Use of Cookies

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might relate to you, your preferences, or your device and is mostly used to make the site function as you expect it to. The information typically does not directly identify you but can provide a more personalized web experience. Since we respect your right to protect your personal data, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies. Click on “Cookie Settings” and on the headings of the different cookie categories to learn more and change the default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may affect your browsing experience and the services we can offer.

The following information is provided to the user in compliance with the provision of the Italian Data Protection Authority dated May 8, 2014, “Identification of simplified methods for providing information and obtaining consent for the use of cookies.”

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text strings that a website can send to your device (whether it’s a PC, notebook, smartphone, or tablet; they are generally stored directly on the browser you use for browsing). The same website that transmitted them can then read and record the cookies stored on that device to gather various types of information. What kind of information? Each type of cookie has a specific role.

How many types of cookies exist?

There are two basic macro-categories, with different characteristics: technical cookies and profiling cookies.

Technical cookies are generally necessary for the correct functioning of the website and to allow navigation; without them you may not be able to view pages correctly or use certain services. For example, a technical cookie is needed to keep you logged in throughout your visit to a website, or to store language settings, display settings, and so on.

The technical cookies used on this site can be further distinguished into:

• Necessary cookies
  These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website, with particular reference to normal navigation and enjoyment of the site, and cannot be deactivated in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you take that constitute a request for services, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms. You can set your browser to block these cookies, but as a result some or all parts of the site will not work. These cookies do not store any personal information.
  
  
• Analytical cookies
  These cookies allow to count visits and traffic sources so that we can evaluate and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and to see how visitors navigate around the site. All information collected by cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not authorise these cookies, we will not be able to assess the collective browsing and behaviour of our users and improve the performance of the site accordingly.
  
  
• Functionality cookies
  These cookies enable the site to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation, which allows navigation based on a number of selected criteria (e.g. language, products selected for purchase) in order to improve the service provided. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services have been added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
  
  
• Profiling cookies
  Profiling cookies have the task of profiling the user and are used in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing.
  These cookies may be used, including by third companies, to build a profile of your interests and show or send you relevant ads on this and other sites.

Cookies can also be classified as:

• First-party cookies, which are cookies generated and managed directly by the operator of the website on which the user is browsing.
  
  
• Third-party cookies, which are generated and managed by parties other than the operator of the website on which the user is browsing (by virtue, as a rule, of a contract between the website owner and the third party). Profiling cookies can only be set, via our site, by our advertising partners and are therefore third-party cookies. These cookies are based solely on the detection of your browser and your internet device. If you do not consent to these cookies, you will not be shown or sent these advertisements, nor will profiles of your interests be created. Refusal or withdrawal of consent to the use of one or more profiling cookies will not interfere with your ability to access or browse the Site.

List of cookies used on this site

Manage Cookies

In accordance with the provision entitled “Identification of simplified methods for the provision of information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies” of 8 May 2014 (published in Official Gazette No. 229 of 3 June 2014), you can change your consent to cookies at any time by clicking on the “Change preferences” link at the bottom of each page of this Website.

The Municipality of La Spezia will keep track of the User’s consent(s) through a specific technical cookie, considered a “not particularly invasive” tool by the Privacy Guarantor. The User may deny his/her consent and/or modify his/her options concerning the use of cookies by this Website at any time, by accessing this Privacy Policy. The link to this page is located at the bottom of each page of this Website.

If you have already given your consent but want to change the cookie permissions, you must delete them through your browser as explained below, otherwise the cookies already installed will not be removed. In particular, please note that it is not possible to control the cookies of third parties in any way, so if you have already given your consent, you must delete the cookies through your browser (at the dedicated section) or by directly asking the third party to opt-out.

 How to control or delete cookies through browser settings

Chrome

1. Open Chrome
2. Click on the menu on the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window for browsing
3. Select Settings
4. Click on Show Advanced Settings
5. In the ‘Privacy’ section click on Content Settings
6. In the Cookies section, you can change the following cookie settings:
   – Allow local data storage
   – Modify local data only until browser is closed
   – Prevent sites from setting cookies
   – Block third-party cookies and site data
   – Manage exceptions for specific sites- Delete one or all cookies.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Open Mozilla Firefox 
2. Click on the menu on the browser toolbar next to the url entry window for browsing
3. Select Options
4. Select the Privacy panel
5. Click on Show Advanced Settings
6. In the Privacy section click on the Content Settings button
7. In the Tracking section, you can change the following cookie settings: – Require sites not to track you
   -Notify sites that you accept to be tracked
   – Notify sites of your preferences regarding tracking
8. From the History section, you can: – Activate ‘Use custom settings’ to choose whether to accept third-party cookies (always, from the most visited sites or never) and how long to keep them (until they expire, when Firefox closes or to ask each time).

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer 
2. Click on Tools and select Internet Options
3. Click on Privacy and then Settings
4. Select the sites from which you want to receive cookies: move the slider to an intermediate position so that it does not block or allow all cookies, then click Sites, type a website in the Web address box, and then click Block or Allow.

Safari 6

1. Open Safari 
2. Click on Safari, select Preferences, and then Privacy.
3. In the Block cookies section, specify how you want Safari to accept cookies from websites.
4. To see which sites have stored cookies, click Details
   

Safari iOS (mobile devices)

1. Open Safari iOS 
2. Click on Settings and then Safari
3. Click on Block Cookies and choose from the options: “Never”, “Third-party and
   advertisers” or “Always”.
4. To delete all cookies stored by Safari, click on Settings, then on
   Safari and finally on Delete Cookies and Data.

Opera

1. Open Opera 
2. Click on Preferences, then on Advanced and finally on Cookies.
3. Choose one of the following options: – Accept all cookies- Accept cookies only from the site you are visiting: third party cookies and cookies from a different domain will be rejected
   
   – Never accept cookies: all cookies will never be stored.

Information for children under the age of 14

Minors under the age of 14 are not allowed to provide personal data. The Municipality of La Spezia shall not be responsible in any way for the collection of personal data or any false information provided by minors. Should the use of such data be discovered, the Municipality of La Spezia will facilitate the right of access and cancellation to the legal guardian or the person exercising parental responsibility.

Complaint policy

If you consider that your rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, in accordance with the procedures indicated by the Authority itself, at the following address:

http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/4535524

or by sending a written communication to: Autorità Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali, Piazza Montecitorio n.121, 00186 Roma.

LAST UPDATE ON 02/07/2024