COOKIES POLICY

Last updated: November 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Montileoni (“Montileoni”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit montileoni.com, its language versions, subdomains and related digital pages operated by Montileoni (together, the “Website”).

This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice, which provide further information about the identity of the Website operator and the way in which personal data may be processed.

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure the Website, provide functionality requested by visitors, remember certain preferences and, subject to your choices and applicable law, understand how the Website is used and improve our digital services.

Where consent is required by law, non-essential cookies are not intended to be activated before you have made your choice.

You may refuse non-essential cookies or withdraw your consent at any time.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files or pieces of information that may be stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

They allow websites and certain service providers to recognise a browser or device, maintain technical functionality, remember preferences and, depending on the cookie concerned, collect information about the way a website is used.

For the purposes of this Policy, the term “cookies” also includes comparable technologies where appropriate, including local storage, pixels, tags, scripts, software development technologies and other identifiers capable of storing or accessing information on a visitor’s device.

Not all cookies perform the same function.

Some are technically necessary for the Website to operate.

Others may be used for analytics, preferences, embedded content or other optional functionality and may therefore require your prior consent.

2. FIRST-PARTY AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Cookies may be placed either by Montileoni or by third parties.

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are associated with the Website itself or with the technology used by Montileoni to operate it.

They may support functions such as navigation, security, session management, consent preferences and other core Website functionality.

Third-party cookies

Certain services incorporated into the Website may be provided by independent third parties.

These providers may place or access their own cookies or similar technologies where technically necessary or, where required by law, after you have given your consent.

Depending on the features enabled on the Website from time to time, such providers may include hosting, website infrastructure, translation, analytics, video, mapping, social media, payment, booking, form or other digital service providers.

Third parties may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

3. SESSION AND PERSISTENT COOKIES

Cookies may also differ according to how long they remain on your device.

Session cookies

Session cookies generally remain active only for the duration of a browsing session and are normally deleted when the browser is closed.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies may remain on your device after the browser has been closed for a defined period or until they are manually deleted.

Their duration depends on the function of the relevant cookie and the settings determined by Montileoni or the relevant service provider.

We seek to avoid retaining cookie-related information for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it is used.

4. HOW WE USE COOKIES

Depending on the features active on the Website, cookies may be used to:

  • ensure that pages load and operate correctly;

  • maintain Website security and integrity;

  • protect against fraud, abuse or malicious activity;

  • enable navigation between pages;

  • maintain sessions;

  • record and remember cookie choices;

  • remember language or other preferences;

  • provide functionality expressly requested by visitors;

  • support customer account, shopping cart or checkout features where available;

  • understand Website performance;

  • measure visits and interactions;

  • identify technical issues;

  • understand how visitors move through the Website;

  • improve Website structure and content;

  • support embedded third-party content;

  • support other functionality expressly described to you when your consent is requested.

We do not intend to use information collected through cookies for purposes materially different from those communicated to you without providing any information or obtaining any consent required by applicable law.

5. STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the Website or a service expressly requested by the visitor to function properly.

They may be used for purposes including:

  • technical Website operation;

  • security;

  • fraud prevention;

  • network management;

  • session management;

  • navigation;

  • recording cookie preferences;

  • authentication;

  • shopping cart functionality;

  • checkout functionality;

  • redirects;

  • language functionality where necessary to provide the language selected by the visitor.

Because these technologies are required to provide the Website or a feature requested by you, they may not require your consent under applicable cookie legislation.

They may nevertheless involve the processing of certain technical information.

Where personal data is processed in connection with these technologies, such processing will be carried out in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and our Privacy Policy.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies through your browser may cause parts of the Website to function incorrectly or become unavailable.

6. ANALYTICS AND PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Subject to your consent where required, Montileoni may use analytics and performance technologies to understand how visitors interact with the Website.

These technologies may help us understand information such as:

  • numbers of visitors;

  • visits and sessions;

  • pages viewed;

  • navigation between pages;

  • approximate traffic sources;

  • browser and device categories;

  • general Website performance;

  • interaction with certain Website features;

  • technical errors or performance issues.

This information may help us understand how the Website is used and identify areas that could be improved.

Where analytics cookies require consent, they will be activated only after that consent has been provided.

If an analytics technology qualifies for an exemption from consent under applicable law, it may be used only within the conditions and limitations of that exemption.

