Cookie Policy
Transparency is important for us
Transparency is important for us
While you are browsing our site (hereinafter the “Site”) we may collect and process information about you using cookies and other tracking tools (“cookies”).
Cookies are strings of text created by a server that are stored on the device you use to access our Site.
This Cookie Policy is an integral part of our Privacy Policy and includes important information about the categories of the cookies we use on the Site and related purposes, how to authorize, block or delete (in whole or in part) cookies through the specific features of your browser or through additional third-party add-ons.
You can refer to our Privacy Policy for further information on how we process your personal data, the recipients with whom we share your data and the rights you may exercise.
Data Controller
Data Controller
The data controller of your personal data is Vitale Barberis Canonico S.p.A. (“VBC” or “Data Controller”) with registered office in Via Diagonale 296 – 13835 Valdilana (BI), VAT no. 01225120029.
The Data Controller can be contacted for all matters concerning to the processing of your personal data at the following e-mail address: privacy@vitalebarberiscanonico.it.
Data Protection Officer
Data Protection Officer
VBC has appointed a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) who can be contacted to request any information regarding to the processing of your personal data at the following e-mail address: dpo@vitalebarberiscanonico.it.
What are cookies, what information they collect and what categories we use
What are cookies, what information they collect and what categories we use
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to the browser and saved on the user’s terminal when the user visits a website. Cookies can be used for different purposes (authentication, session monitoring, storing information on specific configurations regarding users accessing the server, storing preferences, etc.).
The cookies used by the Site collect users’ information relating for instance to:
- IP address (by default the IP address is stored anonymously);
- approximate location of the user (e.g. country, region, city);
- browser used, browser version, device type, operating system, screen resolution used;
- user Agent of the browser used;
- URL and titles pages visited;
- URL of the page that was viewed before the current page (Referrer URL);
- user ID;
- files that have been clicked and downloaded.
We use cookies to collect information about your browsing on the Site, for instance to remember your language preferences, to allow web pages to load faster, to facilitate the use of online content and different services (e.g. filling in online forms), to generate aggregate statistics that allow us to measure Site traffic and understand how users use the Site, what are the most visited pages, how many users there are on the Site, how much time the average users spend on the Site and how visitors arrive on the Site, as well as to allow you to watch the videos on the Site (Youtube service).
Cookies may be installed directly by our Site (so-called first-party cookies), or they may be installed by other websites (so-called third-party cookies).
The Site uses the following cookies and other tracking tools: technical cookies, analytics cookies, profiling cookies, as well as social media buttons.
Technical Cookies
Technical Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the functioning of the Site and to allow you to properly use the services while browsing. These cookies cannot be disabled on our systems. They are usually only set in response to your actions on the Site corresponding to a request for services, such as when you set your privacy and language preferences or fill in a form. You can set your browser to block or receive alerts about these cookies, but some sections of the Site may not work.
We do not require your consent to install these cookies.
| Technical cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie name | Cookie purpose | Type | Retention | Deactivation |
| cbenabled | This cookie is associated with a script that displays a cookie alert warning on a website. It is used to record when the user has ignored the warning to prevent it from reappearing on subsequent visits. | First party | 6 months | N.A. |
| CONSENT | It is used to detect whether the user has consented to non-technical cookies. | First party | 6 months | N.A. |
| VBCCBN | This cookie, which cannot be deactivated, allows our Site to remember the choices made or cookies activated by the users regarding their preference settings for the use of cookies, so that, if the users intend to modify these choices, the “preference center” will appear to them to select the desired cookies and keep them in memory. | First party | 1 year | N.A. |
| VBCTexFilterSize | This cookie selects the display layout of the fabric allowing a smaller or larger view, depending on the setting chosen by the user. | First party | Session | N.A. |
| VBCTexFilterCollection | This cookie stores the fabric type choices selected by the user (e.g. weave, color, composition, pattern, weight, season, etc.). | First party | Session | N.A. |
| VBCTexFilterText | This cookie stores the text searched by the user in the selection preferences to search for the desired fabrics. | First party | Session | N.A. |
| VBCGeoToggle | At the user’s request, this cookie provides information about the page where to find the tailor shop/drapery etc. (which sells and/or is supplied or provides tailoring services), with fabrics of our company, which are closest to the location indicated by the user while hiding the information about the list of other states or cities. | First party | Session | N.A. |
| mtm_consent | It is used to detect whether the visitor has consented to cookies. | First party | 13 months | To manage these cookies, VBC uses Matomo in Cloud. For more information you can visit the page here. |
| mtm_consent_removed | It is used to detect whether the visitor opted-out of tracking. | First party | 13 months | To manage these cookies, VBC uses Matomo in Cloud. For more information you can visit the page here. |
| matomo_ignore | Cookie created by the Matomo domain to prevent tracking. This cookie is anonymous and the same for all users. | First party | 13 months | For more information click here. |
| matomo_sessid | It is used for security purposes in the case user uses the opt-out feature. | First party | 14 days | To manage these cookies, VBC uses Matomo in Cloud. For more information you can visit the page here. |
Analytics Cookies
Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to understand how users use the Site, so that we can verify its functioning and improve the browsing experience. For example, these cookies allow us to know the most visited pages, how many users visit the Site, how much time the average users spend on the Site and how visitors arrive on the Site.
The analytics cookies that we install are equated to technical cookies since they are first-party cookies, and they are only used to generate aggregate statistics and in relation to a single site. In view of this, your consent is not required for the use of these cookies.
