Cookie Policy

Alleanza Contro il Cancro (Alliance Against Cancer) wants to ensure that users’ browsing of the site is pleasant and trouble-free. For this reason, the healthbidata.it website uses “cookies” to collect information about your use of it. This cookie policy forms an integral part of the Privacy Policy available here.

1. What are cookies?

1.1. Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognises the cookie.

1.2. Cookies allow our systems to recognise your device and quickly implement certain settings.

1.3. As soon as a user accesses the site, a cookie is sent to the hard disk of the user’s device.

2. Why are cookies useful?

2.1. Cookies are useful because:
– they allow a site to recognise the user’s device and target the content displayed according to the user’s interests;
– they allow the site to be improved in order to provide you with a better service that is better suited to your needs;
– they allow us to recognise your device when you visit our site;
– they allow us to store information about your favourite activities on the site so that we can tailor the site to your preferences. Subject to applicable law, this may include, for example, sending advertisements based on your personal interests and increasing the speed of response to your requests.

2.2. Further information on cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. For an explanatory video on cookies, please visit Google’s cookie information page.

3. Types of cookies

There are two categories of cookies: “proprietary cookies” and “third-party cookies”:

3.1. Proprietary cookies are cookies that are sent directly from the site operator to the user’s computer and are often used to recognise the user’s computer when they revisit the site and to remember their preferences when browsing the site. In practice, these are cookies managed by us.

3.2. Third-party cookies are used by a service provider on behalf of the site operator and may be used by the service provider to recognise your computer when you visit other websites. Third-party cookies are commonly used for website analysis or advertising purposes.

Cookies can be divided into two further categories: technical cookies and profiling cookies.

3.3. Technical cookies ensure optimal use of the website by making navigation faster and easier and are used for the sole purpose of enabling easy use of online services. We need to use these cookies because, without them, some sections of the site would not be accessible or would be difficult to use. Your consent is not required for the use of technical cookies; moreover, it is not possible to deactivate them via your browser and the legal basis allowing us to use them is our legitimate interest in the proper functioning of the site. Cookies that enable navigation based on a selected set of criteria (e.g. language) also fall into the category of technical cookies. Finally, analytical cookies, through which we learn about statistical information, collected in aggregate form, relating to the number of visitors and how they use the site, are also considered as technical cookies. In the event that the information is not collected in aggregate and instead includes identifying data (e.g. the IP address used by the user’s device), the cookies used to collect this additional data will be qualified as profiling cookies, which will only be active once your consent has been collected.

3.4. Profiling cookies are used to collect information on your browsing habits (pages visited, items placed in your shopping basket, etc.): this data is used by us to offer you personalised content and advertising. Profiling cookies may be proprietary if managed directly by us or third-party, i.e. owned by our business partners.

4. Use of cookies

4.1. This table explains which cookies we use and why.