Cookies Policy

UPDATED: October 1st, 2021 V.CP202101

(previous version updated March 2021)

Dear Visitor (hereinafter, “You” or the ‘”User”),

This Internet website (www. mainad.com) (hereinafter, the “Website” or “Site”) is owned by the company mainADV Srl, having its registered office in Via Raiale 285 P.O.Box 12, 65128 Pescara, Italy, (hereinafter, “We” or the “Company”).

Since our website uses so-called cookies for different purposes, we hereby intend to explain to you what cookies are and how they are used on the website.

Some cookies (the so called proprium cookies or first party cookies) are directly conveyed and controlled by us. The Company collects and processes your personal data through these cookies. We hereby explain to you how we collect such data, for what purposes and what your rights are, also pursuant to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”).

Other cookies (so-called third-party cookies) are instead conveyed and controlled by third parties. This policy includes links to the policies posted by such third parties. We hereby invite you to read these policies carefully.

If you are not familiar with cookies, please read this policy and the general privacy policy of the Site carefully in order to make your choices consciously.

The controller takes the utmost account of the right to privacy and protection of the personal data of its users. For any information relating to this Cookie Policy, Users can contact the Owner at any time, using the following methods:

  • By sending a registered letter with return receipt to the registered office of the Controller;

By sending an e-mail to [email protected]

  1. What cookies are and what they are for

Cookies are small text files that the websites visited by a user send directly to his terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored to be transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user (the so-called first-party proprietary cookies).

While browsing a website, a user can also receive cookies from other websites or other web servers on his terminal (so-called third-party cookies); this happens because on the website visited there may be elements, such as images, maps, sounds, links to specific web pages of other domains that reside on servers other than the server on which the requested page is located. In other words, these cookies are set on a website other than the one you are currently visiting.

Cookies may have a duration limited to a single browsing session on the browser (so-called session cookies), and, in this case, they are automatically deactivated when the user closes the browser; or they may have a predetermined duration and, in this case, they will remain stored and active on your hard disk until the expiration date, thus continuing to collect information during the various browsing sessions on the browser (so-called persistent cookies).

Cookies are used for various purposes. Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse the Site and take advantage of its functions (so-called technical cookies). Other cookies are used to obtain statistical information, in aggregate or not, on the number of users who access the Site and how the Site is used (so-called monitoring or analytics cookies). Finally, other cookies are used in order to track your consumer profile and make you view advertisements that may interest you, as they comply with your preferences and consumption habits (so-called profiling cookies). To learn more about these different categories of cookies, continue reading this policy. Find out how they work and what use they are for, and freely choose whether to consent to their use or prevent the same. Find out how they work and what use they are for, and freely choose whether to consent to their use or prevent it.

  1. The technical cookies

Technical cookies are used on the Website for the sole purpose of making it possible to browse the Website and allow the use of its functions. They are first-party cookies, as they are conveyed directly by us on the Site.

Some technical cookies are essential to offer you an optimal browsing experience or to allow you to authenticate yourself on the Site, for example to make a purchase on the Site or to enter your reserved area (so-called navigation cookies). Navigation cookies are normally session cookies and, therefore, once the navigation browser is closed, they are automatically deactivated.

Technical cookies are useful to allow you to store your preferences (for example, language or country) without having to set them on subsequent visits (so-called functionality cookies). For this reason, functionality cookies are often long-lasting cookies, since they remain stored on your computer even after the browser is closed, until the expected expiration date or until you decide to delete them.

Cookie’s denomination Cookie’s category Cookie’s function
wfvt_ – technical first party cookie
– surfing
– session
Cookie set by the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin which notes information about your general geographic location.
wordfence_verifiedHuman – technical first party cookie
– functionality
– session
Cookie set by the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin to protect the site against malicious attacks.

As required by current privacy legislation, your prior consent is not required for the installation of these cookies. Of course, you are free to block the installation of technical cookies by changing the settings of your browser. Here some examples for the most popular browsers: (see section 5 below).

