The Cookie Policy used in www.deepseasponges.org (“Site”) is managed by Studio Associato Gaia snc dei dottori Antonio Sarà e Martina Milanese, Via Brigata Liguria 1/9 scala A 16121 Genova, Italia PI 01600400996 (“GAIA”)

Cookies are unique identifiers, generally composed of small strings of text or code. As a rule, cookies are stored on your device or in your browser, and send certain information to the party that sent the cookie. When we talk about cookies, we refer in reality to a wider range of technologies rather than only to cookies, including web beacons, clear gifs, pixels and other similar technologies. When we talk about proprietary cookies, we mean cookies sent by this Site. When we talk about third party cookies, we mean cookies sent by third parties unrelated to this Site.

Cookies are used to better understand how applications and websites work and to optimize online and mobile experiences. Cookies do this by allowing the party that sends the cookie to analyze the performance of a website or a mobile app, to identify certain users anonymously and remember their preferences, to better understand if a computer or device (and probably its user) has already visited a website and to provide personalized advertising.

You can avoid certain cookies by configuring your browser settings, or by directly deactivating the part that manages and controls cookies. Check the settings on your browser for more detailed information. Disabling cookies may prevent the correct operation of some features of this website.

For details on the steps required, please consult your browser’s help section. For an overview of the most common browsers, go to

http://www.cookiepedia.co.uk/index.php?title=How_to_Manage_Cookies or

http://www.aboutcookies.org/

Advertising companies also allow you to opt out of receiving targeted ads, if desired. This does not prevent the setting of cookies, but stops the use and collection of some data by these companies. For more information and opt-out possibilities, please see http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

At the following link you can find the instructions to manage the Cookies with the different browsers: – Internet Explorer; – Chrome; – Safari; – Firefox; – Opera. Mobile: – Android; – Safari; – Windows Phone; – Blackberry.

The page “How Google uses cookies” or the following link https://wp-statistics.com.

Our Site mainly uses the following four types of cookies:

1. Operationally necessary cookies

These cookies are essential to the working of our site. They allow you to navigate and use our site. If you disable these cookies, the site will not function properly.

2. Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use the site and monitor the performance of the site. For example, performance cookies tell us which pages are popular, monitor traffic to our site and compile analytical information anonymously. Performance cookies can also be used to identify and correct operational problems with the site.

3. Functional cookies

These cookies are used to recognize and remember your preferences. This site offers newsletter or email subscription services, and a cookie can be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications that may be valid only for registered/non-registered users.

When data are sent through a form such as those found in contact or comment pages, a cookie can be set to remember your user data for future correspondence.

4. Third Party Cookies

In a few specific cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. Here are the details on third-party cookies that you might encounter throughout this site. This site uses Google Analytics, which is one of the most common and trusted analysis solutions on the web, to help us understand how the site is used and how we can improve your experience. These cookies can monitor data such as how much time you spend on the site and which pages you visit, so we can continue to produce compelling content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please see the official Google Analytics webpage. We have no control over or access to third party advertising cookies or the information contained therein. The third parties manage all the information collected through cookies placed by them in accordance with their own privacy policies.

5. Social Network

These Cookies facilitate the way to share the site content on the social network such as Face and Twitter. Te learn more about the Cookie Policy of Facebook and Twitter you can visit https://www.facebook.com/help/cookies and/or https://twitter.com/privacy.

We hope we have clearly described the use of cookies on this site, to help you determine if there are cookies that you consider more or less safe while using our site. However, if you still need more information you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods.