Cookie Policy

Technical and Session Cookie Information

This policy explains the different types of cookies used on the Site and how you can control them.
Cookies serve to improve the services we offer you. Some are strictly necessary for the site’s functionality, while others allow for performance optimization and provide a better user experience.

The website www.meditech.it uses cookies.

Cookies are small text files generated by the websites you visit, which maintain session data that could be used later on the site. This data allows the site to maintain your information between pages and also to analyze how you interact with the site. Cookies are secure; they can only store information that is entered by the browser, relating to access in the browser itself or that is included in the requested page. They cannot transform into code and cannot be used to access your computer. If a website encrypts the information in the cookie, only that website can read the information.

The data controller is MEDITECH, based in Via Filippo Brunelleschi, 45 41125 Modena, and uses the following cookies:

Session Cookies:

These identify the user during their session on the website and allow for interaction with it. They are deleted by the system once the session has ended.

Permanent or Analytical Cookies:

These are stored on a user’s device between browser sessions and allow for the storage of user preferences or actions regarding a site (or in some cases regarding different websites). These are cookies used by both us and third parties to perform statistical browsing analyses that allow us to quantify the number of users arriving at our site, pages viewed, or the number of clicks made on a site page. These analyses are used internally and anonymously exclusively for statistical purposes to improve our product and service offerings. This information obtained through cookies is also used to prevent fraud and improve the security of our website.

To analyze site usage by users, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer to allow the website to analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored on Google’s servers in the United States. Google (as an independent data controller) will use this information for the purpose of tracking and examining your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services related to website activity and Internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the aforementioned information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. The Google Analytics system on this website has been set up to reduce the identifying power of cookies, and functions that allow the third party to cross-reference information have also been disabled. With these settings, this type of cookie is equivalent to a technical cookie.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, but this may prevent you from using all the features of this website. For further information, please consult Google’s privacy policy available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html

Google Tag Manager is also present on the site. For more information, please refer to http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/

Which cookies we use

The following list shows the cookies used on the Site and their function:

_ga Third-party tracking cookie (Google Analytics*) used for visit analysis. Duration: 2 years.
_gat Third-party tracking cookie (Google Analytics*) used for visit analysis. Duration: 10 minutes

Our site does not use profiling or advertising cookies:

These are cookies necessary to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the pages of the Site. According to current legislation (Directive 2009/136 which modified the “e-Privacy” Directive (2002/58/EC) and the provision “Identification of simplified procedures for information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies – 8 May 2014”), our site is not required to ask for consent for technical and analytics cookies, as they are necessary to provide the requested services.

How to control, manage, and delete cookies

Most web browsers accept cookies, but you can generally modify your web browser settings to refuse cookies, disable existing ones, or simply be informed when a new cookie is sent to your computer. To ensure your browser rejects cookies, refer to the instructions provided by the browser provider (usually within the “Help”, “Tools”, or “Edit” menu). Please note that if you refuse or disable cookies, some of the website’s functionalities may be lost.

Some instructions for disabling cookies

Firefox:

  1. Open Firefox
  2. Press the “Alt” key on the keyboard
  3. In the toolbar located at the top of the browser, select “Tools” and then “Options”
  4. Then select the “Privacy” tab
  5. Go to “History Settings:” and then to “Use custom settings”. Deselect “Accept cookies from sites” and save your preferences.

Internet Explorer:

  1. Open Internet Explorer
  2. Click on the “Tools” button and then on “Internet Options”
  3. Select the “Privacy” tab and move the slider to the privacy level you wish to set (upwards to block all cookies or downwards to allow them all)
  4. Then click OK

Google Chrome:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. Click on the “Tools” icon
  3. Select “Settings” and then “Advanced settings”
  4. Select “Content settings” under the “Privacy” heading
  5. In the “Cookies” tab, you can deselect cookies and save your preferences

Safari:

  1. Open Safari
  2. Choose “Preferences” in the toolbar, then select the “Security” panel in the dialog box that follows
  3. In the “Accept cookies” section, you can specify if and when Safari should save cookies from websites. For further information, click on the Help button (marked with a question mark)
  4. For more information on the cookies stored on your computer, click on “Show cookies”

For further information on how to control, manage, and delete cookies on your device, visit:
https://webcookies.org/ or
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html or
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Cookies

NOTE: If you use a web browser not included in the list above, please refer to your browser’s documentation or online help for further information. Users are advised that the Data Controller acts merely as a technical intermediary for the links provided in this document and cannot assume any responsibility in the event of any modification.