Cookie Policy

OUR COOKIE POLICY

Cookies are small text files that are installed by a website in the temporary memory of the browser you are using (and therefore in the device from which you connect to the Platform, such as a PC, tablet, mobile phones, etc.) and that record some information related to your browsing activity. If cookies are not disabled, this data is communicated to the site that installed them every time you return to visit that site. Cookies therefore allow you to (temporarily) record some information about your preferences, but also enable you to navigate more easily and effectively on the site you are visiting.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES

Cookies, with regard to their duration, are divided into:

• session cookies: automatically deleted when you close your browsing browser;
• persistent cookies: remain stored on your device for a certain period of time (e.g., to allow you to easily authenticate on the Platform, etc.)

and as for their implementation:

• first-party cookies: created and managed directly by the Owner;
• third-party cookies: created and managed by subjects other than the Owner and over which we have no control.

HOW TO PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES

You can prevent the installation of cookies, which normally occurs automatically with most browsers, by disabling in your browser settings the ability to receive cookies. To understand the exact procedure, we recommend clicking on the link for your browsing browser:

• Firefox;
• Internet Explorer;
• Google Chrome;
• Safari.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE INSTALL?

In accordance with the GDPR, the company Girasole Pietre Naturali S.r.l., with registered office in Verona, at via Napoleone 65 Sant' Ambrogio di Valpolicella (VR) Italy, VAT number 02733920231, Email: info@girasolepietre.it (which we will also refer to as the "Owner"), installs on your device:

• TECHNICAL COOKIES: automatically some technical cookies (session and persistent), i.e., files that allow the correct and easy use of the Platform:

 

1. proprietary cookies, technical and essential: allow you to navigate within the Platform – without them, the Platform might not work. For the release of these cookies, current regulations do not require your prior consent, except to indicate them in the information;
2. proprietary cookies, technical and persistent: facilitate your navigation on the Platform by avoiding that the brief information (so-called pop-up banner), which asks for your consent to release cookies on your device, is proposed to you even after your consent;
3. third-party cookies, anonymous and persistent analytics: allow us to collect aggregated and anonymous data on the use of the Platform. The IP address is partially obscured in its last part.

• PROFILE COOKIES: only after your consent, we will install certain types of persistent profiling cookies made by third parties (for example, some cookies could be present within images, maps, videos, sounds, links to pages external to the Platform, etc.), which are designed to store a profile of you to allow the sending of targeted advertising messages based on the preferences you have expressed during your browsing within the Platform:
  1. Profiling cookies made by third parties and related to other services (session and persistent): some pages of the Platform are characterized by the presence of some plugins that could allow a third party to release profiling cookies on your device. You can find privacy information and methods to delete such cookies at these links:

• No profiling cookies

2. Profiling cookies made by third parties and related to statistical services (session and persistent): these cookies allow us to know how you visit the Platform and allow us to evaluate and make any changes related to the possibilities of use of the information and services. These cookies allow us to know:

• the number of visitors to the Platform;
• the average time spent within the Platform;
• the channels through which the Platform is accessed, the most visited sections, etc.

ANONYMOUS STATISTICAL COOKIES

To perform these operations, we use the Google Analytics service – a web analytics service provided by Google. This system releases cookies on your device and generates information about your use of the Platform that is transmitted to and stored by Google (the servers where they are stored may be in the United States). Google uses this information to:

• evaluate your use of the Platform;
• prepare reports on your activity;
• provide other services related to the activity of the Platform and the use of the internet.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law, or in the case of third parties processing this information on their behalf.

Google does not associate your IP address with any other data that Google owns (we have indeed deactivated all functions of sharing your personal data, except for the 'Benchmarking' function which deals with aggregated and anonymous data – https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1011397?hl=en) and we have provided for the masking of part of your IP address.

To read Google's privacy policy and for further information, you can click on these links:

• http://www.google.com/analytics/;
• http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html;
• https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

You can find instructions for deleting or blocking detections through this service by clicking on this link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

HOW CAN YOU MANAGE COOKIES

To check which cookies are installed on your device, and eventually modify your choices, you can change the privacy settings within the control panel of your browsing browser and/or visit this site https://cookiepedia.co.uk/.

You can find basic information about the privacy configuration of your browsing browser by clicking on this link http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/.

You can also check, and eventually modify, your choices regarding 'Online Behavioral Advertising' (i.e., the mode that allows third parties to send you advertising messages on the websites you visit, making them more in line with your needs and interests) we recommend visiting this site where there is information and tools to perform these operations: www.youronlinechoices.eu.

If you disable services that install cookies, please note that you may not be able to fully use the Platform.

HOW LONG DO COOKIES REMAIN INSTALLED?

The duration of the cookies that are installed on your Device depends on their nature:

• session cookies are deleted when you close your browsing browser;
• persistent cookies may instead have different expiration dates set by the creator of the individual cookie.

To verify the duration of each cookie, you can use tools like 'Wappalyzer' (available for free by clicking