TITLE I – WEBSITE OWNER

Owner: Sofie Sillis (hereinafter the “Owner” or “Casa Sofia”))

Address: Zandstraat 22A, 9600 Ronse (BELGIUM).

Tax Code: SLLSMR71E43Z103U

Contacts: info@casadisofialanghe.com

TITLE II – PREAMBLE

SECTION A - PURPOSE OF THE NOTICE

This document refers exclusively to the Website casadisofialanghe.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). 

Please note that all notices provided on our Website refer to and are valid only for the latter and not also for other websites that may be consulted by the User through links present on the platform. The Owner has no control over such websites nor over the procedures they apply for compliance with data confidentiality and, therefore, we suggest consulting the privacy rules of all parties with whom one comes into contact before communicating personal information.

This document has the function of informing the User regarding the storage of so-called cookies on their terminal by this website

SECTION B - TO WHOM THIS NOTICE IS ADDRESSED

To the User, namely You, also referred to as the Data Subject, being the person who consults the website, whether a natural person or a person acting in the name and on behalf of legal entities by providing personal data.

SECTION C- CHANGES

The Owner reserves the right to make changes to the Website, to the notices published anywhere on the Website, at any time. At the time of consultation, the User must always refer, as the current version, to the published text.

The changes will become effective at the moment they are published on the Website. The continuation of the use of the Website by the User, following a change, will be considered as acceptance of such changes.

All Users may verify at any time, by connecting to the Website, the latest version of the Notice as updated from time to time by the Owner.

This Cookie Policy is updated as of 21.04.2026

TITLE III - DEFINITIONS

SECTION A - WHAT COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TOOLS ARE

1. Cookies.

They may be defined as follows: “text strings that websites (so-called Publishers, or “first parties”) visited by the user or different websites or web servers (so-called “third parties”) place and store – directly, in the case of publishers, and indirectly, that is, through the latter, in the case of “third parties” - within a terminal device (that is, a computer, a tablet, a smartphone, or any other device capable of storing information) available to the User themself”.

The information encoded in cookies may collect personal data, such as an IP address, a User name, a unique identifier or an email address, but may also contain non-personal data, such as language settings or information about the type of device that a person is using to browse the website. 

Therefore, through cookies it is possible to: 1) allow, among other things, web pages to load more quickly, route information across a network - therefore, in line with requirements strictly connected to the operation of websites themselves, 2) deliver behavioural advertising (so-called “behavioural advertising”) and then measure the effectiveness of the advertising message, or adapt the type and manner of the services provided to the behaviour of the User previously observed.

2.  Other tracking tools.

they may be defined as follows: passive identifiers that make it possible to carry out processing similar to those indicated above. These include fingerprinting, “that is, the technique that allows the device used by the user to be identified through the collection of all or some of the information relating to the specific configuration of the device itself adopted by the data subject. This technique may be used for achieving the same profiling purposes aimed also at displaying personalized behavioural advertising and at analysing and monitoring the behaviour of visitors to websites, or at adapting the type and manner of the services provided to the behaviour of the user previously observed”. 

This website uses cookies exclusively; therefore, this notice will be limited to the latter.

SECTION B - CLASSIFICATION OF COOKIES

Cookies may have different characteristics and, therefore, different classifications:

- From a temporal standpoint, considering them based on their duration, they are distinguished into Session Cookies (they last until your internet browser is closed) or Persistent Cookies (they are constant and continue to operate after the User’s browser has been closed, e.g. the cookie for language selection, which allows the User, on future visits, to be automatically directed to the website in the chosen language).

- From the standpoint of origin, from a subjective point of view, cookies are distinguished into First-Party Cookies (they are sent to the User’s browser directly from the website being visited, and belong to it) or Third-Party Cookies (they belong to domains different from the one shown in the address bar, that is, different from the Website being visited).

- from the standpoint of the purpose (that is, based on the use) of the processing of personal data, they are distinguished into Technical Cookies (they are used for browsing the web page and do not require users’ consent), Statistical Cookies (used for website optimization purposes, directly by the Owner of the website itself, who may collect information in aggregate form on the number of users and on how they visit the website), Marketing and profiling cookies (advertising cookies, intended to provide advertising spaces. They may be installed by the Owner of the website or by third parties only after obtaining the user’s consent; they may be sent to the User’s browser by third-party companies, directly from their websites, for their own purposes, possibly also profiling purposes). 

TITLE IV - THE MAIN COOKIES USED BY OUR WEBSITE

For the management of website cookies, including user consents, we use the Cookiebot CMP consent management platform (privacy policy https://www.cookiebot.com/it/privacy-policy/), which allows consent to be modified or withdrawn at any time by acting through the icon present on the website.

The tool allows the user to view the updated list of cookies present on the website, the individual descriptions and the place where the data are processed, with reference to the third parties’ policies.

The cookies used by the website casadisofialanghe.com may be divided as follows:

SECTION A - TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

used for the sole purpose of “carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary, to the provider of an information society service explicitly requested by the contracting party or by the user, in order to provide such service” (see art. 122, paragraph 1 of the Privacy Code). These help make the website usable by enabling its basic functions and do not require Users’ consent because the website is not able to function properly without these cookies.

