Cookies Policy

Cookie Policy and Other Tracking Technologies

This Cookie Policy describes the use of cookies and similar technologies on the website www.sige-spa.it.

This Cookie Policy supplements the website Privacy Policy and provides information about the categories of tools used, their purposes, and how users can express, change, or withdraw their preferences.

Last updated: 30 June 2026

Data Controller

The Data Controller is:

Sige S.p.A.
Via Baiana, 10
60020 Polverigi (AN) – Italy
VAT number: 01041550425
Email: info@sige-spa.it

What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that websites may send to a user’s browser and store on their device.

Cookies may be used, for example, to:

  • ensure the technical operation of the website;
  • maintain an active session;
  • allow access to the restricted area;
  • remember the selected language;
  • store the preferences expressed through the cookie banner;
  • collect statistics on the use of the website;
  • display content provided by external platforms;
  • measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

The website may also use similar technologies, such as pixels, online identifiers, local storage, scripts, and other tools that make it possible to collect or store information on the user’s device.

In this document, cookies and similar technologies are collectively referred to as Tracking Technologies.

First-party and third-party cookies

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are installed and managed directly by the website www.sige-spa.it.

They may be used, for example, for the operation of WordPress, the restricted area, multilingual management, and the system used to store privacy preferences.

Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are installed or managed by parties other than Sige S.p.A., such as Google, Meta, YouTube, Adobe, or ISSUU.

When a third-party service is activated, the provider may receive technical information, data relating to the page visited, and online identifiers, depending on the service configuration and the preferences expressed by the user.

Session and persistent cookies

Session cookies

Session cookies are normally deleted when the user closes the browser.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies remain stored on the device for a specified period or until they are manually deleted by the user.

The actual duration of each cookie is indicated in the detailed list available on this page.

Categories of cookies and Tracking Technologies

1. Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies allow the website to operate correctly and securely and enable the provision of services requested by the user.

They may be used to:

  • ensure the security and proper operation of the website;
  • verify whether the browser supports cookies;
  • manage the browsing session;
  • create and protect an account;
  • authenticate users in the restricted area;
  • allow users to view and download restricted documents;
  • remember the selected language;
  • store the preferences expressed through the cookie banner;
  • prevent unauthorised access or misuse.

These cookies do not require prior consent because they are necessary to provide the requested service or ensure the security of the website.

Blocking them through the browser settings may affect the operation of certain parts of the website, particularly the restricted area and the storage of user preferences.

WordPress and the restricted area

The website uses WordPress and a user management system to allow registration, authentication, and access to restricted PDF documents.

Technical cookies may be used to:

  • verify cookie support;
  • authenticate users;
  • maintain an active session;
  • protect the account;
  • remember certain settings of registered users.

Language management

The website uses a multilingual system to display pages in the language selected by the user or compatible with their browser settings.

For this purpose, a technical or functional cookie may be stored to remember the selected language.

This cookie is not used for statistical or advertising purposes.

Storage of privacy preferences

The consent management system uses one or more technical cookies to record:

  • the user’s choice;
  • the categories accepted or rejected;
  • the date of the choice;
  • the version of the information displayed.

These tools are necessary to avoid requesting consent on every visit and to document the preferences expressed by the user.

2. Functional cookies and external content

These tools allow users to access additional features and view content hosted on external platforms.

They may include:

  • YouTube videos;
  • Google Maps;
  • ISSUU catalogues and publications;
  • fonts and graphic resources loaded from external servers;
  • other embedded multimedia content.

When loading such content involves the use of non-essential cookies or other Tracking Technologies, the service remains blocked until the user provides consent.

Without consent, a placeholder message may be displayed instead of the external content, allowing the user to choose whether to activate it.

YouTube

The website embeds videos hosted on YouTube, a service provided by Google.

Activating a video may result in Google receiving information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device information;
  • the page visited;
  • the date and time of the request;
  • data relating to the viewing of and interaction with the video;
  • identifiers associated with Google services.

