We use cookies (little bits of information stored on your computer) on this site to help improve our service and give a better experience to you.
By using our site you are allowing us to store these cookies, and below you can find out why we use them and find information on how you can disable them.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.
A cookie typically contains the name of the website it belongs to and the lifespan of the cookie.
What cookies do we use?
This website uses cookies in several places – we’ve listed them below with details of why we use them and how long they will last
Strictly necessary cookies
We use a cookie to remember the notifications you’ve seen so we do not show them to you again. Necessary cookies always need to be on.
YouTube videos
YouTube is used by the website to store and show video content. These cookies are set by YouTube to track usage of its services. The YouTube Cookies are only installed when you press play.
| NAME | PURPOSE | EXPIRES |
|---|---|---|
| PREF | This cookie stores your preferences and other information, in particular preferred language, how many search results you wish to be shown on your page, and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. | 10 years from set/ update |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie that YouTube sets that measures your bandwidth to determine whether you get the new player interface or the old. | 8 months from set/update |
| use_hitbox | The use_hitbox cookie increments the ‘views’ counter on the YouTube video | At end of session |
| YSC | This cookie is set by the YouTube video service on pages with embedded YouTube video | At end of session |
More information: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Google maps
These cookies are used by Google to store preferences and user information each time they visit web pages containing geographical maps of Google Maps. These cookies contain sufficient information to allow tracking. They are used only on pages where there is the Google map.
View Terms of Service for Google Maps
| Name | Purpose | Retention |
| APISID | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 2 years |
| GMAIL_RTT | Cookie related to Google services(as Google Maps or Gmail) | Session |
| GoogleAccountsLocale_session | Google Maps session cookie | Session |
| HSID | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 2 years |
| NID | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 6 months |
| OGPC | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 1 month |
| PREF | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 2 years |
| SAPISID | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 2 years |
| SID | Ricorda le preferenze di settaggio dell’utente (per esempio livello di zoom impostato) | 2 years |
| SSID | Stores user preferences when accessing to a Google Map | 2 years |
How to disable/delete cookies
All recent versions of popular browsers give users some control over cookies. You can set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or accept/reject cookies for certain websites.
The website aboutcookies.org offers comprehensive information on how you can control cookies in all of the popular browsers