Cookie Policy

Cookie policy of the website (the "Site") of Ste.Ma Srl ("Ste.Ma"), accessible at the URL www.meccanicastema.it.

This information is provided to the user in implementation of the provision of the Guarantor for the protection of personal data of 8 May 2014 "Identification of simplified procedures for the information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies" and in compliance with art. 13 of the Privacy Code (Legislative Decree no. 196/2003) and provides details on the use of cookies on the Site and how to manage them.

What are cookies

Cookies are text strings sent from the website to the user's Internet browser that are automatically stored on the local computer and read when necessary, even during subsequent access to the Site. By default, almost all web browsers are set to automatically accept cookies.

A website can use these categories of cookies:

• Session cookies: which are stored on the user's computer for purely technical-functional needs and which are deleted at the end of the "session" when the browser is closed.
• Persistent cookies: which remain stored on the computer's hard drive until they expire or are deleted by visitors. Through persistent cookies, visitors who access the site are automatically recognized at each visit. Through these cookies it is possibly possible to profile users by noting certain parameters of their browsing behavior.

In addition to this, cookies must be differentiated into:

• First-party cookies: are cookies installed and managed by the owner of the website.
• Third-party cookies: are cookies installed and managed by a third party, external to the website, but authorized by them. An example are the cookies written and managed by Google Analytics or by the social plugins of Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn.

Cookies are also divided into technical and profiling cookies and the main provisions provided by the Cookie Law are based on this distinction:

• Technical cookies: are cookies that are used for the website to function correctly. They are used to perform computer authentications, session monitoring and storage of specific information. They do not have any purpose of profiling user behavior and are usually installed directly by the website owner.
• Profiling cookies: are cookies necessary to profile users by tracking some of their parameters. They have various purposes, including those of showing advertising messages in line with personal tastes. They can be installed by the website owner or by a third party.

Cookies used

Our Site uses the following cookies. In the case of third-party cookies, the relative information will be indicated, to which please refer.

First-party cookies

Type	Duration
Technical	session and persistent

Other links

For more conscious use of cookies and their management, we invite you to consult the following sites:

• www.garanteprivacy.it/cookie
• www.youronlinechoices.com/it

The operating methods as well as the options for restricting or blocking cookies can be made by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can also visit the website, in English, www.aboutcookies.org for information on how to manage/delete cookies based on the type of browser used.

To delete cookies from the Internet browser of your smartphone/tablet, you must refer to the device's user manual.

Total or partial disabling of technical cookies may compromise the use of site functions. For disabling of third-party cookies it does not affect navigability in any way.