Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy provides information for users on the way we use cookies and/or monitoring technologies to collect information given when they visit the www.gridspertise.com website (hereafter the “Website”).
1. What are “cookies”?
1.1. Cookies are small text files that websites send to users’ devices (e.g. computer, tablet, smartphone, notebook, etc.), where they are saved and then sent back to the same sites on the user’s next visit. Cookies may require the user’s prior consent.
1.2. Cookies allow the device on which they are stored to be identified for the entire period of their validity or registration. During visits to the Website, navigation data-related information received from the user’s device may be stored in cookies installed on the latter.
1.3. Cookies perform different functions and make navigating the Website more efficient by remembering the user’s preferences and enhancing their navigation experience. They can also help personalise the advertisements shown during navigation and the marketing activities aimed at the user, ensuring that they reflect his/her interests and preferences.
1.4. Cookie settings can be changed at any time. The following information provides further detail about the cookies used by the Website and the ways the settings relating to them can be managed.
2. Types of Cookies used
2.1. When a user connects to the Website via their web browser, cookies may be installed on their device in order to enable the Website to recognise that device, ensuring the effective use of the Website for the lifetime of the cookies.
2.2. When navigating the Website, cookies may also be sent to the device from other sites or servers (i.e. “third parties”); these may contain certain elements (e.g. images, maps, sound, specific links to pages in other domains) present on the site being visited. With regard to this profile, these may be:
2.2.1. First party cookies, sent directly by Gridspertise to the user’s device.
2.2.2. Third party cookies, which are sent by a third party but on Gridspertise’s behalf.
2.3 Gridspertise uses the following type of cookies:
2.3.1. Technical cookies: their use doesn’t require the user’s consent and is strictly limited to the transmission of session-identifying data (numbers generated randomly by the server) necessary for the secure, efficient navigation of the Website; these are not persistent cookies stored on the user’s computer but are erased when the browser is closed. These cookies are used for security reasons and to improve the service offered to users.
2.3.2. Analytics Cookies: Gridspertise uses cookies to analyse the number of users that visit the Website and the ways in which the Website is used, collecting the information in aggregate form. This kind of cookies are implemented in a way that can be considered Technical cookies, therefore the user’s consent is not required. Where they can’t be considered as technical cookies, user’s consent is requested.
3. Managing Cookies using your browser settings
3.1. Almost all web browsers allow you to check which cookies are on your hard drive, block all cookies or receive a warning every time a cookie is installed. In some cases, however, failure to install a cookie may make it impossible to use some areas of the Website in question.
3.2. Below are the main ways in which the most popular browsers enable users to choose their cookie use options:
3.3. If you are using a mobile device, you should consult the instruction manual for information on how to manage cookies.
3.4. For further information on cookies and also on how to view the ones set on your device, how to manage or remove them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
For further information on user personal data processing, please read our Privacy Policy