The present Cookie Policy is integral part of the PCB ON LINE’s Privacy Policy available at https://www.pcbdirectlab.com/en/privacy_policy/.

1.    Definitions and characteristics of cookies

Cookie and similar technologies are information sent/read by websites and apps on your devices during their first visit, which are then transmitted back to those websites and apps during the next visit. Thanks to cookies and similar technologies, websites and apps remember your actions and preferences (such as login data, the default language, font sizes, additional display settings, etc.) so that they do not need to specify them again on the next visit.

These technologies are used to perform IT authentications, session monitoring, and to store information about the activities of users who access a service, and may also contain a unique identifier that allows for monitoring of user experiences on the site for statistical or advertising purposes.There are indeed various types of cookies, depending on their features and functions, and these may remain on your device for different periods of time: so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close your browser; and so-called persistent cookies, which remain on your device until a pre-established date. According to the Applicable Law, your prior explicit consent for the use of cookies is not always required. In particular, such consent is not required for “technical cookies”, i.e. those used for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or as strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user. In other words, cookies which are indispensable for the operation of a website or to perform tasks requested by the user.

On the other hand, your prior consent is instead required for non-anonymised “analytics” and “profiling” cookies, i.e. those aimed at providing analytical statistics of the usage of a website or those creating profiles for users in order to send them advertising messages in line with the preferences they have expressed while surfing the web.

 

2.    Types of cookies used by the Website and the possibility of (de-)selection

While navigating the Website, you will receive the following cookies:

Third-party cookies, i.e., cookies from websites or servers other than that of PCB ON LINE. Please note that these third parties, listed below with the corresponding links to their privacy policy and opt-out mechanisms, are processing your Personal Data as data processors on behalf  PCB ON LINE. Indeed, such third-party providers have signed data processing agreements with PCB ON LINE and cookies have been anonymised by means of masking IP addresses. Third party cookies are:

  • Google Analytics. These cookies help PCB ON LINE to analyse the performance of the Website. To opt-out from Google Analytics cookie, you may download and install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on instructs Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) to prohibit sending information to Google Analytics. The browser add-on is available for most modern browsers. Learn more about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on here.
  • Google Tag Manager (Google LLC): Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant. This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Website in a centralized fashion. This results in the Users’ Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
  • Remarketing with Google Analytics for display advertising (Google Inc.):Google Analytics for display advertising is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Inc. that links the tracking activity carried out by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
  • Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.Privacy PolicyOpt Out.
  • Facebook Custom Audience (Facebook, Inc.): Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. which links the activity of this Application with the Facebook advertising network. Personal Data collected: Cookies and e-mails. Privacy PolicyOpt Out.
  • Tracking conversions of Facebook Ads (Facebook, Inc.): Tracking conversions of Facebook Ads is a statistics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that links data from the Facebook ad network with the actions performed within this Application. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Privacy Policy. On all pages of the website, we use information obtained through limited monitoring to improve the content and navigation paths within the site. This information helps us to understand, for example, the number of pages viewed, the search engine of origin, the keyword used in the search.
  • AdWords Remarketing (Google Inc.): AdWords Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Adwords advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy PolicyOpt Out.
  • HubSpot Analytics (HubSpot, Inc.): HubSpot Analytics is an analytics service provided by HubSpot, Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out .
  • HubSpot CRM (HubSpot, Inc.): HubSpot CRM is a User database management service provided by HubSpot, Inc. Personal Data collected: email address, phone number and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
  • HubSpot Lead Management (HubSpot, Inc.): HubSpot Lead Management is a User database management service provided by HubSpot, Inc. Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.
  • HubSpot Email (HubSpot, Inc.): HubSpot Email is an email address management and message sending service provided by HubSpot, Inc. Personal Data collected: email address and Usage Data. Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks’ profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website. Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website. HubSpot email, in particular, makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User. These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.

3.    How to view and modify the cookies through your browser

You may authorize, block or delete (in whole or in part) cookies through the specific functions of your browser. However, in the hypothesis in which all or some of the cookies are disabled, it may not be possible to consult the Website, or certain services or certain features of the Website may not be available or may not work properly and/or you may be forced to change or manually enter some information or preferences each time you visit the Website.

For more information on how to set preferences on the use of cookies through your browser, consult these instructions:

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