Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners. This Cookie Policy complies with Italian cookie law (D.Lgs. 196/2003 as amended by D.Lgs. 101/2018) and the GDPR.

Legal Framework: Our use of cookies is governed by Italian privacy law and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.

2. How We Use Cookies

SCUB uses cookies only for essential website functionality:

• To remember your login status and maintain your session
• To ensure website security and prevent unauthorized access
• To provide access to member-only areas and features

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies and storage

These are the only cookies and browser storage the website uses. None of them track you or are shared with advertisers.

• scub-access

  Keeps you logged in: proves who you are on each page

  Cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax) · Duration: 1 hour, renewed while you use the site

• scub-refresh

  Renews your login so you are not logged out every hour

  Cookie (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite=Lax), sent only to the login renewal address · Duration: 30 days, or until you log out

• scub-user, scub-session-refreshed-at

  Remembers your name and when the login was last renewed, so pages load without flashing

  Local storage on your device · Duration: Until you log out

• theme, chat-fullscreen, sport-chat-channel

  Your display preferences (dark mode, chat layout, last chat channel)

  Local storage on your device · Duration: Until you clear your browser data

Human check when booking: to stop automated booking bots, the booking button uses Cloudflare Turnstile, loaded from Cloudflare (challenges.cloudflare.com). Cloudflare processes technical data such as your IP address and browser characteristics to tell people apart from bots; see Cloudflare's privacy policy at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

Legal Basis: These cookies and this storage are strictly necessary to provide the service you request, so under Art. 122 of the Italian Privacy Code (D.Lgs. 196/2003) and the Garante's cookie guidelines they do not require consent. The related processing is based on the performance of our service (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and, for bot protection, on our legitimate interest in keeping bookings fair (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

4. What We Don't Use

We do not use:

• Analytics or tracking cookies
• Performance monitoring cookies
• Third-party advertising cookies
• Social media tracking cookies
• Any cookies for marketing purposes

5. Managing Cookies

Since we only use essential authentication cookies, you cannot disable them without losing access to your account features. However, you can:

• Log out to clear your session cookie
• Clear your browser cookies through your browser settings
• Use private/incognito browsing mode

Note: Disabling cookies will prevent you from logging in and accessing member-only features of our website.

6. Contact Information

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: