1. Preamble
This privacy notice is provided pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2017/679 “Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, and on the free movement of such data” (hereinafter “GDPR,” General Data Protection Regulation).
The Data Controller is Fondazione Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesentiregistered office in: via S. Bernardino 149/A, 24126 Bergamo, ITALY (hereinafter the “Controller”)
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that the websites visited by users send to their devices, where they are stored and then retransmitted to the same sites during subsequent visits. Cookies are used for various purposes, have different characteristics, and can be used both by the owner of the website being visited and by third parties. Below, you will find all the information about the cookies used on this site.
Cookies can be classified as follows:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential to ensure the proper functioning of the site and improve its performance. This type of cookie allows the site to store information in the user’s browser and reuse it later exclusively for navigation efficiency purposes. No personal data is stored with this type of cookie.
- Functional cookies: These are technical cookies that are useful but not essential to ensure an efficient and anomaly-free user experience during the site visit.
- Analytical and performance cookies: These are used for analysis related to the use of the website, such as traffic statistics, reports on the most visited pages, user geolocation, etc.
- Targeting cookies: These aim to create a user profile based on preferences, habits, and choices, and then offer relevant content, including advertising, tailored to the user’s interests on our sites or third-party sites. This includes the use of technologies to better evaluate the usefulness of advertisements and content presented to the user, for example, by monitoring whether they have selected an ad or not.
- Additionally, cookies can be distinguished based on their duration: Temporary (or session) cookies: These are used to store temporary information related to the user’s actions during a specific session and are removed from the computer when the browsing session or browser is closed..
- Permanent (or saved) cookies: These are used to store information, such as user preferences, to avoid the need for the visitor to reset them every time they visit the site. They remain stored on the computer even after closing the browsing session or browser and can persist for a few hours to several years, although they can be removed through the “clear cookies” function available in most browsers.
Finally, cookies can be:
- First-party cookies: these originate from the website being viewed and are installed based on the site’s own code.
- Third-party cookies: these are installed by domains other than the one being visited (for example, if the site incorporates elements from other sites, ads, or content, or analytical information about traffic).
3. Cookies used on our site
4. How can you control cookies?
On the first visit to the Site , a banner containing a brief notice on the use of cookies is displayed, allowing you to easily choose which cookies to install.
To consent only to strictly necessary cookies and reject other types of cookies, you can click the “X” button on the banner or the “Decline All” button.
Once your choice is made, you can always modify the settings by clicking on the “COOKIE POLICY” in the footer of the website or on the “COOKIE SETTINGS” tab always present at the bottom left of each page of the site.
Please note that you can also control and delete individual cookies using the settings of most browsers. Below are links to the cookie management pages of the main browsers:
Google Chrome – Mozilla Firefox – Safari – Internet Explorer
For further information on the processing of personal data through the website and the rights recognized under Regulation (EU) 679/2016, please refer to the Privacy Policy.
5. Rights of data subject
Under applicable legislation, you may:
- Request access to your personal data and their rectification or erasure, or the restriction of their processing;
- Object to the processing of your personal data;
- Exercise the right to data portability;
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
This notice has been updated and is effective as of March, 31st 2025.