COOKIE POLICY

1. GENERAL INFORMATION ON COOKIES

1.1 Definition

Cookies are small text files that websites visited by users send to their terminals, where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same websites on subsequent visits. Cookies are used for various purposes, have different characteristics, and can be used either by the owner of the website the user is visiting or by third parties. The main categories into which cookies can be divided are as follows:

• Session or permanent cookies;
• Technical or profiling cookies;
• First-party or third-party cookies.

1.2 Session and permanent cookies

Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session (the period between when a user opens a browser window and when it closes it) or they can be stored for a longer period of time. Session cookies allow websites to link a user’s actions during a browser session. Session cookies expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies are stored on a user’s device between browser sessions, for varying periods of time, and allow the user’s preferences or actions regarding a website to be remembered.

1.3 Technical and profiling cookies

Technical cookies are those used by a website owner for the sole purpose of transmitting 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. The installation of these cookies does not require the prior consent of users when used directly by the website operator.

Profiling cookies are designed to create user profiles and are used to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing online. Due to the potentially invasive nature of these cookies on users’ privacy, European and Italian legislation requires that users be adequately informed about their use, via a brief information banner and a detailed information notice on the site, and that they must express their consent to this upon their first visit. This consent can be expressed generally, by interacting with the brief information banner on the site’s landing page, using the methods indicated therein, or it can be provided or denied selectively, as indicated below. This consent is tracked across subsequent visits. However, users always have the option to revoke their consent, in whole or in part.

1.4 First-party and third-party cookies

A cookie is classified as a “first-party” (so-called “first-party cookie”) or a “third-party” (so-called “third-party cookie”) depending on the website or domain from which it originates.

First-party cookies are, essentially, cookies set and managed by the website owner. For these cookies, the obligation to provide information, obtain prior consent, and/or block cookies falls to the website owner.

Third-party cookies are cookies set by a domain other than the one visited by the user. For these cookies, the obligation to provide information and indicate the methods for obtaining consent and/or blocking cookies falls to the third party, while the website owner is only required to include a link to the third-party website where these elements are available.

2. USE OF COOKIES BY THE SITE

2.1 Premise

Below, the owner of the Site, KRISWA INTERNATIONAL, with registered office at IFZA Property FXCO Building A1, Dubai Digital Park, Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai United Arab Emirates, email address info@kriswa.ae (hereinafter, for brevity, the “Owner”), provides the user with all the information on the cookies installed on the site www.kriswa.ae (hereinafter, for brevity, the “Site”) and the necessary instructions on how to manage their preferences regarding them.

2.2 First-party cookies

The cookies used by the Owner on the Site are only of a technical nature and are made up as follows:

• qtrans_front_language (the Data Controller uses the qtrans_front_language session cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This identifier is used to maintain user session variables and in particular to store the browsing language in order to deliver content in the chosen language).

These Cookies, as specified in the previous paragraph, being of a technical nature, do not require the User’s prior consent to be installed and used, it being sufficient to provide this information.

2.3 Third-party cookies

This Site also uses cookies managed by third parties (third-party cookies). Below, we provide some information and links to the privacy policies and consent forms of each third party.

The Data Controller hereby states that, regarding third-party cookies, it is required to request consent via the banner and to include a link to the third-party website in this cookie policy. It is the responsibility of the third-party provider to provide adequate information regarding the processing performed and to provide Users with information on how to block the cookies used.

The first category of third-party cookies present on the Site are analytical cookies, known as Google Analytics. These cookies, after reducing their identifying power, are used to analyze user use of the Site and optimize its experience. The table below lists the specific types of Google Analytics in use and their functions.