7. FUNCTIONAL AND PREFERENCE COOKIES

Functional technologies may allow the Website to remember choices or provide enhanced functionality.

These may include preferences relating to:

  • language;

  • region;

  • navigation;

  • display;

  • accessibility;

  • previously selected options.

Certain preference technologies may be considered necessary where they are required to provide a function specifically requested by the visitor.

Others may require consent depending on their purpose and the applicable legal framework.

8. MARKETING AND ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGIES

Montileoni may in the future use advertising, campaign measurement or similar technologies where relevant to its activities.

If such technologies are introduced and require consent under applicable law, they will not be activated until the visitor has made the necessary choice.

Such technologies could, depending on the service concerned, be used to:

  • measure the effectiveness of communications or campaigns;

  • understand interactions following an advertisement;

  • limit repeated presentation of certain content;

  • measure conversions;

  • provide advertising or content based on certain interactions or interests.

The use of such technologies will remain subject to the cookie preferences made available through the Website and applicable law.

9. SQUARESPACE

The Website is built and operated using Squarespace.

Squarespace provides infrastructure and technical functionality required to operate the Website and may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with those services.

Depending on the features enabled on the Website, Squarespace technologies may support matters including:

  • Website security;

  • page delivery;

  • navigation;

  • sessions;

  • customer accounts;

  • commerce functionality;

  • shopping carts;

  • checkout;

  • redirects;

  • consent management;

  • analytics and performance measurement.

The exact technologies used by Squarespace may change as Squarespace develops or modifies its services or as Montileoni enables or disables Website features.

Where Squarespace cookies are not strictly necessary and consent is legally required, their use is subject to the visitor’s cookie choices.

Squarespace operates under its own privacy and data protection documentation in relation to the services it provides.

10. LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION SERVICES

The Website may use Weglot or another translation technology to provide content in multiple languages.

Technical information may be processed in order to:

  • identify or deliver a requested language;

  • maintain language selection;

  • route visitors to the appropriate language version;

  • ensure consistent navigation between translated pages.

Where a technology is strictly necessary to provide a language expressly selected by you, it may be used without separate consent where permitted by applicable law.

Any additional non-essential technologies used by a translation provider remain subject to applicable consent requirements.

11. EMBEDDED THIRD-PARTY CONTENT

The Website may from time to time incorporate services or content provided by third parties.

This may include, for example:

  • videos;

  • maps;

  • social media content;

  • forms;

  • booking systems;

  • reservation systems;

  • payment functionality;

  • interactive content.

Some embedded providers may seek to store or access information on your device.

Where such access is non-essential and requires consent, the relevant technology should not be activated before you have consented.

If you choose not to consent, certain embedded services or content may not be available or may operate with reduced functionality.

Third-party providers remain responsible for their own processing activities to the extent determined by applicable law.

12. COOKIE CONSENT

Where consent is legally required, Montileoni seeks to obtain that consent before the relevant non-essential cookies are stored or accessed.

When you first visit the Website, you may be presented with options allowing you to:

Accept All
Allow the use of optional cookies described in the cookie interface.

Decline All
Refuse cookies that are not strictly necessary.

Manage Cookies
Review available categories and make more specific choices.

Continuing to browse the Website without making an affirmative choice will not, by itself, be treated as consent to non-essential cookies where an affirmative action is required by law.

Consent is not obtained through pre-ticked boxes.

13. OUR COOKIE BANNER

The first layer of our cookie notice may state:

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and secure our website, remember your preferences and, with your consent, understand how the site is used and improve your experience.

Select “Accept All” to allow optional cookies, “Decline All” to refuse them, or “Manage Cookies” to choose your preferences. You can change your choice at any time.

The choices made through the cookie banner are intended to apply to non-essential technologies controlled through the Website’s consent-management functionality.

Some essential technologies will continue to operate regardless of your choice because they are necessary for the Website to function.

14. WITHDRAWING OR CHANGING YOUR CONSENT

You may change your cookie choices or withdraw consent at any time.

Where available, you can do so through the Manage Cookies, cookie preferences or equivalent control accessible from the Website.

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Following withdrawal, cookies already stored on your device may remain until they expire or are deleted, although technologies controlled by our consent mechanism should cease being used for the purposes for which consent has been withdrawn where required by law.

You may also delete cookies through your browser settings.