SECTION B - STATISTICAL COOKIES

Our website uses Google Analytics 4 for statistics collection, which allows greater privacy-related adjustments. This tool does not record or store individual IP addresses. Analytics provides approximate geographic location data by deriving the following metadata from IP addresses: city (plus the city’s derived latitude and longitude), continent, country, region, subcontinent (and equivalents based on ID). Data of Users located in the EEA are collected in the EEA, and Google Analytics 4 collects all these data (based on the geographic lookup of the IP) through domains and servers located in the EU before forwarding the traffic to Analytics servers for processing. This is stated by the provider of the tool itself https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12017362?hl=it.

• Purpose: they are used to optimize the website directly by the Owner, for the design of the Website or to help measure its “traffic”, that is, the number of visitors, possibly also broken down by geographic area, connection time slot or other characteristics.

LEGAL BASIS: consent pursuant to art. 6, par. 1, letter a) of the GDPR.

NATURE OF THE PROVISION: optional, consent is expressed by the User through the cookies information banner.

RETENTION PERIOD: according to the cookie retention terms.

SECTION C - MARKETING AND ADVERTISING COOKIES

“used to attribute to identified or identifiable subjects specific actions or recurring behavioural patterns in the use of the functionalities offered (patterns) for the purpose of grouping the different profiles within homogeneous clusters of different sizes, so that it is possible for the controller, among other things, also to modulate the provision of the service in an increasingly personalized manner beyond what is strictly necessary for the provision of the service, as well as to send targeted advertising messages, that is, in line with the preferences expressed by the user during web browsing” (see art. 4 GPDP Guidelines of 10.06.2021).

• Purpose. These cookies are intended to provide advertising spaces. They may be installed by the Owner of the website or by third parties only after obtaining the user’s consent; they may be sent to the User’s browser by third-party companies directly from their websites for their own purposes.

With regard to third-party cookies, the Owner has no control either over the activity and purposes of the third party, or over the possibility that the latter may modify them over time. In this respect, the Owner acts as an intermediary. In this capacity, reference is made to the third party’s notice in the table below.

LEGAL BASIS: consent pursuant to art. 6, par. 1, letter a) of the GDPR.

NATURE OF THE PROVISION: optional, consent may be provided or withdrawn at any time by acting directly in the specific area accessible in the footer.

RETENTION PERIOD: according to the cookie retention terms.

Our website uses Google Ads marketing functionalities; these functionalities make it possible to show advertising based on the user’s personal interests, identified through an analysis of the user’s behaviour on the web, whether on a mobile device or other devices. As required by the privacy legislation in force, prior consent is required for the installation of such cookies. 

TITLE V TRANSPARENCY IN THE USE OF COOKIES

We want to make the use of cookies and other similar technologies as transparent as possible. 

The user may decide whether or not to accept cookies by using their browser settings.

or

On their first access, through the banner, the User may:

- continue browsing while maintaining the default settings that provide for the use of only the website’s technical cookies by selecting the X in the top right-hand corner and closing the banner; in this way they may also refuse non-technical cookies.

- accept all cookies by means of the “accept all” button. 

- through the “customize” button choose which categories of cookies to accept. 

On each access following the first – through the cookie bot icon located in the footer of each page of the website, the User may access a dedicated area and modify the consents previously selected.

Once their preference regarding cookies has been expressed, the banner will no longer be displayed for at least 6 months unless, before the expiry of that period:

- the User deletes cookies from their browser (see the paragraph “How to disable cookies”); 

- one or more conditions of the processing change significantly, a circumstance which occurs, for example, when new third-party conversions are added.

The disabling of statistical, marketing and profiling cookies does not in any way affect browsing capability.

TITLE VI - HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES.

SECTION A - From the browser settings: 

Most browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) are configured to accept cookies. Cookies stored on your device’s hard drive can however be deleted and it is also possible to disable cookies by following the instructions provided by the main browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc..)

To do this, access your browser’s "Preferences". 

SECTION B - From mobile device settings:

the User may manage preferences relating to cookies (and similar technologies) directly through their device settings (iOS, Android, etc.).

To do this, access your device’s "Preferences".

SECTION C - From smart TV settings.

It is possible to act on the smart TV settings. Since instructions differ depending on brands and models, we invite you to read and follow the instructions set out in the smart TV user manual.

TITLE VII - RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT

Pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR”), data subjects have the right, at any time, to obtain confirmation as to whether or not such data exist and to know their content and origin, verify their accuracy or request their integration or updating, or rectification.

In addition, data subjects have the right to request erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, as well as to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority and in any case to object, for legitimate reasons, to their processing (arts. 17 et seq. of the GDPR).

For the extended notice on User rights, please refer to the Privacy Notice.

Relevant requests must be sent to Casa di Sofia pursuant to art. 38 of the GDPR, to the email address info@casadisofialanghe.com