EXTENDED INFORMATION ON THE USE OF COOKIES

The website you are visiting (www.almala.it, hereinafter also referred to as the "Site") uses cookies to make its services simple and efficient for users.

Cookies are small text strings that the sites visited by the user send to his terminal (usually to the browser), where they are stored before being re-transmitted to the same sites at the next visit by the same user.

In other words, users who visit the Site will see minimal amounts of information inserted, in the form of cookies saved in the directories used by the web browser used by their device (computer, notebook, tablet, smartphone). Our cookies allow us to store the preferences entered and analyze the use of the services and contents provided by the Site, in order to optimize the browsing experience and the services offered.

By visiting the Site you can receive cookies both from the (manager of) the Site and from a different site that installs cookies through the first (so-called "third parties"). The management of information collected by third parties is governed by the relevant information, to which please refer.

The Site uses cookies to collect information, in aggregate and anonymous form, on the number of users and how they visit the Site. This information will be used in anonymous statistical analyzes in order to improve the use of the Site, to make its contents more interesting and relevant to users' wishes.

They are assimilated to so-called technical cookies, for the installation of which the prior consent of the users is not required. For all other types of cookies, consent can be expressed by the user in one or more of the following ways: through specific configurations of the browser used or the related computer programs used to navigate the pages that make up the Site; by changing settings when using third-party services. Either of these solutions may prevent you from using or viewing parts of the Site.

Cookies used by the site

Cookie Name Cookie Description
FORM_KEY Stores randomly generated key used to prevent forged requests.
PHPSESSID Your session ID on the server.
GUEST VIEW Allows guests to view and edit their orders.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART A link to information about your cart and viewing history, if you have asked for this.
STF Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE Indicates whether a customer is allowed to use cookies.
MAGE-CACHE-SESSID Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE-SECTION-INVALIDATION Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-TIMEOUT Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
SECTION-DATA-IDS Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
PRIVATE_CONTENT_VERSION Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
X-MAGENTO-VARY Facilitates caching of content on the server to make pages load faster.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-FILE-VERSION Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-STORAGE Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
nmn DispatcherLanguage _SITE_SESSION_NAME Cookie used for language recovery.
__utma Used by Google Analytics.
__utmb Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session.
__utmc Google Analytics uses this cookie to establish a session. Through these two cookies (__utmb, __utmc) Google Analytics is able to calculate, for example, the average time spent on pages.
__utmz When visitors reach the site via a search engine result, a direct link, or an advertisement that links to the Google Analytics page it stores the type of referring information in a cookie. The parameters in the cookie value string are parsed and sent in the GIF Request (in the utmcc variable). It contains the usual hash of your account, a timestamp of its creation, some parameters relating to the number of visits and a series of information about the source, the campaign, the keywords typed.
_ga Google Analytics uses this cookie in relation to user activities

Cookie management

The user can decide whether or not to accept cookies using their browser settings. Below is a guide to the most used browsers.

Chrome

- Run the Chrome Browser

- Click on the Chrome settings menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window for navigation

- Select Settings

- Click Show Advanced Settings

- In the “Privacy” section click on the “Content settings” button

- In the “Cookies” section you can change the following cookie settings:

Allow data to be saved locally Modify local data only until the browser is closed Prevent sites from setting cookies Block third-party cookies and site data Manage exceptions for some websites Deleting one or all cookies

Mozilla Firefox

- Run the Mozilla Firefox browser

- Click on the Firefox settings menu in the browser toolbar next to the URL entry window for navigation

- Select Options

- Select the Privacy panel

- Click Show Advanced Settings

- In the “Privacy” section click on the “Content settings” button

- In the “Tracking” section you can change the following cookie settings:

- Request sites not to carry out any tracking. Communicate to sites your willingness to be tracked. Do not communicate any preference regarding the tracking of personal data.

- From the "History" section it is possible to: By enabling "Use personalized settings" select to accept third-party cookies (always from the most visited sites or never) and to keep them for a specific period (until they expire, when Firefox is closed or ask every time) Remove individual cookies stored

Internet Explorer

- Run the Internet Explorer browser

- Click on the Tools button and choose Internet Options

- Click on the Privacy tab and in the Settings section change the slider according to the desired action for cookies: Block all cookies Allow all cookies Selection of sites from which to obtain cookies: move the cursor to an intermediate position so not to block or allow all cookies, then press on Sites, in the Website Address box enter a website and then press on Block or Allow

Safari 6

- Run the Safari Browser

- Click on Safari, select Preferences and press on Privacy

- In the Block Cookies section specify how Safari must accept cookies from websites.

- To view which sites have stored cookies, click on Details

- For more information visit the dedicated page.

Safari iOS (mobile devices)

- Run the iOS Safari Browser

- Tap on Settings and then Safari

- Tap on Block Cookies and choose from the various options: “Never”, “Third party and advertisers” or “Always”

- To delete all cookies stored by Safari, tap on Settings, then on Safari and finally on Clear Cookies and Data

Opera

- Run the Opera Browser

- Click on Preferences then on Advanced and finally on Cookies

- Select one of the following options: Accept all cookies Accept cookies only from the site you visit: third-party cookies and those sent from a domain other than the one you are visiting will be rejected Never accept cookies: all Cookies will never be saved

How to disable cookies from third-party services

Google services: to disable cookies generated by Google Analytics Browser add-on for deactivating Google Analytics

This page, containing the so-called extended information, can be reached through the "cookie policy" reference present on every page of the Site.