Welcome to Marcella di Martino and my website at www.marcelladimartino.com. Below you will find more information about cookies, what they are cookies, which cookies do we (that is me, Marcella di Martino of Via Germanico 184, Rome, 00192, Italy, and the third parties involved in the operation of my website) use, what our purpose for using them is and how to block or delete cookies.
With the exception of cookies that are strictly necessary for you to navigate the website and use its features, we only use cookies if you have allowed us to do so by ticking the “Accept” checkbox. Please note, once you do not allow the use of cookies, this may have a negative impact on your browsing experience.
WHY DO WE HAVE A COOKIE POLICY?
The provision of information about our use of cookies is required and set out in Italy’s Data Protection Code (“DPC”). As well as in the EU’s counterparts, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your device’s hard drive by a website. Each time you return to the same website, your browser retrieves and sends the relevant cookie(s) to the website’s server.
Cookies can be divided into the following two broad categories:
Essential or necessary cookies. These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that a website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate a website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of a website would not function, and thus you would not be able to use certain services.
Optional Cookies. These cookies are nonessential for the website to function and require your consent. When it comes to optional cookies, the following distinctions are made:
- Functional cookies, sometimes called convenience cookies. These cookies allow a website to remember the options a user has made and other personalisation options you have selected when browsing.
- Analysis and performance cookies, which are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. Those can track down problems when using a website, facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide analytics metrics.
- Advertising cookies or targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customised advertising to the user.
THE COOKIES WE USE
We utilize the below-mentioned cookies to provide users with an improved user experience.
- chatyWidget_0
- 7-days lifespan
- Functional
- activechatyWidgets
- Chaty set this cookie to collect information about how the user interacts with the live chat feature on the website.
- 1 day lifespan
- Functional
- YSC
- .youtube.com
- YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
- Session lifespan
- Advertisement
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
- .youtube.com
- A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
- 6 months lifespan
- Advertisement
- VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
- .youtube.com
- YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain.
- 6 months lifespan
- Advertisement
- _gcl_au
- Google Tag Manager sets this cookie to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
- 3-months lifespan
- Analytics
HOW CAN I MANAGE COOKIES?
- a) Browser control
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through the cookie settings, which can be customized for giving your consent to the use of cookies. In addition, most browsers will enable you to review and delete cookies. To do so, please refer to the documentation provided by your browser manufacturer by following the for you relevant link Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Safari.
- b) Pop-Up Consent Tool
We offer a cookie preference pop-up when you first visit our website. This pop-up is a consent tool and allows you to specify your preference about cookies. You can accept or reject them or access this Cookie Policy before giving your consent to cookies or rejecting them. This permits you to make an informed decision about the cookies we use. You are free to accept or reject cookies, but note that after rejecting them, browsing our website might be less user-friendly and the relevant content might be affected.
You may, regardless of your original choice, from time to time withdraw your consent or adjust your settings using the Browser control settings, clearing your cookie folder or by changing your preferences in our Pop-Up Consent Tool.
HELP AND COMPLAINTS
If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact me.
CHANGES
The first version of this policy was issued on Thursday, 15th May, 2025, and is the current version. Any prior versions are invalid, and if we make changes to this policy, we will revise the effective date.