15. BROWSER CONTROLS

Most browsers allow users to manage cookies directly.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

  • view stored cookies;

  • delete individual cookies;

  • delete all cookies;

  • prevent certain websites from storing cookies;

  • block third-party cookies;

  • block all cookies;

  • receive notifications relating to cookies.

Browser settings operate independently from the Montileoni Website.

Please be aware that blocking all cookies may interfere with Website functionality, including features that depend on technically necessary cookies.

Instructions vary according to browser, device and software version.

16. COOKIE PREFERENCES AND MULTIPLE DEVICES

Cookie preferences may be associated with a particular browser or device.

If you:

  • use another browser;

  • use another device;

  • clear your browser data;

  • delete cookies;

  • use private browsing;

  • reset certain device settings,

you may need to make your cookie choices again.

Montileoni cannot necessarily synchronise cookie preferences across unrelated browsers or devices.

17. DATA THAT MAY BE PROCESSED THROUGH COOKIES

Depending on the technology concerned, information processed through cookies may include:

  • cookie or device identifiers;

  • IP-related technical information;

  • browser type;

  • operating system;

  • device category;

  • language;

  • session information;

  • pages viewed;

  • dates and times of interaction;

  • referral information;

  • interaction data;

  • Website preferences;

  • approximate geographic information inferred from technical data;

  • technical performance information.

Not all of this information will be collected in every case.

The information actually processed depends on the technologies active on the Website and the choices made by the visitor.

18. COOKIES AND PERSONAL DATA

Certain information obtained through cookies may constitute personal data under applicable data protection law, particularly where it relates to an identifiable device or can be combined with other information.

Where cookie information constitutes personal data, it will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.

A cookie does not necessarily reveal your civil identity.

Many cookies operate through technical identifiers rather than a name.

However, an online identifier may still constitute personal data under applicable law.

19. LEGAL BASIS

The legal basis applicable to a particular processing activity depends on its nature and purpose.

The storage of or access to information on a visitor’s device is governed by applicable rules concerning cookies and similar technologies.

Where consent is required, Montileoni relies on the visitor’s prior consent.

Strictly necessary technologies may be used without consent where permitted by applicable law because they are required to transmit communications or provide a service expressly requested by the visitor.

Where information collected through cookies also constitutes personal data, subsequent processing may, depending on the circumstances, rely on:

  • consent;

  • performance of a contract;

  • steps taken at the visitor’s request;

  • compliance with a legal obligation;

  • Montileoni’s legitimate interests, where permitted and appropriately balanced against the individual’s rights and freedoms.

No legal basis will be relied upon beyond the circumstances in which it is valid under applicable law.

20. RETENTION

Cookies and information associated with them will not intentionally be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose, subject to technical constraints and applicable legal obligations.

Retention periods vary according to the type of cookie.

Some cookies expire when the browsing session ends.

Others may remain for a longer period.

Third-party providers may apply their own retention periods in accordance with their policies and applicable law.

Montileoni may periodically review the duration and necessity of technologies used on the Website.

21. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Certain providers supporting the Website may operate internationally.

As a result, information collected through or associated with Website technologies may be processed in countries other than the country from which you access the Website.

Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or another jurisdiction imposing transfer restrictions, the relevant controller or processor is expected to implement a lawful transfer mechanism where required.

Depending on the circumstances, such mechanisms may include:

  • an adequacy decision;

  • standard contractual clauses;

  • participation in an officially recognised transfer framework;

  • supplementary contractual, technical or organisational safeguards;

  • another mechanism permitted by applicable law.

Further information about international transfers may be provided in our Privacy Policy or the privacy documentation of the relevant service provider.

22. THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS

Third-party providers may determine certain aspects of how their technologies operate, including:

  • technical implementation;

  • cookie names;

  • identifiers;

  • retention periods;

  • server locations;

  • security measures;

  • changes to their services.

As a result, certain technical details may change without Montileoni directly modifying the Website.

Montileoni seeks to select and configure providers appropriately but cannot guarantee that a third-party provider will never modify its technology, naming conventions or technical architecture.

Where such changes materially affect the information that must legally be provided to visitors, this Policy or the relevant consent interface may be updated as appropriate.

Nothing in this section limits any responsibility that Montileoni may have under mandatory applicable law.

23. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The Website may contain links to websites, platforms or services operated by third parties.

