This Cookie Policy relates to the site https://www.poliedra.polimi.it/ managed and operated by Consortium Poliedra with registered office in Milan, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32 20133 and operational headquarters in Milan, Via Giuseppe Colombo 40, 20133 CF – VAT number 12903700156 – is the data Controller of the processing of personal data (“POLIEDRA”, or also “Controller”).

 

What are cookies

Cookies are small text strings sent to the user of the website visited, which are stored in the users’ device and allow the website to recognize users and store certain information about them. Cookies can be recovered during following visits.

 

Cookies can be divided into the following categories:

• Technical cookies: they are used for purposes strictly connected to the correct functioning of the site; in particular to: “carry 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 contractor or by the user to provide this service” (see art. 122, paragraph 1, of the Privacy Code); the Authority for the Protection of Personal Data in its Guidelines, published on 9 July 2021, on “Cookies and other tracking tools” (see Provision no. 231 of 10 June 2021) specifies that: “for use of cookies and other technical identifiers, by virtue of the function performed and within the limits and conditions referred to, the data controller will be subject to the sole obligation to provide specific information, also possibly included within that of a general nature, returning their use in a codified hypothesis of exemption from the obligation to acquire the consent of the interested party“.
• Profiling cookies: they allow information about the user to be obtained and can be used for unsolicited uses, such as the display of advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing. The art. 122 of the Privacy Code establishes that: “the storage of information in the terminal device of a contractor or a user or access to information already stored is permitted only on condition that the contractor or user has given his consent after have been informed with the simplified procedures referred to in article 13, paragraph 3 “(article 122, paragraph 1, of the Code) .
• Analytics cookies: they are comparable to technical cookies and other identifiers if: “ they are used only to produce aggregate statistics and in relation to a single site or a single mobile application; for those of third parties, at least the fourth component of the IP address is masked; third parties refrain from combining analytics cookies, thus minimized, with other processing (customer files or statistics of visits to other sites, for example) or from transmitting them to other third parties. However, third parties are allowed to produce statistics with data relating to multiple domains, websites or apps that can be traced back to the same publisher or business group “(see Annex 1 to the provision of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data no. 231 of 10 June 2021 “Guidelines for cookies and other tracking tools”).

 

Furthermore, cookies are divided into:

• First-party cookies : they are transmitted directly from the website visited;
• Third-party cookies : they are transmitted by third-party companies present on the site visited by means of specific codes that have been included to integrate additional functions into the site.

 

Cookies used by the POLIEDRA site and their purposes

This site uses exclusively technical first-party cookies, essential for the functioning of the session on the site, and not profiling cookies.

Specifically, the following is a list of the main cookies used on the site and their descriptions and functions, including the time duration.

1) Type of Cookie First functional part

Poliedra origin
Purpose: Retrieve user settings (save the user’s session and remember some settings such as accessibility settings)
Persistent cookie duration

2) Type of Cookie First part – Functional

POLIEDRA origin
Purpose: To memorize the user’s location and remember the language settings (anonymously)

3) Type of Cookie First part – Functional

POLIEDRA origin
Purpose: Customize the content of the page according to the device used by the user, his choices and settings (anonymously)

 

HOW TO DISABLE MATOMO ANALYTICS
In any case, the user can prevent Matomo Analytics from collecting the actions performed on the site, by unchecking the opt-out to this link.
You can choose to prevent this website from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take here. This will protect your privacy, but will prevent the site owner from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

 

Duration of cookies
The cookies used by this site terminate their validity at the end of the session.

 

Management of cookies

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but the user can usually change the settings to disable this function. It is possible to block all types of cookies, or accept to receive only some and disable others. The “Options” or “Preferences” sections in the browser menu allow you to avoid receiving cookies and other user tracking technologies, and how to get notification from the browser of the activation of these technologies. Alternatively, it is also possible to consult the “Help” section of the toolbar present in most browsers.

You can select the browser used from the list below and follow the instructions: Internet Explorer; Chrome; Safari; Firefox; Opera.

From mobile device:  Android; Safari.

Disabling cookies may limit your ability to use the site and prevent you from fully benefiting from the features and services.