Cookie policy

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your browser or device when you visit it. It makes it possible to recognise your device, remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience. There are first-party cookies (managed by the Owner) and third-party cookies (managed by other entities), and they may be session cookies (deleted when you close the browser) or persistent cookies (they remain for a set period).

Depending on their purpose, this Website may use the following categories:

• Technical or necessary: essential for the Website to work (for example, keeping your session open or handling the cookie notice). They are exempt from the consent requirement.
• Preference or functional: they remember data or settings in order to personalise your experience (for example, your details when you leave a comment).
• Third-party: installed by external services through embedded content or through features such as avatars.

This Website does not use advertising cookies or commercial profiling cookies.

The cookies the Website may install are listed below, with their purpose and duration:

• Comment details

  First-party

  comment_author_*, comment_author_email_*, comment_author_url_*

  They remember your name, email address and website when you leave a comment, so you do not have to enter them again.

  Duration

  1 year

  Category

  Functional / preferences

• Cookie acceptance

  First-party

  Checks whether your browser accepts cookies and remembers your decision on the cookie notice.

  Duration

  Session (deleted when you close the browser)

  Category

  Technical / necessary

• Login session

  First-party

  wordpress_*, wordpress_logged_in_*

  They keep registered users logged in so that they can administer the site.

  Duration

  2 days

  Category

  Technical / necessary

• “Remember me”

  First-party

  Extends the duration of the login session when the “Remember me” box is ticked.

  Duration

  2 weeks

  Category

  Technical / necessary

• Screen options

  First-party

  wp-settings-*

  They remember your display preferences for the administration dashboard.

  Duration

  1 year

  Category

  Functional / preferences

• Content editing

  First-party

  Indicates the identifier of the article that has just been edited. It contains no personal data.

  Duration

  1 day

  Category

  Technical / necessary

• Gravatar

  Third-party

  Automattic Inc.

  When you comment, an anonymised version (hash) of your email address may be sent to Gravatar in order to display your avatar.

  Duration

  As set by the provider

  Category

  Third-party

The login session, “Remember me”, screen options and content editing cookies are only installed for users with an account who access the Website’s administration area; a visitor who neither comments nor logs in does not receive them.

When you leave a comment with an avatar, your email address (as an anonymised hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service, run by Automattic Inc., in order to display your profile picture. You can read their privacy policy at automattic.com/privacy.

In addition, articles may include embedded content from other sites (videos, posts and so on), which may install its own cookies and carry out tracking under those third parties’ policies, over which the Owner has no control.

Technical or necessary cookies are used on the basis of the legitimate interest in the proper functioning of the Website and are exempt from consent. All other cookies are installed only with your consent, which you give by accepting them or by carrying out the corresponding action (for example, ticking the box to remember your details when commenting). You may withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies from your browser.

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your device by configuring your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect how some features of the Website work. Here are the instructions for the most common browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

This Cookie policy may be amended in response to regulatory or technical changes, or changes in the services used. We recommend reviewing it periodically; the date it was last updated appears at the top. For more information on how your data is processed, see the Privacy policy.