This information notice is provided to persons who access and consult the STARS3 website, the Data Controller, pursuant to Article 13 of GDPR 679/16 – “European Regulation on the protection of personal data”.
This cookie policy therefore describes how STARS3, hereinafter referred to as STARS3, uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and store information when the user visits the STARS3.it website or receives emails from the company.
Purpose and Methods of Processing
The IT systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire, during their normal operation, certain personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols.
This information, by its very nature, may allow users to be identified through processing and association with data held by third parties.
Policy on Cookies, Pixel Tags and JavaScript Tags
The website uses session and persistent cookies, technical, analytical and profiling cookies, in addition to pixel tags and/or JavaScript tags, to collect and store certain information relating to the user.
A cookie is a small data file that the website sends and saves on the hard drive of the user’s computer and/or device, hereinafter both referred to as “computer”; subsequently, when the user accesses the website, the cookies saved on the computer will send information to the party that sent them.
Session cookies are used, for example, to browse the website without having to re-enter login details and are then deleted from the user’s computer once the browser is closed.
Persistent cookies remain on the user’s computer after the browser is closed, but can be deleted at any time using the browser settings.
Cookies are also divided into “first-party cookies” and “third-party cookies”.
First-party cookies are set directly by STARS3 on the user’s computer, with the sole purpose of recognizing the user during subsequent visits.
Third-party cookies are sent by an independent service provider operating on behalf of the company and may be used by such third-party service provider to recognize the user when visiting the company’s website or third-party websites.
Although the company may allow third-party service providers to access the website in order to send these cookies to users’ computers in accordance with applicable laws, as described in this cookie policy, the company does not control the information collected by the cookies nor does it retain access to such data, which is immediately communicated to the third parties that collect it.
This information is entirely controlled by the third-party service provider in accordance with its respective privacy policy.
Pixel tags may also be used in the emails that STARS3 sends to the user.
To learn more about cookies, please visit:
www.allaboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.eu.
By using the company’s website, the user consents to the use and communication of cookies and non-transactional pixel tags/JavaScript tags as described in this policy, unless such consent is withdrawn and their use is prevented by changing the technical settings of the computer as described below:
How to Disable or Delete Cookies
If the user wishes to prevent the browser from accepting cookies, be informed each time a cookie is stored on their computer, or delete cookies already present, the appropriate changes must be made using the Internet browser settings, generally accessible from the “Help” or “Internet Options” sections.
Please refer to the links below:
- INTERNET EXPLORER
- FIREFOX
- CHROME
- SAFARI
If cookies are disabled or deleted through the Internet browser settings, some features or functionalities of this website may not be accessible; moreover, the user may be required to re-enter their login details and the general use of the website may be limited.
If all cookies are deleted from the browser or if another browser or computer is used, the user will have to complete the procedure to withdraw consent to the use of cookies again.
Purpose of the Use of Cookies, Pixel Tags and JavaScript Tags
This website uses the following cookies, pixel tags and JavaScript tags for the purposes listed below:
STARS3 Cookies — First-Party Cookies
STARS3 uses session cookies to store the products selected in the shopping cart and to allow the registered user who has logged into the website to remain logged in.
Session cookies store the relevant information together with the user’s IP address and the cookie identification code.
These session cookies are transaction-related cookies necessary for the use of the website and their use does not require the user’s consent.
STARS3 may also use a persistent cookie to store the user’s login details, so that they do not have to re-enter them each time they visit the website.
This function can only be activated if the user checks the box shown below the login window, which informs the user of the presence of this function.
STARS3 may also set a persistent cookie the first time the user visits the website, in order to recognize the user as a visitor and determine whether they have visited the online shop intended for consumers or the one intended for business customers.
This cookie is updated with a date and time indicator each time the user returns to the website and stores information relating to the products viewed in order to show the user personalized products on the website homepage based on the preferences previously detected.
If the user is a registered customer, STARS3 may place a persistent cookie that tracks the time and date of visits, whether the user is registered as a business customer or consumer; this cookie may be associated with the user’s transaction data, as described in the company’s privacy policy, in order to show the user personalized products on the website homepage based on the preferences previously detected.
