Cookie policy

MATER's own pages set no cookies and run no analytics, advertising or tracking. The site keeps two small notes in your browser so that choices you make stick; they never leave your device. Instagram can set cookies, but only if you accept.

• mater-theme

  What it does

  Remembers light or dark, if you pick one with the theme button.

  How long

  Until you clear your browser's data.

  Set by

  This site, in local storage, only once you use the button.

• mater-consent

  What it does

  Remembers your answer to the cookie question.

  How long

  Six months, then we ask again.

  Set by

  This site, in local storage, once you answer.

• Instagram cookies

  What they do

  Whatever Instagram uses them for: see its cookie policy below.

  How long

  Set by Instagram.

  Set by

  Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited), only if you accept.

They only remember choices you made, and they're needed for the thing you asked for, so the law doesn't require consent for them (Article 122 of the Italian Privacy Code). Nothing is stored until you use the theme button or answer the cookie question.

The home page can show our latest Instagram posts. Nothing loads from Instagram until you choose Accept in the cookie banner, or Show Instagram posts on the home page. Then Instagram receives your IP address and which website you're on, and may set its own cookies.

For that moment of collection, MATER and Meta are joint controllers. What Meta does with the data afterwards is its own responsibility, as described in Instagram's cookie policy (opens in a new tab) and privacy policy (opens in a new tab).

We keep your choice for six months, then ask again. You can change it at any time with Cookie settings at the bottom of every page, or here.