Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 679/2016 (the GDPR) and, insofar as it remains applicable, Legislative Decree 196 of 30 June 2003 (the Personal Data Protection Code), the website of the MASSA Law Firm internally and directly processes the personal data of visitors in the following manner and cases:
1) When a user contacts the Firm to request distance legal consultancy and assistance services, as per the specific Policy statement on the processing of personal data pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No. 679/2016.
2) Using cookies, from the moment the user accesses and visits the website, within the limits and purposes of their use, as provided in the Cookies Policy described in the following paragraph.
Apart from the cases indicated above, the moment the user accesses and visits the website, some of their personal data is normally obtained and stored by the servers of the hosting provider (Aruba S.p.A.) for technical and security purposes.
The data in question, including, but not limited to IP address, time and date of access, type of pages visited, Internet browser information, etc., is stored in specific files called "log files" and is exclusively available to and managed by the said provider. Further information on the hosting provider, as co-processor, can be found in the notice indicated in point I), and Aruba's privacy policy and website can be consulted at: www.aruba.it



Pursuant to Regulation (EU) No. 679/2016 (the GDPR) and, insofar as it remains applicable, Legislative Decree No. 196 of 30 June 2003 (the Personal Data Protection Code), The general order No. 229 of the Italian Data Protection Authority of 8 May 2014 and The Guidelines on cookies and other tracking technologies of the Italian Data Protection Authority of 10 June 2021, visitors are informed that access and browsing within the site entails the installation of "own cookies" and "third party cookies".
Cookies are small files containing strings of text that are installed automatically by the site software on the user's navigation device (PC, tablet, smartphone or other) to be read at a later time by the software for specific purposes.

NOTES ON "OWN COOKIES" OF THE MASSA LAW FIRM
The "own cookies" i.e. cookies installed and managed directly by the website of the MASSA Law Firm, are as follows:

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
PHPSESSID	Own technical, session and functionality cookie.	Acting on several session variables, it is designed to recognise the user when subsequently accessing the site, for a faster display of the various sections of the site.	Browsing session. In all cases maximum 1 hour.
$_COOKIE['SLMPrvcy']	Own technical and functional cookie.	It is designed to activate and manage the cookie information banner on the home page.	This cookie is permanent.

With regard to its cookies, the MASSA Law Firm, in the person of its data controller, Mr Rocco Gianluca MASSA, declares and informs the user that:
- This website does not install or use its own profiling cookies but only from third parties (analytical cookies).
- The processing, duration and purpose of each cookie are as indicated in the above table.
- The data stored and retrieved by the site through its cookies is not intended for any other purpose, type or method of processing, and no other physical or virtual entity becomes aware of it.
- The use of the cookies in question is essential for the basic navigability of the site. Therefore, their disabling will preclude fundamental functionalities such as the normal use and display of the pages.
- Data obtained and managed by this website through its cookies is processed lawfully in a proper and transparent manner using IT tools, in full compliance with the security measures and requirements of EU Regulation 679/2016 and Legislative Decree 196 of 2003.
- The Data Controller is the MASSA Law Firm, in the person of Mr Rocco Gianluca MASSA, with head office and address for service at Via Raimondo Pece No. 59 - 71042 Cerignola (Foggia).
Further contact details of the data controller are available in the "CONTACT US" section.

For any matter not provided for in this paragraph, further information on the processing of user personal data through the site can be found on the page dedicated to the Privacy Policy pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 679/2016

NOTES ON "THIRD PARTY COOKIES"
Third party cookies, i.e. cookies installed and managed by third parties, are as follows:

