Cookies Policy

The Data Controller is the National Academy of Medicine, with registered office in Via Martin Piaggio 17/6, 16122, Genoa, CF and VAT number 04208241002 (hereinafter also referred to as AccMed).

This cookie policy ("Cookie Policy"), which must be read in addition to the information provided in the Privacy Policy, is used to describe the types of cookies and other technologies used on the Site (or Web application), as well as the reasons and conditions of use of cookies. We inform you that some cookies are strictly necessary to provide the services requested by the user by browsing the Site (or Web application), so it is not necessary to acquire the user's consent and it is not possible to disable them through the appropriate management interface of the cookies.

However, the User can avoid the installation of these strictly necessary cookies by configuring the settings of his browser or by disabling access to specific sites through the browser itself, as specified in the instructions of the browser in use. Both of these solutions may prevent the user from using or viewing parts of the Site (or Web application) correctly.

Use of Cookies

The Site uses cookies to make its services practical, fast, and powerful for users who view the pages on this Site. Users who view the contents of this Site will see minimum amounts of information stored in the devices in use, which are computers or mobile devices, in small text files called "cookies", saved in the directories used by the user's web browser. There are various types of cookies, some to make the use of the Site more efficient, others to enable certain features.

More specifically, the cookies in use on this site allow you to:

Types of Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

This type of cookie allows the Site to function properly. They belong to two categories:

These cookies are necessary to protect the Site and to display the Site correctly, they will therefore always be used and sent, unless the user changes the settings in their browser (thus affecting the correct display of the site pages).

AccMed uses the following strictly necessary third-party cookies:

Google reCAPTCHA (Google Inc.)
Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google Inc.
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage data.
Place of processing: USA --– Privacy Policy .

YouTube Video Widget (Google Inc.)
YouTube is a video content viewing service managed by Google Inc. that allows this website or application to integrate such content within its pages.
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA --– Privacy Policy .

Analytical cookies

The cookies in this category are used to collect information on the use of the Site. AccMed will use this information to carry out anonymous statistical analyzes in order to improve the use of the Site and to make the content more interesting and relevant to the wishes of users. This type of cookie collects anonymous data on user activity and how it arrived on the Site. Analytical cookies are sent from third-party domains.

In particular, these cookies are used in order to anonymously collect the following information: pages visited, time spent, origins of the traffic of origin, geographical origin, age, gender and interests for the purpose of marketing campaigns.

AccMed does not use this type of cookie.

Profiling cookies

These cookies are used to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages of third-party products in line with the preferences expressed by the user within the pages of the Site. AccMed does not use this type of cookie.

Third Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links to other Web sites that have their own privacy policy which may be different from that adopted by the Owner, who therefore is not responsible for these sites.