Information on the use of cookies

This Cookie Usage Information ('Cookie Policy') provides additional information about the cookies and other tracking tools used by Inflead S.r.l., with registered office at Via Tolmezzo 8, Trieste, Italy ('Company' or 'Controller') on its website www.inflead.com ('Website') and related platform ('Platform'), and forms an integral part of the information on the processing of personal data through the Website and the Platform. Cookies allow the processing of personal data of those who use the features of the Website and/or the Platform ('User/s').

1. What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that the visited websites send to the User's computer browser, where it is stored when the User visits a website, and then retransmitted to the same sites on the next visit. The Company uses cookies to make the Website and the Platform work or to improve their performance, but also to provide information about them or collect data on the User's navigation. The Website and the Platform use cookies for both technical and additional purposes: while technical cookies are used as they are strictly necessary for the technical operation of the Website and the Platform and to provide the service expressly requested by the User (e.g. language setting, etc.), as better described below, cookies for additional purposes (e.g. profiling cookies, analytical cookies) are used to perform behavioural analysis of the User on the Website and/or the Platform, in order to improve their content and send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the User during online browsing, as indicated below.

2. Technical cookies

Technical cookies are essential to allow the User to navigate the Website and/or the Platform and to use its features, remember user's choices (e.g. language, country of origin, etc.), distribute requests across multiple servers, and store when the User provides consent to certain options (e.g. accepting the use of certain cookies by bypassing the informational banner).

3. Performance and analytics cookies of the Company

These cookies can be session or persistent, and their usage is limited to improving the performance of the Website and/or Platform. These cookies allow the recognition, measurement, and tracking of visitors, enabling the enhancement and refinement of the Website, for instance, by determining if the User can easily find desired information or identifying which aspects of the Website are of greater interest. The Company uses these cookies to generate statistical and anonymous analyses of user navigation on the Website and/or Platform, including the number of pages visited or the number of clicks made on a page during navigation. These cookies are categorized under privacy regulations as technical cookies, therefore, User consent is not required. Data collected through these cookies are deleted within a maximum of 12 months from collection.

4. Third-party Performance and Analytics Cookies

The Company may also use third-party analytical and performance cookies on the Website and the Platform to conduct analyses on User's browsing behaviour, the number of pages visited, or the number of clicks made on a page during navigation. The Company processes the results of these analyses only if the third party uses cookies in connection with the browser installed on the User's computer or other devices used for navigation.

To enable these cookies, the User may choose to give their consent (which therefore represents the legal basis for the processing) through the mechanism illustrated in the Company's cookie information banner, which the User views on the homepage/landing page of the Website upon accessing it. Below is a list of third-party cookies used on the Website and the Platform.

Google Analitycs

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect aggregated information about the number of Users and how they visit this website and/or the Platform. This website and its related Platform use the Google Analytics 4 service provided by Google Ireland Limited, with IP anonymization, and the corresponding cookies are therefore third-party cookies used for statistical monitoring of activities on the same. For further information regarding Google Analytics, you can visit the following sites: Google Privacy Partners e Google Analytics Cookie Usage.

You can disable the operation of Google Analytics through the opt-out tool available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 14 months from collection.

Hotjar (Hotjar Ltd.)

Hotjar is a statistical service provided by Hotjar Ltd. used within the Platform. For more information and to disable Hotjar, please visit the following link. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 12 months from collection.

Mixpanel (Mixpanel Inc.)

Mixpanel is a web analytics service that analyzes user behavior within the Site and the Platform. For more information and to disable Mixpanel, please visit the following link. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 60 months from collection.

Zoho PageSense (Zoho Corporation Private Ltd.)

Zoho PageSense is a web analytics service used to analyze user behavior on the Site and Platform, in order to optimize the browsing experience. For more information and to opt-out of Zoho PageSense, please consult the following link: Zoho PageSense Opt-Out. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 12 months from collection.

5. Profiling Cookies installed by the Company

These cookies are activated in relation to the content viewed and the use of the Site and/or the Platform by the User. This allows us to record and store the preferences expressed by each User during subsequent visits, analyze their behavior on the Site and/or the Platform, and personalize certain aspects based on each individual User, in order to improve the content and send advertising messages (e.g. banners) in line with the preferences expressed by the User during online browsing. This type of cookie can also be used to limit the number of times a specific advertisement is displayed and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. In this case as well, the User's consent is expressed through the choice to activate them via the cookie information banner. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 14 months from collection.

Furthermore, on its pages, as well as in emails sent to the User, the Site and the Platform may insert web beacons and electronic images, also known as 'one pixel GIFs', 'clear GIFs', or 'pixel tags', which, when clicked, allow the counting of the number of users who have visited the corresponding pages or accessed the content of the communications. This not only provides statistical data but also helps identify the characteristics and content that are of greater interest to individual Users in order to provide more personalized information.

6. Third-Party Profiling Cookies (retargeting)

The Company uses some partners to display advertisements related to the Site and the Platform on third-party websites and to allow partner advertising networks to display ads that take into account the preferences of the User who has requested information on the Site and/or the Platform or has viewed its content. These cookies are used by Meta, LinkedIn, and Google to present the User with advertising banners when they are on other sites, showing the latest content viewed on the Site and/or the Platform. While the User is browsing the Site or the Platform, these cookies are also used to show products that may be of interest to them or similar to those previously viewed, based on their browsing history. These cookies are connected to the browser installed on the User's computer or other devices used during navigation on the Site. The data collected through these cookies is deleted after a maximum of 14 months from collection. For information on how to manage and reject these cookies, you can access the following link.

7. Disabling Cookies through the Browser

In addition to being able to choose whether to accept or reject all or part of the cookies used by the Site and/or the Platform for additional purposes through the mechanisms illustrated in this Cookie Policy, in the future, if desired, the User may also delete cookies placed by the Site and/or the Platform from their browser through the browser settings.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies. However, the User can configure their browser to restrict the number of accepted cookies or block all cookies by changing the browser settings as follows:

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Click the 'Tools' icon in the top right corner and select 'Internet Options.' In the pop-up window, select 'Privacy.' Here, the User can modify cookie settings.

Google Chrome

Click the 'wrench' icon in the top right corner and select 'Settings.' Then, select 'Show advanced settings' and change the 'Privacy' settings.

Mozilla Firefox

From the drop-down menu in the top left corner, select 'Options.' In the pop-up window, select 'Privacy.' Here, the User can adjust cookie settings.

Safari

From the drop-down menu in the top right corner, select 'Preferences.' Select 'Security,' and here, the User can adjust cookie settings.

Please note that disabling the use of all cookies on the Site (including technical cookies) may compromise some functionalities.

8. Additional informations about Cookies

The website www.allaboutcookie.org provides instructions for managing cookies on the most popular browsers; alternatively, you can consult the documentation included with the software used on your device.

Changes to Cookie Policy

The Company reserves the right to make changes to this Cookie Policy at any time, by notifying users through publication on the Site. We encourage the User to check for such updates on the Site. If the changes are particularly significant and/or have a high impact on the User's rights, the Company may also communicate them through a different method (e.g., via email).

Cookie Policy updated at 23/10/2023