Cookies: What are they and what are they used for?

Cookies are small strings of text that a website sends to your browser, which are saved on your computer when you visit a website on the internet. Cookies are used so that sites operate more productively, to optimize performance, but also to store the information belonging to the owners of the sites themselves.

What kind of cookie does www.nuovaterra.net use and why?

Our site uses various cookies types, each of which has specific characteristics, as is shown in the following outline:

Navigation cookies
These cookies allow the site to operate regularly, and their function is to accumulate information about the user rules of those users who visit the site. This data is used to compile reports, and facilitates our optimization of the site itself. Cookies retrieve information anonymously, including the number of users who visited the site, where they came from, and the pages they clicked previously.

Analytical cookies
These cookies are used by Google Analytics, among others, to analyze statistics on how visitors use the site, either through the computer or via mobile devices. The analytical cookies also allow us to assess the number of page views, and the number of clicks made on a specific page during navigation on the site.

Third-party cookies
These cookies are used by other companies. The use of these, generally, does not involve the processing of personal information. Third-party cookies originate from ads on other sites, such as promotional messages that are displayed on a website. This type of cookie may be used to track the use of the website for marketing purposes (see here and here).

How do you disable cookies?

The vast majority of browsers – such as Internet Explorer and Firefox – are programmed to accept cookies. However, you can control and thus disable them through following some simple steps in browser settings. We should point out, however, that this type of operation – both with regard to navigational cookies and functional cookies – could be the cause of a malfunction on the site and consequently limit the services offered. To change the settings, follow the path suggested by the various browsers, which may be found in “Options” or “Preferences.”

For further information on cookies, read the laws regulating them

User rights

Users (the subjects whose data is being handled) have the right, at any time, to obtain confirmation of the existence or non-existence of data pertaining to them, to learn of its content and origin, check its accuracy or request its integration, erasure, updating, rectification, anonymization, or the blocking of data that has been processed unlawfully, as well as oppose the processing, in any case, for legitimate reasons, as established by Article 7 of the Italian Privacy Code.

Requests should be sent to the Data Controller, via the general contact form on the site.