CRIF S.p.A., with headquarters in Via Fantin 1-3, Bologna (BO), Italy, Data Controller for the processing of personal data, provides the following information regarding the use of cookies on its website, in accordance with EU General Data Protection Regulation n. 679/2016 (GDPR). All other information required by art. 13 of GDPR (e.g. the purposes for which we intend to process the personal data) is contained in the privacy policy, which can be accessed through the link on the site home page.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a text string sent by a web server (for example, the website) to the user's Internet browser, which automatically saves it on the user's computer and automatically sends it back to the server each time the site is accessed. Each cookie contains different data such as, for example, the name of the server it comes from, a numeric identifier, etc. Cookies can remain in the system for the duration of the session (i.e. until the browser used for web navigation is closed) or for longer periods, and may contain a unique identifier code. By default, almost all web browsers are set up to automatically accept cookies. However, each web browser allows cookies to be restricted and deleted (for more information refer to the section in this information notice on “How to enable, disable or delete cookies”). Remember, however, that disabling or deleting cookies may impede the optimum use of some areas of the site or compromise the use of services requiring authentication.

Type of cookies used by CRIF S.p.A.

The CRIF S.p.A. website uses the following categories of cookie:

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  Technical cookies: technical cookies are those used solely for the purposes of sending a communication on an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the service provider of the information company to provide a service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user. These can be divided into: navigation or session cookies, which ensure the normal navigation and use of the website, analytics cookies, treated as technical cookies where used directly by the website manager to gather information in aggregate form on the number of users and how they visit the site, and functionality cookies, which enable the user to navigate based on a series of selected criteria in order to improve the service provided to the user.

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  Profile cookies: used to track the navigation of the user on the network and create profiles of the user's tastes, habits and choices. Based on these cookies, advertising messages can be sent to the user's computer in line with the preferences already demonstrated by the user.

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  Third party cookies: these are set by a website other than the one the user is actually visiting. While navigating the site, the user may also receive cookies sent from other websites or web servers (so-called "third parties"), which may contain certain elements (including, for example, images, maps, sounds, specific links to pages from other domains) present on the website the user is visiting.

Links to third party cookies

The issue and use of cookies by third parties are subject to specific privacy protection policies. To ensure greater transparency and convenience, the web addresses for the various information notices and methods for managing cookies are reported below.