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We inform visitors that by virtue of the identification of the simplified modalities for the information and the acquisition of consent for the use of cookies - May 8, 2014 (published in the Italian Official Gazette n° 126 of June 3, 2014), that this site uses directly only technical cookies.

Used cookies are related to:

• user choices for visualization;
• display of the cookie law notice;
• a standard PHP session ID for storing temporary data and avoiding cyber attacks;
• a session ID in case of access to reserved areas.

For some services offered to the visitor (such as social networks sharing buttons) code that can lead to some form of user profiling could be included by third parties and not by the ISS. More information on this is available directly on the websites of these third parties:

• Google+;
• Twitter;
• Facebook;
• LinkdIn.

For the inclusion of videos and images within the ISS websites, could also be used functionality provided by Youtube, Flickr and Vimeo. For the first one, read what has been written about Google policies. For the other two see:

• https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy (Vimeo);
• https://policies.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/products/flickr/index.htm (Flickr);

Finally, the FAST - ISS Service uses the GoogleAnalytics services for access statistics, for which it receives aggregate and processed data from the supplier, also through the use of cookies. For the related policy see: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage.

Reproduction of part of the website is authorized as long as the source is mentioned. In the expressly indicated cases the reproduction and/or use of textual and multimedia information must be previously authorized by the Institute.

Unless otherwise indicated by law, the Italian National Health Institute can not be held responsible, under any circumstances, for any kind of partial or total, direct or indirect, damage related to the use of the website. The Institute is committed to ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the information, but does not assume any responsibility for the material contained in the website.

The Institute assumes no responsibility for any problems that may arise as a result of the use of external websites that can be accessed from this website. The existence of an hyperlink to an external website does not imply endorsement or acceptance of responsibility by the Institute regarding the content or use of that website.

To implement a system for submitting requests for technical/scientific services, provided by the FAST service to the scientific community of the ISS and to third parties, this website provides a series of online forms to facilitate the sending of the requested information. This information is processed, in compliance with current data protection regulations, exclusively within the FAST service and for the sole purpose of providing the aforementioned services. The data processing manager is "Istituto Superiore di Sanità / Italian National Health Institute". The use of the aforementioned forms by the user constitutes acceptance of the terms for the data processing. For information requests in this regard: srv.fast@iss.it .