Cookie Policy

Last updated: October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used on www.cookingclassilvicario.it.

It should be read together with the website’s Privacy Policy.

1. Data Controller

The Data Controller is:

IL VICARIO DI MECACCI FULVIO
VAT No. IT01087250526
Via Francia 23
53036 Poggibonsi (SI), Italy

Email: ilvicario@outlook.it

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may store on a user’s device when the website is visited.

Cookies can be used for different purposes, including:

  • enabling essential website functions;
  • remembering user preferences;
  • maintaining security and session information;
  • obtaining statistical information about website usage;
  • remembering consent choices;
  • measuring or attributing the source of a booking.

Other technologies may perform functions similar to cookies, including browser storage mechanisms and information transmitted through website URLs.

3. Categories of Cookies and Technologies Used

This website may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies or technologies are necessary for the correct operation, security or functionality of the website and services requested by the user.

They do not require prior consent where permitted by applicable law.

Preference Cookies

These technologies may be used to remember choices made by the user.

They are activated only where applicable and according to the user’s consent preferences.

Statistics Cookies

These technologies may be used to collect information about how the website is used.

Where consent is required, they are activated only after the user has given the relevant consent.

The website also uses privacy-oriented first-party analytics as described below.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing or advertising technologies, where present, are activated only after the user has expressly consented to their use.

At present, this website does not use booking-source information for behavioural advertising or cross-site profiling.

4. Cookie Consent Management

The website uses its own first-party cookie consent system.

When visiting the website, users may be offered the following choices:

  • Accept all
  • Reject optional cookies
  • Customize

Strictly necessary technologies remain active because they are required for the website or requested services to function correctly.

Optional categories are activated only according to the user’s preferences.

The website stores the user’s consent choice so that the banner does not need to be displayed on every visit.

The consent preference is retained for a maximum of 180 days, after which the website may ask the user to make a new choice.

Users can change or withdraw their consent at any time by selecting the Cookie settings option available on the website.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

5. Booking Source Attribution

The website records information concerning the source from which a customer reaches the booking process.

This may include:

  • referring website;
  • referral domain;
  • source or campaign parameters;
  • UTM parameters;
  • commercial or referral partner associated with the visit.

The purpose of this processing is to:

  • identify the source of a booking;
  • associate a reservation with the relevant referral or commercial partner;
  • manage commercial attribution and, where applicable, commissions associated with a booking;
  • obtain internal statistical information concerning booking sources.

Operation without optional cookies

The website’s booking-source attribution system is designed to operate, where technically possible, without placing a persistent attribution cookie on the user’s device.

Source information may be transmitted through the website navigation or booking process and then stored together with the booking when the customer submits a reservation.

This means that rejecting optional cookies does not necessarily prevent the website from recording the source of the booking.

The source information stored together with a booking is treated as part of the booking record in accordance with the website’s Privacy Policy.

Optional first-party attribution cookie

Where the user has provided the relevant consent, the website may use a first-party cookie to remember the source of the booking across future visits.

This cookie is used exclusively for booking-source attribution and commercial referral management.

It is not used for behavioural advertising or cross-site profiling.

Cookie name: asa_booking_source_consent
Provider: cookingclassilvicario.it
Type: First-party attribution cookie
Purpose: Remembering the referral or booking source associated with a potential future booking
Activation: Only after the relevant consent has been provided
Maximum duration: Up to 1 year, unless configured for a shorter period

If the user withdraws the relevant consent, this optional attribution cookie may be deleted.

6. Website Analytics – SlimStat

The website uses SlimStat Analytics to obtain statistical information concerning website usage.

SlimStat is configured in a privacy-oriented manner.

In particular:

  • IP addresses are masked;
  • browser fingerprinting is disabled;
  • SlimStat does not set its own tracking cookie;
  • statistical data are stored in the website’s WordPress database;
  • analytics data are retained for a maximum of 420 days;
  • archived analytics records are not retained after the applicable retention period;
  • geographic information is limited to country-level information.

SlimStat may process information such as:

  • page views;
  • referring websites;
  • browser type;
  • device information;
  • operating system;
  • country of origin;
  • technical navigation information.

These data are used to understand website usage, identify technical issues, evaluate traffic sources and improve the website.

