Cookie Policy

What cookies are and how we use them

A cookie is a text file that is saved on a computer, tablet, smartphone or any other device used to access the internet. The cookie records the user’s navigation history and site preferences. We use cookies to facilitate navigation and personalize your use of our website, allowing you to be identified when you access our website and indicating what sections of our website you visit, helping us to evaluate the effectiveness of our publicity and understand user behaviour to improve our communication and services.

Cookies allow us to record information regarding traffic flows and visits to the pages of our website. All information obtained via cookies is processed and stored in a secure manner.

The purpose of cookies is to personalize user access to our website, optimize navigation and functionality of our website, improve our services, and provide personalized content and/or advertising on the basis of user preferences by analysing navigation habits.

Types of cookies

Cookies are generally classified as follows:

– Session cookies: these are removed once the user closes the browser and thus only exist during the time that the user is navigating the website;

– Persistent cookies: these are stored for a certain length of time on the device used to navigate the internet. They expire on a specific date or after a specific length of time, depending on the cookie.

– First-party and third-party cookies: these belong to the owner of the website or to third parties, respectively.

The Memorial website uses the following types of cookies:

– Technical cookies

Technical cookies are necessary for navigating the Memorial website and using all its various functionalities.

Pursuant to Directive 2009/136/EC, enacted in Italy by Legislative Decree no 69 of 28 May 2012, technical cookies that are necessary for the use of a website do not require user consent. However, in order to provide the user with complete and clear information, the table below provides a list of the types of cookies that are strictly necessary for the use of the website.

– Tracking cookies

These cookies allow us to improve our website by monitoring and analysing user behaviour and creating profiles for each to ease navigation and use of services.

For example, tracking cookies help us keep track of frequently visited web pages, user preferences, what products have already been viewed so that they will not be suggested again, and to assess the effectiveness of advertisements published on the website and any difficulties encountered by the user when navigating the website.

The Foundation also uses Google Analytics services to assess how websites are used. Google Analytics uses session and persistent cookies to collect anonymous information (including IP address) on how users use the website. This information is transmitted from the user’s browser to Google servers located in the United States. The information is used by Google to analyse the use of the website by the user, create reports on website activity for use by website operators, and provide other services regarding website activity and internet use. Google may also communicate this information to third parties where required by law or where said third parties process the information on behalf of Google.

Additional information regarding the Google Analytics services and how to disable cookies can be found at http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

The information collected does not allow the user to be identified personally: all data are aggregated and thus anonymous.

– Third-party and social media cookies

The website may allow the use of third-party cookies that collect information on user navigation on the internet and within the Memorial website.

Certain pages on our website allow you to share content on social media such as Facebook or Twitter.

We do not control these cookies. For further information on how the third party uses the cookies, we recommend visiting the website of the given third party.

Data storage

As stated above, different cookies have different lifetimes: session cookies expire as soon as the user exits their browser; persistent cookies have standard expiration periods that generally do not exceed 6 months.

Cookie management

The user may, at any time, refuse to accept any or all cookies used by this website via their browser’s cookie settings.

Each browser has specific instructions for configuring cookie settings. For more specific information on disabling cookies please visit the browser website.  

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Internet Explorer

Apple Safari

If you wish exclusively to disable the Google Analytics cookies, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=it.

If you disable cookies it will still be possible to use portions of the website, but some services may not be available.