Extended cookie policy

The website https://www.docsity.com/en/ (hereinafter also "the Site") uses cookies for the following purposes: computer authentication, session monitoring, storage of information on specific settings regarding users who access to the server. This document provides detailed information on the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used on the Site and how to manage them. Visitors may set their browser in order to reject or accept the cookies. You may reject cookies directly through your browser’s settings. For more information on the processing of personal data by the Data Controller (Ladybird s.r.l.) click here

1. Definition

Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and / or numbers) that allow the web server to store information on the browser to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, according to user preferences, by the single browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone).

2. Cookie types

2.1. There are different categories of cookies, with different characteristics and scope:

a) Technical cookies: these are cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of the site and are used for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of a service from the company information explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide this service;

b) Analytics cookies: these are cookies used to collect and analyze traffic and use of the site anonymously. These cookies, even without identifying the user, allow, for example, to detect if the same user returns to connect at different times. They also allow you to monitor the system and improve its performance and usability. The deactivation of these cookies can be performed without any loss of functionality.

c) Profiling cookies: these are persistent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and improve their browsing experience.

d) Third-party cookies (analytics and / or profiling): these are cookies generated by organizations not belonging to the Site, but integrated into parts of the Site page. Think for example of Google "widgets" (eg . Google Maps) or "social plugins" (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).

2.2. Information collected by "third parties" are subject by the related privacy policies better listed herebelow.

3. Type of cookies

3.1. The website uses the following cookies (To see all cookies used on the website, hover your mouse over the table and scroll horizontally to the right):

No. Code Provider Type of cookie Third party/
First Party
Scope Term Other information
1 _px3 PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity 1 day To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
2 CookieConsent Cookiebot Technical Third Cookies' preferences 1 year Management cookie banner
3 gtm_history / Technical First Statistic 30 minutes Log of previous page natigated.
4 _pxff_tm PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
5 _pxvid PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
6 umeng_callback Google Technical Third Technical Sessione Google Tag Manager service management.
7 PXHp4b16gP_pxfp PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
8 PXHp4b16gP_vzch PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
9 PXHp4b16gP_pxtiming PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
10 _pxff_rf PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
11 _pxff_fp PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
12 pxcc PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
13 PXHp4b16gP_px_c_p_PXHp4b16gP PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
14 rc::a Google Technical Third Cybersecurity Session This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
15 rc::c Google Technical Third Cybersecurity Session This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.
16 journey-registry / Technical First Preferences 1 day Management of search results.
17 lang / Technical First Preferences 1 day Management multilanguage
18 pxsid PerimeterX Technical Third Cybersecurity Session To protect Docsity from BOT attacks
19 _hjCachedUserAttributes Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic Session User attribution such as behavioural data, sent to Hotiar per analitics segmentation.
20 _ga Google Analytics Analitycs Third Statistic 2 years To register a unique ID in order to generate statistical report based on user experience.
21 _gid Google Analytics Analitycs Third Statistic 1 day To register a unique ID in order to generate statistical report based on user experience.
22 _gat Google Analytics Analitycs Third Statistic 1 day Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
23 _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic 1 day This cookie is used to count how many times a website has been visited by different visitors - this is done by assigning the visitor an ID, so the visitor does not get registered twice.
24 _hjid Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic 1 year Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes.
25 _hjIncludedInPageviewSample Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic 1 year To determin if user's browsing should be registered in a specific statystical order.
26 _hjIncludedInSessionSample Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic 1 year Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.
27 _hjTLDTest Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic Session Detects the SEO-ranking for the current website. This service is part of a third-party statistics and analysis service.
28 _hjViewportId Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic Session Set a unique ID for the session and permit to obtain behavioral data for each user for statistical purposes.
29 _hjFirstSeen Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic Session Used in context with the website's pop-up questionnaires and messengering. The data is used for statistical or marketing purposes.
30 _hjUserAttributesHash Hotjar Analitycs Third Statistic Session Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization.
31 __gads Google ADS Marketing Third Marketing 1 year Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user.
32 GoogleAdServingTest Google ADS Marketing Third Marketing Session Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user.
33 IDE Google DoubleClick Marketing Third Marketing 1 year Used by Google DoubleClick to register and analyze users' actions after he see or click on an ads, in order to analyze its performance.
34 test_cookie Google Analitycs Third Technical 1 day To verify if the browser support cookies
35 fr Facebook Marketing Third Marketing 3 months For statistical and advertising purposes on Facebook
36 tr Facebook Marketing Third Marketing Session For statistical and advertising purposes on Facebook
37 ads/ga-audiences Google Marketing Third Marketing Session Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor's online behaviour across websites.
38 _cioid Customer.io Marketing Third Marketing 1 year Used to identify visitors in order to send transactional and targeted email messages.
39 _cioanonid Customer.io Marketing Third Marketing 1 year Used to identify visitors in order to send transactional and targeted email messages.

4. Management

4.1. User may accept or not cookies using the settings on their browser.

4.2. Disabling third party cookies does not prevent the user to access the content of website. If the user disable all the cookies, he may still access the content of the website save for cookies session for user’s authentication.

4.3. The setting can be defined specifically for the different websites and web applications. Furthermore, the best browsers allow you to define different settings for various types of cookies:

a) Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie

b) Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

c) Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

d) Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html

e) Safari for Mac: https://support.apple.com/it-it/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

f) Safari for iOS: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

4.4. We also highlight the possibility of using specific tools for the management of privacy regarding cookies for advertising purposes such as Your Online Choices (http://www.youronlinechoices.com) limited to the advertising networks that adhere to the initiative. For more information, http://www.edaa.eu.