Cookie Policy
Extended information on cookies used by the website
RealStep SICAF S.p.A. ("RealStep" or the "SICAF"), headquartered in Milan, via Savona n. 97 (20144), as the " Data Controller ", provides you with some information about the use of cookies by the website of SICAF (the "Site") pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Personal Data Protection Authority Order No. 229 of May 8, 2014 - "Identification of simplified methods for information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies (the "Provision").
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that sites visited by the user send and store on the user's computer or mobile device, only to be transmitted back to the same sites on the next visit. 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. Cookies, therefore, are used to perform computer authentication, session tracking and storage of information regarding the activities of users accessing a site, and may also contain a unique identifier code that allows tracking of the user's navigation within the site itself for statistical or advertising purposes. In the course of browsing a site, users may also receive cookies on their computer from sites or web servers other than the one they are visiting (so-called "third-party" cookies). Some operations could not be accomplished without the use of cookies, which are therefore in some cases technically necessary for the very operation of the site.
There are various types of cookies, depending on their characteristics and functions, and these can remain on the user's computer for different periods of time: so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed; so-called persistent cookies, which remain on the user's equipment until a predetermined expiration date.
Under current Italian law, the use of cookies does not always require the user's express consent. In particular, "technical cookies", i.e. those used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communication network, or to the extent strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user, do not require such consent. These are, in other words, cookies that are indispensable for the operation of the site or necessary to perform activities requested by the user.
Among technical cookies, which do not require express consent for their use, the Italian Data Protection Authority also includes:
"analytics cookies" where used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregate form, about the number of users and how they visit the site,
browsing or session cookies (for authentication),
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 user.
For "profiling cookies," vice versa, i.e., those aimed at creating profiles related to the user and used for the purpose of sending advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user in the context of web browsing, prior user consent is required.
2. Types of cookies used by the Site
The Site uses only third-party technical cookies, which can be de-selected according to the respective cookie selection and de-selection methods (see below).
It should be noted that third parties are typically autonomous data controllers of the data collected through the cookies they serve; therefore, you will have to refer to their personal data processing policies, disclosures and consent forms (selection and de-selection of respective cookies), as specified in the aforementioned Measure. For the sake of completeness we also point out that RealStep does its utmost to be able to track cookies on its Site. These are updated on a regular basis in the table below, where we give transparency on the cookies directly sent by SICAF and their purposes. Regarding third parties that send cookies through our Site, we provide below links to their respective privacy notices: to these third parties we devolve, as stated above, the responsibility of providing the notice and collecting your consent, as required by the Provision. Said responsibility is to be referred not only to the cookies that the third parties send directly, but also to any additional cookies that are sent through our Site by virtue of the use of services from which the third parties themselves benefit. With respect to such cookies in fact, sent by service providers of the aforementioned third parties, RealStep has no possibility to exercise any control and knows neither their characteristics nor their purposes.
Below are links to information about third-party cookies used by the Site:
Google:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
Google analytics:
http://www.google.it/intl/it/analytics
Link to privacy policy:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Link installed cookies description page:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Link to download page to tool that allows disabling the installation of such cookies:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You may also block or delete (in whole or in part) technical and functionality cookies through the specific functions of your Browser. Please note, however, that not allowing technical cookies may result in your inability to use the Site, view its content, and take advantage of related services. Inhibiting functionality cookies may result in some services or certain features of the Site not being available or not working properly, and you may be forced to change or manually enter certain information or preferences each time you visit the Site.
The choices you make with respect to the Site's cookies will in turn be recorded in a special cookie. Such a cookie may, however, not work properly in some circumstances: in such cases, we recommend that you delete unwelcome cookies and inhibit their use through the functionality of your Browsers as well.
Your preferences in reference to cookies will need to be reset if you use different devices or Browsers to access the Site.
3. How to view and modify cookies through the Browser
You can authorize, block, or delete (all or part of) cookies through the specific features of your Browser. For more information on how to set preferences on the use of cookies through your Browser, you can refer to the relevant instructions:
Internet Explorer:
https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Firefox:
https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Attivare%20e%20disattivare%20i%20cookie
Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it&topic=14666&ctx=topic
Safari:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=it_IT&locale=it_IT
Safari (iPhone and iPad mobile devices):
https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265