Cookies Policy

Last updated February 2025

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

This Cookie Policy applies to the website https://ruffinosparkling.it (here after "Sparkling Website"), managed by  Tenute Ruffino S.r.l. Società Agricola with Headquarters in Via Poggio al Mandorlo 1, Loc. Quarate, Bagno a Ripoli (FI), Italy ("we", "our", "us", "Ruffino"), as data controller. For more information on how we process personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy, which you can access here.

This Cookie Policy describes the use of cookies and other similar technologies within our Sparkling Website. This Cookie Policy does not cover any third party websites referred to by this Sparkling Website.

Besides, this statement represents the extension of the short banner displayed when first connecting to the Sparkling Website, applications and services of third parties linked by the Sparkling Website. We do not approve and are not responsible for the processing of your personal data by these third parties, even if we provide a link to the relevant websites, applications and services. These companies have their own personal data protection policies, and we strongly recommend that you read them. Our Sparkling Website may be offered through third-party websites, platforms or channels. We decline all liability regarding the personal data protection practices of these websites, applications and services not provided by us. This Cookie Policy applies solely to  information collected by Ruffino via the use of cookies and similar technologies collected by Ruffino.

This Cookie Policy integrates the cookie banner displayed when first connecting to the Sparkling Website.

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, as explained below. When cookies are disabled, some functions of our Sparkling Website may not work properly.

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES?

Cookies are small files that are sent stored on your browser or the device used to access those websites. When users come back to the same website, the browser recognizes the cookies installed on the device and sends back information to the website that created or installed those cookies in the first place. Our Sparkling Website uses different types of cookies and other technologies to read and store information on the user's device in order, e.g., to perform statistical analysis, customize and facilitate users' browsing experience and remember their preferences.

According to duration, we may classify cookies as follows:

  • session cookies, if they are automatically deleted at the end of the session; and
  • permanent cookies, if they keep being stored on the user's device even after the end of the browsing session, for a time set by the cookie creator. These cookies are automatically deleted once the pre-defined duration period (starting from the moment they are set, e.g., the first time the website is accessed, if no consent is required, or, if consent is required, the time consent is obtained) has elapsed or the user decides to erase them directly as indicated in the relevant section of this Cookie Policy.

According to origin, we may classify cookies as follows:

  • first party cookies, if they are set and managed directly by the website manager; and
  • third party cookies, if they are managed by a different domain than the one visited by the user.

Furthermore, according to their function, we may classify cookies as follow:

  • technical cookies, which are necessary to the functioning of the Sparkling Website. These cookies include essential cookies which are always enabled because they are necessary for you to use our Sparkling Website, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Sparkling Website. Technical cookies also include functionality cookies, which are used, for example, to your add products into  your shopping cart; 
  • analytical cookies to understand and improve your browsing experience and to understand where visitors come from. For example, these allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Sparkling Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Sparkling Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily;
  • profiling cookies, whose goal is to create profiles related to the user and send or show advertising messages in line with the preferences the user shown while browsing the Sparkling's Website. We use this information to make our Sparkling's Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.

The legal basis for the processing of personal data in connection with technical cookies is our legitimate interest consisting in the interest in ensuring that the Sparkling Website works properly and it is visible and accessible to users. The legal basis for the processing of personal data in connection with analytical or profiling cookies is consent, which is optional and may be revoked at any time with effect for the future. Such withdrawal shall not affect the lawfulness of any processing that took place prior to the withdrawal . You may also at any time choose which profiling cookies to consent to – see below.

Our Sparkling Website may use web beacons, pixels, plug-ins, device fingerprints and other similar technologies (collectively referred to as "tracking technology") which allow third parties and us to monitor the use of our Sparkling Website. Our Sparkling Website incorporates and uses this tracking technology on your device when you access and load our Sparkling Website. Find additional information on the following section.

Section for Germany:

  • Essential cookies and similar technologies (technical cookies) do not require your consent. The legal basis for storing information in your terminal device or for accessing information already stored in your terminal device is Section 25 (2) No. 2 TTDSG. The legal basis for the processing of personal data through the use of strictly necessary cookies and similar technologies is the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) (if we have concluded a contract with you for the use of the SparklingWebsite) or legitimate interests of us or third parties (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), such as the provision of a functioning Sparkling Website. This legitimate interest does not conflict with the overriding interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects.
  • Marketing cookies and similar technologies (analytical and profiling) enable us to collect information about the use and extent of use of the Sparkling Website by individual users. This includes whether a user has visited the Sparkling Website before, which website the user came from, how the Sparkling Website is used overall and which areas users prefer, so that We can improve the performance of the Sparkling Website and users' experience of using the Sparkling Website. They also enable us to analyse the effectiveness of our marketing activities and provide targeted advertising tailored to your interests. If you disable such cookies and similar technologies, you will not receive personalised advertising. The legal basis for storing information on your terminal device or accessing information already stored in your terminal device is your consent (Section 25 (1) TTDSG). The legal basis for the processing of personal data through targeted advertising cookies and similar technologies is your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR).

The legal basis for storing information in your terminal device or for accessing information already stored in your terminal device is Section 25 (2) No. 2 TTDSG. The legal basis for the processing of personal data through the use of strictly necessary cookies and similar technologies is the performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) (if we have concluded a contract with you for the use of the Sparkling Website) or legitimate interests of Us or third parties (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR), such as the provision of a functioning Sparkling Website. This legitimate interest does not conflict with the overriding interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects.

 

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES DOES THIS SPARKLING'S WEBSITE USE AND WHAT IS THEIR FUNCTION?

Our Sparkling Website uses technical cookies (as described above), which are necessary for the functioning of the Sparkling Website; these cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes and do not require your consent in order to be installed.

Our Sparkling Website also uses profiling cookies (as described above), for which we collect your consent through our Cookie banner and/or Cookie Settings tool; users can choose the purposes to which they want to give their consent. You can withdraw your consent or manage saved cookies on your device by following the instructions given below.

We do not use cookies that are likely to start programs on your devices or send malwares to them, or that allow us to control your devices in any way.

The link: Cookie List. shows the list of cookies used by our Sparkling Website. We update this table regularly; you can request more information at any time by contacting us at the addresses below “CONTROLLER AND CONTACTS” .

 

COOKIES MANAGEMENT AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

If you wish to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies on this Sparkling Website or if you want to delete or check installed cookies on your device, you can access the relevant settings of the Sparkling Website by clicking on the "COOKIE SETTINGS" tool at the end of this page, or the settings of your browser. Below we indicate the links you can follow for the main web browsers:

You can also disable cookies through the portal www.youronlinechoices.com/it.

If you disable cookies used by this Sparkling Website, some of the Sparkling Website functions may not be displayed correctly.

If you object to the use of profiling tools other than cookies, we invite you to exercise your rights by contacting us at the addresses below.

 

YOUR RIGHTS RELATED TO PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

You can exercise your rights regarding the processing of your personal data by contacting us at the addresses indicated below. For more information about your rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection restriction of processing and portability, read our Privacy Policy here. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority, which in the UK is the Information Commissioner's Office (see here for further details: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ ).

 

CONTROLLER AND CONTACTS

Tenute Ruffino S.r.l. Società Agricola with Headquarters in Via Poggio al Mandorlo 1, Loc. Quarate, Bagno a Ripoli (FI), Italy  manages Sparkling Website, as Controller. You can contact us by emailing to: tenuteruffino@ruffino.it

 

CHANGES TO THE COOKIE POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time; in so, we will notify visitors about the changes to this Cookie Policy through a special banner or pop-up message or as otherwise required under applicable law.