SlimStat information is not used for behavioural advertising or cross-site profiling.

7. Booking System – Amelia

The website uses the Amelia booking system to manage reservations.

Amelia may use technical mechanisms required to display and operate the booking interface, maintain the booking process and submit booking information.

Information provided during the booking process is stored in the website’s WordPress database as described in the Privacy Policy.

The website’s booking-source attribution functionality may also interact with the Amelia booking process in order to associate the source information with the relevant reservation.

8. Payment Card Guarantee – Stripe

Certain bookings may require a payment card to be provided as a guarantee.

Card information is securely processed through Stripe.

Stripe may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for:

  • secure payment-card processing;
  • fraud prevention;
  • authentication;
  • security of payment services.

These technologies may be provided directly by Stripe and may be subject to Stripe’s own privacy and cookie policies.

Full card details are not stored by this website.

Where the card is requested solely as a booking guarantee, no immediate payment is made unless otherwise expressly stated during the booking process.

9. Hosting and Technical Services

The website is hosted using services provided by Aruba S.p.A.

Technical cookies or server-side technologies may be used where necessary for:

  • website operation;
  • security;
  • session management;
  • server performance;
  • protection against misuse or technical attacks.

These technologies are used only insofar as necessary for the operation and security of the website.

10. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services

The website may display content or services provided by third parties, such as:

  • maps;
  • customer-review widgets;
  • external media or embedded content.

These providers may use their own cookies or similar technologies.

Where such technologies are not strictly necessary, they should only be activated after the user has provided the appropriate consent.

Third-party services may process data according to their own privacy policies.

11. Cookie and Technology Summary

The following table summarises the main cookies and technologies used by the website.

Cookie / Technology Provider Purpose Category Duration
Cookie consent preference cookingclassilvicario.it Stores the user’s cookie consent choices Necessary Up to 180 days
Booking source transmission cookingclassilvicario.it Transfers booking/referral source information during the booking process without persistent attribution storage where possible Booking functionality Session / booking process
asa_booking_source_consent cookingclassilvicario.it Remembers booking/referral source across future visits Optional attribution Up to 1 year
SlimStat cookingclassilvicario.it Privacy-oriented website statistics without SlimStat tracking cookies Analytics / statistics Database data up to 420 days
Amelia technical functionality cookingclassilvicario.it Enables online booking functionality Necessary Session / as technically required
Stripe technical/security technologies Stripe Payment-card guarantee, security, fraud prevention and authentication Necessary where required for card processing According to Stripe configuration

The exact cookies used by third-party services may change over time as those providers update their technologies.

12. Legal Basis

Strictly necessary cookies and technologies are used where required to provide a service requested by the user, maintain security or enable essential website functionality.

Where consent is legally required for optional cookies or other tracking technologies, processing is based on the user’s consent.

The user may refuse optional cookies without preventing access to the general content of the website.

Certain booking-source information may still be processed without persistent cookies when transmitted as part of the booking process, as explained above and in the Privacy Policy.

13. How to Change Cookie Preferences

Users can review or change their cookie preferences at any time using the Cookie settings control available on the website.

Users may:

  • accept optional technologies;
  • reject optional technologies;
  • change individual categories;
  • withdraw previously provided consent.

Users can also delete cookies directly through their browser settings.

Deleting cookies may cause the website to request cookie preferences again.

14. Browser Cookie Controls

Most browsers allow users to:

  • view stored cookies;
  • delete existing cookies;
  • block all or selected cookies;
  • prevent websites from storing cookies;
  • delete cookies automatically when the browser is closed.

Disabling strictly necessary cookies through browser settings may affect the correct functioning of certain parts of the website, including the booking process.

15. Personal Data and User Rights

Where cookies or similar technologies involve the processing of personal data, users may exercise the rights provided under the GDPR.

Further information about:

  • the purposes of processing;
  • legal bases;
  • data retention;
  • recipients;
  • international transfers;
  • users’ rights;
  • how to contact the Data Controller

is available in the website’s Privacy Policy.

16. Changes to this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy may be updated to reflect changes to:

  • cookies used by the website;
  • booking or payment systems;
  • consent-management functionality;
  • third-party services;
  • applicable legislation or regulatory guidance.

The most recent version will always be published on this page together with the date of the latest update.