Third-Party Cookies, Pixel Tags and JavaScript Tags for Website Analytics
Third parties responsible for website analytics, such as Google Analytics and Omniture, may use persistent cookies and pixel tags/JavaScript tags to analyze the user’s browsing habits and visits to the website, as well as to other websites that allow STARS3 to analyze the use of the website and improve both the website itself and STARS3 marketing campaigns.
Specifically, the STARS3 website uses Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), and Adobe Analytics, formerly Omniture, a service provided by Adobe Systems, Inc. (“Adobe”).
These services use cookies, small text files placed on the user’s computer, to allow the website to analyze how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookies regarding the use of the website will be transferred to and stored by Google, in the case of Google Analytics, or by Adobe, in the case of Omniture, on servers located in the United States.
Before being transferred, this information will be anonymized by omitting the last octet of the user’s IP address.
Google or Adobe will process this information respectively on behalf of the company for the purpose of evaluating the user’s use of the website, compiling reports on browsing activity and providing other services related to website activity and Internet usage.
Neither Google nor Adobe will associate the user’s IP address with any other data held by Google or Adobe respectively.
The user may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser; however, this may compromise the full functionality of the website.
The user may also withdraw consent to the collection of their usage data, including their IP address, and to the processing of data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following address:
https://tools.google.com
Third-Party Advertising
Subject to the user’s consent, third-party companies may place cookies or pixel tags/JavaScript tags on certain pages of the website visited by the user.
With regard to Google AdWords, a third-party advertising service provided by Google, these cookies or pixel tags/JavaScript tags are also used to store the user’s IP address together with other information relating to usage, such as products viewed, date and time of the visit, and the value of the products in the shopping cart, for the purpose of analyzing the user’s interests and searches carried out on the website in order to provide personalized advertisements while browsing the website or other websites.
ZenithOptimidia, through companies within its Group, particularly through Performics and Criteo, uses cookies or pixel tags/JavaScript tags to store the user’s IP address, together with other information relating to website browsing, for the purpose of “linking” the user’s IP address to an email address present in its databases in order to send promotional emails to the user.
The user may withdraw consent to the collection of usage data, including the IP address, and to the processing of data by Google by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following address:
https://tools.google.com
Other third parties offering advertising services used in connection with the website do not collect, process or use the user’s personal data within the scope of the services provided.
The information collected through cookies or pixel tags/JavaScript tags may be shared in aggregate form, in any case without an IP address, with other third parties for the purpose of managing and targeting advertisements and for market research purposes.
Direct App Integration — If Existing
The App allows third parties to provide services and/or track certain information when the user visits the mobile version of our website.
Third parties may use information such as mobile advertising identifiers, app usage, date and time, advertisements clicked and/or location data via mobile phone in order to provide advertising for products and services that may be of greater interest to the user.
For more information about this activity, please visit:
www.networkadvertising.org or www.aboutads.info.
Information on how to change preferences on a mobile phone can be found here:
www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choices
Social Media Tools
The STARS3 website provides access to social media tools supplied by social networking platforms such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Users who decide to use these tools by activating a social media tool may share certain personal data with their friends and such social networking platforms.
Sharing activities are subject to the privacy policies of each social network.
Specifically, Facebook social network tools are also provided to allow Facebook to share information and activities of friends with its registered users while browsing our website.
For example, social plugins allow Facebook to show the user’s and their friends’ “Likes” on our product pages when the user is logged into Facebook while browsing the STARS3 website.
STARS3 has no control over the information collected by these social media tools and has no access to such data.
This information is entirely controlled by the social network in accordance with its respective privacy policy.
For further information, please visit the websites of the respective social networks.
Legal Basis for Processing
The use of technical cookies is processing carried out in the legitimate interest of the Data Controller; the use of all other cookies is carried out with the consent of the data subject.
Refusal to Provide Data
The data subject may refuse to provide the Data Controller with their browsing data.
To do so, the data subject must disable cookies by following the instructions provided by the browser in use.
Disabling cookies may worsen browsing and the use of website functionalities.