Bologna University Business School uses cookies in order to ensure the proper operation of its websites. This page provides you with detailed information on the use of cookies and how to disable them.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device (usually by your browser) when you visit a website to be retransmitted to the same website at your next visit. Our website uses cookies to enhance your navigation experience and for other purposes such as storing your username and password.
The cookies of our website cannot be used to collect information from your hard drive, to spread viruses or to store your email address. When we refer to cookies in this document, we also mean any other similar technology used to collect information about the website user’s behavior.
Different types of cookies
Internet websites use cookies for different purposes and they can be grouped into the categories here below. Some cookies only perform technical functions (the so-called technical cookies) or related to the analysis of traffic and the use of the website in an anonymous form (analytical cookies), whereas other types of cookies are aimed at creating profiles relating to the user and are used to send advertisements in line with the preferences expressed by the user during the browsing activity (profiling cookies).
- Strictly necessary cookies
They are technical cookies which aim at ensuring the proper operation of our website. Cookies have a strictly limited duration (after closing your browser, they will be deleted). By disabling these cookies, the use of the services accessible by login will not work properly, whereas the public section of our website can be normally used.
- Analytical and performance cookies
They are cookies used to collect and analyze the traffic and the use of the website in an anonymous form. These cookies, without identifying the user, allow for example to detect if the same user will connect again at any time. They also allow monitoring the system and improving its performances and usability.
- Profiling cookies
They are persistent cookies used to create users’ profiles in order to send advertisements in line with the preferences expressed during the navigation.
Third-party cookies
When visiting a website, it is possible to receive cookies both from the visited website itself and from websites managed by other organizations (third parties). They are parties of the visited page directly generated by the above-stated websites and integrated in the page of the host site. The most common use is that of the social plug-ins, aimed at sharing the contents on social networks (such as Twitter and Facebook).
This website uses third-party cookies. The management of the information collected by third parties is regulated by their policies. To disable third-party cookies and for further information on the management of data, please read the cookie and privacy policies of third parties at the following links:
Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
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Facebook informativa: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/
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Twitter informative: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514
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Linkedin informativa: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
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Instagram: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/legal/cookies/
Management of the cookies
Should you not wish to consent to use cookies, you can click on the cross of the banner that appeared at the first access to the site. We also inform you that cookies can be disabled by using the settings of your browser. For example, in Firefox, from the Tools menu->Options ->Privacy, you will access a control panel where you can choose whether to accept or not the different types of cookies and remove them. For the most commonly used browsers, cookie preferences can be set at the following links:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookie-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-cookie-in-internet-explorer-9
Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?viewlocale=en_US&locale=it_IT
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Update of cookie policy
This cookie policy will be regularly updated. Occasionally please visit our website to read any possible change.
