Cookie policy

What cookies are

A cookie is a small text file that a site stores in your browser to remember information from one page to another. Browser local storage and session storage function in a similar manner, which this site uses for two purposes concerning you. On this page they are all referred to as tools, and all of them are listed.

Technical tools, always active

They enable the site to perform what you request, they do not identify you, and they do not leave the site: for this reason, the law does not require prior consent.

• NEXT_LOCALE: the language of the page you are reading. The site writes it on every page, and it is deleted when you close the browser.
• pv_lingua: the language you selected from the switcher, to offer it again on your next visit. The site writes it only when you select a language, and it lasts 1 year.
• tpv.consent, in the local storage of the browser: your cookie choice, the version of this page to which it refers, the date, and a random identifier linking it to the record of choices. It is valid for 6 months, after which the cookie banner returns.
• pv:modulo, in the session storage of the browser: the draft of a form you are completing, so that it is not lost if you close and reopen the window. It remains on your device, does not reach us, and is deleted when you close the tab or submit the request.

Tools that depend on your choice

On your first visit, a cookie banner presents three choices with equal weight: accept all, reject all, or choose category by category. Until you respond, none of these tools load and no data concerning your browsing leaves the site. This page lists all the tools that the site can use; which ones are active is displayed by the banner, because a category appears only if there is at least one tool on the site that uses it, and if there are none, the banner does not appear.

Statistics. With this consent, the site uses Google Analytics to count visits in aggregate form and understand which pages are useful. Google Analytics writes the cookie _ga, which distinguishes one browser from another, and a cookie whose name begins with _ga_ and continues with the Analytics property code of the site, which preserves the status of the visit. Google provides for a duration of 2 years; on this site they last 6 months, matching your choice.

Marketing. With this consent, the site uses the Google Ads tag and the Meta Pixel, to know whether a visit originates from an advert and to enable Google and Meta to show you relevant adverts on their platforms. The Google Ads tag writes the cookies _gcl_au and _gcl_aw, which last 90 days. The Meta Pixel writes the cookies _fbp and _fbc, which last 90 days. These platforms may link the visit to your profile with them: this is the only case where your browsing on this site reaches an advertising network, and it occurs only after your consent.

Google code loads only after you have accepted at least one of the two categories, and it receives your response on each: if you accept statistics and reject marketing, Google does not write advertising cookies and receives the signal that the visit cannot be used for advertising.

The Google Tag Manager container. With consent to marketing, the site may also load a Google Tag Manager container, the tool by which campaign managers add a tag without modifying the site. It runs only after your consent, and after your choice has already been communicated to Google: no tag inside it can run beforehand. A tool added to the container represents a change to this page. First it is updated, then the cookie banner asks for your consent again.

How to change your mind

Your choice can be changed at any time via the Cookie preferences link at the bottom of every page. If you revoke consent, the tools in that category stop measuring and the cookies they had written are deleted. The choice is valid for 6 months: after that it expires, the tools are deactivated, their cookies are deleted, and the cookie banner returns. It also returns earlier if this page changes in a significant respect, for instance when a tool is added.

The record of choices

Every time you make a choice, from the cookie banner or from preferences, the site records the choice in the archive of the agency: the random identifier stored in your browser, the version of this page, the two responses, whether the choice originates from the banner or from preferences, the timestamp, the language, the page without its query parameters, and the browser type. The network address is not recorded. Each choice is a new entry, including any change of mind. The record of choices serves to prove what you chose and when, and is retained for 5 years.

Recipients of the data

Google Analytics, the Google Ads tag, and Google Tag Manager are services of Google Ireland Limited; the Pixel is a service of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. Each company receives the data collected by its tools in accordance with its own terms, and may transfer them to the United States: Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. adhere to the Data Privacy Framework between the European Union and the United States. Other providers to the site are listed in the privacy policy.

Third party content

Property pages display a map. Its images come from CARTO (CartoDB Inc.), and are requested only when the map is about to enter the screen: anyone who does not scroll to the map does not request them. To deliver them, CARTO receives the network address of your device, the referring page, and the browser type, and retains the network address with the final section removed for 30 days. It writes no cookies: this has been verified across the pages of the site.

Managing cookies in your browser

Every browser allows you to view cookies, delete them, and prevent them from being written: the instructions are in its privacy settings. If you block technical tools, the site does not remember the language you selected.

Data controller and updates

The data controller is Barbara Caria, VAT number IT02748630908; for any enquiry write to info@barbaracaria.it. This page changes whenever the tools of the site change. For data submitted in forms, the privacy policy applies. Last revision: 30 September 2026.