The website www.altamirahrm.com (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Site’), owned by Altamira S.r.l. (hereinafter ‘Altamira’ or ‘the Site Operator’), uses cookies. Below you will find more information about cookies, about how they are used on the Site, and about what control procedures we have adopted concerning these cookies. By continuing your navigation on the Site after having read our banner, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the present policy. If you do not agree with the use of cookies, we ask you to disable them by following the instructions set out in this policy below.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent to your electronic device (PC, tablet, etc.) while browsing a website. The cookies are then sent back to the source website during each subsequent browsing of the site, or are sent to a different website which is able to recognize that specific cookie. Cookies act as memory for a website, allowing the website to recognize your device on each of your subsequent visits to the same site. Cookies also allow you to store your browsing preferences by offering you an experience of the Site with more functions and by making the content of the Site more personalized. You can find more information about cookies, including how you can know what settings have been configured on your device by means of cookies and how you can manage and delete them, by accessing the following link: www.aboutcookies.org

2. Types of cookies

Cookies can be of the following types: technical, analytical and profiling.

The Site uses technical cookies of the following types: first-party ‘session cookies’ and persistent proprietary cookies.

• • PHPSESSID, a WordPress cookie necessary to identify a single user session.
• • _unam, a cookie used by the ShareThis service that allows you to use the share buttons on certain pages of the website in order to share content on various social networks.

The Site also uses the following analytical third-party cookies:

• • Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Google’). Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyze the use of the Site by other users. The information generated by the cookie will be stored by Google on its servers in the United States. Google will process this information on our behalf in order to evaluate the usage of our site by the users, creating aggregated and anonymous reports related to activities on the Site and providing other services related to these activities. In no event will Google associate your IP address with other Google data. You can prevent the use of cookies by modifying your browser settings, keeping in mind, however, that in such a case you might not be able to use all the functionality of the Site. Through the use of the Site, you express your consent to the processing of data by Google in the manner described above and for the aforementioned purpose. For more information: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html;
• • _zlcmid, Zendesk cookies. For more information: https://www.zopim.com/privacy.
• • wpml_referer_url, a technical cookie used by the WPML plugin to determine in which language the site should be shown to the user. This stores the language of the previously visited site.

The Site also uses the following third-party profiling cookies:

• • Disqus, a content comment service that uses cookies to keep registered users logged in on the various sites they visit. For more information, we refer you to the following explanation: https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466235-use-of-cookies.
• • Facebook Pixel, which allows Altamira to track conversions that take place on its website as a result of the advertisements run on Facebook. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/
• • Mailmunch, a form creation and data collection service created by Sixmix LLC which uses cookies to determine whether or not to show a popup to a user. For more information: http://www.mailmunch.co/privacy
• • Doubleclick.net, which uses cookies to manage the advertising that Altamira runs on Google Adwords. For more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
  You can also read the requirements set out by the norms governing the advertising features of Google Analytics at: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2700409?hl=en&%3Btopic=2611283. Finally, please note the opt-out functions currently available on the website of Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

3. Social media plug-ins

The Site also uses the following social network plug-ins to enable you to share content you are interested in on social networks:

• • Facebook, operated by Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304. You can recognize the Facebook plug-in by the ‘Like’ button visible on a certain web page. When you visit the web page, the plug-in creates a direct connection between your browser and Facebook’s server. Facebook will inform you of the connection, and, if you click the ‘Like’ button when you have already logged into your personal Facebook account, the content can be published directly on your personal profile. This mechanism allows Facebook to associate your visit to our Site with your personal account. For more information: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy;
• • Twitter operated by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. Using Twitter and its ‘Re-Tweet’ function, the web pages you visit are shared directly on your personal profile. The information collected may be used by Twitter. For the privacy settings of your Twitter account, visit the page http://twitter.com/account/settings. For more information: http://twitter.com/privacy;
• • Google+, a service provided by Google Inc. You may recognize the presence of the Google+1 plug-in by the Google+ logo as well as the Google +1 button on our Site. Through the Google+ button, you can publish information worldwide and receive personalized content from Google and our partners. Google records both the information that a +1 has been assigned to the content of a page and the information that has been viewed by clicking on the +1 button. The +1 votes you have given can be displayed along with the name and photo of your Google profile and within Google services, such as in search results, on the Google profile or on other websites or content added. For more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en;
• • LinkedIn, managed by the LinkedIn Corporation. Every time you visit the pages connected to our site’s LinkedIn functions, LinkedIn connects you to your LinkedIn page. Using LinkedIn and its ‘Recommend’ feature, the web pages you visit are shared directly on your personal profile. The information collected may be used by LinkedIn. For more information: https://linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Altamira is not responsible for the data processing carried out by the third parties mentioned above.

4. Cookie Purposes

The technical cookies employed by our Site are used in order to make possible and facilitate your browsing of the Site, and to provide and enable you to enjoy the services of the Site. They also allow you to not have to enter data such as your username again in order to log in when accessing the site a second time.

Analytical cookies are used to analyze and monitor the manner in which you use the site (e.g. the number of accesses and page views), for statistical purposes and in order to allow us to make improvements to the Site in terms of functioning and navigation.

The profiling cookies allow us to locate you and serve to trace your navigation on the Site and create profiles regarding your tastes, habits, choices, etc. These cookies may be used to convey advertising messages to you in line with the preferences you have selected during your online navigation.

5. How to manage and delete cookies

You can authorize the use of cookies by clicking Accept after reading our Banner. You can remove authorization for the use of cookies, or in any case deactivate them, at any time, by manually changing the configuration of your browser and following the instructions contained in the policies of the third parties managing the cookies.

To set your browser to reject cookies, refer to the instructions offered by your browser provider. A more detailed guide can be found on the website www.aboutcookies.org.

Here we include some purely indicative information on the necessary steps to disable cookies, depending on the browser employed by the User.

Internet Explorer 8.0+:
Click ‘Tools’ in the menu bar and select ‘Internet Options’
Click the ‘Privacy’ tab at the top
Drag the slider up to ‘Block all cookies’

Firefox 4.0+:
Click ‘Tools’ in the menu bar
Select ‘Options’
Click the ‘Privacy’ tab
Check the ‘Enable anti-tracking’ box

Chrome:
Click the ‘Chrome menu’ in your browser's toolbar
Select ‘Settings’
Click ‘Show advanced settings’
NIn the Privacy section, click the ‘Content Settings’
In the ‘Cookies’ section, select ‘Ignore exceptions and block third-party cookies’

Safari 5.0:
Click the Safari menu and select ‘Preferences’
Click the ‘Security’ tab.
In the ‘Accept Cookies’ section, select whether to always accept cookies, never accept them, or accept them only from visited sites. For an explanation of the different options, click the Help button in the shape of a question mark. If Safari is set to block cookies, you may need to temporarily accept them in order to access the webpage. To accept cookies, repeat the steps above and select ‘Always.’ When you have finished using the guide, switch off cookies again and delete them.

6. Other information

The provision of data is optional. However, you should note that the refusal/disabling of cookies may prevent you from using some functions of the Site.

For information on the following topics: Methods of data processing, Data access, Data communication, Data subject's rights, Manner of exercising these rights, Data Controller, managers and persons responsible, consult our Privacy Policy here.

Contact: For any information regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at the e-mail address: privacy@altamirahrm.com, at the telephone number +39 02 48 100 463, or by sending a registered letter with confirmation of receipt to Altamira S.r.l., headquartered in Milan, 1 Via G. Marradi, or write to our Data Protection Officer at the e-mail address: avv.galvagno@gmail.com, Electronic Certified Mail address: rdp.privacy@pec.it