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Cookie Policy of the website www.safogroup.com (the “Website”)


SAFO Group S.p.A., as the Data Manager of the personal data collected through the website www.safogroup.com (the “Website”), in compliance with the applicable national and European legislation governing the protection of personal data, informs users that the Website uses the following categories of cookies:

  • Technical Cookies: These cookies are necessary to enable browsing of the Website and to provide the services requested by the user. They are not used for any purposes other than those strictly necessary and are generally installed directly by the Website owner. Without these cookies, certain operations could not be carried out, or would be more difficult and/or less secure.
    Without these cookies, certain features and services of the Website may not function properly or may become less secure.
  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies are treated as technical cookies when they are used directly by the Website owner to collect aggregated information about the number of users and how they use the Website. They are used to monitor and improve the Website’s performance and functionality. The information collected through these cookies does not allow the identification of individual users.

Cookie: Cookies are small text files that are sent by the website visited by the user to the user’s device (usually the web browser), where they are stored so that the device can be recognized on subsequent visits. Each time the user returns to the Website, the cookies are sent back from the user’s device to the Website.
Each cookie generally contains the name of the server from which it was sent, an expiration date, and a value, usually a unique number generated at random by the computer. The web server that places the cookie uses this value to recognize the user’s device when the user returns to the Website or navigates from one page to another.
Cookies may be installed not only by the operator of the website visited by the user (first-party cookies), but also by a different website that installs cookies through the first website (third-party cookies) and is able to recognize them. This occurs because the website visited may contain elements (such as images, maps, sounds, links to web pages belonging to other domains, etc.) that are hosted on servers other than the one hosting the website itself.

In general, cookies are classified into different categories based on:

A. Cookie duration:

  • Session cookies (temporary): automatically deleted when the browser is closed;
  • Persistent cookies: remain active until their expiration date or until they are deleted by the user.

B. Cookie source:

  • First-party cookies: sent to the browser directly by the website being visited
  • Third-party cookies: sent to the browser by websites other than the one being visited.

C. Cookie purpose:

  • Technical cookie
  • Browsing/essential/performance/process or security cookies: these cookies contribute to the proper functioning of the Website, for example by enabling users to navigate between pages or access protected areas. If these cookies are blocked, the Website may not function properly.
  • Statistical/analytics cookies: (a) first-party cookies or (b) third-party cookies with IP address anonymization, without data cross-referencing, which are considered equivalent to technical cookies in terms of their purpose. They are used to collect information and generate statistics on website usage in order to understand how visitors interact with the Website.
  • Non-technical cookies
  • Third-party statistical/analytics cookies: without IP address anonymization and without data cross-referencing, these cookies are used to collect information and generate statistics on Website usage in order to understand how visitors interact with the Website. They may allow the identification and tracking of users
  • Profiling/advertising/tracking or conversion cookies: these cookies are used to select advertisements based on what is relevant to the user (personalized ads). Profiling cookies are intended to create user profiles and are used to send advertising messages that are aligned with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing the Internet.

In general, regardless of the type of cookies used by this Website, we would like to inform you that, in addition to the safeguards provided by applicable legislation, users may have access to various options for browsing without cookies, including, by way of example:

  • Block third-party cookies: third-party cookies are generally not necessary for browsing the Website, so you can reject them by default through the appropriate settings available in your browser.
  • Enable the “Do Not Track” option: the Do Not Track option is available in most of the latest-generation browsers. Websites designed to respect this option should automatically stop collecting certain browsing data when it is enabled. However, as mentioned above, not all websites are configured to comply with this option, as its implementation is discretionary.
  • Enable “private browsing” mode: this feature allows you to browse the Internet without leaving browsing data stored in your browser. Websites will not remember you, the pages you visit will not be saved in your browsing history, and new cookies will be deleted. However, private browsing mode does not guarantee anonymity on the Internet, as it only prevents browsing data from being stored in the browser, while your browsing data may still remain available to website operators and Internet service providers.
  • Delete cookies directly: all browsers provide specific functions to delete cookies. However, please note that new cookies are downloaded each time you connect to the Internet, so the deletion process should be carried out periodically.

Some browsers provide automated tools for the periodic deletion of cookies. For any further information or details regarding the so-called “cookies”, you can consult the following link: https://www.gov.uk/data-protection.