Leonardo S.p.A., with registered office in Piazza Monte Grappa, 4 - 00195 Rome, represented by its legal representative pro tempore as data controller (hereinafter, the “Data Controller” or the “Company”), informs you through this policy (the “Cookie Policy”) about the use of cookies on this website (the “Site”) in accordance with the provisions of EU Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and international, European and Italian laws related to data processing, in each case to the extent that they are applicable from time to time, together with their respective amendments, additions and reforms (collectively, together with the GDPR, the “Applicable Privacy Law”).
This information notice is issued by the Data Controller in simplified form as provided for by the provision of the Italian Data Protection Authority issued on July 8, 2014 “Identification of simplified modalities for the information and acquisition of consent for the use of cookies”.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file sent to your browser and stored in the memory of your device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow you to increase the efficiency of the Site by personalizing your browsing experience identifying your preferences. For example, cookies may be used to determine whether a connection has already occurred between your computer and the pages of the Site, to bring to your attention relevant news or to maintain your “login” information.
Types of Cookies used by the Site
The Site uses different types of cookies: some cookies are set and managed by the Data Controller (first party cookies), others are set and managed by third parties according to their privacy policy (third party cookies).
- Technical / functional cookies
These cookies are a prerequisite for the proper functioning of the Site. They allow you to browse, share content, store your login credentials to speed up your access to the Site in case of further visits (if you are a registered user) and activate your browsing preferences. Without technical cookies we cannot guarantee the perfect functioning of the services for which users access the Site. Functional cookies, on the other hand, are not essential to the operation of the Site, but they improve the quality and your browsing experience.
- Statistical and performance cookies
These cookies allow us to know how visitors use the Site, in order for us to evaluate and improve its operation and prioritize the production of contents that best meet the information needs of our users. For example, they allow us to know which pages are more and less visited. They take into account, inter alia, the number of visitors, the time spent on the Site by the average number of users and the way in which users access to the Site (e.g. from links, advertising, etc.). In this way, we can ensure that the pages load quickly and are displayed correctly. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous and not linked to your personal data. To perform these functions on our Site we use third party services that anonymize data and make them unrelated to individuals. Where there are services that are not completely anonymized, to guarantee your privacy, you will find them listed among the third party cookies for which you can refuse consent.
- Marketing and profiling cookies
The Data Controller does not use its own marketing or profiling cookies, i.e. those used to create user profiles in order to send commercial messages that meet the preferences expressed during the visit or to improve your browsing experience.
- Third-party functional and profiling cookies
The Data Controller uses third party cookies sent by companies trusted by the Data Controller. These cookies allow us to offer you our commercial proposal on other websites. We have no control over the information provided by the cookie on third party cookies and we do not have access to this data. This information is independently controlled by the third party companies according to the provisions of their respective policies.
To get informed on these third-party cookies, consult their privacy policies and knowingly provide the consent or denial, please visit the sites listed below belonging to these third parties.
- Cookies in use at the Site
Please find below listed in categories all cookies we manage or knowingly host:
Technical / functional cookies:
Walls.io
F5
VPN
Statistical/Performance Cookies:
Google Analytics
Hotjar
We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy by clicking on this link.
You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link.
To function properly, like most tracking tools, Hotjar stores first-party cookies on your visitor's browser. Cookies are either set by the Hotjar script, or by visiting Hotjar's website.
These cookies are needed to display the correct content to your visitors, without personally identifying anyone. If you are looking to opt-out of being tracked by Hotjar, you may do so here.
Visitors with Disabled Cookies
Hotjar does not track or record visitors who have cookies disabled. In fact, the Hotjar script doesn't properly load its' different components if it detects that cookies are disabled. Learn more
Cookies set by the Hotjar script
Marketing/Profiling cookies:
Not existing.
Cookies management
To learn more about how to set your preferences with regard to cookies through your browser, please read the information notice available at the following links (the Company does not control the sites of third parties or their instructions on how to enable and disable cookies; these pages may be updated, modified or removed from third party browsers at their sole discretion):
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox
• Safari
• Chrome
To exercise your rights regarding the processing of personal data and the use of any other technology similar to cookies, please send an email to DPO.leonardo@leonardo.com.
Acceptance and Waiver of Cookies
By continuing to browse the Site, closing the information band or clicking on any part of the page or scrolling through it to display further content, you accept the Data Controller’s Cookie Policy authorizing the use and collection of cookies. In the event of non-acceptance of cookies by abandoning the browsing, any cookies already recorded locally in your browser will remain recorded but will no longer be read or used by the Data Controller until a subsequent and possible acceptance of the Cookie Policy. You will always have the possibility to remove these cookies at any time through the modalities referred to in the sites mentioned in the paragraph “Cookies management” or through the tool provided by the Data Controller.