Cookie Policy

Below we inform you about the operation of cookies on the website https://www.lizardnet.it. Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of the services offered and to improve the user experience of online applications. This document provides detailed information about the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used and how to manage them. For immediate access to the full information (in accordance with Article 13 of the European Regulation 2016/679) please click here.

DEFINITION OF COOKIES

Cookies are small text files sent by the website and downloaded to the user’s device (usually to the browser) where they are stored and then transmitted back to the website that originated them (first-party cookies) or to another site that recognizes them (third-party cookies) on the next visit of the same user. It is precisely because of cookies that a site remembers the user’s actions and preferences (such as, for example, login data, language choice, font size, other display settings, etc.) so that they do not have to be indicated again when the user returns to said site or navigates from one page to another of it. Each cookie is unique to the user’s web browser and is stored, based on the user’s preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device being used (computer, tablet, smartphone) allowing a website to recognize the user’s device. Some operations could not be accomplished without the use of cookies, which in certain cases are therefore technically necessary for the very operation of the site. We intend to refer to cookies and all similar technologies by simply using the term “cookies.”

PURPOSE OF PROCESSING AND PURPOSES OF COOKIES

Cookies used on the web are for the purpose of performing computer authentication, session tracking, and storing technical information regarding the activities of users accessing a site, and may also contain a unique identification code that allows tracking of the user’s navigation within the site itself for statistical or advertising purposes. Certain operations on the web could not be accomplished without the use of cookies, which in such cases are therefore technically necessary and indispensable to allow you to effectively navigate between web pages, remember your favorite sites, and generally improve your browsing experience. In fact, cookies allow the web server to store information on the device to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies: they remain active only until the browser is closed or the logout command is executed) or even in subsequent visits by the user (persistent cookies: they survive the closure of the browser and remain on the user’s device until a predetermined expiration date).

Pursuant to the Provision of May 8, 2014 on “Identification of simplified procedures for information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies” and Provision No. 231 of June 10, 2021 on “Guidelines cookies and other tracking tools,” based on the characteristics and use of cookies, two macro-categories can be identified: “technical” cookies and “profiling” cookies.

a) Technical cookies

Technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user. Technical cookies, for the installation of which users’ prior consent is not required, are essential to enable them to navigate a website and use all of its features. They are, in other words, cookies that are essential to ensure normal browsing or necessary to enable the enjoyment of the website itself (such as, Internet Protocol address (IP), browser type and parameters of the device used to connect to the website, name of the internet service provider (ISP), date and time of visit, visitor’s origin (referral) and exit web page, number of clicks); a cookie of this type is also used to store a user’s decision on the use of cookies on the website. Technical cookies include: browsing or session cookies (allow, for example, to make a purchase or authenticate to access restricted areas or, simply, to store a user’s decision on the use of cookies on the site); Analytical cookies (or performance cookies) assimilated to technical cookies where used directly by the operator of the site to collect information, in aggregate form, for statistical purposes (on accesses or the number of users and how they visit the site itself or which pages are most frequently visited) in order to improve its operation; functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate according to a set of selected criteria (e.g., language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service rendered to the same.

b) Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are used (by way of explanation only, since the www.lizardnet.it website does not use them) to create profiles related to users while they are browsing and are aimed at analyzing their movements, consultation or consumption habits (what they buy, what they read, etc. ) as well as to memorize the choices they make on the site and/or the services that are expressly requested, in order to guarantee increasingly advanced services aimed at publishing personalized content (such as, for example, advertising banners, images, videos, etc.) targeted to a user and their interests or to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the same in the context of web browsing. Due to the particular invasiveness that such devices can have within the private sphere of users, the use of these cookies involves the prior acquisition of the user’s informed consent through the banner visible to the same at the first access or, subsequently, through other technical expedient that indicates, even in an essential way (for example, in the footer of each page of the domain) the status of the consents previously made by the user allowing their possible modification or updating.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Third-party cookies are cookies set directly by operators of different sites or web servers (used for purposes specific to said third parties) that, in the course of browsing this site, the user may receive on their device. This happens because on the site there may be elements such as, for example, images, maps, specific links to web pages of other domains that reside on servers other than the one on which the requested web page is located. Such cookies may be sent to the user’s browser by third parties directly from their websites (which can be accessed by navigating from the site) and are the responsibility of those third parties. The use of third-party cookies involves the prior acquisition of the user’s informed consent through the banner visible to the same on this website.

An example is represented by “third-party cookies” used to customize advertising exposure depending on the user’s interest and frequency of exposure to the message (advertisers, by way of illustration, could use their own cookies to collect information on the activities performed by users on the website and also use this information to measure the effectiveness of their advertising) or the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, the most common use of which is aimed at sharing content on social networks. These are parts of the visited page generated directly by the aforementioned sites and integrated into the page of the host site: the presence of these plugincomprises the transmission of cookies to and from all sites operated by third parties. From the moment the user clicks on any icons of the social networks themselves, he or she is directed to the respective sites and from them receives cookies that are not under the control of the Owner. The management of third-party cookies, as well as the management of information collected by third parties, is governed by the relevant “cookie policies” to which please refer. For the sake of transparency, updated links to the respective policies containing how to manage cookies are provided below:

COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE

Only “a) Technical cookies” are operational on this website.

No use is made of cookies for user profiling, nor are any other tracking methods employed on this website. Regarding third-party cookies, our website does not use (and does not allow third parties to use) Google’s analytics tool (Analytics) to track or collect personally identifiable information. The information generated by third-party cookies collected and managed anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (performance cookies) may be transmitted to web platforms aimed at analyzing statistical data to anonymously collect and analyze information about website traffic or usage behavior (including the user’s IP address) and then deposited at their servers. The user can selectively disable the action of such services by selecting the appropriate setting on the browser.

Specific and analytical description of the cookies installed by the site. For maximum transparency, the characteristics of the cookies adopted on www.lizardnet.it are highlighted below: see Complete list and cookie preference management

REJECTING AND BLOCKING COOKIES

Most Internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies automatically. This means that users have the option at any time to set their browsers to accept all cookies, only some, or to reject them by disabling their use by websites. Cookie preferences, in terms of authorization, blocking or deletion (in whole or in part) must be set separately for each browser, as each offers specific features and options. In addition, you can normally set your browser preferences to notify you whenever a cookie is stored on your device. Finally, at the end of each browsing session, you can delete the cookies collected from your device’s hard drive. The total or partial disabling of technical cookies may affect, in whole or in part, the use of site features reserved for users, the viewing of content and the usability of related services: in fact, inhibiting functionality cookies may result in some services or certain functions of the site not being available or not working properly. Disabling third-party cookies, on the other hand, does not affect, in any way, the navigability on this website.

One’s preferences with regard to cookies will need to be reset if one uses different devices or browsers to access the website. Browsers also allow you to define different settings for “first-party” and “third-party” cookies. Select the links below for specific instructions for some of the major browsers:

To learn more about cookies, in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org