Cookie Policy
Website: https://pietrocottone.com
Last updated: November 2, 2026
- Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how pietrocottone.com, the personal website of Pietro Cottone, Ph.D., uses cookies and similar technologies.
The website provides information and educational resources relating to scientific research, teaching, interactive simulators, music, media coverage, and personal interests.
Cookies and related technologies may be used to support website functionality, maintain security, remember visitor preferences, manage consent choices, and enable content provided by external services.
This policy should be read together with the website’s Privacy Policy, which provides additional information about the collection and processing of personal information.
- What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites may store on a visitor’s computer, smartphone, or other device.
They can help websites remember preferences, maintain functionality, recognize previous choices, and support interactions with external services.
Cookies may be classified according to their origin:
First-party cookies: Set by the website being visited.
Third-party cookies: Set by external services whose content or functionality is incorporated into a website.
Cookies may also differ in duration:
Session cookies: Generally expire when the browser session ends.
Persistent cookies: Remain on the device for a specified period or until deleted.
Websites may also use related technologies, including browser local storage and session storage, to remember information or manage certain functions.
For simplicity, this policy refers to these technologies collectively as cookies and similar technologies.
- Categories of Cookies
Depending on the functionality used and the services accessed, cookies may fall into the following categories.
3.1 Functional cookies
Functional cookies support essential website operations and services, including security, technical functionality, and the storage of cookie consent preferences.
These technologies may be necessary for the website to operate correctly and generally do not require consent where applicable law provides an exemption for strictly necessary functions.
3.2 Preference cookies
Preference cookies remember certain choices or settings that are not strictly necessary for basic website operation.
Their use may depend on the features available and the visitor’s consent preferences.
3.3 Statistics cookies
Statistics cookies may be used to collect information about website usage, performance, or visitor interactions.
Pietrocottone.com does not intentionally operate a dedicated website analytics platform such as Google Analytics.
Nevertheless, certain integrated services may process technical or interaction-related information according to their own practices.
The presence of a statistics category in the consent interface does not necessarily mean that the website actively uses a statistics service.
3.4 Marketing and third-party cookies
Some external services may use cookies or similar technologies to recognize users, measure interactions, personalize content, or support advertising-related activities.
These technologies may be associated with embedded content or third-party platforms.
Pietrocottone.com does not directly operate an advertising network or intentionally use visitor information for behavioral advertising.
However, external services incorporated into the website may process information under their own policies.
Where consent is required by applicable law, nonessential cookies and similar technologies should be used only with the required consent.
- Services That May Use Cookies
4.1 WordPress and website functionality
The website uses WordPress and associated components, including Elementor, to provide its content and functionality.
Certain cookies or browser storage mechanisms may support website administration, interface preferences, security, or other technical functions.
Some administrative cookies are used only when authorized website administrators access restricted areas and are not ordinarily required for public visitors.
4.2 Complianz consent management
The website uses Complianz to provide a cookie consent banner and manage visitor preferences.
Complianz may use functional cookies and browser storage to remember whether a visitor has made a consent choice, which categories have been selected, and whether the banner should be displayed again.
These technologies support the operation of the consent-management system.
4.3 Google reCAPTCHA
The website uses Google reCAPTCHA to help protect its Contact form against automated submissions and spam.
Google reCAPTCHA may use cookies and other technical information, including device, browser, IP address, and interaction data, to evaluate potentially abusive activity.
Its processing is governed by Google’s applicable privacy policies.
For additional information, visit the Google Privacy Policy.
4.4 YouTube videos
Certain website pages contain embedded YouTube videos, including video galleries.
When YouTube content loads or is played, the visitor’s browser may establish connections with Google or YouTube servers.
These services may process technical information and use cookies or similar technologies under their own policies.
Depending on the implementation, external connections may occur even when optional cookies have not been accepted.
Visitors should consult Google’s Privacy Policy for information about Google’s data-processing practices.
4.5 Other external services
The website includes links to academic resources, scientific publishers, news organizations, music streaming services, Brainstoy LLC, and other external websites.
Following an ordinary external link does not, by itself, mean that the destination’s cookies have been placed through pietrocottone.com.
However, when visitors leave this website or interact with embedded third-party resources, the relevant external service may use cookies or related technologies under its own policies.
- Cookies Currently Used
The cookies and similar technologies used on this website may vary depending on the pages visited, browser settings, visitor interactions, and third-party services.
These may include functional cookies associated with WordPress, cookies used by Complianz to remember consent preferences, and cookies or similar technologies associated with integrated services such as Google reCAPTCHA and YouTube.
Cookie names, purposes, and retention periods may change as the website, its plugins, and third-party services are updated.
Visitors can manage optional cookies through the website’s consent-management controls and review or delete stored cookies using their browser settings.
For additional information about third-party cookies, visitors should consult the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant service providers.
- Cookie Consent and Preferences
When visitors access the website, a Complianz consent banner provides information about cookies and offers available choices concerning optional technologies.
Depending on the applicable configuration, visitors may be able to:
- Accept optional cookies.
- Deny optional cookies.
- Review and adjust preferences by category.
- Save their selections.
Functional technologies necessary for essential website operations may remain active independently of optional consent choices.
Consent preferences do not necessarily prevent every technical connection to an external service, particularly where embedded content loads independently of the consent-management system.
Where applicable law requires prior consent for a particular technology, the required consent must be obtained before that technology is used.
- Changing or Withdrawing Consent
Visitors may review or change their cookie preferences after making an initial choice.
A Manage Consent control is available on the website and can be used to reopen the consent interface, review available cookie categories, and modify previously selected preferences.
Withdrawing consent affects subsequent processing governed by that consent. It does not necessarily remove cookies already stored on the visitor’s device.
Visitors may also delete existing cookies through their browser settings.
- Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow visitors to view, restrict, block, or delete cookies.
Browser settings may also provide controls for third-party cookies and other site data.
The procedures differ among browsers and devices. Visitors should consult their browser’s help documentation for instructions.
Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, contact forms, embedded videos, or the ability to remember consent preferences.
Deleting consent-management cookies may cause the website to display its consent banner again.
- Third-Party Responsibility
Third-party providers may change their technologies, cookie names, retention periods, or data-processing practices independently of pietrocottone.com.
The website owner does not control every aspect of how external services operate or process information.
Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy and cookie policies of external providers when interacting with their services.
The website’s Privacy Policy provides additional information about external services and personal-information processing.
- Changes to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in website functionality, cookie-management practices, third-party services, or applicable legal requirements.
The date at the beginning of this document indicates its latest revision.
Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically.
- Contact
For questions about cookies, consent preferences, or related privacy matters, please contact:
Pietro Cottone, Ph.D.
Massachusetts, United States