Cookie Policy

To ensure the proper functioning of procedures and improve the user experience, this website uses technical and “third-party” cookies.

Definition and duration of cookies

Cookies are small amounts of information stored in a text file that websites visited by the user send to their devices, usually to the browser, to be transmitted during the next browsing session carried out by the same user on the same site. Cookies can only be read by the website that created them. Their purpose is to track user preferences and provide a better browsing experience.

The function of a cookie is to help the website identify a user during the browsing session. Therefore, there are temporary cookies related to the current browsing session, which remain active only until the browser is closed or the logout command is executed, and there are permanent cookies that remain available even during subsequent browsing sessions. The duration of these cookies is determined by the server at the time of their creation: in some cases, there is an expiration date, while in others, the duration is unlimited.

Expression of Consent

This site uses a cookie banner, which is a pop-up notice shown to each user upon their first access from any device. The banner explicitly states the use of cookies by the site and requests consent for their installation. It also provides links to the full Privacy Policy.

Under the GDPR, the collected consent is fully documented. This includes, in addition to the services and service groups to which the visitor has consented, all cookie banner settings at the time of consent, as well as technical circumstances (e.g., size of the displayed area at the time of consent) and user interactions (e.g., button clicks) that led to the consent. Consent is collected once per language.

The user is able to express their consent or dissent at any time.

Types of Cookies

Based on the characteristics and use of cookies, different types can be distinguished:

Technical Cookies: necessary for the normal functioning of the site, they are used solely for the purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide that service.” They are not used for any other purposes and are usually installed directly by the website owner or manager.

They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which ensure the normal navigation and use of the website; analytics cookies, considered technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect aggregated information on the number of users and how they visit the site; functional cookies, which allow the user to navigate based on a set of selected criteria in order to improve the service provided to them.

For the installation of such cookies, the prior consent of users is not required, but the obligation to provide information according to Article 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679 remains in place, which the website operator, if using only such devices, may provide in the manner it deems most appropriate.

Profiling cookies: aimed at creating user profiles and used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user during online browsing. Due to the particular invasiveness that such devices can have in the users’ private sphere, European and Italian regulations require that users be adequately informed about their use and express their valid consent accordingly.

It is provided that “the storage of information in the terminal equipment of a contracting party or user or access to information already stored is only allowed on condition that the contracting party or user has given their consent after being informed using the simplified methods referred to in Article 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679.

This website does not use profiling cookies.

Third-Party Cookies

By visiting this website, you may receive cookies from websites managed by other organizations (“third parties”). An example of this is the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or LinkedIn, as well as integrated systems for displaying multimedia content such as YouTube.

These are parts generated directly by the aforementioned sites and integrated into the web page of the visited hosting site. The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all third-party managed sites. The management of information collected by “third parties” is governed by their respective privacy policies.

Disabling third-party cookies does not in any way affect navigability.

Settings can be specifically defined for different websites and web applications. Additionally, browsers allow for different settings for “first-party” and “third-party” cookies. Documentation on how to configure cookie management rules for your browser is easily available on the internet.

Cookies used by the website

To ensure greater transparency, the tracking technologies we use and the web addresses for the different cookie policies and management methods are listed below:

Technical Cookies (or Necessary Cookies) are tracking tools that are strictly necessary to guarantee the operation and provision of the requested service, and therefore, they do not require any consent.

  • Google reCAPTCHA: This is a solution used to detect bots and prevent spam when entering data into the website’s forms. Cookies are used to identify the user as a known user to Google and to estimate the user’s malignancy. The collected data can be linked to data about users who have logged into their Google accounts on google.com or on a localized version of Google.

For more information, please refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy 

  • WordPress: This is a content management system that allows users to write comments for blog articles and other content. The cookie stores the name, email address, and website of a commenter for displaying again if the commenter wishes to write another comment on this website.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.europassitalian.com/privacy-policy/

  • WooCommerce: This is an e-commerce software that enables the purchase of courses and other services on this website. Cookies are used to collect items in a shopping cart, store the user’s cart in the website’s database, store recently viewed products and display them again, and allow users to dismiss notices in the online store.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.europassitalian.com/privacy-policy/

Functional Cookies are tracking tools that allow for a personalized user experience by improving settings management and enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

  • Instagram: This allows for the embedding of content published on instagram.com directly into websites. Cookies are used to collect visited websites and detailed statistics on user behavior. This data can be linked to data from registered users on youtube.com and google.com or localized versions of these services.

For more information, please refer to: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

  • YouTube: This allows for the embedding of content published on youtube.com directly into websites. Cookies are used to collect visited websites and detailed statistics on user behavior. This data can be linked to data from registered users on youtube.com and google.com or localized versions of these services.

For more information, please refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • Google Maps: This displays maps on the website as iframes or through JavaScript directly embedded as part of the website. No technically necessary cookies are set on the user’s client, but technical and personal data such as IP address will be transmitted from the client to the service provider’s server to enable the use of the service.

For more information, please refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Statistical cookies are tracking tools that allow measuring traffic and analyzing user behavior with the aim of improving the service.

  • Google Analytics (GA4) is a service for creating detailed statistics about user behavior on the website. Cookies are used to differentiate users, store information related to the campaign for and from the user, and link data from multiple page views.

For more information, please refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy

  • Google Analytics is a service for creating detailed statistics about user behavior on the website. Cookies are used to differentiate users, limit the frequency of requests, link the client ID to the user’s AMP client ID, store information related to the campaign for and from the user, and link data from multiple page views.

For more information, please refer to: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Marketing cookies are tracking tools that allow the delivery of personalized commercial content based on the behavior of the specific user and the management, provision, and tracking of advertisements.

  • Facebook Page Plugin displays information about our Facebook fan page. Cookies are used to collect Likes as well as track visited websites. This data can be linked to the data of registered users on facebook.com with their Facebook accounts.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

  • Facebook Pixel helps determine the target audience for displaying ads within the Facebook advertising network. The Facebook Pixel also allows tracking the effectiveness of Facebook ads. With the additional “extended matching” feature, information stored in the user’s personal Facebook account, such as email addresses or Facebook IDs, is used in encrypted form to reach the audience. Cookies are used to differentiate users and record their behavior on the website in detail, linking this data with advertising data from the Facebook advertising network. This data can be linked to the data of registered users on facebook.com with their Facebook accounts.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

  • Hotjar is a service for behavior analysis and user feedback collection. It creates heatmaps and session recordings of user behavior on the website and conducts surveys. Cookies are used to identify the user across multiple subpages, store survey states, control the playback of displays, and link the data collected during session recordings.

For more information, please refer to: https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy

Cookie management

The user can decide whether to accept or reject cookies by using their browser settings. Disabling cookies, either partially or entirely, may compromise the optimal use of the website. However, disabling “third-party” cookies does not affect navigability in any way.

The settings can be specifically defined for different websites and web applications. Additionally, browsers allow for different settings for “first-party” and “third-party” cookies.

Here are links to the most commonly used browsers where you can find instructions on how to manage cookie settings according to your preferences:

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