What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to the user’s device (such as a PC, smartphone, tablet) when visiting a website. On each subsequent visit, cookies are sent back to the website that originated them (first-party cookies) or to another site that recognizes them (third-party cookies). Cookies allow a website to recognize a user’s device. They have various purposes such as, for example, allowing you to navigate efficiently between pages, remembering your favorite sites and, in general, improving the user’s browsing experience. Cookies also help to ensure that the advertising content displayed online is more targeted to the user and in line with their interests (so-called targeting cookies, profiling cookies or marketing cookies). Cookies can have a duration limited to a single browsing session and, in this case, they are automatically deactivated when the browser is closed; or they may have a predetermined expiration, in which case they will remain stored and active on the user’s device until such expiration, continuing to collect information during different browsing sessions on the browser. There are also other information collection technologies for similar purposes as cookies that are stored on your device (such as pixels). This policy uses the term “cookies” to refer to cookies, as described above, and to any other collection technologies, with the aim of providing you with guidance on understanding what cookies and other similar technologies are, how and why they are used, what rights you have and what choices you can make regarding their use.
Cookies and similar technologies – definitions
Cookies: small text files (generally consisting of letters and numbers) that the websites (so-called “first party”) visited by the user or the different websites or web servers (so-called “third parties”) place and store within the browser used by the user for navigation on any terminal device capable of storing information.
Other Technologies: Technologies that store data in your browser or device using local shared objects or local storage, such as flash cookies, HTML 5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies work in all browsers. In some cases, the use of local storage cannot be fully managed by browsers but requires management through specific tools.
Categories of cookies
Cookies can be distinguished according to their purpose, duration and who owns the cookie.
– Cookies distinguished by purpose are those cookies that can be installed on the user’s device to:
- to ensure the operation of the site and services, as well as to guarantee the user to be able to use their functions, so-called “technical cookies”;
- to improve the performance of the site and services while browsing the website, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of a service offered through the site, so-called “analytical cookies”;
- allow the data controller and/or third parties to target targeted advertising or in line with the user’s interests, subject to consent, so-called “profiling cookies”.
-Cookies that are distinguished according to duration are those cookies that can remain in the browser of the device for the duration of a session (i.e. until you close the browser used to browse the site or stop using a service) and are called session cookies. Or they may remain stored in your device’s browser for long periods and may contain a unique identifier and are called persistent cookies.
– Cookies can also be distinguished according to the entity that owns the cookie (first-party cookies and third-party cookies).
Cookies may be the property of the site manager and the service itself and, therefore, are installed by the latter in the browser of the user’s device, so-called first-party cookies. It may happen that a site contains cookies, coming from other sites, owned by third parties, contained in various elements hosted on the site itself (for example, advertising banners, images, videos, sounds…) and in this case they are so-called third-party cookies.
Cookies used by this website
Visiting the BioINSouth website involves the use of cookies to improve the user experience. The site uses: technical navigation cookies and analytical cookies.
The user can manage their preferences or refuse the installation of cookies at any time by deleting the history and reconnect to the site where the cookies popup window will open.
- Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies enable services you have specifically asked for. For those types of cookies that are strictly necessary, no consent is required. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. For example these cookies will:
- remember information you’ve entered on forms when you navigate to different pages in a single session, and
- identify you as logged in to the website.
These cookies don’t gather any information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet. These cookies are not used to gather information that could be used to advertise products or services to you or remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you disable these cookies we cannot guarantee or predict how our website will perform during your visit.
- Performance cookies collect information about how you use our website e.g. which pages you visit, and if you experience any errors. We use them only to improve our site or measure response rates. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous and does not in any way impact your privacy. We need to use them to maintain our site’s effectiveness and ease of use and to improve how our website works, understand what interests our users or measure how effective certain features of our website are.
For example we use these to provide statistics on how our website is used. We do not pass this information to anyone. We also use performance cookies to help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur or test different designs of our website.
In some cases, some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties. Where cookies are managed by third parties, any data may be used by such third parties but all data is collected and used in aggregated anonymised form.
Using our site indicates that you accept the use of ‘Performance’ cookies. Accepting these cookies is a condition of using the website, so if you prevent them we cannot guarantee how our site will perform for you.
