This Cookie Policy statement refers to the Website www.fonsazionealsos.org (herein the “Website”), managed by Fondazione ALSOS.

Cookies are small text files that are sent to the user by the visited Website. They are stored on the computer’s hard disk, thus allowing the Website to recognize users and to record certain information about them, to the end of effecting or improving the service offered.

There are several types of cookies. Some are necessary to be able to browse the Website, while others have different aims, such as ensuring internal security, administering the system, carrying out statistical analyses, understanding which Website sections are of greatest interest to users, or offering personalized visits to the Website.

This Website uses technical cookies. What has been stated above refers both to the user’s computer and to any other device that the user might employ to connect to the Website.

Technical cookies are those used for the sole purpose of transmitting a message on an electronic communication network; they are the minimally necessary means by which a provider of a service is able to meet the explicit request of a subscriber or a user for that service.

They are not used for other purposes and are normally installed directly by the website owner or administrator.

They can be classified as browsing or session cookies, which ensure normal browsing and use of a website (rendering possible, for example, a purchase or the verification of one’s identity to access reserved areas), or as functional cookies, which allow users to browse according to a series of selected criteria (for example, language or products selected for purchase), to the end of improving the service for the user.

Deactivating cookies may limit the possibility of using a Website and prevent the user from fully taking advantage of functions and services offered by the Website. The following description of cookies used on the Website will aid users in deciding which cookies to accept or refuse.

These are cookies which collect data on how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are most frequently accessed. This Website uses these third-party cookies:

Google Analytics: a statistical analysis service delivered and managed by Google. The Google Analytics system present on www.fondazionealsos.org has been set up such that it reduces the identifying capacity of cookies; the functions allowing matches to be made with information from third parties have also been deactivated. With these settings, this type of cookie functions as a technical cookie. Details on the privacy policy of Google Analytics can be found at:

– http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/it.html
– http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

Google Tag Manager: http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/
Analytics cookies are not required for using the Website.

Deactivating cookies may limit the possibility of using the Website and prevent the user from fully taking advantage of functions and services offered by the Website. The following description of cookies used on the Website will aid users in deciding which cookies to accept or refuse.

First-party cookies:

First-party cookies (that is, cookies that belong to the website owner that created them) are set by the website visited by the user, whose address appears in the URL window. The use of such cookies allows the Website to function efficiently and to trace the browsing habits of visitors.

Third-party cookies:

Third-party cookies are set by a different domain from the one visited by the user. If the user visits a website, a different company sends information by using that website.Third-party cookies present on this Website are:

Google Analytics: a statistical analysis service delivered and managed by Google. The Google Analytics system present on www.fondazionealsos.org has been set up such that it reduces the identifying capacity of cookies; the functions allowing matches to be made with information from third parties have also been deactivated. With these settings, this type of cookie functions as a technical cookie. Details on the privacy policy of Google Analytics can be found at:

– http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/it.html
– http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

Google Tag Manager: http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/
Analytics cookies are not required for using the Website.

Deactivating cookies may limit the possibility of using the Website and prevent the user from fully taking advantage of functions and services offered by the Website. The following description of cookies used on the Website will aid users in deciding which cookies to accept or refuse.

Session cookies:
So-called “session cookies” are temporarily stored and are deleted when the user closes the browser. If the user registers on the Website, it may use cookies that collect personal data to the end of identifying the user on future visits in order to facilitate access – in logging into the Website, by, for example, storing his/her username and password – and browse the Website. In addition, Open Source Solutions uses these cookies to the end of administering the system. The Website may contain links to other websites. Open Source Solutions does not have control of or access to cookies, web beacons or other tracing technologies used on third-party websites which users might access through the Website; nor can it have access to any content or material that is published or obtained through such websites and their relative means of processing personal data; in this regard, and given the quantity of such third-party websites, Open Source Solutions expressly declines any related responsibility. The user should consult the privacy policy of third-party websites accessed through this Website to learn the conditions pertaining to the processing of personal data, as the Privacy Policy of Open Source Solutions applies only to the Website as defined above.

Persistent cookies:
Persistent cookies are stored on user devices between browsing sessions, allowing preferences and actions of the user to be memorized. They may be used for different purposes, such as to remember preferences and selections made while using the Website.

Essential cookies:
These cookies are exclusively necessary for the operation of the Website. Without the use of such cookies, some parts of the Website would not be functional. They include, for example, cookies which allow access to protected areas of the Website. These cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes; they cannot be deactivated.

Functional cookies:
These cookies are needed to recognize a user who returns to the Website. They allow content to be personalized and preferences to be remembered (such as the selected language or region). These cookies do not collect information that could identify the user. All information collected is anonymous.

1) Type of cookie: First-party – Functional
Source: Open Source Solutions
Purpose: Store user settings (save user session and memorize some settings, such as those for access)
Duration: Persistent cookie

2) Type of cookie: First-party – Functional
Source: Open Source Solutions
Purpose: Memorize user’s location and store language settings (anonymously)

3) Type of cookie: First-party – Functional
Source: Open Source Solutions
Purpose: Personalize page content based on user’s device, selections and settings (anonymously)

4) Type of cookie: Third-party – Analytical
Source: Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager
Purpose: Statistics on Website visits

Deactivating Cookies
All of these cookies are activated automatically; if, however, you wish to deactivate them you can do so by directly changing your browser’s settings.

If you don’t know the type or version of the browser you are using, you can click the “Help” button at the top of the browser window; here you can access all the necessary information. If you do know which browser you are using, click on one of the following links to go to the appropriate cookie management page:

– Internet Explorer
– Google Chrome
– Mozilla Firefox
– Safari

For more information on cookies and to manage cookie preferences (first- and/or third-party), users may also visit the platform www.youronlinechoices.com. We remind users that deactivating browsing or functional cookies may cause malfunctions of the Website and/or limit the service offered by Open Source Solutions.