Cookie Policy
An HTTP cookie (more commonly referred to as Web cookie, tracking cookie or simply cookie) are lines of text used to perform automatic authentication, session tracking and storage of specific information about users accessing the server. In detail, they are small text strings sent from a server to a Web client (usually a browser) and then sent back from the client to the server (unchanged) each time the client accesses the same portion of the same Web domain. Cookies are designed to be a reliable mechanism for Web sites to remember useful information (e.g., items in a shopping cart) or to record user browsing activities (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages have been visited by the user).
How does www.optimal-project.eu use cookies?
A visit to a page on www.optimal-project.eu may generate the following types of cookies:
Cookies Analytics:
Every time a user visits the site, software provided by another organization generates 'Anonymous analytics cookies'.
These cookies can tell us whether this is the first time you have visited the site or you have never been on these web pages.
Your browser will tell us if you are willing to receive these cookies, and if you are not, we generate new ones.
This allows us to calculate how many users visit our site and how often.
If you are not logged in to advancedstudies.unipr.it, we cannot use cookies to identify individuals. We use them to collect statistics: for example, the number of visits to a page. If you log in, we will only learn about the data you previously provided to generate your account, such as your username and 'email address.
(For example, Google Analytics)
Registration cookies
When you register at parmasummerschool.unipr.it, we generate cookies that let us know whether or not you are logged in.
Our servers use cookies to understand whether you are allowed, by the person who logged in, to use a particular web service we offer.
Other third-party cookies
On some pages of our site, other organizations, may set their own anonymous cookies. They do this to monitor the success of their application, or to personalize applications. Because of the way cookies work, our website cannot access them, or access the data organization that generates these cookies employed on our site.
For example, when you share an article using a sharing button on social media (e.g. Facebook) on advancedstudies.unipr.it, the social network that created the button will register the user who did so.
How do I opt out of accepting cookies?
It is usually possible to make the browser stop accepting cookies or accept cookies only from a particular website.
All modern browsers allow you to change cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Or you can use the "Help" option in your browser for more information.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Safari and iOS
If you block the use of cookies, then it will limit the service we are able to provide to you by affecting your experience on our website.
