Cookies policy
This website uses its own and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each individual’s needs and interests.
Cookies play an important role in facilitating the access and delivery of the multiple services that the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:
Personalizing certain settings such as: the language in which a site is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed, keeping options for various products (measurements, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and saving these options) – generating- thus the flexibility of the “shopping basket” (accessing old preferences by accessing the “forward” and “back” button).
Cookies provide site owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, so that they can make them more efficient and accessible to users.
Allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included in a particular site to create a more valuable, useful and enjoyable browsing experience;
They improve the effectiveness of online advertising.
What is a “cookie”
A cookie is a small text file, which is stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which the Internet is accessed.
The cookie is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information on the user’s hard drive).
Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.
Main categories of cookies
There are 2 large categories of cookies:
Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the cookie folder of the web browser so that it remembers them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (eg when logging in/out of an account by email or on social networks).
Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (generally, it depends on the lifetime of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at the time – they are known as ‘third party cookies’ – which can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests so that the most relevant advertising to users is delivered.
What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (the user) and a specific web server (the website). If a user accesses that website again, he can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide user-friendly services (eg online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising).
What is the lifetime of a cookie
Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifetime of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user has left the website and some cookies are retained and reused every time the user returns to that website (“ permanent cookies”). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.
What are cookies placed by third parties
Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/providers (eg a video or an advertisement). These third parties can also place cookies through the website and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of the respective website. Third-party providers must also comply with the law in force and the privacy policies of the website owner.
How cookies are used by this site
A visit to this website may place cookies for the purposes of:
- Site performance cookies;
- Visitor analysis cookies;
- Cookies for geotargeting;
- Registration cookies;
- Cookies for advertising;
- Advertising provider
- cookies.
Performance cookies
This type of cookie remembers the user’s preferences on this site, so that there is no need to set them each time the site is visited.
Examples:
- video player volume settings;
- the video streaming speed with which the browser is compatible.
Cookies for visitor analysis
Each time a user visits this website the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analytics cookie. This cookie tells us if you have visited this site before. Your browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. It allows tracking of unique users who visit us and how often they do so. As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are only used for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we may also know the details you have provided us, such as your email address and username – these being subject to confidentiality and the provisions of the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, as well as the provisions of the law in force regarding the protection of personal data.
Cookies for geotargeting
These cookies are used by a software that determines which country you come from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content – even when you are on our page in Romanian or another language, you receive the same ad.
Cookies for registration
When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us whether you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account you are registered with and whether you have permission for a particular service. It also allows us to associate any comment you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected “keep me logged in”, this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.
Cookies for advertising
These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, what type of advertisement it is and how long it has been since you saw the advertisement message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies for better advertising targeting (for example: to show vacation ads if the user has recently visited an article on the site about vacations). These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the content viewed, not about the users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites on which we advertise. By receiving them, we can use them to recognize you as a visitor to that site. If you subsequently visit our site, we may deliver advertising to you based on this information.
Advertising provider cookies
A large part of the advertising you find on this site belongs to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people have been exposed to an advertising message, or to see how many people have been exposed to the same advertisement several times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this site does not have access to read or write these cookies. Third-party cookies can be used to show you targeted advertising on other sites as well, based on your browsing on this site.
Other third-party cookies
On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the way of use, this site cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies held by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social network button on this site, that social network will record your activity.
Why cookies are important to the Internet
Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies may make some sites unusable. Rejecting or deactivating cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising – but only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests highlighted by your browsing behavior, in which case the advertising you will receive will most likely be less relevant to you.of personal information.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require the authentication of a user through an account):
Content and services adapted to user preferences – categories of news, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.
Offers tailored to the interests of users – password retention, language preferences (eg: display of search results in Romanian).
Retention of child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
Limiting the frequency of serving ads – limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a specific user on a site.
Providing more relevant advertising to the user.
Measurement, optimization and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user arrives at a website (eg: through search engines, directly, from other websites- uri etc). The websites carry out these analyzes of their use in order to improve the sites for the benefit of the users.
Security and privacy issues
Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code so they cannot be executed or auto-run. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated to other networks to run again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. Cookies can still be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users’ preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and across multiple sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and constantly mark cookies for deletion during antivirus/anti-spyware deletion/scanning procedures.
In general, browsers have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance: validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a certain site. Since identity protection is very valuable and is the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to know what potential problems cookies can create. Because through them, information is constantly transmitted, in both directions, between the browser and the website, if an attacker or an unauthorized person intervenes during the data transmission, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted. Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (eg an unsecured Wi-Fi network).
Other cookie-based attacks involve missetting cookies on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information over unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain websites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most suitable method of protection
Tips for safe and responsible browsing, based on cookies
Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest sites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most widespread and used sites, including: Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.
Here are some tips that can ensure you surf without worries, with the help of cookies:
Customize your browser cookie settings to reflect a comfortable level of cookie security for you.
If you don’t mind cookies and you are the only person using the computer, you can set long expiration periods for storing your browsing history and personal access data.
If you share computer access, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is an option to access sites that place cookies and delete any visit information when you close your browsing session.
Install and constantly update your antispyware applications.
Many spyware detection and prevention applications include detection of site attacks.
Thus, it prevents the browser from accessing websites that might exploit browser vulnerabilities or download dangerous software. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many of the cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting the weak points of old versions of browsers.
Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the best and biggest sites on the Internet – local or international. With a clear understanding of how they work and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures so that you can surf the Internet with confidence.
How can I stop cookies?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain websites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive/see online advertising.
It is possible to set the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site. For example, if you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments.
All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. As a rule, these settings can be found in the “options” or in the “preferences” menu of your browser.
To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise you can use the “help” option of your browser for more details.
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari