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This Cookie Policy has been translated for convenience. In the event of any discrepancy or conflict between the translated version and the original Italian version, the Italian text shall prevail and be the legally binding version.
This Cookie Policy constitutes the Extended Notice on Cookies regarding the use of Cookies by the Site [www.elenapenza.com] (the “Site“) owned by Elena Penza and is in use by ELENA PENZA S.R.L.. The company’s legal headquarters are in Piazza Addis Abeba 1 – 00199 Roma (RM), VAT ID: 16409771009, Rea: RM-1654959, email: customercare@elenapenza.com (hereinafter the “Controller“).
This Cookie Policy is an integral part of the Site’s Privacy Policy.
The User may exercise the rights provided by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and related implementing legislation (hereinafter the “Regulation” or “Applicable Law”). This is done by sending a specific communication to the Controller or by using the data subject rights exercise form, available at this link, which must be duly completed, signed, and accompanied by attachments, and sent to the Controller via email at customercare@elenapenza.com.
To modify their cookie settings, the user can follow the instructions provided on this website.
The user may express their preferences and consent to the use of cookies through an explicit acceptance on the Cookie Banner, or Short Cookie Notice, which will also provide information regarding the cookies used by this Site.
What are Cookies
Cookies are small text files used by websites to make the browsing experience more efficient for the User and are stored on their browser for reuse during subsequent visits.
Cookies have different functions. Some cookies are intended to improve the functionality and navigation of this website (Technical Cookies). Others, however, are used to monitor users during navigation (Statistical Analysis Cookies), to record information that reveals their interests (Profiling Cookies), by analyzing their reading habits, hobbies, in order to personalize the advertising shown to them when they open emails, browse social networks, or other web pages. Cookies are used to personalize content, provide social media functions, and analyze traffic.
Cookies are distinguished as first-party or third-party cookies depending on whether they are installed respectively by the visited Site or by third-party sites.
In their browser, the User can set Privacy preferences to prevent cookies from being stored, delete them after each visit or every time they close the browser, or even only accept the Site’s Cookies and not those of third parties.
This Site uses Technical Cookies, Statistical Analysis Cookies, and Profiling Cookies, both first-party and third-party, which are listed later in this notice.
Cookies Used Through This Site
Technical Cookies
Technical cookies do not require the User’s consent as they are installed to facilitate the User’s navigation on the Site and allow them to fully utilize its features. These are first-party cookies as they are installed through the Site and relate to navigation. Therefore, they are cookies that usually remain installed for the duration of the session, and are deleted upon its closure. They also serve to store some User preferences during subsequent visits, and for this reason, they may remain installed persistently, meaning until they reach their expiry or until the User deletes them.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
| Aruba Hosting | Platform and hosting services | Persistent |
| Aruba Webmail | Contact management and message sending | Persistent |
| Cloudflare | Traffic optimization and distribution | Persistent |
| Smush | Traffic optimization and distribution | Persistent |
| WooCommerce | Platform and hosting services | Persistent |
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are those installed through third-party tools, such as tools or plugins external to the Site. Third-party cookies have different purposes, such as monitoring the User’s use of the site, verifying the User’s geographical origin, and preferences.
| Name | Purpose | Duration |
| 3Q | Pubblicità | Persistente |
1. NEWSLETTER
2. SOCIAL NETWORK BUTTONS
Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)
For further information: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited)
For further information: https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370
3. PAYMENT MANAGEMENT
PayPal (PayPal Europe S.à.r.l. et Cie, S.C.A Inc.)
For further information: https://www.paypal.com/it/webapps/mpp/ua/cookie-full
Stripe (Stripe Technology Europe, Limited, and Stripe Payments Europe, Limited)
For further information: https://stripe.com/it/legal/cookies-policy
4. STATISTICS
C) Profiling cookies
Deleting and disabling cookies from browsers
Each user can manage their browser settings to manage cookie settings by following the links below.
- Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2392971?hl=it-IT
- Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/it/kb/Eliminare%20i%20cookie
- Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/it-it/microsoft-edge/eliminare-i-cookie-in-microsoft-edge
- Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=it&answer=95647
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
- iOS: https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
Rights of Data Subjects
Data subjects have the right to exercise the rights provided for in Articles 7 and 15-22 of the Regulation.
In particular, Users have the right to obtain: access, updating, rectification or, where interested therein, integration of the data; erasure, anonymization or blocking of data processed unlawfully, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which it was collected or subsequently processed; certification that the above operations have been brought to the attention, also as regards their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the case where this proves impossible or involves a manifestly disproportionate effort compared to the right being protected.
Furthermore, Users have the right to withdraw consent at any time, if the processing is based on their consent, to request data portability, i.e. to receive all personal data concerning them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, to request the restriction of the processing of personal data and/or erasure (“right to be forgotten”), as well as the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning them and to the processing for the purposes of sending advertising material, direct sales, and market research.
Pursuant to the Applicable Regulations, the Data Controllers inform Users that they have the right to obtain information on (i) the origin of the personal data; (ii) the purposes and methods of processing; (iii) the logic applied in the case of processing carried out with the aid of electronic instruments; (iv) the identification details of the Data Controllers and Data Processors; (v) the subjects or categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who may become aware of it in their capacity as Data Processors or persons in charge of processing.
Interested parties may exercise their rights by sending a specific communication or by using the form for exercising the rights of interested parties, available at this link, to be sent, duly completed and signed, with attachments, to the Data Controller by email to: customercare@elenapenza.com
If data subjects believe that the processing of their data violates the Regulation, they also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Privacy Guarantor as the supervisory authority for the protection of personal data (Guarantor for the protection of personal data, with headquarters in Piazza Venezia n. 11 – 00187 – Rome, Italy (http://www.garanteprivacy.it/).
Further information
With regard to cookies installed directly by the Website, the Data Controller specifies the following:
– data is collected only for the purposes and for the duration indicated in the tables above and is processed using IT methods;
– the use of technical cookies does not require the user’s prior consent as these cookies are necessary to enable navigation within the Website and the proper functioning of the Website itself. If technical cookies are removed through browser settings, navigation within the Website may not be possible, in whole or in part;
– The data collected by first-party cookies may be disclosed to parties acting on behalf of the Data Controller as data processors or persons in charge of processing, for purposes related to those described above. With regard to such data, we remind you that you may exercise your rights under Article 13 of the GDPR, as described in more detail in the Privacy Policy.
Cookie Policy updated in July 2025