Origin of cookies	Type	Purpose	Duration
Histats (HstCfa, HstCla, HstCmu, HstCns, HstCnv, HstPn, HstPt)	Analytical third party cookies, installed by Histats; a service managed by Wisecode SRL.	These are interlinked cookies for counting users visiting the site, tracking navigation statistics and pages visited. The data is collected and managed anonymously, without cross-referencing information from the cookies with other information available to the company operating the service. Disabling these cookies does not affect the normal use of the site.	They have a duration of 1 year.
Google Analytics (_ga, _gat, _gid)	Analytical third party cookies, installed by Google for its Analytics service.	These are interlinked cookies for counting users visiting the site, tracking navigation statistics and pages visited. The data is collected and managed anonymously, without cross-referencing information from the cookies with other information available to Google. Disabling these cookies does not affect the normal use of the site.	_ga has a duration of 2 years; _gat has a duration of 1 minute; _gid has a duration of 24 hours.
Facebook (c_user, datr, fr, pl, sb, spin, xs)	Technical, third-party, functionality cookies are installed by Facebook.	The cookies enable the user to be identified and connected to Facebook in order to 'like' the firm's website on Facebook. Disabling these cookies does not affect the normal use of the site.	The cookies are only enabled if the user is already logged into Facebook or if he/she accesses it by pressing the "like" button while browsing the Firm’s website. The set of cookies has a duration ranging from single browsing session to 2 years.

Information and privacy notices concerning the operation and consent to the use of third party cookies are available at the following links:

Histats privacy and cookies policy statements
https://www.histats.com/?act=100
https://www.histats.com/?act=101

General information and notes on the types of cookies used by Google
https://policies.google.com/technologies/types?hl=en

Google Analytics cookie policy
https://developers.google.com/analytics/..

Facebook cookie policy
https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/


HOW TO DISABLE OR ENABLE COOKIES
The groups of cookies on the site can be disabled or enabled individually by clicking on the switches listed below. By disabling them, they will be immediately deleted from the user’s navigation device.
However, this option is only available for non-technical cookies, as the technical ones, which are own or third parties cookies, although few in number and non-invasive in terms of privacy, are necessary for the proper functioning of the website, and for keeping track of the privacy consent given by the visitor when accessing the site for the first time.

Origin of cookies	Current status of cookies
Histats (HstCfa, HstCla, HstCmu, HstCns, HstCnv, HstPn, HstPt)	(Click to change status - These are not strictly necessary cookies)
Google Analytics (_ga, _gat, _gid)	(Click to change status - These are not strictly necessary cookies)
Facebook (c_user, datr, fr, pl, sb, spin, xs)	Note: For security reasons, the cookies in question cannot technically be disabled from the firm's website, as they are installed directly from Facebook's external domains. It is therefore only possible to manage or disable them from the browser, as described in the following lines.
MASSA Law Firm (PHPSESSID)	Note: Technical cookie that cannot be disabled, as it is strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the firm's website.
MASSA Law Firm ($_COOKIE['SLMPrvcy'])	Note: Technical cookie that cannot be disabled, as it is strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the firm's website.

In addition, all cookies can be disabled or enabled by the user, individually or collectively, also through the browser used to surf on the Web.
To find out how to disable or enable them from your browser, see the instructions in the linked pages below for the most popular browsers:

Page for Mozilla Firefox
click here

Page for Google Chrome
click here

Page for Opera
click here

Page for Microsoft Edge
click here

Page for Microsoft Internet Explorer v. 8 and beyond
click here

Page for Apple Safari (on iPhone, iPad, etc.)
click here

In addition, you can disable the Google Analytics feature through a plug-in available for most browsers at:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT IN RELATION TO ANY PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED THROUGH THE USE OF COOKIES
With respect to any personal data communicated to the MASSA law firm, through the use of cookies, the data subject is entitled to:
I. Demand from the data controller access to the data subject's own personal data and the information relating thereto, to rectify or delete it, to limit or object to its processing, and also to request and obtain from the data controller the data in a structured, machine-readable format, including for the purpose of communicating such data to another data controller (so-called right to data portability);;
II. Object at any time to the processing of the data subject’s personal data in the event of a particular situation concerning the data subject;
III. Withdraw consent at any time, exclusively in cases where processing is based on the consent of the data subject for one or more specific purposes and concerns ordinary personal data (e.g. date and place of birth or place of residence), or particular categories of data (e.g. data revealing the racial origin of the data subject, his/her political opinions, religious beliefs, health or sex life). Processing based on consent that was carried out prior to revocation of consent shall, however, remain lawful;
IV. Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with the Italian Data Protection Authority.