Pursuant to Article 122 of Legislative Decree 196/2003, as well as Articles 4(11), 7, 12, 13, and 25 of Regulation (EU) No. 679/2016, the Italian Association of Patent Document Specialists (hereinafter “AIDB”), the Data Controller, provides users of the website www.aidb.it with information regarding the cookies used on the site.

What Are Cookies?

“Cookies” are small text files that are automatically created when a user accesses a particular website, for the purpose of performing user authentication, tracking sessions, and storing specific information about users who access the server; they are typically stored in each user’s browser.
More specifically, cookies are sent from a web server (the physical location where the website resides) to the user’s browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) and stored locally on the user’s computer; they are then sent back to the same website the next time the user visits it.
While browsing, the user may also receive cookies from other websites (so-called “third-party” cookies) on their device; these are set directly by the operators of those websites and used for the purposes and in the manner defined by them.
Cookies may remain on the user’s device for long periods or for short periods.

Types of Cookies Used by This Website

The website www.aidb.it uses technical, navigation, or session cookies, which ensure normal navigation and use of the website; with respect to these cookies, pursuant to Article 122 of the Privacy Code and the Data Protection Authority’s Provision of May 8, 2014, no consent is required from the data subject.

More specifically, the following are in use:

Cookie Preferences

Base Functionality
Cookie Name Owner Duration Description
privCheck aidb.it 6 months Technical Cookie
privSettings aidb.it 6 months Technical Cookie
aidb_user_cookie aidb.it Session Technical Cookie
wordpress_test_cookie aidb.it Session Cookie test
Analytics Functionality
Cookie Name Owner Duration Description
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_ga google.com 1 year Technical Cookie
Personalization Functionality
Cookie Name Owner Duration Description
wp-wpml_current_language aidb.it 1 day Selected language
Advertising Functionality
Cookie Name Owner Duration Description
_ga google.com 1 year Marketing cookie
Advertising User Data
Advertising Personalization
Security Functionality
Cookie Name Owner Duration Description
_GRECAPTCHA google.com 6 months Bot protection

Third-party cookies

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”) that uses cookies stored on the user’s computer to enable statistical analysis, in aggregate form, of how the website is used.

You can find more information about the Google Analytics service on this page: https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html?hl=it. Google’s Privacy Policy, http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/, governs Google’s general use of personal data from users of Google products and services. The list of cookies used by GOOGLE ANALYTICS is available at the following address: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Methods of Processing

The processing is carried out using automated tools. No disclosure or communication takes place.

Data Transfer

With the exception of technical cookies that are strictly necessary for normal browsing, the provision of data is left to the discretion of the data subject, who decides whether to browse the site after reviewing the brief privacy notice contained in the dedicated banner.
To prevent cookies from being installed, you can disable this feature using the appropriate settings in your browser.

Disabling Cookies

Without prejudice to the above regarding cookies that are strictly necessary for browsing, desktop users may also use their browser to disable cookies and/or select their desired level of blocking by changing the browser settings. Below are links to the main browsers currently available on the market for changing session settings.

GOOGLE CHROME

http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=eng&answer=95647

FIREFOX

https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

INTERNET EXPLORER

http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies

SAFARI

https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?viewlocale=it_IT&locale=en_US