Cookie Policy
This notice is provided, pursuant to the GDPR, General European Data Protection Regulation, n. 2016/679 (“Regulation”), to the users (the“User”) of the website https://www.fondazioneedison.it/ and its subdomains (the "Site"), in order to inform them about the purposes and methods of the processing of their personal data. The User who decides to request information through the Site is requested to also read the specific privacy notice intended for him, which is available in the dedicated areas of the site.
Data Controller and other figures involved in data processing
The data controller of the data collected through the Site is Edison S.p.A. (hereinafter, also, the "Data Controller”), with registered office in Foro Buonaparte 31, 20121 Milan (MI). The Data Protection Officer ("DPO"), to whom you can always contact for any information regarding your personal data or to request a complete list of appointed data processors, can be contacted by writing to:
Ordinary e-mail: privacy@edison.it
Certified e-mail: privacy.gruppoedison@pec.edison.it
Fax: 02/62229105
Ordinary mail: DPO c/o Edison Spa, Foro Buonaparte 31, 20121 Milano (MI)
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
The site uses so-called cookies. This notice is intended to explain what cookies are, how they are used on the Site and how you can consciously make decisions in their management.
The purposes fulfilled by a cookie can also be achieved through other similar technologies (e.g. pixel tags and other tracking technologies). This notice, in fact, applies to any technology that stores or accesses information on the user's device. From now on, when we talk about cookies, this definition will also include other similar technologies.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text strings that the sites visited by the User send to his terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user
- depending on who manages them:
- Own cookies: these are cookies installed directly by the Company through the Site;
- Third-party cookies: these are cookies installed by third parties with respect to the Company through the Site; in this case the data controller is not the Company but the third party in question.
- depending on how long they remain active:
- Session cookies: these cookies store the necessary information during the session and the relative modifications. In addition, they determine whether the User is registered on the Site or not.
- Persistent cookies: they are stored on the hard disk and the Site reads them every time the User makes a new visit. A persistent cookie has a certain expiration date. The cookie will stop working after that date.
- depending on the purpose:
Cookies are used for various purposes. They are used, for example, to store your preferences, to make the ads displayed more relevant, to count the number of visitors we receive on a page and to protect your data. Based on the different functions they perform, the cookies used on the Site can be divided into:
- Technical cookies
- Analytics cookies
- Profiling cookies
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.fondazioneedison.it
What are technical cookies and how do they work?
Technical cookies are those we use for the sole purpose of allowing you to visit the Site and be able to use it. They can be further divided into:
- Navigation cookies: they guarantee the normal navigation and use of the Site, allowing, for example, to create a subscription or authenticate to access restricted areas. These are normally session cookies, which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed;
- functionality cookies: they allow navigation according to a series of selected criteria (for example, the language or country of origin) in order to improve the service provided on the Site. These are persistent cookies, which remain on the computer in use even after closing the navigation browser until the expiration date set for each cookie (typically from two months to two years) or until you have deleted them.
Technical cookies are not used for other purposes and are installed directly by the Company. Here is the list of technical cookies currently used on the Site:
Here is the list of technical cookies currently used on the Site:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | 180 days | HTTP Cookie | |
| areYourCookiesEnabled | www.fondazioneedison.it | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP Cookie |
| I18N_LANGUAGE | www.fondazioneedison.it | Cookie necessary for the correct distribution of the language of the content | Session | HTTP Cookie |
| rc::a | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | HTML Local Storage | |
| rc::b | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | HTML Local Storage | |
| rc::c | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | HTML Local Storage |
The data collected through technical cookies are not disclosed to third parties nor are they disseminated in any way.
As required by current privacy legislation, your prior consent is not required for the installation of these cookies. Of course, you are free to block the installation of technical cookies in the manner indicated in the following paragraph 5, let. (A).
N.B:Please consider that, by blocking the installation of these cookies, the ability to access the Site, to use it all or part of it, to enable or disable certain functions or to receive certain services may be compromised.
What are tracking or "analytics" cookies and how do they work?
Analytics cookies are used on the Site to collect statistical information, in aggregate or not, on the number of users who access the Site and how they visit the Site.
As required by current privacy legislation, your prior consent is required for the installation of third-party analytics cookies. For this reason, when you access the Site, a special banner is displayed, informing you that analytics cookies are used on the Site and that by accepting the processing through the appropriate banner you are consenting to the use of cookies. Should you express your consent to the installation of cookies in this way, we will keep track of your consent through a specific technical cookie. In this way, we will avoid showing you the banner on the cookies during your subsequent visits to the Site. Please consider that, should you delete this technical cookie from your browser in the manner referred to in paragraph 5 below, let. (A), the track of your consent would be lost and, therefore, during your next visit to the Site the cookie banner will be displayed again. Of course, the User is free to block the installation of analytics cookies at any time, without the possibility of visiting the Site and using its contents being compromised in any way.
