1. TECHNICAL COOKIES
These cookies are essential for browsing the website and using some features. Without technical cookies, which are strictly necessary, basic navigation services on the website cannot be provided. As clarified in Provision no. 229 of May 8, 2014, issued by the Privacy Guarantor, cookies "are not used for additional purposes and are normally installed directly by the website owner or manager. They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which ensure the normal navigation and use of the website (e.g., to make a purchase or authenticate to access restricted areas); analytics cookies, assimilated to technical cookies when used directly by the website manager to collect aggregated information on the number of users and how they visit the website; functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate based on selected criteria (e.g., language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided."
According to article 122, paragraph 1, of the Privacy Code, "technical" cookies do not require the consent of the data subject.
In this regard, Opinion 4/2012 (WP194) entitled "Exemption from consent for the use of cookies," prepared by the so-called "Article 29 Working Party," clarified that user consent is not required when there are:
- cookies with data filled in by the user (session identifier), lasting for a session or persistent cookies limited to a few hours in some cases;
- authentication cookies, used for authenticated services, lasting for a session;
- user-focused security cookies, used to identify authentication abuses, with a limited persistent duration;
- session cookies for multimedia players, such as "flash" player cookies, lasting for a session;
- session cookies for load balancing, lasting for a session;
- persistent cookies for user interface customization, lasting for a session (or slightly longer);
- cookies for content sharing through third-party social plug-ins, for members of a social network who have logged in.
For illustrative purposes, the following are some technical cookies used on this website:
Cookie Name
Generated by/for
Function
_atuvc
AddThis social sharing widget
Technical cookie used to store and update the number of shares made by the user
_utma
Google Webmaster and Analytics
Technical cookie used to record the user's visit time
_utmc
Google Webmaster and Analytics
Technical cookie used to ensure compatibility with the old code known as Urchin
_utmz
Google Webmaster and Analytics
Technical cookie used to record the source of traffic to the website
_ga
Google Universal Analytics
Technical cookie used to distinguish unique users