Definitions
Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and / or numbers) that allow the web server to store on the client (the browser) information that can be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after several days (persistent cookies).
Cookies are stored, according to user preferences, by the single browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone). Similar technologies, such as, for example, web beacons, transparent GIFs and all forms of local storage introduced with HTML5, are usable to gather information on user behavior and use of services.
Later in this document we will refer to cookies and all similar technologies simply by using the term “cookies”.