This Cookie Policy is an integral part of SUNRISE's Privacy Policy, available here.
1. Definitions and characteristics of cookies
Cookies and similar technologies are pieces of information that websites and apps send to or read from your devices on your first visit, to be sent back to the same sites and apps on your next visit. Thanks to these technologies, sites and apps remember actions and preferences (such as login data, the chosen language, font size, other display settings, etc.) so that they do not have to be entered again on the next visit.
These technologies are used to perform computer authentications, session monitoring and the storage of information about the activities of users accessing a service, and may also contain a unique identification code that makes it possible to track the user's browsing within the site for statistical or advertising purposes.
There are in fact different types of cookies which, depending on their characteristics and functions, may persist on your device for different periods of time: so-called session cookies, which are automatically deleted when you close the browser; and so-called persistent cookies, which remain on your device until a set time.
In line with the Applicable Law, your prior consent to the use of cookies is not always required. In particular, such consent is not required for “technical cookies”, e.g. those used for the sole purpose of carrying a communication over an electronic communications network, or strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user. In other words, the cookies that are indispensable for the operation of a site.
Your prior consent is instead required for non-anonymized “analytics” cookies and for profiling cookies, e.g. those that provide statistical analysis on the use of a website or that create user profiles in order to send them advertising messages in line with the preferences they have expressed while browsing.
2. Types of cookies used by the Site and how to opt out
While browsing the Site, you will receive the following cookies:
Third-party cookies, that is cookies coming from third-party sites or servers other than those of SUNRISE. Please note that these third parties, listed below with the links to their privacy policies and opt-out mechanisms, process your Personal Data as data processors on behalf of SUNRISE. These third parties have in fact signed data processing agreements with SUNRISE and the cookies have been anonymized by masking IP addresses. The third-party cookies are:
– YouTube. Some pages of the Site (in particular the Resources of the Guides & News section) contain videos hosted on the YouTube platform, owned by Google LLC. Unlike the most common automatic embedding, the Site's videos are neither loaded nor started when the page loads: only a static preview is shown, and the YouTube player is loaded exclusively following a voluntary action by the user, namely clicking the play button. Before that click, no connection to YouTube/Google servers is established and no cookie from that service is installed on the user's device.
Once playback has been started by clicking, YouTube may install its own cookies, including profiling/advertising cookies, according to its own policies and regardless of any Google account of the user. Unlike Matomo, YouTube acts as an independent data controller for its own purposes (it is not a data processor on behalf of SUNRISE) and its cookies are not anonymized. For more information you can consult Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and Google's cookie page (https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies).
– Matomo Analytics. The Site uses Matomo Analytics, an open-source web analytics platform focused on privacy protection. Matomo can operate without the use of cookies, collecting only aggregated and anonymous data (for example: pages visited, traffic sources, device type) for the sole purpose of evaluating the use of the Site and improving its functionality.
When configured in advanced privacy mode, Matomo does not store IP addresses in clear, does not create user profiles, does not carry out cross-site tracking and does not share data with third parties.
For more information, you can consult Matomo's privacy page: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy/
– WordPress. These are functionality cookies provided by the WordPress platform in order to optimize the display and the language of the Site. To deactivate WordPress cookies, you can refer to the privacy policy of this provider available at the following addresses: https://en.support.wordpress.com/cookies/ and https://automattic.com/privacy/
3. How to view and change cookies through your browser
You may authorize, block or delete (in whole or in part) cookies through the specific functions of your browser or through third-party add-ons. However, disabling the Site's technical cookies may mean that some services or functions of the Site will not be available or may not work properly, and you may be required to change or manually enter certain information at each visit.
For further information on how to set your cookie preferences through your browser, please consult the following instructions: