Cookie policy

This website uses its own and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to their needs and interests.

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivering the multiple services that users enjoy on the Internet, such as:

• Personalizing certain settings like: the language in which a website is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed, retaining options for various products (sizes, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and remembering those options), thus generating the flexibility of a “shopping cart” (accessing old preferences using the “back” and “forward” buttons).
• Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how their websites are used by users so they can make them more efficient and accessible.
• Allow multimedia or other applications from other websites to be included in a specific site to create a more valuable, useful, and pleasant browsing experience.
• Improve the efficiency of online advertising.

What is a “cookie”?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet.

The cookie is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).

Cookies themselves do not request personal information to be used, and in most cases, do not identify individual Internet users.

Main Categories of Cookies

There are two main categories of cookies:

• Session cookies – These are temporarily stored in the browser’s cookie folder for it to remember until the user leaves the website or closes the browser window (e.g., during login/logout on an email account or social networks).
• Persistent cookies – These are stored on the hard drive of a computer or equipment (generally depending on the pre-set cookie lifetime). Persistent cookies include those placed by a different website than the one the user is currently visiting, known as “third-party cookies.” These cookies can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests, so they can deliver advertising as relevant as possible to users.

What are the advantages of cookies?

A cookie contains information that links a web browser (the user) and a specific web server (the website). If the user accesses the website again, it can read the already stored information and respond accordingly. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to offer comfortable services to users (e.g., online privacy preferences, website language options, shopping carts, or relevant advertising).

What is the lifespan of a cookie?

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on its purpose. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained after the user leaves the website, while some cookies are retained and reused every time the user revisits the site (“persistent cookies”). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time via browser settings.

What are third-party cookies?

Certain content sections on some sites may be provided through third parties/providers (e.g., a video or advertisement). These third parties may also place cookies through the site, called “third-party cookies,” because they are not placed by the site owner. Third-party providers must also comply with the laws and privacy policies of the site owner.

How this site uses cookies

A visit to this site may place cookies for the following purposes:

1. Performance cookies
2. Visitor analysis cookies
3. Geotargeting cookies
4. Registration cookies
5. Advertising cookies
6. Third-party advertising cookies

Performance cookies

This type of cookie remembers user preferences on the site so there’s no need to set them each time the site is visited.
Examples:

• Volume settings for video players.
• Video streaming speeds compatible with the browser.

Visitor analysis cookies

Every time a user visits this site, analytics software provided by a third party generates a visitor analysis cookie. This cookie tells us if you have visited this site before. Your browser will let us know if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. It allows us to monitor unique users who visit the site and how often they do so. As long as you are not registered on the site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals—it is used solely for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we can also know the details you have provided, such as your email address and username—these are subject to confidentiality and the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, and applicable legislation regarding personal data protection.

Geotargeting cookies

These cookies are used by software that determines the country you are from. It is completely anonymous and is used only to target content—even when you are on our page in Romanian or another language, you will receive the same advertisement.

Registration cookies

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that notifies us if 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 specific service. They also allow us to associate any comments you post on our site with your username. If you did not select “keep me logged in,” this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close the browser or computer.

Advertising cookies

These cookies let us know if you have viewed an online ad, the type of ad, and how long it has been since you saw the ad. They are also used to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies to better target ads (e.g., to show vacation ads if the user recently visited an article about vacations). These cookies are anonymous and store information about viewed content, not users.

Third-party advertising cookies

Most advertisements you find on this site belong to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people were exposed to an ad or to see how many people saw the same ad multiple times.

Security and privacy issues with cookies

Cookies are not viruses! They use plain text formats. Cookies cannot be executed, duplicated, or replicated on other networks. However, cookies can be used for malicious purposes, as they store browsing preferences and history.

Tips for safe and responsible browsing with cookies:

1. Customize browser settings for cookies to reflect a comfortable security level.
2. Delete browsing data at the end of each session if you share your computer.
3. Install and update anti-spyware applications.
4. Keep your browser updated to prevent exploits based on older versions.

How to stop cookies

Disabling cookies can make certain sites impractical or difficult to use. All modern browsers allow users to change cookie settings, usually located in “Options” or “Preferences.”

For more details, check:

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Safari