However, it should be considered that by blocking the installation of technical cookies, or subsequently deleting them, the possibility to access the Site, to use it in whole or in part, to enable or disable certain functions or to receive certain services may be compromised in whole or in part.

  1. Monitoring cookies or “analytics”

The analytics are used on the Site in order to collect statistical information, aggregated or not, on the number of users who access the Site and on how they visit it.

The analytics cookies of this site are third-party cookies, as they are not directly conveyed or installed by us but by third parties.

The following third-party analytics are installed on the Site without your prior consent, because they are less invasive as they are anonymous, since third parties cannot access analytical data disaggregated at the IP address level (in other words, using these cookies, the third parties cannot back to your identity):

Cookie’s denomination Cookie’s category Link to the policy / opt-out instructions
_gat – third party analytics cookies
–  lasting
set by Google Analytics
https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=it
www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/
_ga – third party analytics cookies
–  lasting
set by Google Analytics
https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=it
www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/

For this reason, when you access the Site, a special banner is clearly displayed informing you that: (i) third-party analytics cookies are used on the Site and that (ii) by closing the banner, browsing the home page or clicking any element of the home page other than the banner, you consent to the use of cookies. In the event that you express your consent to the use of cookies in this way, we track your consent through a specific technical cookie. In this way we will avoid displaying the cookie banner during your subsequent visits to the Site.

Please note that, in the event that technical cookies are removed from your browser in the manner described in section 5 below, the trace of your consent would be lost and, consequently, the banner cookie be displayed again on your next visit to the website.

You are clearly free to block the installation of analytics cookies at any time and this will in no way affect your ability to visit the Site and use its contents. Please read the third-party cookie policies carefully, following the links specified in the table above, to find out how.

  1. Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are used to create a user profile, based on the preferences and tastes expressed by you while browsing the Internet and to make you view advertisements consistent with your profile. In this way, the advertisements you will show on our website may interest you more.

Your prior consent is required for the installation of these cookies, in accordance with the current privacy legislation. For this reason, when you access the Site, a special banner is displayed informing you that (i) profiling cookies are used on the Site and that (ii) closing the banner, browsing the home page or clicking any element of the home page outside the banner, you are consenting to the use of cookies. In this way we will avoid displaying the cookie banner during your subsequent visits to the Site. Please note that, in the event that technical cookies are removed from your browser in the manner described in the next section 5, the track of your consent would be lost and, therefore, the cookie banner will come be displayed again on your next visit to the website.

You are clearly free to block the installation of profiling cookies at any time and this will in no way affect your ability to visit the Site and use its contents. In the event that you decide to disable behavioral advertising, this does not mean that you will not receive advertising on the Site. However, the banners you will see on the Site may not reflect your interests or preferences on the browser you are actually using.

Some profiling cookies are installed directly by the Company (first-party profiling cookies). These cookies are long-lasting and have a maximum duration of 12 months. In fact, on this site we do not use profiling cookies, nor first or third party cookies.

  1. How to manage the cookies and oppose to their use

here are several options to manage, disable and remove cookies.

Change your browser settings

Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer of your browser to find out how to manage, disable or remove all cookies (technical, analytics and profiling):

Please be careful in making your choice. In fact, by indiscriminately blocking the receipt of all cookies, including technical ones, without providing a specific exception for the Site, you may no longer be able to browse the Site or to use, in whole or in part, its functions. Furthermore, by removing all cookies from the browser, technical cookies may also be removed and, therefore, you may remove the preferences set using the Site or no longer find products or services included in your cart.

Use our interactive instruments or those provided by third parties.

To disable third-party cookies, consult the privacy policies of third parties that install analytics cookies (see paragraph C above) or profiling cookies (see paragraph D above) to find out about the other tools available to you for managing, disabling and remove cookies and, more generally, oppose their use.

We remind you that, by disabling third-party cookies, (i) you oppose their use not only on the Site, but on all Internet sites where these cookies are used and (ii) the ability to browse the Site and the use of its features will not be affected in any way.