Once you leave the Montileoni Website, the cookies and privacy practices of the destination service are governed by that provider’s own policies.

Montileoni does not control cookies placed directly by independent websites merely because the Website contains a link to them.

Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy and cookie information provided by the relevant third party before interacting with its services.

24. SOCIAL MEDIA

Montileoni may provide links to social media platforms or, where appropriate, incorporate social media content.

A simple link to an external social media profile does not necessarily result in that platform placing a cookie through the Montileoni Website.

Embedded content or interactive social media functionality may, however, involve communication with the relevant platform.

Where consent is required before such communication or tracking takes place, the relevant functionality will be subject to the applicable cookie choice where technically supported.

Once a visitor accesses an external social media platform, that platform’s own terms and privacy practices apply.

25. E-COMMERCE

Where Montileoni offers products or transactions through the Website, cookies may be necessary to support e-commerce functions.

These may include:

  • maintaining shopping carts;

  • remembering products selected during a session;

  • managing checkout;

  • maintaining customer sessions;

  • securing transactions;

  • preventing fraud;

  • supporting payments.

Cookies strictly necessary to perform these functions may operate without optional cookie consent where permitted by law.

Payment providers and other transaction providers may independently process information necessary to complete a transaction.

Their own privacy documentation may apply to such processing.

26. SECURITY

Cookies and related technologies may be used where necessary to maintain the security of the Website, its visitors and Montileoni.

Such technologies may help:

  • detect suspicious activity;

  • prevent abuse;

  • maintain session integrity;

  • protect forms;

  • prevent fraudulent transactions;

  • preserve the availability and reliability of the Website.

Where such processing is technically necessary for security, it may be carried out without optional cookie consent where permitted by applicable law.

27. CHANGES TO WEBSITE TECHNOLOGIES

Montileoni continually develops its digital presence.

We may therefore:

  • introduce new Website features;

  • remove existing features;

  • change service providers;

  • modify analytics tools;

  • introduce or discontinue e-commerce;

  • add or remove third-party integrations;

  • alter technical infrastructure.

As a result, the cookies used on the Website may change.

Where a new technology introduces a new purpose requiring consent, consent will be requested where required by applicable law.

28. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

We may amend this Cookie Policy from time to time.

Changes may be made to reflect:

  • changes to the Website;

  • changes to technologies we use;

  • changes to service providers;

  • changes to our business activities;

  • legal or regulatory developments;

  • guidance issued by competent supervisory authorities;

  • improvements to the clarity or accuracy of this Policy.

The date shown at the top of this Policy indicates when it was most recently updated.

Where required by law, we will seek renewed consent before using cookies for a materially new purpose requiring consent.

We encourage visitors to review this Policy periodically.

29. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, you may have rights under applicable data protection legislation.

Depending on your location and the circumstances, these may include rights to:

  • access personal data;

  • correct inaccurate personal data;

  • request deletion;

  • restrict certain processing;

  • object to certain processing;

  • receive certain personal data in a portable format;

  • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent;

  • lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

These rights are subject to the conditions, limitations and exemptions provided by applicable law.

Further information is available in the Montileoni Privacy Policy.

30. NO REDUCTION OF STATUTORY RIGHTS

Nothing in this Cookie Policy is intended to exclude, restrict or waive any right that cannot lawfully be excluded, restricted or waived under applicable privacy, consumer protection or data protection legislation.

If any provision of this Policy is inconsistent with a mandatory provision of applicable law, the mandatory legal provision will prevail to the extent of that inconsistency.

31. CONTACT

If you have any questions concerning this Cookie Policy, cookie preferences or the processing of information through the Website, you may contact:

Montileoni
hello@montileoni.com

The full legal identity and contact information of the Website operator should be read together with the information provided in the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy available on the Website.

32. COOKIE PREFERENCES

You may review or modify your choices at any time through the Manage Cookies function available on the Website where displayed.

The Website will continue to use technologies that are strictly necessary for its operation regardless of your optional cookie choices.

For all other categories subject to consent, your choice will apply according to the technical capabilities of the consent-management system used by the Website.

33. FINAL PRINCIPLE

We aim to use cookies and related technologies in a proportionate and transparent manner.

Essential technologies allow Montileoni to operate the Website.

Optional technologies help us understand and improve it only in accordance with the choices made available to visitors and the requirements of applicable law.

Where a choice belongs to you, it should remain yours.