Information about the use of cookies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of procedures and improve the user experience. The following table provides detailed information on the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used by icqmodi.com and how to manage them.

Definitions
Cookies are short pieces of text (letters and / or numbers) that allow the web server to store on the client (browser) information to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, according to user browser device (computer, tablet, smartphone) preferences .
Similar technologies, such as, for example, web beacons, clear GIFs and all forms of local storage introduced with HTML5, can be used to gather information on user behavior and use of services.
Later in this document will refer to cookies and similar technologies all by simply using the word “cookie”.

Type of cookie
Based on the characteristics and use of cookies, we can distinguish several categories:

Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the site and are used to manage the login and access to reserved functions of the site. The duration of cookies is strictly limited to the working session (they’ll be deleted on browser closing), except for the reserved user area where we use cookies to longer duration (30 days) aim to recognize, for this limited period, the visitor’s computer – through an alpha-numeric code generated at the first session of access – so as not to require re-logging. Their deactivation compromise the use of services accessible by login and recovery capabilities of the truck. The public part of the site is normally used.

Analysis and performance cookies. Cookies are used to collect and analyze traffic and the site use anonymously. These cookies, even without identifying the user, allow, for example, to detect if the same user returns to connect at different times. They also allow us to monitor the system and improve its performance and usability. The deactivation of these cookies can be executed without any loss of functionality.

Profiling cookies. These are persistent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and improve your experience of navigation. The icqmodi.com site does not use cookies of this type.

Third Party Cookies
Visiting a website you may receive cookies from the site is visited (“owners”), both from websites maintained by other organizations (“third parties”). A notable example is the presence of “social plugin” for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. It is part of the page visited directly generated by these sites and integrated into site page host. The most common use of social plugin is aimed at sharing content on social networks.

The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all sites operated by third parties. The management of the information collected by “third parties” shall be governed by the relevant information which please refer. To ensure greater transparency and convenience, are shown below the web addresses of different information and ways to manage cookies.

Facebook policy: https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies/
Facebook (configuration): access to your account. Privacy section.
Twitter policy: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170514
Twitter (configuration): https://twitter.com/settings/security
Linkedin policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
Linkedin (configuration): https://www.linkedin.com/settings/
Google+ policy: http://www.google.it/intl/en/policies/technologies/cookies/
Google+ (configuration): http://www.google.it/intl/en/policies/technologies/managing/

Google Analytics
Icqmodi.com site also includes some components transmitted by Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Again it comes to third-party cookies collected and managed anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (performance cookie).
Google Analytics uses “cookies” to collect and analyze anonymous information on the behavior of site usage (including your IP address). This information is collected by Google Analytics, which processes in order to prepare reports for ICQ MODI operators regarding activities on the websites themselves. This site does not use (and do not allow third parties to use) the analysis tool of Google to track or collect personally identifiable information. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google or seek to link an IP address with the identity of a user. Google can also communicate this information to third parties unless required by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

For more information, please refer to the link below:
https://www.google.it/policies/privacy/partners/
You can selectively disable the action of installing Google Analytics installing on your browser the opt-out component provided by Google. To disable the action of Google Analytics, please refer to the link below:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Cookies duration
Some cookies (session cookies) remain active only until you close the browser or the execution of the command logout. Other cookies “survive” the closure of the browser and are also available in future visits.
These cookies are known as persistent and their duration is set by the server at the time of their creation. In some cases there is fixed a deadline, in other cases the duration is unlimited.
Icqmodi.com, except for the authenticated users in relation to which the information is stored exclusively for technical purposes, does not use persistent cookies.
However, it could happen that browsing the pages of the site icqmodi.com, you can interact with sites operated by third parties that can create or modify persistent cookies and profiling.

Cookies management
You can decide whether to accept cookies using the settings on your browser.

Warning: Disabling all or part of the technical cookies can compromise the use of the functionality of the site reserved for authenticated users. On the contrary, the usability of public content is also possible to completely disabling cookies.

Disabling “third party” cookies does not prejudge in any way the navigability.
The setting can be defined specifically for different websites and web applications. Furthermore the best browsers allow you to define different settings for cookies “owners” and those of “third parties”.

For example, in Firefox through the menu Tools-> Options -> Privacy, you can access a control panel where you can specify whether or not to accept the different types of cookies and remove them.
Here is a list of how to manage cookies for the most popular browsers:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/en/cookies.html
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265