Here is the list of analytics cookies currently used on the Site:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 2 years | HTTP Cookie | |
| td | Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session | Pixel Tracker |
What are profiling cookies and how do they work?
Profiling cookies are used to create a user's profile, based on the preferences and tastes expressed while browsing the Internet, and allow the display of advertising messages consistent with his profile. In this way, the advertising messages that will be displayed on the various sites can be of more interest to the user. As required by current privacy legislation, your prior consent is required for the installation of these cookies. For this reason, when you access the Site, a special banner is displayed, which informs you that profiling cookies are used on the Site and that by accepting the processing through the appropriate banner you are consenting to the use of cookies. Should you express your consent to the installation of cookies in this way, we will keep track of your consent through a specific technical cookie. In this way, we will avoid showing you the banner on the cookies during your subsequent visits to the Site. Please consider that, should you delete this technical cookie from your browser in the manner referred to in paragraph 5 below, let. (A), the track of your consent would be lost and, therefore, during your next visit to the Site the cookie banner will be displayed again. Of course, you are free to block the installation of profiling cookies at any time, without the possibility of visiting the site and using its contents being compromised in any way. If you decide to disable behavioral advertising, it does not mean that you will no longer receive advertising on the Site. However, the banners you will see on the Site may not reflect your interests or preferences on the browser you are currently using.
Here is the list of profiling cookies currently used on the Site:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiry | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ads/ga-audiences | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites. | Session | Pixel Tracker | |
| rc::f | Pending | Persistent | HTML Local Storage |
5. How can I manage cookies?
There are various ways to manage, disable and delete cookies:
- Through browser settings
Consult the user manual of the navigation browser you use to find out how to manage, disable or delete cookies. We indicate below how to find the instructions provided by the suppliers of the most popular browsers:- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/help/4027947/microsoft-edgedelete-cookies
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Attivare%20e%20disattivare%20i%20cookie
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=it_IT
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
- With the methods made available by the Site or by third parties
Consult the privacy policies of third parties who install analytics cookies (see paragraph 3 above) or profiling cookies (see paragraph 4 above) to find out about the other tools available to you to manage, disable and delete cookies. To oppose the installation of cookies. - Through the website www.youronlinechoices.eu/it/
Your Online Choices is an Internet site managed by the non-profit association European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA), the Italian version of which can be reached at www.youronlinechoices.eu/it/, which provides information on behavioral advertising based on profiling cookies (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/a-proposito) and allows Internet users to easily oppose (opt-out) the installation of the main profiling cookies installed by advertisers and used on Internet sites (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/le-tue-scelte). and allows Internet users to easily oppose (opt-out) the installation of the main profiling cookies installed by advertisers and used on Internet sites (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/condizioni-generali-di-servizio) land frequently asked questions (FAQ) (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/faqs) and the user guide (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/it/help).
6. Other information
Processing methods
Personal data are processed with automated tools or manually for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. It is also specified that the data collected through the Site may be processed (i) by Edison S.p.A.; (ii) by another Edison Group company or (iii) by third-party companies expressly appointed in order to carry out (a) statistical or targeted analyzes and processing, to measure the performance of services and define changes, evolutions or additions to the portfolio of services offered and the individual functions activated on the Site. The results of the statistical processing are anonymous and in no way attributable to individual users and may also be exchanged with specifically identified third parties in order to carry out comparative measures and activities, to define activities or policies promotional, or improvements to the services of the Site.
Communication and dissemination scope
The subjects appointed from time to time by the Company as managers or authorized for processing may become aware of the User's personal data. Personal data will not be disclosed to third party data controllers or disseminated.
Transfers of data to a third country
In compliance with the conditions and guarantees established by the Regulation, the data collected using cookies could be transferred to countries outside the European Union whose data protection level has been deemed adequate by the European Commission pursuant to art. 45 of the Regulation. In addition, the data may be transferred to non-European countries, and in particular to the United States, subject to the signing of the Standard Contractual Clauses adopted / approved by the European Commission pursuant to art. 46, 2, lett. c) and d).
Some of the third parties listed in the tables above - as independent data controllers of the data collected through third-party cookies - may process the personal data collected through the cookies installed on this Site in a place outside the European territory and, therefore, we suggest reading their related notice for more details.