If the user is signed in to their Google account, the activity may be associated with that account in accordance with the settings selected by the user.

Videos are loaded in accordance with the preferences expressed through the consent management system.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited.

Google Maps

The website embeds a Google Maps map on the contact page.

Activating the map may result in Google receiving:

  • the user’s IP address;
  • browser and device information;
  • information about the page visited;
  • data relating to interaction with the map;
  • location information, depending on the device settings and permissions granted by the user.

The map is loaded in accordance with the preferences expressed by the user.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited.

ISSUU

The website uses ISSUU to embed catalogues, publications, and flipbooks.

Activating ISSUU content may result in the provider receiving:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device information;
  • details of the page visited;
  • online identifiers;
  • data relating to the viewing of and interaction with the publication.

ISSUU content is loaded in accordance with the preferences expressed by the user.

Provider: ISSUU.

Google Fonts

The website may use Google Fonts to display certain typefaces.

When fonts are loaded directly from Google servers, the user’s browser communicates technical information required to deliver the files, such as the IP address and browser information.

When the font files are hosted locally on the website server, no request is sent to Google servers for their display.

Provider when remotely loaded: Google Ireland Limited.

Adobe Fonts

The website uses Adobe Fonts to display certain typefaces.

Adobe states that it does not set or use cookies to deliver fonts embedded on websites. However, the service may receive technical information required to provide the fonts and verify their use, including:

  • the font requested;
  • the web project identifier;
  • the type of embed code;
  • the hostname of the page;
  • the IP address required to deliver the file.

Provider: Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited.

Font Awesome

The website uses Font Awesome to display icons and graphic elements.

When the files are hosted locally, no connection is made to the provider’s external servers.

When the resources are loaded from an external service, the browser may transmit the IP address and other technical information required to deliver the files.

Twemoji

The website may use Twemoji or other resources to display emojis.

When these resources are managed locally or directly by the user’s device, no connection is made to external providers.

When the resources are loaded from external servers, the browser may transmit the IP address and other technical information required to provide the file.

3. Analytics cookies

Analytics tools make it possible to understand how the website is used, which pages are visited, and how users interact with its content.

Non-essential analytics cookies are activated only after the user has provided consent.

Google Analytics 4

The website uses Google Analytics 4, an analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited.

Google Analytics may process information such as:

  • online identifiers;
  • IP address and approximate geographical area;
  • browser, device, and operating system;
  • pages visited;
  • date and time of the visit;
  • session duration;
  • source of the visit;
  • events and interactions carried out on the website.

The service is used to:

  • measure website traffic;
  • collect statistics on the use of the pages;
  • understand which content is viewed most frequently;
  • improve the website’s structure, performance, and content.

Google Analytics is activated only after the user consents to the Analytics category.

The retention period for user-level and event-level data is the period configured in Sige S.p.A.’s Google Analytics property and indicated in the detailed list of Tracking Technologies.

Advertising features, Google Signals, and other additional functions are used only when actually enabled and consistent with the preferences expressed by the user.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited.

4. Marketing cookies

Marketing tools are used to measure advertising campaigns, attribute visits and conversions to advertisements, and display potentially more relevant communications.

These tools are activated only after the user consents to the Marketing category.

Meta Pixel

The website uses Meta Pixel, a service provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.

Meta Pixel may be used to:

  • measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns;
  • understand the actions performed after an advertisement has been viewed or clicked;
  • attribute visits or conversions to advertising campaigns;
  • create statistical or customised audiences;
  • display potentially more relevant advertisements.

The service may process information such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser and device information;
  • the page visited;
  • the date and time of the visit;
  • the referring page or advertisement;
  • actions carried out on the website;
  • identifiers associated with Meta cookies.

Meta Pixel remains disabled until the user consents to the Marketing category.

The website must not transmit to Meta the content of forms, CVs, passwords, downloaded documents, or information belonging to special categories of personal data.

Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited.

