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Cookies 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.

WHO WE ARE

The online platform is owned and managed by the operator ASOCIAȚIA TĂȘULEASA SOCIAL, Sat Piatra Fântânele, Str. Obcioara nr.97, Comuna Tiha Bârgăului, 427363, jud. Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania, Fiscal Code: RO13681966, email [email protected].

What is a cookie?

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of the many services users enjoy on the Internet, such as:

  • Personalising certain settings such as: the language in which a site is viewed, accessing old preferences by clicking the ''forward'' and ''back'' button.
  • Cookies provide site owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, so they can make them even more effective and accessible to users.
  • They allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be embedded on a particular site to create a more valuable, useful and enjoyable browsing experience.
  • Allow social networks to be integrated into the website and to be able to immediately like or share a page or product on the preferred social service.
  • They can be used to analyse how a website is used, to count the number of visitors and to find out how the website can be improved.
  • Enables online advertising, which can be tailored to display more relevant and interesting ads to the website visitor, both on and off the website.

An "Internet Cookie" (also known as a "browser cookie" or "HTTP cookie" or simply "cookie" ) is a small text file of letters and numbers that will be stored on a user's computer, mobile device or other equipment from which the Internet is accessed.

The cookie is installed by a web-server's request to a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely "passive" (contains no software, viruses or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive).

A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Furthermore, the lifetime of a cookie is determined; technically, only the webserver that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that webserver.

Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify web users.

There are 2 broad categories of cookies:

  1. Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the web browser's cookie folder for the browser to remember until the user exits the website or closes the browser window (e.g. when logging in/out of a webmail account or social media).
  2. Persistent cookies - these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depend on the default lifetime of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting - known as 'third party cookies' - which can be used anonymously to remember a user's interests so that the most relevant advertising can be delivered to users.

What are the benefits of cookies?

A cookie contains information that links a web-browser (the user) to a specific web-server (the website). If a browser accesses that web-server again, it 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 convenient services to users: e.g. online privacy preferences, site language choices, 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 each time the user returns to that website (permanent cookies). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time via browser settings.

What are third party cookies?

Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third party/suppliers (e.g. a news box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties may also place cookies through the site and they are called "third party cookies" because they are not placed by the owner of that website. Third party providers must also comply with applicable law and the site owner's privacy policies.

How cookies are used by a site.

A visit to a website may place cookies for:

  • increase the performance of the website;
  • an analysis of visitors;
  • geotargeting;
  • user registration.

Performance cookies

This type of cookie remembers user preferences on this site, so you don't need to set them each time you visit the site.

Examples: volume settings for video player, video streaming speed that the browser supports.

Cookies for visitor analysis

Each time a user visits a site, analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analytics cookie. This cookie tells whether you have visited this site before. The browser will signal if you have this cookie, and if not, one will be generated. It allows tracking of unique users who visit the site and how often they do so.

As long as the visitor is not registered on the site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are only used for statistical purposes. If registered, it is also possible to know the details provided, such as email address and username - these are subject to confidentiality as required by current legislation on the protection of personal data.

Cookies for geotargeting

These cookies are used by software that determines which country you come from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content - even when the visitor is on the page in English or another language, they will receive the same advert.

Registration cookies

When you register on a site, a cookie is generated to let you know whether you are registered or not. Servers use these cookies to show which account you are registered with and whether you have permission for a particular service. It is also allowed to associate any comment posted on the site with your username. If you have not selected "keep me logged in", this cookie will be deleted automatically when you close your browser or computer.

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.

For example, when you share an article using the social media button on a site, that social network will record your activity.

What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognise a browser. The web server will recognise the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted.

The cookie stores important information that enhances the web browsing experience (e.g. language settings for a site; keeping a user logged into a webmail account; online banking security; keeping products in the shopping cart).

Why are cookies important for 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.

Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to log in via an account):

  • Content and services tailored to user preferences - news categories, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.
  • Offers tailored to user interests - password retention, language preferences (e.g. displaying search results in English).
  • Retain child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
  • Measurement, optimisation and analytics features - such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is being viewed and how a user gets to a website (e.g. via search engines, directly, from other websites). Websites perform these usage analytics to improve their websites for the benefit of 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, nor can they self-execute. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate themselves again. Because they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses.

Cookies can however be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users' preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and on several other sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and constantly flag cookies for deletion in anti-virus/anti-spyware deletion/scanning procedures.

Browsers generally have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies.

  • Customise your browser settings for cookies to reflect a level of cookie security that is comfortable for you.
  • If you share access to your computer, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close your browser. This is a variation of accessing sites that place cookies and deleting any visit information when you close your browsing session.
  • Install and constantly update anti-spyware applications.
  • Many spyware detection and prevention applications include detection of attacks on websites.

How can I stop cookies?

Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites unusable or difficult to visit and use.

For optional cookies, it is possible to set the website or browser directly to stop accepting cookies or to set the browser to accept cookies. But, for example, if a visitor is not registered using cookies, they will not be able to leave comments.

All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the Options /Settings menu or in the Preferences / Favorites menu of the browser.

To learn more about how promoters generally use cookies and the options they offer, you can consult the following resources: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/

Optional cookies are only installed with the consent of website users.

What kind of cookies do we use?

The following cookies are currently used on the website:

Cookies necessary for the operation of the website.

PHPSESSID with a storage duration of 1 year, used to deliver the site content in a balanced way.

Date, 21.07.2023

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