When you disable third-party cookies, you will still see the cookie banner on the home page of the Sites; but, in this case, by closing the banner and browsing the home page or clicking any of its elements outside the banner, you will not receive any third-party cookies that you have duly disabled.

Use the Internet website Internet youronlinechoices.eu

Your Online Choices is an Internet site managed by the non-profit organization European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) available at www.youronlinechoices.eu, providing information on behavioral advertising based on profiling cookies (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/about-behavioural-advertising) and allow Internet users to easily oppose (opt-out) the installation of the main profiling cookies installed by marketers and used on the Internet websites (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices).

Before using this tool, we recommend that you carefully read the general terms and conditions of the Your Online Choices website (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/terms-conditions), the frequently asked questions (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/faqs) and the user guide (https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/opt-out-help).

  1. Processing methods and data retention timing

As highlighted in the preamble of this Cookie Policy, the Company collects and processes some personal data through cookies conveyed directly on the Site (first-party cookies). The Company acts as the data controller of such data, in compliance with the provisions of the GDPR. We remind you that we will process your data exclusively with electronic tools, in a very automated way and without any human intermediation. Therefore, our employees and colleagues will never access the content of your personal data obtained through cookies, which means that they will never be able to see and / or have any direct personally identifiable information (PII).

Some of our employees and collaborators, appointed by us as data controllers, may carry out maintenance operations on the computer systems that host your data, without the possibility of accessing their actual contents. Personal data may be stored on servers managed by third parties (for example IT system suppliers) or may be managed by subjects specialized in online marketing, who act as external data processors on the basis of a specific written appointment by the Company.

We hereby inform you that, in compliance with the requirements and guarantees provided by law, your data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Union that could not guarantee a level of privacy and protection of personal data equal to the level of protection guaranteed by the Italian and European laws on privacy, but as Data Controller we take the utmost account of the right to security, therefore we will treat such transfers with due care and guarantee.

Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties responsible for the treatment, nor will it be disclosed.

  1. Your rights

To exercise your rights, or to obtain any other information or clarification in relation to this Cookie Policy, contact the Company via:

  • By sending a registered letter with return receipt to the registered offices of the Data Controller (Privacy department – MainAd Srl: Via Raiale 285 P.O.Box 12, 65128 Pescara, Italy);
  • By sending an e-mail to: [email protected]

Pursuant to the Privacy legislation, the Data Controller informs that Users have the right to obtain the indication (i) of the origin of the personal data; (ii) the purposes and methods of the processing; (iii) of the logic applied in case of treatment carried out with the aid of electronic instruments; (iv) the identification details of the Owners and Managers; (v) the subjects or categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who can learn about them as Data Processors.

Furthermore, Users have the right to obtain:

  1. access, updating, rectification or, when interested, integration of data;
  2. the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed in violation of the law, including data which need not be kept for the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed;
  3. the attestation that the operations referred to in letters a) and b) have been brought to the attention, also as regards their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the case in which this fulfillment occurs it proves impossible or involves the use of means that are manifestly disproportionate to the protected right.

Additionally, users have:

  1. the right to withdraw consent at any time, if the processing is based on their consent;
  2. (and, if applicable) the right to data portability (right to receive all personal data concerning them in a structured format, commonly used and readable by automatic device), the right to limit the processing of personal data and the right request the cancellation of their data (“right to be forgotten”);
  3. the right to oppose:
  4. if they believe that the processing that concerns them violates privacy laws, the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority (if a European citizen, in the Member State in which he habitually resides, in the one in which they work or in the one in which the alleged violation occurred). The Italian Supervisory Authority is the Guarantor for the protection of personal data, based in Piazza di Monte Citorio n. 121, 00186 – Rome (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/).
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The Controller is not responsible for updating all links that can be viewed in this Cookie Policy, therefore whenever a link is not functional and/or updated, Users acknowledge and accept that they must always refer to the document and/or section of the websites referred to such link.