Pursuant to European Regulation 2016/679 (hereinafter also the "Regulation") and to national law, Regione Lombardia (hereinafter also the "Controller"), in its capacity as Controller provides below the extended information concerning the cookies installed on en Regione Lombardia hereinafter also the "Site") with the aim of illustrating the types and methods of use as well as providing indications on how to refuse or delete the cookies installed.
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that web applications send to visitors for various purposes.
These can be classified according to various criteria:
- Site generating them: first-party cookies, set directly by the operator of the site you are visiting, and third-party cookies, set by a website other than the one you are visiting.
Purposes of use: technical cookies, aimed at managing the technical aspects necessary to provide a service requested by the user, such as navigating a website, managing a user's session or automatically recognising the user's preferred language. Among these types of cookies, analytical cookies are also used, anonymised and in aggregate form, in order to collect information on the number of users and how they visit the website and thus process general statistics on the service and its use.
First-party profiling cookies, used to analyse the user's browsing characteristics and create profiles based on their behavior on .
Third-party cookies, are cookies used by 'third-party' services, managed directly by third parties and of which the Site Owner does not carry out any processing, which may also use profiling cookies.
- Duration: permanent cookies, which are stored in the device permanently, temporary cookies, which have a variable and limited duration, session cookies, which disappear when the browser is closed or when logging out.
2. What cookies are used on this site and for what purposes
2.1 Technical cookies (do not require the consent of the data subject)
This Site uses technical cookies which are indispensable for the Site to function properly, to allow efficient navigation on the Site and to guarantee the safety of visitors' navigation. These cookies are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned above and to enable the use of the content and services requested by the user. Users' prior consent is not required for the installation of such cookies.
Moreover, the Site uses analytical cookies through the Web Analitycs Italia (WAI) information collection system in order to statistically analyse accesses or visits to the Site. These cookies can be assimilated to technical cookies because they are used directly and only by the site manager to collect significant information, in aggregate form, concerning, for example, how users interface with telematic systems, i.e. which devices, operating systems or browsers are used for access; the quality and usability of the sites themselves, assessable by simple indicators such as the quantity of visits, their duration, page loading speed or searches made by the user.
The information collected by this type of cookie is in a form that does not allow the user to be identified as WAI, based on Matomo, uses by default the anonymization of the users IP address. These cookies do not require the User's prior consent to be installed and used. For further information on the processing of personal data carried out by Web Analytics Italia, please consult WAI's privacy policy.
2.2 Third-party cookies (require the consent of the data subject)
On this Site, subject to the expression of consent by the interested party, "third party" services may be used, managed directly by third parties and of which the Site Owner does not carry out any processing, which may use profiling cookies. For example, third-party cookies may be transmitted when viewing videos that reside on a YouTube channel or other content incorporated into the Site by external services (e.g. Facebook or Twitter social walls).
Specifically, subject to consent, cookies are installed for the youtube service; cookies are also installed for mediaportal content.
For further information on the processing of personal data, please refer to the latter's privacy policy
Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=it
Fastweb: https://www.fastweb.it/adsl-fibra-ottica/cookie-policy/
Failure by the user to provide consent will preclude the possibility of using the additional content and functionality related to the installation of third-party cookies.
3. Information on the handling of cookies by the user
On first access to the Site all first-party profiling cookies and/or third-party cookies, if any, are blocked, while only the technical and functional cookies described above are active. In application of the provision of the Italian Supervisory authority "Guidelines cookies and other tracking tools" - 10 June 2021 [9677876] for the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies", users of the Site can give their explicit consent to the installation of profiling cookies on their PC, through the banner that appears at the first access. At any time, users can still view the cookies to which they have given their consent and, if necessary, modify their preferences.
3.1 Disabling the use of cookies
You can disable all cookies stored on your hard disk by accessing the appropriate section within your browser. Below are links to specific instructions for the main browsers in use:
- Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=ie-9
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Attivare%20e%20disattivare%20i%20cookie
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/itit/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
3.2 Activate anonymous browsing mode
With this function, which is now available in all browsers, it is possible to surf the Internet without saving any information about the sites and pages visited.
However, please note that browsing data, even when this functionality is activated, are recorded and stored by website operators and connectivity providers.
3.3 Deleting Cookies Directly
Currently, almost all browsers allow you to delete installed cookies.
For further instructions, please consult the help of your browser or visit one of the following links:
- Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=ie-9
- Firefox:https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Eliminare%20i%20cookie
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it&ref_topic=3421433
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
However, with each new session the cookies will be re-installed; for this reason, you are advised to perform this operation periodically or use automated functions for periodic deletion.
4. Controller
The Controller is Regione Lombardia based in Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, 20124 Milano.
5. Data Protection Officer (DPO)
The Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be contacted at the following e-mail address: rpd@regione.lombardia.it.
6. Scope of knowledge and dissemination of data
For third-party cookies, operated directly by third parties, please refer to the privacy policy of the latter for further information on the processing of personal data.
7. Transfer of personal data to non-EU countries
Personal data collected are transferred outside the European Union in the manner permitted by the Regulation, pursuant to Art. 44 et seq.
8. Rights of the data subject
Pursuant to Articles 15-22 of the Regulation, the following rights may be asserted, where applicable:
- Right of access to data, by making an appropriate request for the following information: purposes and methods of processing; categories of personal data in question; recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be communicated; period of data retention; logic applied to processing; identification details of the data controller and data processors;
- Right of rectification, request for supplementation/amendment of data;
- Right of deletion, the request for the deletion of data without undue delay, without prejudice to all retention obligations imposed by law;
- Right to data portability, the request to receive personal data in a structured, commonly used and readable format.
Requests for the exercise of rights should be sent to the e-mail address presidenza@pec.regione.lombardia.it or by registered mail to the address Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, 20124 Milano, all'attenzione della Direzione Centrale Affari istituzionali, Generali e Società Partecipate – Vicesegretario Generale.
There is also the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority under Art. 77 of the Regulation.