POMSYM2025

Cookie Policy

POMSYM 2025 Organizing Committee, as Data Controller, provides you with the following information regarding the cookies installed on the website www.pomsym2025.com (hereinafter the “Website”), in accordance with Article 13 of the EU Regulation 679/2016 on the protection of personal data (GDPR) and the Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196 bearing the “Code on the Protection of Personal Data”, as amended by Legislative Decree 10 August 2018, No. 101.
The use of cookies by the POMSYM 2025 Organizing Committee is carried out in compliance with the provisions of the Code on the Protection of Personal Data (Legislative Decree 30 June 2003, No. 196, as amended by Legislative Decree No. 101 of 10 August 2018) and, in particular, Article 122, paragraph 1, as well as in compliance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679 – GDPR) and the Provision of Identification of Simplified Methods for the Information and Acquisition of Consent for the Use of Cookies – 8 May 2014 (Published in the Official Gazette No. 126 of 3 June 2014).

What are cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on the user’s computer when the user visits the website. They are stored to be retransmitted to the same websites on the next visit by the same user.
Cookies can be divided into “session” cookies, which expire or are deleted at the end of the browser session, or “persistent” cookies, which are stored for a longer time, until their expiration or deletion by the user.
Depending on the entity that installs them, cookies can be “first-party” if installed by the operator of the visited website, or “third-party” if installed by a different entity.
Depending on the purpose for which they are installed, they can be classified as “technical cookies,” necessary for the proper functioning of the website and to facilitate user navigation, or “profiling cookies,” persistent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and to improve their navigation, creating user profiles to send advertising messages aligned with the preferences expressed during network navigation.
Below you will find all the information about the cookies installed on this website and the necessary instructions on how to manage your preferences.

Cookies used by this website
Technical cookies
Technical cookies are those used only for the purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary for the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide that service” (Article 122, paragraph 1, of the Code on the Protection of Personal Data, as amended by Article 11, paragraph 1, letter b) of Legislative Decree 101/2018).
The POMSYM 2025 Organizing Committee uses the following technical cookies on its website:
Navigation cookies, which can be session or persistent cookies, ensure the normal navigation and use of the website (allowing, for example, purchases or authentication to access restricted areas); they are necessary for the proper functioning of the website.
Functionality cookies, which allow the user to navigate according to a series of selected criteria (e.g., language, selected products for purchase) to improve the service provided to the user.
Technical cookies do not require consent; therefore, they are installed automatically upon access to the website and are not used for purposes other than those described above.

Cookies managed by third parties
POMSYM 2025 Organizing Committee, as the operator of the Website, also uses cookies managed by third parties, for which the Website acts as a technical intermediary. The use of such cookies will only be carried out with the user’s consent. To consent to the installation of third-party cookies, you can select the “Accept” button on the banner that appears on the landing page during the first access to the Website, or by closing this page or moving to another page on the Website. If you do not give consent, the cookies will not be installed, and you can continue browsing the Website. You can revoke or modify your consent at any time using the methods described in the “Managing preferences” section.
This Website does not install profiling cookies.
Below you will find some information about third-party cookies and a link to the Privacy Policy of each of the third parties that manage these cookies.

A) Retargeting cookies
Retargeting cookies are used to track conversions that occur on the Website as a result of the advertisements the company is running.
Facebook Pixel
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA

B) Social network cookies
Social network cookies are used to allow users to interact directly with social networks.
Facebook
Facebook social widgets are services for interacting with the Facebook social network, provided by Facebook Inc.
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA
Instagram
Instagram social widgets are services for interacting with the Instagram photo-sharing website, provided by Facebook Inc.
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: USA

C) Analytical cookies
Analytical cookies are used to collect information about the use of the website by users, through anonymous data collection on user activity, to develop aggregated statistical analysis.
Google Analytics
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data
Place of processing: USA
Google Tag Manager
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data
Place of processing: USA
Hotjar
Personal data collected: Cookies and Usage Data
Place of processing: Malta

Managing preferences
You can deactivate, activate, or delete cookies at any time using your web browser settings. In particular, through your browser, you can allow or block cookies as a default setting, allow or block cookies from a specific website, or set your browser to delete cookies when the browser is closed. Below are the methods offered by the main browsers:
Edge
Chrome
Firefox
Opera
Safari

Alternatively, you can disable only Google Analytics cookies using the opt-out add-on provided by Google for the main browsers.
You can choose not to allow Hotjar to collect your information when you visit a Hotjar-enabled website at any time by visiting the opt-out page and clicking “Disable Hotjar” or enabling Do Not Track (DNT) in your browser.
If cookies are disabled, particularly technical cookies, some functions of the web pages may not be performed correctly. Third-party cookies may have been stored on the user’s computer before deactivation. You can delete them through your browser settings on privacy by using the “Clear browsing data” option.
You can check some of the third parties that install cookies of this type through the youronlinechoices.com website.
For more information regarding the processing of your data carried out through the Website, we invite you to visit the Privacy Policy section.