What are cookies

Cookies are small text files that the sites visited by the user send to his terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user. While browsing a site, the user may also receive cookies from different sites or web servers on his terminal (so-called "third party" cookies); this happens because the website visited may contain elements such as, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to web pages of other domains that reside on servers other than the one on which the requested page is located. In other words, they are those cookies that are set by a website other than the one you are currently visiting.

Cookies are used to perform computer authentication, session monitoring and storage of specific information concerning users who access the server and are normally present in each user's browser in very large numbers.

Some operations could not be carried out without the use of cookies, which in some cases are therefore technically necessary: for example, access to home banking and the activities that can be carried out on your online current account (viewing the bank statement, bank transfers, paying bills, etc.) would be much more complex to carry out and less secure without the presence of cookies that allow the user to be identified and maintained within the session.

Cookies can remain in the system for long periods and can also contain a unique identification code. This allows sites that use them to track the user's navigation within the site itself, for statistical or advertising purposes, i.e. to create a personalized profile of the user starting from the pages he or she has visited and then show him targeted advertisements (so-called Behavioral Advertising).

Information on cookies

The information explains in detail how the site uses cookies as well as cookie-type files and technologies on its websites, for example Local Shared Objects, also known as "Flash cookies", Web beacons, etc. We will generally refer to these as “cookies”. If you visit our website and your browser settings accept cookies, the use of our cookies will be considered accepted.

Cookies are small files sent and stored on your computer by websites you visit. Cookies are stored in your browser's file directory. The next time you visit the site, your browser will read the cookie and transmit the information back to the website or entity that originally created the cookie. To find out more about these technologies and how they work, visit, for example, the site allaboutcookies.org.

The session cookies used on this site potentially avoid the use of other IT techniques prejudicial to the privacy of users' browsing and do not allow the acquisition of personal identification data of the user.

The retention times of the acquired data depend on the types of cookies. Session cookies expire when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies, including Local Shared Objects (“Flash cookies”), have typical expiration dates ranging from two months up to a couple of years.

How to disable cookies (opt-out)

The majority of internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies automatically. This means that you have the possibility, at any time, to set your browser to accept all cookies, just some, or to refuse them, disabling their use by the sites. You can also normally set your browser preferences so that you are notified each time a cookie is stored on your computer. Finally, at the end of each browsing session, you can delete the collected cookies from the hard disk of your device. If you want to delete the cookies installed in the cookie folder of the browser used, it should be remembered that each browser has different procedures for managing settings.

You can find information on how to manage Cookies in your browser at the following addresses:

Technical cookies that do not require consent

The so-called "technical" cookies, for which no consent is required for their processing, are to be considered the following:

a) Cookies relating to activities strictly necessary for the functioning of the site and the provision of the service: they are cookies aimed at ensuring normal navigation of the site. In most cases these are session cookies.

b) Functionality cookies, relating to optimization activities: these are cookies that allow the user to navigate the site based on the selected criteria (such as language, currency, cart contents during online purchases) in order to allow the use of the services rendered and/or to improve them. In most cases these are cookies that they have a maximum duration of 365 days.

All technical cookies do not require consent, therefore they are installed automatically following access to the site and are not used for any further purposes.

Services and cookies provided by Third Parties

In the case of services provided by third parties, you can also exercise your right to object to tracking by informing yourself via the third party's privacy policy, via the links previously provided or by contacting the third party directly.

Without prejudice to what has been stated above, the Data Controller informs you that you can use Your Online Choices (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/). Through this service you can manage the tracking preferences of most advertising tools. The Owner, therefore, advises you to use this resource in addition to the information provided in this document.

Since the installation of Cookies and other tracking systems operated by third parties through the services used within this Site cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific reference to Cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties is to be considered indicative. To obtain complete information, consult the privacy policy of any third party services.

Given the objective complexity linked to the identification of technologies based on Cookies and their very close integration with the functioning of the web, you are invited to contact the Owner if you wish to receive any further information relating to the use of the Cookies themselves and any uses thereof – for example by third parties – carried out via this site.

Data controller

The Data Controller, to whom you can contact to assert the rights referred to in the articles. 7 and from 15 to 22 of the Regulation, reported at the bottom, is the SPE company with the personal details reported on the home page of the site, in the person of the Legal Representative pro tempore; the aforementioned rights may also be exercised by you by sending communications to the following email address: info@spe.net.

List of used cookies

The table below lists the cookies we use and what information they contain.

Cookie name Domain Service Type Duration Utilization
cb-enabled Owner Information cookies Functionality Persistent It stores the cookie acceptance expressed about the use of cookies by the site.
language Owner Language Functionality Persistent The cookie stores the user's language.
PHPSESSID Owner ID Session Functionality Session It contains the identifier of the current session for PHP language use.
SimpleSAMLAuthToken Owner Authentication Functionality Session Cookies used by single sign-on authentication system.

Changes to this information

This information may be subject to changes over time (for example changes to regulations, or the introduction of new services offered by this site) we therefore invite users to check the changes by periodically consulting this page.

Last information update: 08 January 2024