This page provides details about the cookies used by the JCOM website. This information may change over time and the lastest version will be found at this page.

Like most websites, JCOM uses cookies. Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences, and generally improving your experience of a website. Further information about what cookies are can be found on wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie.

The Italian Data Protection Authority broadly divides cookies into different categories depending on their use and on who sends (sets) the cookie.

Technical cookies are cookies necessary for website navigation or to provide the services offered by the website.

To quote the Italian Data Protection Authority:
Technical cookies are those used exclusively with a view to "carrying out the transmission of a communication on an electronic communications network, or insofar as this is strictly necessary to the provider of an information society service that has been explicitly requested by the contracting party or user to provide the said service."

Profiling cookies are cookies used to track user navigation and create a profile of their habits which can then be used to send advertising messages to the users device.

Once again quoting the Italian Data Protection Authority:
Profiling cookies are aimed at creating user profiles. They are used to send ads messages in line with the preferences shown by the user during navigation. In the light of the highly invasive nature of these cookies vis-a-vis users' private sphere, Italian and European legislation requires users to be informed appropriately on their use so as to give their valid consent.

Cookies can also be categorized into first party and third party cookies depending on who sets the cookie.

These are set directly by the website that you are visiting and can only be accessed by that site.

Third party cookies are set by a different organisation to the owner of the website you are visiting. For example, the website might use a third party analytics company who will set their own cookie to perform this service. The website you are visiting may also contain content embedded from, for example YouTube or Flickr, and these sites may set their own cookies.



Cookies are used in JCOM only for technical purposes strictly related to processing of articles submitted to the journal. The following cookies are set when you visit this website:

Cookie Name	Type	Duration	Details
JSESSIONID	technical cookie	until end of browser session	current user session
identity	technical cookie	until logout	needed for your user pages
userId	technical cookie	until logout	needed for your user pages

You can manage cookies by modifying your internet browser preferences. Typically you can accept cookies, ask to be notified when a cookie is set or reject cookies. Please remember that JCOM only uses cookies that are strictly necessary for proper website operation and if you choose to block cookies you may not be able to access all or part of the JCOM website.

If you do wish to restrict or block cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your web browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. You can also visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of web browsers.

To understand these settings for some commonly used browsers, the following links may be helpful:

Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Apple Safari
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=en_US

Internet Explorer
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11

If you have any questions regarding our cookie policy we will glady answer them. You can contact the JCOM Editorial Office via or at Sissa Medialab, whose registered office is located at via Bonomea 265, Trieste, Italy.