Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy relates to the website https://www.upcycle-project.eu managed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, P.IVA 04376620151 C.F. 80057930150
The site uses only technical cookies, listed in the table below. The presence of these cookies cannot be eliminated, so by continuing with navigation you implicitly accept their use.
No personal information of the visitor is recorded or used, even temporarily.

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Domain: upcycle-project.eu

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Type: Necessary

The following information is general in nature and does not apply entirely to this website: its function is to educate the visitor about cookie technology.

Cookies are small text strings sent to the user of the visited website, which are stored in the users device and allow the website to recognize users and store certain information about them. Cookies can be retrieved during subsequent visits.

1. Types of cookies
  • Technical cookies: are used for purposes strictly related to the proper functioning of the site;
  • Analytics cookies: are comparable to technical cookies and other identifiers if they are used only to produce aggregate statistics and in relation to a single site or a single mobile application; at least the fourth component of the IP address is masked for those of third parties; third parties refrain from combining analytics cookies, thus minimized, with other processing or from transmitting them to further third parties. The website https://www.upcycle-project.eu/ does not use cookies of this type.
  • Profiling cookies: they allow obtaining information about the user and may be used for unsolicited uses, such as the display of advertisements in line with the preferences expressed by the user while browsing. The website https://www.upcycle-project.eu/ does not use cookies of this type.
  •  Sharing Cookies (Social Buttons Plugins and Widgets)1:Sometimes there may be “buttons” (called “social buttons/widgets”) depicting the icons of social networks or other services (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.). These buttons allow users who are browsing the site to interact with a “click” directly with the social networks depicted therein. In order to allow users to know the methods and purposes of the processing of user information by third parties, it is good to read the privacy and cookie policies of the third parties involved. In this specific case, the user can visit:

The website https://www.upcycle-project.eu/ does not use cookies of this type.

2. Legal basis for processing

The personal data indicated on this page are processed by the University in the performance of its tasks of public interest or otherwise related to the exercise of its public powers, including the task carry out information and institutional communication activities pursuant to Law No. 150/2000 and R.D. 271/2009. The legal basis for the processing of profiling cookies or other similar tracking tools described above is to be found in the consent referred to in Article 6(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

3. Managing cookies

 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but the user can normally change the settings to disable this feature. You can block all types of cookies, or agree to receive only some and disable others. The “Options” or “Preferences” sections in the browser menu allow you to prevent the receipt of cookies and other user tracking technologies, and how to get notification from the browser of the activation of these technologies. Alternatively, you can also consult the “Help” section of the toolbar found in most browsers.

 

You can select the browser you use from the list below and follow the instructions: – Microsoft Edge; – Chrome; – Safari; – Firefox; – Opera. From a mobile device: – Android; – Safari;

Below are links explaining how to manage or disable cookies for popular Internet browsers:

For more information about cookies and their general functions, visit an informational Web site such as www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.garanteprivacy.it/faq/cookie. 

 

Disabling cookies may limit your ability to use a site and prevent you from taking full advantage of its features and services.

Links to other sites

Some pages on this site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano is in no way responsible for the cookie policy applied by other sites.

 

Last updated: 11/02/2025