You can choose to prevent the Site from aggregating and analyzing the actions you take on the Site to generate aggregate statistics by clicking here. Doing so will protect your privacy but will also prevent VBC from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.
| Analysis cookies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie name | Function | Type | Retention |
| _pk_testcookie | It is used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | First party | Created and immediately deleted |
| _pk_id | It is used to store certain details about the user such as the unique visitor ID. | First party | 13 months |
| _pk_ref | It is used to store attribution information, initially used by the referrer to visit the website. | First party | 6 months |
| _pk_ses | It is used to temporarily store data for the visit. | First party | 30 minutes |
Profiling Cookies
Profiling Cookies
These third-party cookies (Youtube service) are installed when users watch the videos on the Site, and they are subject to your consent.
YouTube may provide personalized recommendations on the next videos to watch that it deems to be similar to the one you have just watched. If you do not consent to these cookies, you will not be able to watch the videos on the Site.
| Third party cookies | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie name | Cookie purpose | Type | Retention | Deactivation |
| YSC | It is set up by YouTube to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user and not by other sites. | Third party (Google in relation to the You Tube service) | Session | For more information on the processing carried out and the cookies installed by the third party: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=it |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | It is used to provide personalized recommendations on YouTube based on past views and searches. | Third party (Google in relation to the You Tube service) | 6 months | For more information on the processing carried out and the cookies installed by the third party: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=it |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | It used to store information about the visitors’ privacy settings, such as whether they have accepted or declined the use of cookies. | Third party (Google in relation to the You Tube service) | 6 months | For more information on the processing carried out and the cookies installed by the third party: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=it |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN cookies | It is used by YouTube to manage the gradual introduction of new features and updates. | Third party (Google in relation to the You Tube service) | 6 months | For more information on the processing carried out and the cookies installed by the third party: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=it |
Social media buttons
Social media buttons
The Site also incorporates social media buttons in order to allow interactions on the following social media: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Linkedin, Spotify. By clicking on these links, you can directly interact with our company accounts (social media pages).
With reference to the processing of personal data carried out through cookies by the social media platforms, please refer to their privacy policies indicated below:
You can choose whether and which cookies to authorize
You can choose whether and which cookies to authorize
In compliance with the applicable legislation on the use of cookies, your prior consent is not always required. In particular, the consent is not required for technical cookies and analytical cookies equated to the technical ones, while it is required for profiling cookies. When you access any page of the Site, you will see a Banner containing a brief privacy notice on cookies, through which you can accept all cookies, reject all cookies or manage your preferences with respect to the use of profiling cookies, by clicking on “Manage preferences” command.
If you close the Banner, by clicking on the X command in the top right-hand corner or on the “Reject all” command, no cookies will be installed on your device, except for technical cookies, which are necessary for the functioning of the Site, as well as analytical cookies equated to the technical ones, used to carry out aggregate statistics. Using the appropriate icon at the bottom of the Site, you can update your cookie preferences at any time by withdrawing or providing your consent.
You can also authorize, block or delete (in whole or in part) cookies through the specific features of your browser or through additional third-party add-ons. However, disabling the Site’s technical cookies may result in some services or features of the Site not being available or may not function properly and you may be forced to change or enter some information manually or at each visit.
You can read more about how to set your cookie preferences through your browser by consulting the following instructions:
Recipients of your personal data
Recipients of your personal data
Personal data may be communicated to external entities processing data on our behalf as data processors, which have been provided with specific instructions on the processing of your data, or as autonomous data controllers.
In particular, your data may be communicated (i) to the company providing the Matomo Cloud platform (InnoCraft Ltd) used to carry out aggregate statistics, as well as (ii) to the provider of the cookie consent management platform (CMP), which also provides IT and support services for the Site (as data processors).
Moreover, data may be accessed by Authorities and institutions to which the right to access the data is granted by law or regulations (as autonomous data controllers).
Data transfer
Data transfer
VBC stores the data on servers located within the European Union.
Due to the location of the Matomo application provider (InnoCraft Ltd), the data will be transferred to New Zealand, a country recipient of an Adequacy Decision of the European Commission.
If VBC, due to future needs related to the headquarters or processing locations of its providers, needs to transfer data outside the European Union to countries for which the European Commission has not issued an Adequacy Decision, VBC undertakes to guarantee adequate levels of protection and safeguards, including contractual ones, compliant with the applicable laws, including the adoption of standard contractual clauses, supplemented if necessary by additional technical, legal and organizational measures necessary to ensure that the level of protection of personal data is equivalent to the one of the European Union.
Persistence of cookies on your device
Persistence of cookies on your device
There are different types of cookies that, depending on their characteristics and functions, may persist on your device for different periods of time: so-called session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser, while so-called persistent cookies remain on your device for a variable, albeit predetermined, period of time. The tables indicated above show the duration of the cookies we use on our Site. In any case, you can interrupt the persistence period of cookies by deleting them from your browser’s cache.
Exercise of data subjects’ privacy rights
Exercise of data subjects’ privacy rights
If the necessary requirements are met, you can exercise the privacy rights related to the processing of your personal data, such as the rights to request to access your data, to request their rectification, deletion or portability, as well as to object to the processing, to restrict the processing and to withdraw the consent given.
To exercise your rights, you can contact:
- the Data Controller at the following e-mail address: privacy@vitalebarberiscanonico.it;
- the DPO at the following e-mail address: dpo@vitalebarberiscanonico.it.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes the applicable data protection legislation, you will always have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent Supervisory Authority (in Italy, the Supervisory Authority is the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali – www.garanteprivacy.it).