Cookies

To ensure this site works properly, we sometimes install small data files called “cookies” on your device. Most large websites do the same.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that websites save on your computer or mobile device while you visit them. Thanks to cookies, the site remembers your actions and preferences (e.g., login, language, font size, and other display settings) so that you do not have to re-enter them when you return to the site or browse from one page to another.

There are different types of cookies. Some are necessary to navigate the site, while others have different purposes, such as ensuring internal security, administering the system, performing statistical analyses, understanding which sections of the site are of most interest to users, or offering a personalized site visit.

The Site uses technical cookies and not profiling cookies. This applies to both the user’s computer and any other device the user may use to connect to the Site.

Technical cookies

Technical cookies are those used solely to carry out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide such service.

They are not used for any further purposes and are normally installed directly by the website owner or manager.

They can be divided into navigation or session cookies, which guarantee normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, purchases to be made or authentication to access restricted areas); analytics cookies, which are considered technical cookies when used directly by the site manager to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and how they visit the site; functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate based on a series of selected criteria (e.g., language, products selected for purchase) to improve the service provided to the user.

Disabling cookies may limit the ability to use the Site and prevent you from fully benefiting from the features and services available on the Site. To decide which cookies to accept and which to refuse, below is a description of the cookies used on the Site.

Types of cookies used

First-party cookies:

First-party cookies (i.e., cookies that belong to the publisher’s site that created them) are set by the website visited by the user, whose address appears in the URL window. Using these cookies allows us to run the site efficiently and track visitor behavior patterns.

Third-party cookies:

Third-party cookies are set by a domain different from the one visited by the user. If a user visits a site and a different company sends the information using that site, third-party cookies are present.

Session cookies:

So-called ‘session cookies’ are temporarily stored and are deleted when the user closes the browser. If the user registers on the Site, it may use cookies that collect personal data to identify the user during subsequent visits and facilitate access – login to the Site (e.g., keeping the user’s username and password) and navigation on it. Additionally, Open Source Solutions uses cookies for system administration purposes. The Site may contain links to other sites. Open Source Solutions has no access or control over cookies, web bacon, and other tracking technologies used on third-party sites that the user can access from the Site, the availability of any content and material published or obtained through such sites, and the related methods of processing personal data; Open Source Solutions, in this regard, considering the large number of such third-party sites, expressly disclaims any related liability. The user should check the privacy policy of third-party sites accessed from the Site to understand the conditions applicable to the processing of personal data, as Open Source Solutions’ Privacy Policy applies only to the Site as defined above.

Persistent cookies:

Persistent cookies are stored on users’ devices between browser sessions, allowing the site to remember user preferences or actions. They can be used for various purposes, such as remembering preferences and choices when using the Site.

Essential cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary for the Site to function. Without these cookies, the Site will not work properly.

Disabling cookies

The majority of browsers are configured to accept cookies automatically. However, users can configure their browsers to accept or reject all cookies, or to receive a notification whenever a cookie is offered, so that they can decide whether to accept it or not. To disable cookies, refer to the instructions provided by the browser (usually found under ‘Help,’ ‘Tools,’ or ‘Edit’). Disabling cookies may limit the ability to use the Site and prevent you from fully benefiting from the features and services available on the Site.