Cookie policy
By using the website www.asmtaormina.com (“Site”) or receiving our emails, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this “Cookie Policy”.
Definition and Purpose – What are Cookies?
Web pages do not have a memory function. When you navigate from one page to another on a website, you will not be recognized as the same user on each page. A cookie is a small text file that stores information about your browsing history. Cookies allow the website to recognize you as a unique user. They are sent from the website to your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, notebook, etc.) to be stored and then retransmitted on your next visit.
Cookies ensure a more efficient functioning of the Website, improving navigation, for example:
- remembering the settings you enter, so you don’t have to change them every time you access a new page;
- by storing the information entered (e.g. username, language, browser type, etc.).
For more information on cookies and privacy, you can consult the documentation on the website of the Privacy Guarantor at the following link: http://www.garanteprivacy.it/.
By accessing and browsing the Site, you consent to receiving cookies.
Duration and Type of Cookies
Some cookies are automatically deleted at the end of the browsing session, while others remain stored on the terminals, normally hosted by the browser used (for example: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.). There are therefore two types of persistent cookies:
Temporary cookies:
Temporary cookies (or session cookies) are removed from your computer when you close your browser. They are used to store temporary information, such as items in your shopping cart. Almost all cookies on websites you visit are session cookies, which expire when you close your internet browser.
Persistent cookies:
Persistent cookies are cookies stored on a user’s computer or other device during a browsing session, but remain on the computer or other device after the browsing session ends. Persistent cookies serve various purposes in the user’s interest (they are used to store information, such as a user’s login name and password, so that the user does not have to re-enter them each time they visit the same website). They can remain stored on the device for a variable, but fixed, period of time, depending on the function they are performing.
These two types of cookies (session and persistent) can be classified as “first-party” or “third-party.” When we talk about first-party cookies, we mean cookies sent by the website owner. When we talk about third-party cookies, we mean cookies sent by third parties, therefore set by a website other than the one you are currently visiting. These cookies are the direct and exclusive responsibility of the third-party provider.
You can delete all cookies from your browser at any time. However, permanently disabling all cookies may cause navigation difficulties or, sometimes, the inability to use certain features of the Site. For example, you will no longer be able to: use e-commerce stores to make purchases, access the Customer Area and manage the products you have purchased, use web-based software, etc.
Use of cookies on this site
Our Site uses the following types of cookies:
- Navigation cookies: We use navigation cookies to allow you to view our website, make it function properly, create your account, log in to secure areas, and make purchases. These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website.
- Functional Cookies: We use functional cookies to remember your preferences and help you use our Website as efficiently as possible, for example by remembering products you’ve previously viewed. Functional cookies are not essential to the Website’s operation, but they add services that improve the overall browsing experience.
- Analytics cookies: We use analytics cookies to better understand how our users use the Website, to optimize and improve the Site, and to ensure it is always effective and efficient for users. The data we collect includes the web pages visited, the type of platform used, date and time information, and data such as the number of clicks on a given page, search terms, and text entered while using the Site.
Disabling and Deleting Cookies (Opt-Out)
Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. This means that you can, at any time, set your browser to accept all cookies, some cookies, or to reject them, disabling their use by websites. You can also usually set your browser preferences to notify you each time a cookie is stored on your computer.
Finally, at the end of each browsing session, you can delete the collected cookies from your device’s hard drive. If you wish to delete the cookies stored in the cookie folder of your browser, please note that each browser has different procedures for managing settings.
By selecting the links below you can get specific instructions for some of the major browsers.
Microsoft Windows Explorer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
Google Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
Mozilla Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies
Apple Safari:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277.html
Google Analytics:
You can disable only Google Analytics cookies by using the opt-out add-on provided by Google for major browsers: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
If you want to know more about cookies in general, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
For more information you can contact:
ASM Taormina
Municipal Services Company.
Via Mario e Nicolò Garipoli
98039 Taormina – Messina.
Tel: +39 0942 683800
Email: info@taorminaservizipubblici.it