Cookie Policy of environomica.org
This document informs Users about the technologies that help this Website to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with this Website.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
This Website uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information – such as the presence of other Trackers - in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
To find more information dedicated to Californian consumers and their privacy rights, Users may read the privacy policy.
Activities strictly necessary for the operation of this Website and delivery of the Service
This Website uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
First-party Trackers
-
Further information about Personal Data
Preference Cookies (this Website)
Preference Cookies store the User preferences detected on this Website in the local domain such as, for example, their timezone and region.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
localStorage (this Website)
localStorage allows this Website to store and access data right in the User's browser with no expiration date.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
sessionStorage (this Website)
sessionStorage allows this Website to store and access data right in the User's browser. Data in sessionStorage is deleted automatically when the session ends (in other words, when the browser tab is closed).
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Third-party Trackers
-
Handling payments
Unless otherwise specified, this Website processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers. In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers. This Website isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.
PayPal (PayPal Inc.)
PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.
Personal Data processed: billing address, device information, email address, first name, last name, payment info, purchase history, Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- akavpau_ppsd: duration of the session
- enforce_policy: duration of the session
- l7_az: duration of the session
- nsid: duration of the session
- ts: duration of the session
- tsrce: duration of the session
- x-cdn: duration of the session
- x-pp-s: duration of the session
-
Hosting and backend infrastructure
This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website.
Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
SiteGround Hosting
SiteGround Hosting is a hosting service provided by SiteGround Hosting Ltd. or by SiteGround Spain S.L., depending on the location this Website is accessed from.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy; Spain – Privacy Policy; Netherlands – Privacy Policy.
-
Traffic optimisation and distribution
This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimise their performance.
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Website and the User's browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information of the User are transferred.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimisation and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Website to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
-
Collection of privacy-related preferences
This type of service allows this Website to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the collection, use, and processing of their personal information, as requested by the applicable privacy legislation.
iubenda Cookie Solution (iubenda srl)
The iubenda Cookie Solution allows the Owner to collect and store Users’ preferences related to the processing of personal information and in particular to the use of Cookies and other Trackers on this Website.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _iub_cs-*: 1 year
- usprivacy: 1 year
-
Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Website, therefore allowing the provision of this Website from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
WordPress.com
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. or by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Website.
Personal Data processed: billing address, Data communicated while using the service, device information, email address, first name, last name, payment info, phone number, Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _icl_current_language: 1 day
- tk_lr: 1 year
Other activities involving the use of Trackers
Basic interactions & functionalities
This Website uses Trackers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.
-
Contacting the User
Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: city, county, date of birth, email address, first name, last name, physical address, Trackers, Usage Data and ZIP/Postal code.
-
Registration and authentication
By registering or authenticating, Users allow this Website to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.
Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services. In this case, this Website will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes; to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.
WordPress.com Single Sign On
WordPress.com Single Sign On is a registration and authentication service provided by Automattic Inc. or by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd., depending on the location this Website is accessed from, and is connected to the WordPress.com network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- tk_or: 5 years
- tk_r3d: 3 days
- tk_rl: duration of the session
-
Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralised fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _dc_gtm_*: 1 minute
- _gcl_au: 3 months
Experience enhancement
This Website uses Trackers to provide a personalised user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.
-
Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
-
Interaction with external social networks and platforms
This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website.
The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on this Website isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.
PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.)
The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- akavpau_ppsd: duration of the session
- ts: duration of the session
Measurement
This Website uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour with the goal of improving the Service.
-
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.
Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- __utma: 2 years
- __utmb: 30 minutes
- __utmc: duration of the session
- __utmt: 10 minutes
- __utmv: 2 years
- __utmz: 7 months
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features
Google Analytics on this Website has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyse specific behaviour and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- __utma: 2 years
- __utmb: 30 minutes
- __utmc: duration of the session
- __utmt: 10 minutes
- __utmv: 2 years
- __utmz: 7 months
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel)
Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. or by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects data from the Meta advertising network with actions performed on this Website. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _fbp: 3 months
- fr: 3 months
Google Ads conversion tracking
Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Website.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
-
Anonymised analytics services
The services contained in this section allow the Owner, through the use of third-party Trackers, to collect and manage analytics in an anonymised form.
Google Analytics with anonymised IP
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
This integration of Google Analytics anonymises your IP address. It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- __utma: 2 years
- __utmb: 30 minutes
- __utmc: duration of the session
- __utmt: 10 minutes
- __utmv: 2 years
- __utmz: 7 months
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
-
Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)
The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyse the User response concerning web traffic or behaviour regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of this Website.
Google Optimize
Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, ("Google").
Google may use Personal Data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- NID: 7 months
- __utma: 2 years
- __utmb: 30 minutes
- __utmc: duration of the session
- __utmt: 10 minutes
- __utmv: 2 years
- __utmz: 7 months
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gaexp: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gcl_au: 3 months
- _gid: 1 day
- _opt_awcid: 1 day
- _opt_awgid: 1 day
- _opt_awkid: 1 day
- _opt_awmid: 1 day
- _opt_expid: 10 seconds
- _opt_utmc: 1 day
Google Optimize 360
Google Optimize 360 is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, ("Google").
This service allows the Owner to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of this Website. Users that opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics will not be included in experiments created in Google Optimize 360.
Google may use Personal Data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- NID: 7 months
- _gcl_au: 3 months
Targeting & Advertising
This Website uses Trackers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve and track ads.
-
Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilised for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Website, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioural retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behaviour, including those detected outside this Website. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Google Campaign Manager 360
Google Campaign Manager 360 is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with.
Google Campaign Manager 360 also allows the Owner to measure the campaign's performance, to set up placements, ads, and creatives, and to verify tag implementations (such as errors in the ad's formatting).
This Website is collecting and transmitting Data from the User through Google Campaign Manager 360 to media buyers bidding to purchase its inventory. These buyers may collect and store such Data and use such Data for retargeting or other advertising purposes.
Users may decide to disable all the ad personalization Trackers by going to: Google Ad Settings.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: geographic position, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration: up to 2 years
Query Click (Query Click Limited)
Query Click is an advertising service provided by Query Click Limited.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United Kingdom – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration: duration of the session
-
Managing contacts and sending messages
This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.
Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service, date of birth, email address, first name, last name, physical address, Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
-
Remarketing and behavioural targeting
This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimise and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioural targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
Facebook Custom Audience
Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. or by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.
Users can opt out of Facebook's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting this opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: email address and Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
Facebook Remarketing
Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Meta Platforms, Inc. or by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
Remarketing with Google Analytics
Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Trackers with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gcl_: 3 months
Google Ads Remarketing
Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location this Website is accessed from, that connects the activity of this Website with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Users can opt out of Google's use of Trackers for ads personalisation by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration: up to 2 years
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent
There are various ways to manage Tracker related preferences and to provide and withdraw consent, where relevant:
Users can manage preferences related to Trackers from directly within their own device settings, for example, by preventing the use or storage of Trackers.
Additionally, whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, Users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences accordingly via the relevant consent-preferences widget, if available.
It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Trackers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent.
Other Trackers in the browser’s local memory may be cleared by deleting the browsing history.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
Locating Tracker Settings
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Owner and Data Controller
Environomica Onlus
via Aspromonte, 13
23900 - Lecco (LC) - Italy
Owner contact email: info@environomica.org
Since the use of third-party Trackers through this Website cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by this Website.