In order to achieve correct regulation of these devices, it is necessary to distinguish them since there are no technical characteristics that differentiate them from each other on the basis of the purposes pursued by those who use them. However, the legislator has moved in this direction and, on implementing the provisions of Directive 2009/136/EC, has included the obligation to acquire the prior and informed consent of users to the installation of cookies used for purposes other than merely technical ones (see Article 1(5)(a) of Italian Legislative Decree 28 May 2012, no. 69, which amended Article 122 of the Code).

In this regard, and for the purposes of this measure, two macro-categories are therefore identified: “technical” cookies and “profiling” cookies.

1. Technical Cookies

Technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary to the provider of an information society service explicitly required by the subscriber or user to provide that service” (see Article 122(1) of the Code).

They are not used for any further purpose and are normally installed directly by the website owner or operator. They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which ensure normal navigation and use of the website (making it possible, for example, to make a purchase or authenticate oneself to access restricted areas); analytics cookies, similar to technical cookies when used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site; functionality cookies, which allow the user to browse based on a number of selected criteria (for example, language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service rendered to the user.

The installation of such cookies does not require the prior consent of users, while the obligation remains to provide information pursuant to Article 13 of GDPR, which the site operator, if you use only such devices, may provide in the manner he/she/it considers most appropriate.

The site www.ftspa.it uses the following technical cookies:

Navigation (or session) cookies

1. Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are designed to create user profiles and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user during web browsing. In consideration of the particular intrusiveness that such devices may have on users’ privacy, European and Italian regulations require users to be appropriately informed about their use and thus express their valid consent.

The site www.ftspa.it uses the following profiling cookies:

Profiling cookies

1. Third-party cookies

These cookies are used to gather information on the use of the Site by users in an anonymous form, such as: pages visited, duration of visit, sources of traffic origin, geographic origin, age, gender and interests for the purposes of marketing campaigns. These cookies are sent from the domains of third parties external to the Site.

This type of cookie integrates features developed by third parties within the pages of the Site such as icons and preferences expressed in social networks in order to share the contents of the site or for the use of third-party software services (such as software to generate maps and other software that offers additional services). These cookies are sent from the domains of third parties and from partner sites that offer their features through the pages of the Site.

The site www.ftspa.it uses the following third-party cookies:

3. HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES BY CONFIGURING YOUR BROWSER Chrome
   1. Run the Chrome Browser

2. Click on the menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window for navigation

3. Select Settings

4. Click Show Advanced Settings

5. In the “Privacy” section, click on the “Content settings” button

6. In the “Cookies” section, you can change the following cookie settings:

• Allow data to be saved locally

• Change local data only until the browser is closed

• Prevent sites from setting cookies

• Block third party cookies and site data

• Manage exceptions for some websites

• Deletion of one or all cookies

Mozilla Firefox

1. Run the Mozilla Firefox Browser

2. Click on the menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window for navigation

3. Select Options

4. Select the Privacy panel

5. Click Show Advanced Settings

6. In the “Privacy” section, click on the “Content settings” button

7. In the “Tracking” section, you can change the following cookie settings:

• Ask sites not to do any tracking

• Tell sites you are happy to be tracked

• Do not communicate any preferences about the tracking of personal data

8. From the “History” section, you can do the following:

• By enabling “Use custom settings”, you can select to accept third-party cookies (always, from the most visited sites or never) and to keep them for a certain period (until they expire, on closing Firefox or to ask each time)
• Remove the individual stored cookies

Internet Explorer

1. Run the Internet Explorer Browser

2. Click on the Tools button and select Internet Options

3. Click on the Privacy tab and, in the Settings section, move the slider depending on which action you want for cookies:

• Block all cookies

• Allow all cookies

• Selection of the sites from which to get cookies: move the cursor to an intermediate position so that all cookies are not blocked or allowed, then click Sites, enter a website in the Website Address box and then click Block or Allow.

Safari 6

1. Run the Safari Browser

2. Click on Safari, select Preferences and click Privacy

3. In the Block Cookies section, specify how Safari should accept cookies from websites.

4. To view which sites have stored cookies, click on Details

Safari iOS (mobile devices)

1. Run the iOS Safari Browser

2. Tap on Settings and then Safari

3. Tap on Block Cookies and choose from the various options: “Never”, “From third parties and advertisers” or “Always”

4. To delete all cookies stored by Safari, tap on Settings, then on Safari and finally on Delete Cookies and data

• Accept all cookies

• Accept cookies only from the site you visit: third party cookies sent from a domain other than the one you are visiting will be rejected
• Never accept cookies: all cookies will never be saved

How to disable third-party service cookies