cookies to make your browsing experience on our site easier and more intuitive. Cookies are small text strings used to store certain information that may regard the user, his/her preferences, or the device accessing the Internet (computer, tablet or mobile phone), and are mainly used to adjust the operation of the site to the user’s expectations, offering a more personalised browsing experience and storing the selections made previously.

Cookies do not record any personal information, and any identifiable data will not be stored. If you wish, you can prevent some or all of the cookies from being saved. However, in such case the use of the site and the services it offers could be jeopardised. To proceed without changing the options for cookies, simply continue browsing the site.

Visit Aboutcookies.org for further information on cookies and how they influence your browsing experience.

 

Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary to enable you to move around the website and to fully use its features, such as accessing the various secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, some essential services, such as filling out a form, cannot be used. By using our site, you accept that these cookies can be installed on your device.

Functional cookies
These cookies make it possible to offer advanced functions as well as further information and dedicated functions, such as viewing a YouTube video, sharing contents via social networks, or using additional components of the browser.

Third-party cookies
By browsing our site you may also receive cookies from third parties, such as those used for Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyse how visitors use the site. The information generated by the cookies on the use of the website (including your anonymous IP address) will be transmitted and stored on Google servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of examining your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for the site operators, and providing other services related to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the above-mentioned information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address to any other data possessed by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that in such case you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. This site may also use certain social-plugins for content sharing and communication, but their use is optional. When you use one of the plugins, the site will contact, through your browser, the servers that handle the social sharing services accessed, communicating to them the data you wish to publish and share via your social profile (for which you have sole responsibility) and informing them (the servers) of the pages you visited. Note that in order to exclude this possibility, you simply avoid using the social share buttons to share contents. For further details regarding the use and collection of data via the following plugins and to know how the data collected and transmitted are processed (and for what purposes), please read the privacy and legal notice issued by the owners of the services in question.

 

How to manage cookies on your computer

If you are concerned about the use of cookies, it is possible to intervene and prevent them from being saved, for example by changing the configuration of your browser to block certain types of cookies. To change the settings related to cookies, follow the steps given below.

Google Chrome
1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select ‘Options’.
2. Click the ‘Under the Hood’ tab, locate the 'Privacy' section, and select the 'Content settings' button.
3. Now select 'Allow local data to be set'.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options', then click on the 'Privacy' tab.
2. Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser.
3. Privacy level settings above Medium will disable cookies.

Mozilla Firefox
1. Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Options'.
2. Then select the 'Privacy' icon.
3. Click on 'Cookies', then select 'Allow sites to set cookies'.

Safari on Windows
1. Click on the 'Cog' icon at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option.
2. Click on 'Security', check the option that says 'Block third-party and advertising cookies'.
3. Click 'Save'.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 on OSX
1. Click on 'Explorer' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option.
2. Scroll down until you see 'Cookies' under Receiving Files.
3. Select the 'Never Ask' option.

Safari on OSX
1. Click on 'Safari' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option.
2. Click on 'Security' and then 'Accept cookies'.
3. Select 'Only from sites I visit'.

Mozilla and Netscape on OSX
1. Click on 'Mozilla' or 'Netscape' at the top of your browser window and select the 'Preferences' option.
2. Scroll down until you see Cookies under 'Privacy & Security'.
3. Select 'Enable cookies from originating web site only'.

Opera
1. Click on 'Menu' at the top of your browser window and select 'Settings'.
2. Then select 'Preferences', select the 'Advanced' tab.
3. Then select the 'Accept cookies' option.