WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A “cookie” is a text file saved on the user’s computer when they access a website with the purpose of providing information every time the user returns to the same site. It is a sort of reminder of the internet page visited. With the cookie, the web server sends information to the user’s browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) stored on the computer of the latter, and will be reread and updated every time the user returns to the site. In this way the website can automatically adapt to the user. During navigation, the user may also receive cookies from different sites on his terminal (“third party” cookies), set directly by the managers of said websites and used for the purposes and according to the methods defined by them. Depending on their duration, they are divided into session cookies (i.e. temporary cookies and automatically deleted from the terminal at the end of the browsing session, by closing the browser) and persistent cookies (i.e. those that remain stored on the terminal until they expire or are deleted by the user).
Based on their function and purpose of use, cookies can be divided into technical cookies and profiling cookies.
TECHNICAL COOKIES
Some cookies are used to perform computer authentication, session monitoring and storage of specific information about users who access a web page. These cookies, called technical cookies, are often useful to allow you to navigate a website and use all its features. Technical cookies are those whose use does not require the user’s consent. Analytics cookies also belong to this category. These are cookies that collect information about how a user uses a website and that allow its operation to be improved. For example, analytics cookies show which pages are most frequently visited, allow you to check which are the recurring patterns of use of a website and help you understand any difficulties that the user encounters in using it.
PROFILING COOKIES
Other cookies can instead be used to monitor and profile users while browsing, study their movements and habits of web browsing or consumption (what they buy, what they read, etc.), also for the purpose of sending targeted and personalized advertising services. In this case, we speak of profiling cookies. The use of these cookies requires the prior acquisition of the free informed consent of the user pursuant to art. 7 of EU Regulation 2016/679.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
It may also happen that a web page contains cookies from other sites and contained in various elements hosted on the page itself, such as advertising banners, images, videos, maps or specific links to web pages of other domains that reside on servers other than the one on which the requested page is located. In other words, these cookies are set directly by managers of websites or servers other than this website. In these cases, we are talking about the so-called third-party cookies, which are usually used for profiling purposes. The use of these cookies requires the prior acquisition of the free informed consent of the user.
TYPES OF COOKIES USED BY OUR SITE
The main functions of the cookies installed by frogcharter.com are technical, they are used to constantly improve the Service, for authentication, for statistical purposes, such as counting visits to the site. The use of cookies is therefore strictly aimed at facilitating the server functions during navigation of the Service. The site also allows the sending of the following third-party cookies. These cookies are not tools of our ownership, for more information, therefore, it is possible to access the information and the consent acquisition forms of the third parties, by clicking on the links provided. To improve the website and understand which parts or elements are most appreciated by users, third-party cookies of Google Analytics are used as an anonymous and aggregate analysis tool. These cookies are not tools of our ownership, for more information, therefore, it is possible to consult the information provided by Google. The pages of the website incorporate within them some widgets and sharing buttons of Facebook and Google Plus, to allow the user to share the contents of the website on their social channels, and to interact with our channels. These cookies are not tools of our ownership, but are created respectively by Facebook and Google when you use the respective widget or sharing button. To learn more, visit the following information pages: Facebook and Google. Some web pages incorporate YouTube video content. By visiting a page containing a video, or clicking to view the video, cookies from YouTube may be called. These cookies are not tools of our ownership. To learn more, visit the Google information page. The website may use Facebook ADS programs managed by Facebook Inc., Google Adwords and Google Remarketing technology, managed by Google Inc. The conversion tracking function of Facebook ADS and AdWords also uses cookies to help us keep track of sales and other conversions.
COOKIE MANAGEMENT
The user can manage their cookie preferences through the functions present in common browsers that allow you to delete/remove cookies (all or some) or change the settings of the browser itself in order to block the sending of cookies or limit it to specific sites (compared to others). Therefore, it is possible to deny the use of cookies by following the disabling procedure provided by your browser. Below are the methods proposed by the main browsers: Microsoft Windows Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Google Analytics by downloading a specific browser plug-in. To obtain information on the cookies stored on your terminal and to deactivate them individually, please refer to the link: www.youronlinechoices.com/it/le-tue-scelte.
SOCIAL NETWORK PLUGIN
The site also incorporates plugins and/or commands for social networks, in order to allow easy sharing of content on your favorite social networks. These plugins are programmed so as not to set any cookies when accessing the page, to safeguard the privacy of users. Cookies are set, if required by the social networks, only when the user makes effective and voluntary use of the plugin. Please note that if the user navigates while logged into the social network then he has already consented to the use of cookies conveyed through this site at the time of registration to the social network. The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are governed by the respective privacy policies of the social networks, to which we ask you to refer.