Cookie policy

This page outlines the cookie policy in use in pos.sissa.it along with details of cookies used by the website. This information may change over time and the lastest version can be found at this page.

Like most websites, pos.sissa.it uses cookies. Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Further information about what cookies are can be found on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.

Types of Cookies

The Italian Data Protection Authority broadly divides cookies into different categories depending on their use and on who sends (sets) the cookie.

Technical cookies

Technical cookies are cookies necessary for website navigation or to provide the services offered by the website. They are not used for ulterior purposes.

To quote the Italian Data Protection Authority,

Technical cookies are those used exclusively with a view to "carrying out the transmission of a communication on an electronic communications network, or insofar as this is strictly necessary to the provider of an information society service that has been explicitly requested by the contracting party or user to provide the said service."

Profiling cookies

Profiling cookies are cookies used to track user navigation and create a profile of their habits which can then be used to send advertising messages to the users device.

Once again quoting the Italian Data Protection Authority,

Profiling cookies are aimed at creating user profiles. They are used to send ads messages in line with the preferences shown by the user during navigation. In the light of the highly invasive nature of these cookies vis-a-vis users' private sphere, Italian and European legislation requires users to be informed appropriately on their use so as to give their valid consent.

Cookies can also be categorized into first party and third party cookies depending on who sets the cookie.

First party cookies

These are set directly by the website that you are visiting and can only be accessed by that site. A first party cookie's domain name will match the domain name that is shown in the web browser address bar.

Third party cookies

The website may contain content embedded from YouTube or Flickr for example, and these sites may set their own cookies or it might use a third party analytics company who will set their own cookie to perform this service. Third-party cookies belong to domains different from the one shown in the address bar.

Cookies Used By PoS

PoS makes limited use of cookies - the only cookies set are those used to collect analytical data to help improve the service. To do this we use Piwik - http://piwik.org an open source analytics platform which allows us to store any data collected on our servers and this data is not transfered to external parties.

The following first party cookies are set by pos.sissa.it:

Cookie Name	Type	Duration	Details
session	technical cookie	16 days	Session cookie for logged in users
_pk_ses.*	technical cookie	30 mins	Used by Piwik to track a session, i.e., how long a vistor is on the website
_pk_cvar.*	technical cookie	30 mins	Used by Piwik for internal statistics
_pk_ref.*	technical cookie	6 months	Used by Piwik to identify the page from which visitors have come to the website to enable us to identify which websites generates the most traffic
_pk_id.*	technical cookie	2 years	Used by Piwik to avoid counting a person twice when counting how many people visit the website

The following third party cookies are set by medialab.sissa.it:

Cookie Name	Type	Duration	Details
PIWIK_SESSID	technical cookie	Until end of browser session	Used by Piwik for the user session
piwik_ignore	technical cookie	2 years	Tells Piwik to ignore this user when they opt-out of Piwik
Piwik opt-out - If you prefer us not to gather analytical information please untick the box below

How to Manage Cookies

You can manage cookies by modifying your web browser preferences (see the following paragraph for more details of how to do this). Typically you can accept cookies, ask to be notified when a cookie is set or reject cookies.

If you do wish to restrict or block cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your web browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. You can also visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of web browsers.

The following are links to information about managing cookies in some commonly used browsers:

Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

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

Apple Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=en_US

Internet Explorer
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11

Contact Details

If you have any questions regarding our cookie policy we will glady answer them. You can contact us at:
  PoS editorial office
  pos-eo@pos.sissa.it
  Via Bonomea, 265
  34136 Trieste - Italy
  Phone ++39 040 3787 636
  fax ++39 040 3787 640

This cookie policy was last updated in January 2017