Cookies Policy Charity Idols
The Cookies Policy aims to describe the types of cookies used by the www.charityidols.com website (hereinafter “the website”), the purpose of the cookies installed and the ways in which the User can opt in or out of the cookies on the website and benefit from the services offered.
We use cookies to make our Website easier and more intuitive. Cookie data is collected to make the browsing experience on the Website more enjoyable and more efficient in the future.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are small text strings sent by the applications visited by the User to the User’s terminal (usually the browser), where they are stored to be retransmitted to the same applications on the next visit of the same User.
The word Cookie refers both to the cookies themselves and to all similar technologies.
Cookies are used to provide faster access to web services and to improve the User’s browsing activity through session tracking, information storage, faster content uploading, etc.
2. TYPES OF COOKIES
Cookies are classified as follows:
First-party cookies: proprietary cookies used by the website in order to allow the User to browse more efficiently and/or to monitor the actions he/she performs,
Third-party cookies: cookies set by a website other than the one the User is currently visiting, in order to allow the User to browse more efficiently and/or monitor his/her actions.
In addition, there are different types of cookies:
Technical and analytical cookies: cookies related to activities strictly necessary for the operation and provision of the service (e.g. session cookies for login), cookies related to the activity of storing preferences and optimization (e.g. cookies for storing the basket or language choices, etc.), analytical cookies for collecting information in anonymous and aggregated form.
Technical cookies include:
- Session or browsing cookies: used to track the user’s online activity. They guarantee normal browsing and use of the website. They allow rapid browsing and making a purchase or authenticating access to limited areas and are necessary for the proper functioning of the site,
- Functional Cookies: allow the User to browse according to a set of selected criteria (e.g. language, products selected for purchase, etc.) in order to improve the service offered to the User,
Analysis cookies: used to collect information on the use of the website. The Data Controller uses this information for statistical analysis and to improve the Website and simplify its use, as well as to monitor its proper functioning. This type of cookie collects anonymous information about Users’ activity on the Website and about the ways in which they reached the Website and the pages they visited. Cookies of this category are sent by the Website itself or by third-party domains.
The detailed cookies may be:
- First-party analytical cookies: they are similar in terms of the regulation to technical cookies, or they are used by the website’s data controller without creating a user profile, but exclusively to collect information, in aggregated and anonymous form, on the number of users and how they visit the website for statistical purposes and to improve its performance,
- Third-party analytical cookies: made available by third parties and assimilated to technical cookies, if the third parties do not carry out User profiling, using appropriate tools to reduce the possibility of identifying the cookies (for example, by hiding important parts of the IP address) and without integrating the information collected with other information already made available.
With regard to technical cookies, exclusive disclosure of the Cookie Policy is required without asking for consent. Disabling or deleting the relevant cookies by accessing the functions of the user’s browser may compromise the optimal browsing of this website.
Profile cookies: used to monitor the User’s browsing on the Internet and to create a profile of his/her habits:
First-Party Profiling Cookies: are installed by the Data Controller to create a User profile in order to send advertising messages according to the preferences displayed during web browsing. Given their particular intrusion into the privacy of users, current legislation requires users to give their consent, after having been adequately informed about the use of the cookies concerned,
Third-party profiling cookies: used by third parties who have access to the information, therefore not in anonymous and aggregated form, and cross-referenced with other data already in their possession. The Website has no direct control over third party cookies. Therefore, the User is encouraged to check the Cookies Policy on the third party website.
The use of these cookies requires the User to obtain prior consent.
3. COOKIES INSTALLED ON THE WEBSITE
The cookies on this website are the following:
Technical and analytical cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website, for aggregate statistical analysis and to improve and simplify the use of the website and to store browsing preferences and optimize the User’s browsing experience,
First-party profiling cookies, which collect information by tracking the User’s browsing data, determined by the data controller for the following purposes: Improving the User’s experience based on their behaviour on the website,
Improving the User’s experience on the website by improving the User’s experience on the User’s browsing experience.Third-party cookies that can also perform profiling and tracking activity of the User even without the identification of the data controller. For more information, we recommend the User to carefully study the privacy policies of the individual services listed below.
Below is the list of third party cookies used by this website:
Google Analytics with anonymous IP: Google Analytics is a service provided by Google Inc. which uses cookies to measure visits to the Website and any purchases made for analytics purposes. The IP address of users will be anonymous.
For more information, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Adwords Remarketing. The remarketing activity helps to reach Users who have visited the Website.
For more information, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
AdWords with conversion tracking: Google AdWords Conversion Tracking is a statistical service provided by Google Inc. that shows what happens after a customer clicks on their ads.
For more information, visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube Viewing Content: YouTube is a service provided by Google Inc. that uses cookies to allow users to view videos on this site.
For more information, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Facebook sharing: Facebook uses cookies to provide Users with “share” and “like” features on their dashboard. Provided by Facebook, Inc.
For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Facebook Login: Facebook uses cookies to provide Users with the ability to sign up using their Facebook account. Provided by Facebook, Inc.
For more information, see: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Facebook Custom Audience and Remarketing.
For more information and to disable cookies, please see: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Facebook Remarketing: Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing service provided by Facebook, Inc. that links the activity of this Site to the Facebook advertising network.
For more information and to disable cookies, please see: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
Twitter sharing: Twitter uses cookies to provide the user with sharing features on its dashboard. Provided by Twitter Inc.
For more information, please see the following pages: https://twitter.com/privacy
Twitter login: Twitter uses cookies to provide Users with the ability to sign up using their Twitter account. Provided by Twitter Inc.
For more information, please see the following pages: https://twitter.com/privacy.
Twitter Remarketing:Twitter Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioural targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that links the activity of this application to the Twitter advertising network.
For more information, please see https://twitter.com/privacy
Google+ Sharing: Google+ uses cookies to provide the User with sharing features on its dashboard. The cookie is provided by Google Inc.
For more information, please see http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/.
Sign in to Google+: Google Inc. uses cookies to provide Users with the ability to sign in using their Google+ account. Provided by Google Inc.
For more information, please see: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/
Pinterest Sharing: Pinterest Inc. uses cookies to provide the User with sharing capabilities on their dashboard. For more information, please see: https://policy.pinterest.com/privacy-policy
TikTok Pixel – Re-Marketing / Re-Targeting: TikTok is a service provided by TikTok Inc. which uses cookies to understand User behavior and interaction with the Website, evaluate marketing performance and specifically target users with online advertising who have already shown interest in products on the Website.
For more information, visit: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/cookie-policy?lang= en
Reddit Pixel: Reddit is a service provided by Reddit, Inc. that uses cookies to understand user behavior and interaction with the Site, evaluate marketing performance, and specifically target users with online advertising who have already shown interest in products on the Site.
For more information, visit: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/privacy-policy
4. DURATION OF COOKIES
Cookies have a duration determined by the expiration date or by a specific action, such as closing the browser set during installation.
Cookies can be:
Temporary or session: they are used to store temporary information, allowing the user to link actions performed during a specific session, and are removed from the computer when the browser is turned off,
Persistent cookies: used to store information, such as the User’s login name and password, in order to prevent the same User from re-entering them each time he/she visits a particular website. These remain stored on the computer even when the browser is closed.
Profile cookies are stored on the User’s device for a period not exceeding 12 months. After this period has expired, the User’s consent to the use of cookies will be required again.