Cookie Policy

In accordance with the provisions of the laws in force on the protection of personal data, through this policy, ALECRIA COMMUNICATIONS S.r.l., as Data Controller (hereinafter, also “ALECRIA” or the “Data Controller“), intends to provide users with any useful information on the cookies installed on the portal https://www.alecriahealth.com/ (hereinafter the “Site“).

This document forms an integral part of the information on the processing of personal data, which can be found here.

 

1. What are cookies

Cookies are small text strings that websites visited by the user send to the computer and to any device used to access the Internet (such as smartphones and tablets), where they are stored and then retransmitted to the same sites the next time the same user visits.

Cookies can be stored permanently and have a variable duration (so-called persistent cookies), but they can also disappear when the browser is closed or have a limited duration (so-called session cookies). Similarly, cookies can be installed by the website you are visiting (so-called first-party cookies), but also by other websites (so-called third-party cookies) and are used to perform computer authentication, monitor sessions and store information regarding the activities of users accessing a particular site. Depending on the purpose of use, they are subdivided into:

• Navigation and functionality cookies: used for authentication and user experience enhancement purposes respectively (e.g. storing language preferences)
• Analytical cookies: used by the site operator to collect information about users visiting the site
• Profiling cookies: used for advertising purposes to send messages in line with user preferences collected during web browsing
• Social Cookies: used to enable interaction with social networks

As per the general provision of the Italian Data Protection Authority (the “Authority“) of 8 May 2014, concerning “Identification of simplified procedures for the provision of information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies“, are considered technical cookies:

• Navigation and functionality cookies
• Analytical cookies, only when used directly by the site operator to collect information, in aggregate and anonymous form, on the number of users and how they visit the site.

According to current legislation, it is not necessary to obtain the user’s consent for the installation of technical cookies.

 

2. First-party technical cookies

The Site makes use of the following types of first-party technical cookies:

• Session cookies: these are essential to allow the user to move normally within the Site and correctly use its services. As they are not stored on the user’s computer, they disappear when the browser is closed.
• Functionality cookies: aimed solely at improving and speeding up navigation on the Site, by storing certain choices made by the user (such as language preferences).

They are therefore tools used by the Data Controller to ensure, for example, efficient navigation, session stability, log-in permanence and pre-selection of the chosen navigation country. They also serve to remember, in anonymous form, the choices made by the user regarding the display of certain elements of the page, such as information and communication banners.

As already stated, the use of technical cookies and the performance of processing related to them does not require the user’s prior consent.

In any case, the latter is free to prevent the installation of such cookies at any time through the settings of his/her browser, as indicated later in this policy, in the knowledge that such a choice could nevertheless complicate, slow down and sometimes block navigation on the Site and, more generally, on the Internet.

3. Third-party technical cookies

The Site also uses cookies that are not managed and controlled by the Controller, as they belong to third parties. More specifically, these are:

Analytical cookies

Google Analytics cookies collecting, in an aggregated and anonymous way, information on how users use the Site (number of visitors, pages visited, time spent, conversions, etc.). This information is generally used to improve the functionality of the Site, allowing, for example, for the recording of any errors detected by users and ensuring ALECRIA a smoother and more immediate navigation.

However, it is not possible to exclude, as these activities are outside the control of the Data Controller, that Google may enrich or cross-reference the information obtained by means of these cookies – which the user’s browser transmits to Google in the United States in accordance with the relevant terms of service – with other data at its disposal, for purposes outside the scope of this policy.

To deactivate the installation of these cookies, please follow the procedures indicated in the following links:

• Google Analytics Privacy Policy
• Deactivating Google Analytics cookies

 

4. How to disable cookies

Without prejudice to the right to object to the installation of cookies in the manner indicated above, considering that most browsers are programmed to accept cookies automatically, the user may choose not to receive them, especially when the third party involved does not give the possibility to opt-out correctly, also by accessing the browser settings and disabling their use, according to the procedures described at the following addresses:

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Apple Safari
• Opera

It should be borne in mind, however, that deactivating cookies may complicate Internet browsing or make it impossible to move freely from one page to another, enjoying the full functionality of the Site.

More information on cookies can be found at www.youronlinechoices.com (limited to the services surveyed by that platform), to obtain information on how to delete or manage cookies depending on the browser used and to set preferences for the use of third-party cookies.

 

5. Disclosure and dissemination of data

The data collected through cookies may be processed by employees and external companies cooperating with ALECRIA, respectively, as data processors and persons in charge of the processing.

This data will not be disseminated, but in the case of third-party cookies may also be transferred outside the European Union by and under the exclusive control of the companies that manage and install them.

 

6. Identity and contact details of the Data Controller

The Data Controller is ALECRIA COMMUNICATIONS S.r.l., with registered office in Milan, via dell’Innovazione 22.

7. User rights

As a data subject, the user is entitled to:

1. ask the Data Controller for access to the Data, the deletion, the rectification of inaccurate Data, the integration of incomplete Data, as well as the restriction of the processing in the cases provided for by Article 18 of the GDPR
2. object, at any time, in whole or in part, to the processing of Data necessary for the legitimate pursuit of the Data Controller’s interest
3. if the conditions for exercising the right to portability set out in Article 20 of the GDPR are met, receive in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format the Data provided to the Data Controller, as well as, if technically feasible, transmit it to another Data Controller without hindrance
4. withdraw consent given at any time
5. complain to the competent control authority.

These rights may be exercised, by registered mail, addressed to ALECRIA S.r.l., Via dell’Innovazione 22, 20126 Milan, to the kind attention of the Privacy Manager, or by e – mail to info@ALECRIA.it.