Si&T uses cookies to offer you a better, personalised service. With this Notice (“Cookie Notice”) we transparently inform you how and for what purposes we use cookies.
What is a cookie and why is it used?
We use cookies in some areas of our site. Cookies are text files that store information on the user’s hard drive or browser, making it possible to check whether the user has visited the website before, as well as the most visited pages of the site, since they record which pages were visited and the time spent on them. To change your cookie preferences, given the differences in settings between the browsers used to access the Internet, we recommend clicking on the Help menu item of your browser to find out how. Below is a list of links for the most widely used browsers explaining how to manage or disable cookies:
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-IT/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies;
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647;
- Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie;
- Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html;
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19255.
Types of cookies used
The types of cookies used on the corporate website are the following:
- Technical session cookies for authentication (website management, reserved areas, cookie acceptance);
- Third-party cookies for monitoring (Google Analytics);
- Third-party cookies from Social Plugins;
- Third-party cookies for displaying embedded videos (YouTube);
- Technical consent cookie, storing the choice made in the cookie banner;
- Anti-spam protection of contact forms, with no cookies and no third-party services;
- External content: interactive Google Maps (only with consent);
- External service for publishing regulatory updates (Google Sheets).
Technical cookies
Technical cookies — those necessary for transmitting communications over an electronic communications network, or strictly necessary for the provider to deliver the service requested by the customer — allow safe and efficient use of our site. Session cookies may be installed to allow access to and permanence in the reserved area of the portal as an authenticated user.
Technical cookies are essential for the correct functioning of our domain and are used to allow users normal browsing and the use of the advanced services available on our website. The technical cookies used are divided into session cookies, which are stored only for the duration of browsing until the browser is closed, and persistent cookies, which are saved in the memory of the user’s device until they expire or are deleted by the user. Our site uses the following technical cookies:
- Browsing or session technical cookies, used to manage normal browsing and user authentication;
- Functional technical cookies, used to store customisations chosen by the user, such as language;
- Analytics technical cookies, used to understand how users use our website in order to assess and improve its functioning.
Third-party cookies for monitoring (Google Analytics)
Third-party monitoring cookies can be disabled without any consequence on browsing the website. For these cookies, this site uses the Google Analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (hereinafter Google) to generate statistics on the use of the web portal. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies that do not store personal data. Data are processed in the United States of America.
For the Google Analytics notice, visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.
For Google’s privacy policy, visit: https://www.google.it/intl/it/policies/privacy.
Third-party cookies from social plugins
Third-party cookies from social plugins relate to parts of the visited page generated by social network sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) embedded in the host site’s page. The most common use of social plugins is sharing content on social networks. The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all sites managed by third parties. For greater transparency, the web addresses of the various social network notices and of the methods for managing cookies are listed below.
- Facebook (notice): https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies;
- Facebook (settings): log in to your account, privacy section;
- Twitter (notice): https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514;
- Twitter (settings): https://www.twitter.com/settings/security;
- LinkedIn (notice): https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy;
- LinkedIn (settings): https://www.linkedin.com/settings;
Third-party cookies for embedded videos (YouTube)
Third-party cookies for displaying embedded videos can be disabled without any consequence on browsing the website.
For these cookies, this site uses the YouTube service provided by Google, Inc. (hereinafter Google) to display videos. YouTube uses first-party cookies that do not store personal data. Data are processed in the United States of America. For the YouTube notice, visit: https://www.youtube.com/static?template=privacy_guidelines.
For YouTube’s privacy policy, visit https://www.google.it/intl/policies/privacy.
For Vimeo’s cookie policy, visit https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy
For Vimeo’s privacy policy, visit https://vimeo.com/privacy
For the processing of personal data, see our privacy policy.
Consent management
On the first visit, a banner lets users accept or reject non-essential cookies, or choose them by category. Closing the banner or rejecting keeps only the default settings, which include no third-party cookies. The choice is stored on the user’s device (key sit-cookie-consent, browser local storage) for up to 6 months, after which the banner is shown again. This storage is technical and does not require consent.
Anti-spam protection of forms
Forms are protected by an invisible check carried out in the browser (a hidden field and a minimum filling time). It uses no cookies, collects no additional data and loads no third-party services. Messages are sent via Web3Forms.
- Web3Forms privacy policy: https://web3forms.com/privacy.
External content: Google Maps
The Contact page may display an interactive map provided by Google Maps (Google Ireland Ltd / Google LLC), which may set third-party cookies and transmit technical data such as the IP address to Google. The map is loaded only after the user’s consent, given through the cookie banner or the “Show the map” button; without consent, an information box is shown instead. Processing may take place in the United States of America.
- Google privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy;
- Google Maps additional terms: https://www.google.com/intl/en/help/terms_maps/.
Regulatory updates (Google Sheets)
The content of the Regulatory updates page is read from a document published via Google Sheets. To display it, the user’s browser contacts Google’s servers, which receive technical data such as the IP address. The service does not set profiling cookies. Any PDF attachments may be hosted on Google Drive or on the official websites of the regulatory sources.
How to change your preferences
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page, or by clearing your browser data as described above.