Technical tag management

Google Tag Manager

The website uses Google Tag Manager to centrally manage tags, scripts, and code relating to certain technical, analytics, and marketing services.

Google Tag Manager is a tag management tool. The individual services managed through it are activated according to the preferences expressed by the user.

In particular:

  • necessary tags may be executed without consent;
  • Google Analytics is activated according to the choice made for the Analytics category;
  • Meta Pixel is activated according to the choice made for the Marketing category;
  • other services follow the category to which they have been assigned.

User preferences may be communicated to Google services through the consent management features integrated into the website.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited.

Detailed list of cookies and other Tracking Technologies

The following list must be generated and updated by the consent management system used on the website.

The table must include at least:

  • the name of the cookie or Tracking Technology;
  • the domain;
  • the provider;
  • the purpose;
  • the category;
  • the duration;
  • whether it is a first-party or third-party tool.

How consent is collected

When users first visit the website, a banner is displayed allowing them to:

  • accept all non-essential cookies;
  • reject all non-essential cookies;
  • select the categories they wish to authorise;
  • continue using only necessary cookies by closing the banner.

Before the user makes a choice:

  • only strictly necessary cookies and Tracking Technologies remain active;
  • Google Analytics does not use analytics cookies;
  • Meta Pixel remains disabled;
  • external content requiring consent remains blocked;
  • marketing tools are not executed.

Closing the banner, scrolling the page, or continuing to browse does not constitute consent.

Closing the banner using the X button maintains the default settings and allows only necessary tools to be used.

Consent must be freely given, specific, informed, unambiguous, and capable of being documented.

Changing or withdrawing preferences

Users may change or withdraw their preferences at any time.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the preferences were changed.

Rejecting analytics or marketing cookies does not prevent users from browsing the main sections of the website.

Rejecting external content cookies may prevent the direct display of videos, maps, catalogues, or other embedded resources.

Displaying the banner again

The banner is not displayed on every visit after the user has accepted or rejected the relevant categories.

It may be displayed again when:

  • the services, purposes, or providers change significantly;
  • the previous choice cannot be retrieved, for example because the user has deleted their cookies;
  • the user accesses the website from a different browser or device;
  • at least six months have passed since the banner was previously displayed.

Users may reopen the panel at any time through the “Manage cookie preferences” command.

Managing cookies through the browser

Users may also delete or block cookies through their browser settings.

Depending on the browser used, it is normally possible to:

  • view the cookies stored on the device;
  • delete individual cookies;
  • delete all cookies;
  • block third-party cookies;
  • prevent cookies from being stored in the future;
  • receive a warning before a cookie is installed.

Blocking technical cookies in general may affect:

  • access to the restricted area;
  • session management;
  • storage of the selected language;
  • storage of privacy preferences;
  • other essential website functions.

Transfers outside the European Economic Area

Some providers may process data through infrastructure located outside the European Economic Area.

When an international transfer takes place, it is carried out using the safeguards provided for under Articles 44 and following of Regulation EU 2016/679, including:

  • adequacy decisions adopted by the European Commission;
  • participation by the recipient in a recognised adequacy framework;
  • Standard Contractual Clauses;
  • supplementary measures;
  • other safeguards provided for under applicable law.

Users may request further information by writing to info@sige-spa.it.

Link to the Privacy Policy

For further information about the processing of personal data, recipients, retention periods, and data subjects’ rights, please consult the Sige S.p.A. Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy: ENGLISH PRIVACY POLICY PAGE

Updates to this Cookie Policy

Sige S.p.A. may update this Cookie Policy as a result of:

  • changes in applicable law;
  • guidance issued by supervisory authorities;
  • the introduction or removal of services;
  • changes to the cookies used;
  • updates to plugins or platforms;
  • changes to the Google Tag Manager configuration;
  • changes to the consent management system.

The updated version will be published on this page together with the date of the latest revision.

When an update significantly changes the purposes, providers, or Tracking Technologies used, the website may display the banner again and request a new choice from the user.