- Functionality cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings and choices you make to improve your experience during your visit. For example, these cookies will:
- show you when you are logged into the website,
- remember your login details,
- remember the settings you’ve applied such as preferences,
- remember whether we’ve already asked you if you want to fill in a survey, and
- measure traffic received from various websites.
Functionality cookies collect non-identifiable data. No personal details are stored in this process and the information collected is only used in aggregate. We sometimes share some of the information with partners to provide a service on our website. In addition, some of these cookies are managed for us by third parties. In any case, the information shared or collected by third parties is only to be used to provide the service, product or function and not for any other purpose.
We will only collect functionality cookies based on your selection. If you accept the use of cookies we will store this information in a cookie named ‘cookiesettings’.
- Targeting cookies are used to deliver PNO content more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see, as well as help measure the effectiveness of, PNO marketing campaigns.
Social network links
Within the site there is a link depicting the icon of the social network “Linkedin” and which refers to the BioINSouth account on the social network depicted.
The use of these buttons, services and features does not imply the exchange of information with this site. The management of information and how to delete it is regulated by the same: the user is invited to consult the respective privacy policies of LinkedIn.
How long do we keep personal data collected through cookies
The information and data collected through cookies will be stored for the time strictly necessary to pursue the purposes for which each cookie was installed.
To access specific information regarding the storage of information acquired by first-party and third-party cookies and to manage your preferences, you can access our cookie center at any time by clicking on the cookie center.
Your rights and managing your cookie preferences
The user is entitled to the rights provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (so-called GDPR), including the right of access, opposition, cancellation, as well as to change their choices on the use of cookies at any time, through the cookie center. For more information and details on the user’s rights and how to exercise them, the user can consult the complete Privacy Policy (https://www.bioinsouth.eu/privacy-policy/).
Disabling cookies from your browser
The user, in addition to disabling cookies through the cookie center, can configure their browser to restrict the number of cookies accepted, block all cookies or delete them, from the browser settings in the following ways:
1) Microsoft Internet Explorer
By clicking on the tools icon present in the top right corner and select internet options. A pop-up window will be shown, select privacy. In this section, the User can change the cookie settings.
Link: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11-win-7
2) Google Chrome
By clicking on the wrench icon in the top right corner and select settings. Afterward, select show advanced settings. In this section, the User can change the cookie settings.
Link: https://support.google.com/accounts/topic/2373959?hl=it&ref_topic=2373957
3) Mozilla Firefox
From the drop-down menu in the upper left corner, select options. In the pop-up window, select privacy and in the section you will be able to change your cookie preferences.
Link: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Attivare%20e%20disattivare%20i%20cookie#firefox:win7:fx38
4) Safari
From the drop-down settings menu in the upper right corner, select preferences. Then select security and in this section the User can adjust the cookie settings.
Link: https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
Joint controllers – contact information – single point of contact – Transfer of data to non-EU countries
The joint data controllers, specifically indicated in the Privacy Policy (https://www.bioinsouth.eu/privacy-policy/), have identified a single point of contact, a figure to which the data subject must turn, as it is aimed at collecting any report relating to the data subject and all those concerning the joint controllership. The single point of contact is the SPRING Cluster “Sustainable Processes and Resources for Innovation and National Growth” (C.F. 97684680156 and P.IVA 12179510966) in the figure of the DPO for the project BioINSouth, who can be reached at the following e-mail: privacy@bioinsouth.eu.
The user may send, at any time, requests for information, clarifications and exercise their rights, by communication to the address of the single point of contact or through the additional methods indicated in the Privacy Policy (https://www.bioinsouth.eu/privacy-policy/).
The data collected may be transferred to non-EU countries, in particular Turkey where the co-controller TUBITAK, a partner in the project, is based. We would like to point out that, for this country, the European Commission has not issued the adequacy decision, pursuant to art. 45 GDPR, i.e. Turkey is not counted among the “adequate” countries, able to guarantee an adequate level of protection of personal data, to European standards. For this reason, for the purposes of transferring your data to Turkey, pursuant to art. 49 paragraph 1 letter a), the explicit consent of the interested party is required.
