Cookie Policy
This website uses cookies. We use cookies to personalise content and advertisements, provide social media features and analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our website with our social media, advertising and analytics partners, who may combine it with other information you have provided or that they have collected through your use of their services.
This cookie policy is linked to our website's privacy policy.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES? | COOKIES ON THIS WEBSITE | CONSENT
Cookies are small text files that websites visited by users send to their devices, where they are stored and then sent back to the same websites on subsequent visits. Cookies are used for various purposes, have different characteristics and may be used by the operator of the website you are visiting or by third parties. For further information about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
Below you will find all the information about cookies installed through this website and the information you need to manage your preferences regarding them.
Applicable legislation provides that we may store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this website. To install all other types of cookies and process the personal data collected through them, we need your consent. Please note that, if given, your consent applies to the following domain: https://openarchitects.com/
Closing the banner (by selecting the control marked with an X in its upper-right corner) leaves the default settings in place, allowing browsing to continue without cookies or other tracking tools apart from technical ones.
The website uses technical cookies and similar technologies provided mainly by the Wix and Usercentrics platforms, which are necessary to ensure the website's correct operation, browsing security and the management of user preferences. The website does not currently use profiling cookies, marketing cookies or third-party tracking systems.
Category:
Technical / necessary cookies from Wix and Usercentrics: svSession; consent-policy; XSRF-TOKEN; bSession; client-session-bind; hs; server-session-bind; ssr-caching; mpaSessionId.
Purpose:
Website operation, security, session management, cookie preferences
Legal basis:
Overriding interest of the controller (Art. 31 FADP) / technical necessity
Category:
Preference cookies (consent management) from Usercentrics: ucData; ucGcmStatus; ucString; fedops.logger.sessionId; ucLogger.
Purpose:
Storage of consent preferences selected on the cookie banner
Legal basis:
Overriding interest
2. EXAMPLES OF SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Users' online browsing can also be tracked using technologies similar to cookies. Some examples are provided below.
Localstorage
is a technology used to optimise browsing that does not collect data about the preferences expressed by the user (e.g. it stores a code identifying the user's session after login, so that the user does not have to enter their username and password on every profile page when accessing restricted areas).
Tracking pixel
A "tracking code" or "monitoring code" is a small piece of code provided by certain systems for implementation in other systems to track certain data relating to the user and their browsing session or email opening, in a way that is not visible to the user. The data tracked can vary widely, including the date and time, geographical location and type of device used for browsing. More sophisticated tracking pixels can also monitor the amount spent on a purchase order and other information useful to the marketing departments of the companies that use them.
Plugin
is a program that interacts with another program to expand or extend its original functionality. The most widely used plugins are those of social networks, which allow users, for example, to follow a social media page or profile with a click, indicate with a click that they liked web content, and share it on their social network profile, etc.
Widget
is a graphical component of a program's user interface designed to make it easier for users to interact with the program itself. The most widely used widgets are those of social networks, which allow users to open social networks easily in a separate browser window.
These services allow users to interact with social networks or other external platforms directly from a website's pages. Interactions and any information acquired by the website are subject to the privacy settings of the third party that created the technologies described above. For detailed information pursuant to Article 13 of the Personal Data Protection Act about the use of personal data processed when you use these technologies, please visit the websites of the third parties operating those technologies.
3. IDENTITY AND CONTACT DETAILS OF THE DATA CONTROLLER
The party determining the purposes and means of processing is OPEN ARCHITECTS SA, a company incorporated under Swiss law with its registered office at Via Molinazzo 2, 6900 – Lugano (hereinafter also referred to simply as "..." or the "Data Controller" or the "Company" or "we"). The Data Controller can be contacted at the following address: info@open-architects.com
4. MANAGING COOKIES
Remember that you can also manage your cookie preferences through your browser.
If you do not know the type and version of the browser you are using, click on "Help" at the top of the browser window to access all the necessary information. If you know which browser you are using, visit its dedicated cookie management page. Users can, for example, find information about managing cookies in some of the most widely used browsers at the following addresses.
Mozilla Firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie
Google Chrome
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it
Internet Explorer/Microsoft Edge
http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
Safari
https://support.apple.com/it-it/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Safari on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
https://support.apple.com/it-it/HT201265
5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | CHANGES | UPDATES
The Data Controller reserves the right to revise, update, add or delete any part of this notice at its discretion and at any time. If changes are made, the date of the update will be indicated.
Last updated: 05 October 2026