SITE COOKIE POLICY
This policy is part of the technical and organisational measures implemented by SIT IMMOBILIARE SA, Via P. Lucchini 2, 6900 Lugano, info@sitimmobiliare.ch (‘Company’ or ‘we’) for the website https://www.logikarealestate.ch/ exclusively owned by the Company (‘Website’), to ensure that personal data is processed in accordance with the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act 2020 (‘DPA’).
1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A ‘cookie’ is a small text file that is sent from our Website’s server to your computer while you are visiting our Website, which can later be used by the Website to identify particular devices and thus remember your preferences on the Website and login details. Most cookies will not collect information that identifies you but will instead collect more general information such as how you arrived at and used our Site or your general geographical location.
2. WHY ARE COOKIES NECESSARY?
Cookies make websites work better and are a standard part of most modern websites. For example, when you access webmail services such as Gmail, a cookie is generated to confirm that you have logged in, and when you log out, the cookie is deleted.
3. TYPES OF COOKIES
Cookies are classified according to certain specifications that help to understand their nature and function:
- Issuer of the cookie:
First-party cookies: made and managed directly by the owner of the website the user is visiting. They are installed directly from the domain the user has chosen to access.
Third-party cookies: set by domains external to the site the user is visiting. - Duration of the cookie:
Session cookies: temporary, linked to the user’s browsing session and are automatically deleted when the browser is closed. They do not store any information about the user in the long term.
Persistent cookies: they remain on the user’s device for a predefined period, even after the browser is closed. They are used to remember user preferences or actions for future visits, providing faster and more convenient navigation. - Purpose of the cookie:
Technical cookies: essential to navigate within a site and use all its functionalities. Without these cookies, certain necessary operations, such as logging in to the site, could not be performed.
Analytical cookies: they collect information about the use of a website by users, such as the most visited pages and any error messages received. Information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying individual users, to improve the functioning of the site. If these cookies are set directly by the site operator, they are assimilated to technical cookies.
Profiling cookies: their purpose is to create user profiles in order to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed during browsing. These cookies can be used to present more relevant content or limit the number of times the content is displayed. These are generally cookies managed by third parties.
In addition:
- Strictly necessary cookies
‘essential cookies’ that enable core functionalities such as page navigation and access to secure areas. These cookies do not collect information about you that could be used for marketing purposes and do not remember when you have been on the Internet. You can disable these cookies by changing your browser settings, but this may affect the operation of our Site during your interactions with us. - Non-essential cookies
We collect your data for the purposes set out below when you visit our Website, but we can only do this if you have given us permission to do so by using our cookie preferences shown in our Cookie Banner. You can change your preferences at any time. - Analytical cookies
We use cookies from Google Analytics to help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. Cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. - Marketing cookies
We also use a marketing database management programme that deploys a cookie when a customer interacts with a marketing communication, such as a marketing e-mail or a marketing basics landing page on our website. This cookie collects personal data, such as your name, which pages you visit on our website and the history of your arrivals on our website. The information collected is used to evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns or to provide better targeting for marketing. - Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one the user is visiting. This generally occurs when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plug-ins or advertising. When browsers or other software retrieve these elements from other sites, they may also set cookies.
We do not control the use of these third-party cookies and cannot access them because of the way they work, as cookies can only be accessed by the party that originally set them. Please check the third-party websites for more information on these cookies. - Social media cookies
Social media cookies allow users to interact more easily with social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Please refer to the privacy policies of the relevant social media platforms for information on their cookies. - Statistical cookies
Statistical cookies help Web site owners understand how visitors interact with Web sites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. The statistical data we collect on your browsing actions and patterns does not identify any individual.
4. WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
We collect your data automatically via cookies when you visit our Website, in line with the cookie settings in your browser and via the cookies you have activated when you have selected various options on our cookie banner, i.e. your personalised cookie settings.
We use cookies to track your activity to ensure the best possible experience when you visit our Site.
We make no attempt to discover the identity of anyone who visits our Website and will not associate any of the data collected by our Website with any personally identifiable information from any source. If we wish to collect personally identifiable information through our Site, we will be clear about that.
Google Analytics has been set up in such a way that it only transmits the user’s IP in an anonymised form.
The Site uses technical and analytical cookies, both permanent and temporary, specifically to customise the Site’s settings, ensure uninterrupted navigation, examine the volume of traffic and user engagement, and for system management purposes. The information collected is treated anonymously.
The Site does not use first-party profiling and/or tracking cookies.
Functionality and data retention period.
| Name | Conservation period | Function |
| _ga | 2 years | Distinguishing users |
| _gid | 24 hours | Differentiating user sessions |
| _gat | 1 minute | Measure server requests |
| __ utma | 2 years | Distinguishing between users and sessions |
| __utmt _ | 10 minutes | Measure server requests |
| __utmb _ | 30 minutes | Distinguishing new sessions from old ones |
5. DEACTIVATING COOKIES
You can disable cookies for a particular website or multiple sites by changing your browser settings to prevent it from accepting cookies. You can follow the links below:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari OSX
It is important to note that disabling cookies will likely limit the functionality not only of our Site, but also the functionality of a large number of websites, and as a result, your experience of our and other websites may be impaired. It is possible that your concerns about cookies relate to so-called ‘spyware’, in which case, instead of deactivating cookies in your browser, you may find that anti-spyware software achieves the same goal by automatically deleting cookies considered invasive. There are other methods to reduce the risk of online tracking, including using the ‘private’ or ‘anonymous’ browsing functionality of the browser, which prevents cookies from being stored on the device after browsing.
6. CHANGES TO OUR COOKIE POLICY
The content of the ‘Cookie Policy’ and ‘Cookie Banner’ will be reviewed regularly by the Company and the information contained therein will be updated as necessary to reflect the Company’s actual use of cookies.
This Policy was last updated on 2023.
