whysecurity.it or the “Site” uses Cookies to make its services simple and efficient for users viewing the pages of WhySecurity.
Users viewing the Site will see minimal amounts of information placed on the devices they are using, whether computers or mobile devices, in small text files called “cookies” stored in directories used by the User’s web browser.
There are various types of cookies, some to make the use of the Site more effective, others to enable certain features.
Analyzing them in detail, our cookies allow us to:
store the preferences you enter
avoid re-entering the same information multiple times during a visit such as username and password
analyze the use of services and content provided by whysecurity.co.uk to optimize the browsing experience and services offered
Types of Cookies used by whysecurity.co.uk
Following are the various types of cookies used by whysecurity.co.uk according to the purposes of use
Technical Cookies
This type of cookie allows certain sections of the Site to function properly. They are of two categories: persistent and session:
persistent: once the browser is closed, they are not destroyed but remain until a preset expiration date
of sessions: they are destroyed each time the browser is closed
These cookies, always sent from our domain, are necessary to properly display the site and in relation to the technical services offered, they will therefore always be used and sent, unless the user changes the settings in their browser (thus affecting the display of the site pages).
Analytical cookies
The cookies in this category are used to collect information about the use of the site. whysecurity.co.uk will use this information with regard to anonymous statistical analysis in order to improve the use of the Site and to make the content more interesting and relevant to the wishes of users. This type of cookie collects data anonymously about user activity and how they arrived at the Site. Analytical cookies are sent by the Site itself or by third-party domains.
Analytics cookies from third-party services.
These cookies are used in order to collect information about users’ use of the Site anonymously such as: pages visited, time spent, source traffic origins, geographic origin, age, gender and interests for the purpose of marketing campaigns. These cookies are sent from third-party domains external to the Site.
Cookies to integrate third-party software products and functions.
This type of cookie integrates features developed by third parties within the pages of the Site such as icons and preferences expressed in social networks for the purpose of sharing site content or for the use of third-party software services (such as software to generate maps and additional software offering additional services). These cookies are sent from third-party domains and partner sites that offer their functionality between the pages of the Site.
Profiling cookies
These are those cookies necessary to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the pages of the Site.
whysecurity.it, according to current regulations, is not required to seek consent for technical and analytics cookies, as they are necessary to provide the services requested.
For all other types of cookies, consent may be expressed by the User in one or more of the following ways:
By means of specific configurations of the browser used or the related computer programs used to navigate the pages that make up the Site.
By means of changing the settings in the use of third-party services.
Both of these solutions may prevent you from using or viewing parts of the Site.
Third Party Websites and Services
The Site may contain links to other Web sites that have their own privacy policies that may differ from those adopted by whysecurity.co.uk and therefore are not responsible for those sites.
Cookies used by whysecurity.co.uk
Below is the list of technical and analytics cookies used by this Site:
Google + – cookie used for sharing on Google+.
_ga – duration 2 years, used to distinguish users.
How to disable cookies by browser configuration
Chrome
Run the Chrome Browser
Click on the chrome-settings menu found on the browser toolbar next to the url entry window for browsing
Select Settings
Click on Show Advanced Settings
In the “Privacy” section click on “Content Settings” button
In the “Cookies” section you can change the following settings related to cookies:
Allow local data to be saved
Change local data only until the browser is closed
Prevent sites from setting cookies
Block third-party cookies and data from sites
Manage exceptions for some websites
Deleting any or all cookies
For more information visit the dedicated page.
Mozilla Firefox
Run the Mozilla Firefox Browser
Click on the firefox-settings menu found on the browser toolbar next to the url entry window for browsing
Select Options
Select the Privacy panel
Click on Show Advanced Settings
In the “Privacy” section click on “Content Settings” button
In the “Tracking” section you can change the following settings related to cookies:
Require sites not to do any tracking
Notify sites of your willingness to be tracked
Do not communicate any preference regarding tracking of personal data
From the “History” section you can:
Enable “Use custom settings” by selecting to accept third-party cookies (always, from the most visited sites, or never) and to keep them for a specified period (until they expire, when Firefox closes, or to ask each time)
Remove individual stored cookies
For more information visit the dedicated page.
Internet Explorer
Run the Internet Explorer Browser
Click on the Tools button and choose Internet Options
Click on the Privacy tab and in the Settings section change the slider to the desired cookie action:
Block all cookies
Allow all cookies
Selection of sites to get cookies from: move the slider to an intermediate position so as not to block or allow all cookies, then press on Sites, in the Website Address box enter a website and then press on Block or Allow
For more information visit the dedicated page.
Safari 6
Run the Safari Browser
Click on Safari, select Preferences and press on Privacy
In the Block Cookies section specify how Safari should accept cookies from Internet sites.
To view which sites have stored cookies click on Details
For more information visit the dedicated page.
Safari iOS (mobile devices)
Running the Safari iOS Browser.
Tap on Settings and then Safari
Tap on Block Cookies and choose from the options, “Never,” “Third-party and advertisers,” or “Always”
To clear all cookies stored by Safari, tap on Settings, then on Safari and finally on Clear Cookies and Data
For more information visit the dedicated page.
Opera
Run the Opera Browser
Click on Preferences then on Advanced and finally on Cookies
Select one of the following options:
Accept all cookies
Accept cookies only from the site you are visiting: third-party cookies and that are sent from a domain other than the one you are visiting will be rejected
Never accept cookies: all cookies will never be saved
For more information visit the dedicated page.
How to disable cookies from third-party services
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