What is a cookie and what is its purpose? A cookie is a small file that is sent to the browser and saved on your device when you visit a website like vituliashop.com (“the website”). Cookies allow the site to function efficiently and improve its services, in addition to providing information to the site owner for statistical or advertising purposes, primarily to personalise your navigation experience by remembering your preferences (for example, remembering the language and currency you set, in order to recognise you at the next visit, etc.). MOTHERLAND FOOD SRL could also collaborate with third-party, tracking technology users to advertise on the Internet. These companies can collect information anonymously on visits to our Site. Which cookies do we use and for what purpose? In addition to allowing easy use of the Site, MOTHERLAND FOOD SRL uses cookies on the Site for various purposes, including: (1) identifying the user when logging in on the Site; (2) store stored products in the shopping cart for their purchase; (3) avoid fraudulent use of accounts or payments; (4) if authorized, assist in profiling your user, and then provide you with information about products of your interest, or other custom content or offers; (5) authorized, provided promotions, content, advertising, user-related and preferences, and to remember such preferences; (6) conduct market research; (7) improve the Site, offer the products of MOTHERLAND FOOD SRL and market them, etc. Currently, the Site uses the following types of cookies with the following features that the user can activate or deactivate in the “Cookies Settings” section on each page of the Site.
- Navigation cookies
From the first access these cookies allow the website to function correctly and allow you to view content on your device by recognising the language and market of the country from which you’ve chosen to connect. If you are a registered user, they will allow you to be recognised and to access the services offered from the dedicated areas. Navigation cookies are technical cookies and are needed for the functioning of the website.
- Analytical cookies
These first party cookies are the property of MOTHERLAND FOOD SRL (the vituliashop.com manager) and are used to collect data in an anonymous and aggregate way. These cookies are used to prepare statistical analyses on the navigation methods of our website’s users. MOTHERLAND FOOD SRL treats the results of these analyses anonymously and exclusively for statistical purposes only.
- Functional cookies
These cookies allow, based on your express request, for you to be recognised when you subsequently access the website, so that you do not have to enter your information each time (for example: “Remember me”). If you have added items into your Shopping Bag and closed the session without completing the purchase and without eliminating those items, these cookies allow you to continue the shopping experience the next time you access the website (within a limited period,) finding the same articles that were selected. Functional cookies are not essential to the functioning of the website, but rather improve navigation quality and experience.
- Our own and third party marketing and profiling cookies
These cookies are aimed at creating user-related profiles to send commercial messages that meet the preferences shown during the visit, or to improve your navigation experience: while you navigate on our website, these cookies are useful for showing you products of interest to you or which are similar to those you have viewed. Third party cookies are those that have been sent by our trusted third party companies. These cookies allow you to be provided with our commercial offering on other affiliated websites (retargeting). With third party cookies we do not have control of the information provided by the cookie and we do not have access to this data. This information is entirely controlled by third party cookies as described in the respective policy. To find out more about the aforementioned third parties cookie, you can inform yourself on their respective polices and knowingly manage your consent or refusal, for this we invite you to visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
- Social Network Cookies
These cookies are necessary to allow your social account to interact with our website. For example, they are used to express your appreciation and to share it with your social networking friends. The social network cookies are not needed for navigation. For more information on the policies regarding the use of social network cookies, it is possible to consult the respective privacy and cookies policies: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ Google+: http://www.google.com/intl/it/policies/privacy/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/privacy Instagram: https://instagram.com/legal/cookies/ How can I disable cookies? For more information and to modify cookie settings, including their activation and deactivation, you can access the dedicated section linked from the site footer under “Cookie Settings”. The majority of browsers are configured to accept, control or potentially disable cookies through the settings. We nevertheless remind you that disabling navigation or functional cookies may affect the functioning of the website and/or limit the service we offer.