Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy – GARANTEASY
This Cookie Policy explains how Garanteasy uses cookies and similar technologies on this website (eu.garanteasy.com), which categories of cookies exist, and how you can control them. It forms part of, and should be read together with, our separate Privacy Policy.
Who is the data controller
The data controller is Garanteasy S.r.l., with registered office at Via Pio XI, 1, 20123 Milan, Italy (Italian VAT number IT08055550969). For any question about this Cookie Policy or about the processing of your personal data, you can write to privacy@garanteasy.com.
As the controller is established in Italy, the processing is governed by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”) and by Italian Legislative Decree no. 101/2018.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website sends to your device (usually to your browser), where they are stored and then sent back to the website on your next visit. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard disk, transmit computer viruses or capture your email address. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. Some of the functions performed by cookies may also be carried out by other, similar technologies; in this document the term “cookie” refers both to cookies in the strict sense and to any such similar technologies.
Cookies may be “first-party” or “third-party”. First-party cookies are set by this website itself (their domain is this site); third-party cookies are set by external providers under their own domains. At present this website uses only first-party cookies.
Which cookies we use
We group cookies into the same three categories that you see in the cookie banner on this site:
- Strictly necessary – these cookies are required for the website to function and to remember the choices you make in the cookie banner. They are always active and cannot be switched off, because the site cannot work properly without them. They do not require your consent.
- Analytics – these cookies would help us understand, in aggregate form, how visitors use the site so that we can improve it. They are optional and are set only after you give your consent through the cookie banner.
- Marketing – these cookies (sometimes called profiling cookies) would be used to build a profile of your interests and to show you advertising in line with your preferences, including on other websites. They are optional and are set only after you give your consent through the cookie banner.
Please note: at present no analytics or marketing cookies are active on this website. We do not currently use Google Analytics or any other analytics tool, nor any Facebook, LinkedIn or other advertising pixel. The Analytics and Marketing categories are provided in the banner for future use; if and when we introduce any such cookies, they will be set only after you have given the relevant consent, and this Cookie Policy will be updated accordingly. The links to our social-media profiles in the site footer are ordinary hyperlinks, not tracking tools.
When no non-essential cookies have been accepted, no cookie is set simply by loading a page. The only cookie that is set is the consent cookie described below, which is created once you interact with the cookie banner. In addition, WordPress (the platform on which this site runs) may set functional or session cookies only for logged-in administrators of the site; these are not set for ordinary visitors.
Cookies currently in use
| Name | Provider | First / third party | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cc_cookie | Garanteasy S.r.l. | First party | Strictly necessary | Stores the choices you make in the cookie banner (which categories you have accepted or declined), so that your preferences are respected on future visits. | About 6 months (approximately 182 days) |
| Analytics cookies | To be determined | — | Analytics | None active at present. Any analytics cookie would be listed here and set only after your consent. | — |
| Marketing cookies | To be determined | — | Marketing | None active at present. Any marketing cookie would be listed here and set only after your consent. | — |
Duration of cookies
A cookie’s duration is determined by its expiry date (or by a specific action, such as closing the browser) set when it is created. In general, cookies can be:
- session cookies, which store temporary information, link together the actions you carry out during a single visit, and are removed from your device when you close the browser; and
- persistent cookies, which store information for a defined period and remain on your device even after you close the browser. The consent cookie “cc_cookie” described above is a persistent, strictly necessary cookie.
How to give, change or withdraw your consent
When you first visit the site, a cookie banner is shown in which you can accept or decline the Analytics and Marketing categories (the Strictly necessary category is always on). Your choices are recorded in the first-party “cc_cookie” described above.
You can review, change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie banner and through the “Manage cookies” link in the footer of every page, which reopens the preferences panel. Because no analytics or marketing cookies are currently in use, declining these categories has no effect on the cookies set today, but your preference will be respected if such cookies are introduced in the future.
Managing cookies through your browser
In addition to the controls above, you can manage or block cookies through your browser’s settings. Please note that disabling all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, may compromise the correct functioning of this website. You can find instructions for the most common browsers at the following addresses:
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right, among others, to obtain confirmation of whether your personal data are being processed and a copy of them, and to request their rectification, erasure or restriction, to object to the processing and to data portability, where the relevant conditions are met. Further details on how to exercise these rights are set out in our separate Privacy Policy. To exercise your rights, you can write to Garanteasy S.r.l., for the attention of the Data Controller, at privacy@garanteasy.com.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As the controller is established in Italy, the lead authority is the Italian “Garante per la protezione dei dati personali” (www.garanteprivacy.it). If you are located in the EU or EEA, you may alternatively lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority of your own country of residence.
Effective date of this Document: 4 November 2026