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Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Cookie
Policy
How paolocalvi.co.uk uses cookies and similar technologies.
This Cookie Policy explains when paolocalvi.co.uk stores or accesses information on a visitor’s device, why those technologies are used and how choices concerning non-essential cookies and comparable tracking technologies can be managed.
Core principle
Technologies that are not strictly necessary are not activated before consent where applicable law requires that consent.
Updated 21 August 2026
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At a glance
What happens when you visit the website.
Some technologies are necessary for the website to function correctly. Others may be used for measurement or third-party content and are subject to the visitor’s consent where applicable law requires it.
Essential operation
Certain cookies or similar technologies may be required for basic website operation, security, consent management and other functions that cannot reasonably be provided without them.
Audience measurement
Analytics technologies may be used to understand how the website and its editorial content are accessed and used. Where prior consent is required, these technologies remain inactive until consent is given.
Embedded services
External media or services may introduce their own technologies when activated. Where required, content capable of initiating non-essential tracking is blocked until the relevant consent has been provided.
Consent can be changed
Where consent applies, visitors can accept or refuse optional technologies and may subsequently change or withdraw their preferences through the consent controls available on the website.
The distinction that matters
Necessary technologies support the website itself. Optional technologies serve additional purposes and are not treated as necessary merely because they may be useful.
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Technologies
Cookies are only part of the picture.
The term “cookies” is commonly used as shorthand for a wider group of technologies that websites may use to store information, remember choices, provide functionality or understand how services are used. This Policy applies to cookies and comparable technologies where they perform equivalent functions.
Cookies
Cookies are small data files that a website or service may store on a visitor’s device. They can support functions such as maintaining preferences, preserving technical information or recognising a browser during a session or on a later visit.
Local storage
Browsers can store information locally through mechanisms other than conventional cookies. Such storage may be used by website components or external services to retain settings, technical states or other information required by a particular function.
Scripts and pixels
Scripts, pixels and comparable technical elements can allow website functions to operate or transmit information when a page is loaded or an action occurs. Depending on their purpose, they may be essential to a service or subject to consent before activation.
Embedded content
Video players, social content, external publications and other embedded resources may connect to third-party services. Those services may use their own technologies when the external content is loaded or activated.
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Categories
Not every technology is treated in the same way.
Cookies and comparable technologies are classified according to what they actually do. The decisive distinction is between technologies required to provide the website or a service requested by the visitor, and optional technologies used for additional purposes such as measurement, personalisation or marketing.
Strictly necessary
These technologies support functions required for the website to operate or for a service explicitly requested by the visitor. Examples may include security, network management, session continuity and the storage of privacy or consent preferences.
No prior consentFunctional
Functional technologies may remember choices or enable additional website features. Their treatment depends on whether the relevant function is technically necessary for a service requested by the visitor or represents an optional enhancement.
Depends on functionAnalytics
Analytics technologies can provide information about website traffic, audience behaviour, page performance and the way editorial content is accessed. Where applicable law requires prior consent, analytics technologies are not activated until that consent has been obtained.
Consent where requiredMarketing & tracking
Technologies used to profile interests, track visitors across websites or services, measure advertising activity or support personalised advertising are treated as optional technologies and are activated only where an appropriate legal basis and any required prior consent exist.
Prior consentExternal media
Embedded video, audio, social-media elements or other external resources may communicate with third-party services when loaded. Where those services use non-essential storage or tracking, activation may be withheld until the visitor has made the appropriate consent choice.
Consent where required
United Kingdom
Cookie and similar-technology use is assessed under the applicable UK data-protection and electronic-communications framework.
European Union / EEA
EU data-protection rules and applicable national legislation implementing the ePrivacy framework are taken into account where they apply to a visitor or processing activity.
Processing in Italy
The website is operated by a Data Controller established in Italy, where the principal processing activities are carried out, subject to applicable Italian and European data-protection requirements.
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Services & providers
First-party and third-party technologies.
Some technologies are controlled directly by the website, while others may be supplied by external providers whose services are integrated into a page. The provider, purpose and duration of a technology can therefore vary depending on the service concerned.
Website-controlled technologies
First-party cookies and similar technologies are set or controlled within the paolocalvi.co.uk environment. They may support essential functions such as security, consent preferences, session continuity or technical operation.
External service providers
Third-party services may use their own cookies, scripts, storage or comparable technologies when their functionality is loaded. Depending on the service, the provider may act as a processor, independent controller or otherwise process information under its own privacy arrangements.
Session and persistent storage
Some technologies exist only for the duration of a browsing session. Others remain on the device for a defined period or until deleted by the user. The appropriate retention period depends on the purpose of the technology and the configuration adopted by the relevant service.
Current cookie inventory
The detailed list of cookies and comparable technologies actually detected on the website — including provider, purpose, category and duration where available — is maintained through the website’s consent-management system. Because technologies can change when services are updated, this dynamic inventory should be regarded as the most current technical record of the cookies in use.
International processing
Where a third-party service processes personal data outside the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, any resulting international transfer must rely on a mechanism permitted by the data-protection law applicable to that transfer. Further information about international transfers is provided in the Privacy Policy.
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Control & contact
Your choices remain under your control.
Where cookies or similar technologies require consent, you may choose whether to allow them and may subsequently change or withdraw that choice. Necessary technologies remain available where they are required for the operation, security or delivery of the website.
Consent management
Change your cookie preferences at any time
Where a consent-management interface is available on this website, it allows you to review and modify your choices concerning non-essential cookies and similar technologies. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Your preferences
Review your choices
Use the website’s cookie preference control to review, accept, reject or modify the categories available to you.
Consent can be withdrawn
Where processing is based on consent, that consent may be withdrawn at any time through the controls made available by the website. Withdrawal applies prospectively and does not invalidate processing that lawfully took place before the preference was changed.
Your browser provides additional controls
Most browsers allow users to view, delete or restrict cookies through their settings. Browser-level controls operate independently from the consent choices provided by this website and may affect cookies already stored on the device. Blocking certain technologies may also affect website functionality.
Browser privacy signals
Browsers and devices may transmit privacy-related signals or preferences. Their technical implementation and legal effect can vary between jurisdictions, technologies and services. Where an applicable law requires a recognised signal to be honoured, the website’s processing arrangements should be configured accordingly.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be revised when the website, the technologies it uses, its service providers or applicable legal requirements change. The version published on this page is the current version and the date of its latest revision is shown below.
Privacy & cookie enquiries
Questions about cookies or your choices?
Questions concerning cookies, similar technologies, consent preferences or the processing of personal data may be addressed directly to the Data Controller. For broader information concerning personal-data processing and applicable rights, please also refer to the website’s Privacy Policy.
Data protection contact
privacy@paolocalvi.com
paolocalvi.co.uk / Cookie Policy
Data Controller: Paolo Calvi · Processing primarily carried out in Italy
Last updated 21 August 2026