GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION)

While browsing our site www.abiomed.it (hereinafter the "Site"), cookies are installed on the computer, tablet or other devices used by you (hereinafter the "User").

This allows us to analyze traffic and improve the Site. Cookies are used according to their purposes and for the purposes indicated here. The User has the right to accept or refuse cookies through the appropriate function available in the banner or the tools described here.

• What is a cookie?

When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information could be about you, your preferences or your device and is used largely to make the site work to your expectations.

The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can provide a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to learn more and change the default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.

• Identification of cookies
There are different types of Cookies:

to. Third-party cookies and first-party cookies
A cookie is defined as "first party" or "third party" based on the domain in which it is generated. Proprietary Cookies are those installed by the Site while the User is browsing. Third-party cookies are Cookies installed by a domain external to the Site (for example, an advertising agency could use a third-party cookie on the Site). When a User consults the Site and a third party installs a Cookie through the Site, that Cookie is a third-party Cookie.

b. Session cookies
These Cookies allow the Site owner to monitor the User's actions during a browsing session. The browsing session begins as soon as the User opens the browser window and ends when he closes it. Session cookies are temporary. All session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

c. Persistent cookies
These Cookies remain on the User's device beyond the closure of the browsing session and for the duration set by each of them. They are activated whenever the User consults the Site.

For what purposes are Cookies used?
Different types of cookies are used on our site, for different purposes. Some are necessary for browsing the Site, others are optional and depend on the User's choices.

to. Strictly necessary cookies
These Cookies are necessary for the site to function. They allow the User to take advantage of the main features of the Site. Without these Cookies, the User would not be able to consult the Site normally. The information requested by these Cookies is used exclusively on the User's device and does not allow any behavioral or identification tracking. These cookies do not collect any personal information.

b. Measurement and Performance Cookies
Audience measurement cookies help to collect statistics on the frequency and use of the site in its various elements (sections and contents visited, navigation paths). Furthermore, they allow us to improve the interest of the Site.

c. Targeting and Advertising Cookies
Advertising Cookies make it possible to determine which ads to show based on the User's navigation, in order to limit the number of views, measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign or adapt the ads to the User's preferences, in the event that, in previously, has given its consent.

• How to manage Cookies?
The User can manage the installation of Cookies in this way:

the installation of strictly necessary technical Cookies is activated by default; the User cannot deactivate it since these are Cookies essential for the functioning of the Site.
the User deactivates or activates the installation of Cookies subject to his consent (Measurement and Performance cookies, Targeting and Advertising cookies) through the information banner or by visiting the link relating to the Cookie settings. Any deactivation implies the refusal of the installation of the respective Cookie.
if the user activates the storage of Cookies on his device, the Cookies integrated in the pages and contents consulted can be temporarily stored in a dedicated space on the User's device. Only those who issued them will be able to access them.
If the User disables the storage of Cookies in his device or browser, or if he deletes Cookies already stored, he is informed of the fact that the use of the Site may be different from that of other Users who have activated Cookies (non-personalized content) . This could also happen if we or one of our service providers fail to recognize, for reasons of technical compatibility, the type of browser used by the device, the language and display settings or the country from which the device originates. connected to the internet. Where appropriate, we decline all responsibility for the consequences related to the compromised functioning of the Site, due to the refusal of Cookies by the User.

For the identification of the Data Controller, the exposition of the rights of the interested party and for the further elements necessary according to the legislation linked to the EU Regulation 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR 2016/679) please refer to Privacy Policy.