3. Activities Strictly Necessary for the Operation of This Platform and Delivery of the Service

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     1. This Platform uses Cookies or other Identifiers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the  Service and, therefore, do                  not  require Users to consent. Users can disable such Identifiers by modifying their browser or device settings as  described in more detail within this                                  document, but this may affect core operational functions or result in the unavailability of the Service.

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     a. Hosting and Backend Infrastructure

     This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable This Platform to run and be distributed, as well as to provide a ready-made                                    infrastructure  to run specific features or parts of This Platform

     Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the  actual location where           the Personal Data is stored.

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     b. Content Management

     Our website content management system (CMS) sets 1st Party cookies. These are necessary for the correct operation of This Platform.

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     c. SPAM Protection

     This type of service, where applicable, analyses the traffic of This Platform, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts           of traffic, messages and content that are recognised as SPAM.

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     Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC)

     Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC. The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy  and terms of use.

     Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

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     d. Handling payments

     Unless otherwise specified, This Platform processes any payments by credit or debit card, or other means via external payment service providers. In general, and         unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information  directly to such payment service providers. This             Platform is not involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as       to whether payment has been successfully completed.

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     Stripe Inc.

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     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy

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     Apple Inc.

     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy

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     e. OTP Service Provider

     In order to sign up and/or log in and reset your account’s password, an OTP is required to ensure that the account holder is securely  accessing the platform

     Twilio Inc.

     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy

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4. Other Activities

    

     1. Basic interactions & functionalities

     This Platform uses Cookies or other Identifiers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features  of the Service and                 facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.

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     a. Tag Management

     This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on This Platform in a centralised fashion. This results in the  Users' Data flowing                      through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.

     Tealium IQ tag Management (Tealium Inc.)

     Tealium IQ tag Management is a tag management service provided by Tealium Inc. Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

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     2. Experience enhancement

     This Platform uses Cookies or other Identifiers to provide a personalised user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by               enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

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     a. Displaying content from external platforms

     This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of This Platform and interact with them. This type of service           might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

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     3. Measurement

     This Platform uses Cookies or other Identifiers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour with the goal of improving the Service.

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     a. Analytics

     The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

     Google Analytics (Google LLC)

     Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC ("Google"). Google utilises the Data collected to track and examine the use of This Platform, to        prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.

     Google may use the Data collected to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

     Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy - Opt-Out. Privacy Shield participant.

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     Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)

     Google Analytics on The Website has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity)         and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyse specific behaviour and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data)           and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

     Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

     Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in         the privacy policy of the service.

     Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt-Out. Privacy Shield participant.

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     4. Targeting & Advertising

     This Platform uses Cookies or other Identifiers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve  and track ads.

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     a. Advertising

     This type of service allows User Data to be utilised for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and                 other advertisements on This Platform, possibly based on User interests.

     Some of the services listed in this Policy may use Cookies or other Identifiers to identify Users or they may use the behavioural retargeting  techniques, i.e.                     displaying ads tailored to the User's interests and behaviour, including those detected outside This Platform. For more  information, please check the privacy                   policies of the relevant services.

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     Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads                     settings in general.

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5. How to Provide or Withdraw Consent

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Users can manage preferences regarding Identifiers directly from within their own device settings and prevent – for example – the storing of third- party Identifiers. It is also possible, via device features, to delete previously stored Identifiers, including those used to remember the User's initial consent. Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Identifiers in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:

iOS, Android 

With regard to any Identifiers stored by third parties, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

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Notwithstanding the above, Users are hereby informed that they may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.