International School of Ticino
  1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

International School of Ticino uses cookies on our websites to provide enhanced functionality and improve the user experience.

A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer or mobile phone when you visit certain sites. Cookies enable a website to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or device and can in some cases be used to identify a particular user, depending on the information they contain or the way in which the device is used.

The installation of these devices in your computer could imply a processing of personal data. If you authorise       this installation, you will have consented to the processing of your personal data. In this sense, you can obtain more information, regarding the processing of your personal data, by consulting our Privacy Policy at: https://www.isticino.com/privacy-policy.    

Using these devices, the Web server is allowed to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the websites of that server, name and password, products that interest them the most, etc.

According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the informed consent of the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, excepting those of a technical nature and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

2.  TYPES OF COOKIES USED IN THIS WEBSITE  

- ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE

• Necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. It is not required to obtain consent from the user.

• Technical and functional cookies: Are those that allow the user to navigate through a web site, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it.

• Analytical cookies: Are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms and to create browsing profiles for users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.

• Advertising cookies: Are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web site, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.

• Performance or behavioural cookies: They collect information about the preferences and personal choices of the user (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.

• Social Cookies: These are set by social networking platforms on the Services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.

• Affiliate cookies: Allow monitoring of visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).

• Security cookies: They store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

- ACCORDING TO THE PROPERTY

Own cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

Third-party cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

- ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

Session cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.

Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.


3. PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

- Data Controller: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF TICINO, Via Ponteggia 23, 6814, Cadempino, Switzerland, P.IVA/VAT: CHE 325978245, email address: dataprivacy@isticino.com. The controller informs you that this data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the new Act on Federal Data Protection (“nFADP”), September 1, 2023 which implements the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 regarding the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (“GDPR”), for which the following information is provided:

- Purposes of the processing: As specified in the section on cookies used on this website.

- Legitimation of the processing: Consent of the interested party.

- Data conservation criteria: As specified in the section on cookies used on the web.

- Communication of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.

- Rights that assist the Interested Party: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You have the right to access, rectify, object and delete your data, as well as the portability and limitation of its processing, directing motivated communication to our DPO at dataprivacy@isticino.com. You also have the right to file a claim before the  Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“FDPIC”), addressed at Feldeggweg 1, CH - 3003 Berne Switzerland or by fax to: 058 465 99 96 or visiting the site: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/deredoeb/kontakt.html.

4. COOKIES USED IN OUR WEBSITES

4.1. CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR

Analytics

Property

Cookie

Purpose

Term

CONSENT

.youtube.com

YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.

2 years

Advertisement

Property

Cookie

Purpose

Term

YSC

.youtube.com

Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.

Session

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

.youtube.com

YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.

5 months 27 days

yt-remote-device-id

youtube.com

YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

Never

yt-remote-connected-devices

youtube.com

YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.

Never

Other

Property

Cookie

Purpose

Term

inspired_session

.isticino.com

No description

Session

inspired_referer

.isticino.com

No description

1 month

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

.youtube.com

No description

5 months 27 days

 

4.2. THIRD PARTY COOKIES NOT CONTROLLED BY THE EDITOR

Third party services are beyond the control of the publisher. The providers can modify at any time their conditions of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.

External providers of this website:

Editor

Privacy policy

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

Google Analytics

https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html

Google

https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html

Youtube

https://privacy.google.com/take-control.html

LinkdIn

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Instagram

https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy

Cookies on our website are used by:

• The Owner of the website International School of Ticino

There are companies that use cookies implanted on our website:

 5. HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER

 

Delete cookies from the device

Cookies that are already on a device can be deleted by clearing the browser history, thereby removing cookies from all websites visited.
However, some of the saved information (for example, login details or website preferences) may also be lost.

Manage specific cookies

To have more precise control of site-specific cookies, users can adjust their privacy and cookie settings in the browser.

Block cookies

Although most modern browsers can be configured to prevent cookies from being installed on devices, this may require manual adjustment of certain preferences each time a site or page is visited. Also, some services and features may not work properly.

 

 

 

6. HOW TO DELETE COOKIES FROM THE MOST COMMON BROWSERS

If you do not want to allow the use of cookies on our web site, please follow these instructions:

-              INTERNET EXPLORER: Click on “Internet Options” in the “Tools” menu and then select the “Privacy” tab. Select the desired setting and click on the advanced settings button. Activate the “Override automatic cookie handling” box. Select the “Accept” or “Block” option.

http://windows.microsoft.com/es-xl/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cook…

-              FIREFOX: Click on “Tools > Options” in the menu bar and select the “Privacy” tab. Depending on the browser version you are using, select or deselect “Accept cookies from sites” or “Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked”. Any cookies installed can be removed by clicking on the “remove individual cookies” option.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

-              CHROME: Click on “Tools > Settings”, and then select the tab “Privacy > Content settings”. After selecting the option “Show advanced options”, select the desired cookie setting. If you do not want cookies to be installed, you may select the option “Block third-party cookies and site data”.

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%…

-              SAFARI: Click on “Tools > Preferences” and select the “Security” tab. Under the heading “Accept cookies” choose “Always” or “Never”. If you have an iPhone, you must go to “Settings > Safari” and then select whether you do or do not want to accept cookies.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac &nb…;

This cookie policy was last updated in August 2023