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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Analitycs | Third | Technical | 1 day | To verify if the browser support cookies | |
35 | fr | Marketing | Third | Marketing | 3 months | For statistical and advertising purposes on Facebook | |
36 | tr | Marketing | Third | Marketing | Session | For statistical and advertising purposes on Facebook | |
37 | ads/ga-audiences | 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.