USE OF COOKIES

Cookies are small text files stored on Internet users’ computers to enable safe, efficient browsing of the site and to monitor use of the site. The website www.litmat.it uses two types of technical cookie: session cookies for authentication (online services and reserved areas) and analytics cookies (Google Analytics). Session cookies (essential for using online services and accessing reserved areas of the website) The website www.litmat.it uses http session cookies to control authentication for online services and reserved areas and for the e-commerce electronic shopping cart. Session cookies are not stored permanently on the user’s computer and are eliminated when the browser is closed. Their use is restricted purely to transmitting session IDs (numbers generated randomly by the server), needed to allow safe, efficient browsing of the website. Disabling these cookies means that online services cannot be used.

Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies can be disabled without affecting browsing of the portal. See below for how to disable them. www.litmat.it uses Google Analytics from Google, Inc. (hereafter “Google”) to generate statistics on use of the website. Google Analytics uses cookies (not third-party) that do not store personal data. Information collected by cookies on use of the website by users (including IP addresses) are sent by the browser to Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, U.S.A. and held on Google’s servers. Under the terms of this external service, Google, as external data controller, will use this information for the purpose of mapping and studying use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity, Internet connection (mobile, PC, browser used etc.) and how users search and navigate between portal pages. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or if these third parties process this information on behalf of Google. Google does not connect IP addresses to any other data in Google’s possession. To consult Google’s privacy statement relating to Google Analytics, go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html . To read about Google’s privacy policy, go to http://www.google.co.uk/policies/privacy/ By approving the use of cookies on the website www.litmat.it, you are consenting to the processing of your personal data by Google as specified above.

Social media plugins (third-party cookies)

The buttons enabling you to share the pages of www.litmat.it on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus are directly linked to these sites which, in turn, send their own cookies to check if you are logged in with them or not. Without these cookies, you would be asked to log into the platform whose button you have clicked. Disabling these third-party cookies still allows you to browse the whole website www.litmat.it without losing any of the functions.

How to disable cookies (opt-out)

You can refuse to allow use of cookies by selecting the appropriate setting on your browser. Unauthenticated browsing of the portal www.litmat.it will still be possible with all functions. Below are links to how to disable cookies for the most common browsers. For other browsers, we suggest you try your software’s Help option, normally available by pressing the F1 key.

Internet Explorer:http://windows.microsoft.com/it-IT/windows7/Block-enable-or-allow-cookies

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=it-IT&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies

Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Bloccare%20i%20cookie?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Blocking+cookies

Apple Safari: http://www.apple.com/it/privacy/use-of-cookies/

Or you can disable the Google Analytics cookies only, using the external opt-out add-on provided by Google for the most common browsers. In this way, you can continue to use the online services of www.litmat.it..