Introduction
This Cookies File Policy applies to all persons accessing the website http://plesca.ro/ („Webpage” or „Website”).
The purpose of the information presented below is to inform the Website users on the placement, use and administration of cookies when browsing the Webpage.
The term “cookies” refers to cookies modules and similar technologies through which the information is automatically collected.
Cookies are commonly used to help the user’s browsing experience and to provide services adjusted to the needs and interests of each user, respectively:
- to improve the website browsing, including by identifying any errors that may occur when the users are visiting/using the Webpage;
- to provide anonymous statistics to HumintradeR.L., in its capacity as Webpage owner, on how the Webpage is used;
- to anticipate any services/ goods that will be provided/ made available to users through the Webpage in the future, depending on the services/ products accessed.
Cookies give us a very important feedback on how the Webpage is being used, so that to be able to adopt the necessary measures to make the Website browsing more efficient and accessible to the users.
What are cookies?
An “Internet Cookie” (also known as the ”browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or “cookie”) is a small text file, consisting of letters and numbers, placed on the computer, mobile terminal or other devices of an user through which the Internet is accessed.
Cookies are installed upon the request issued by a web-server to a browser (ex: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari). Once installed, Cookies have a fixed lifespan, remaining “passive”, meaning they do not contain any software, viruses or spyware and they will not access the information existing on the hard drive of the user on whose device were installed the cookies.
A cookie consists of two parts:
- name and
- content or value of the cookie.
In technical terms, only the web server that sent the cookie will be able to access it again when a user returns to the Webpage corresponding to such web server.
There are the following categories of cookies:
- Session Cookies– A „session cookie” is a cookie that is automatically deleted when the user is closing his browser;
- Permanent Cookies – A „permanent cookie” is a cookie that remains stored in the user’s terminal until a certain expiration date (meaning a few minutes, days or several years in the future).
Moreover, Cookies may also be classified as follows:
Strictly Required Cookies – such cookies are essential to enable you to use the site effectively, i.e. when you purchase a product and/ or service and therefore they cannot be stopped. The services available on our site cannot be provided without these cookies. Such cookies do not gather personal information about you that might be used for marketing purposes or to remind you the place you visited on the Internet.
Preference cookies – Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website observes or looks, like your preferred language or the region you are in.
Performance and statistics cookies – these cookie modules enable our website to understand how visitors interact with the websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously, and enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website.
Marketing cookies – these cookies are used to track users from one site to another and to display relevant and engaging advertisings for individual users.
What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies on the Website?
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What is the lifespan of the cookies?
Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie may vary, as it depends on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used for a single session only (so-called “session cookies”) and they are no longer kept after the user leaves the webpage. Some cookies are kept and reused each time the user returns to the respective webpage (“permanent cookies”). However, the user may delete the cookies at any time by through the browser settings.
What are the third-party cookies?
Third-party cookies providers shall also comply with the data protection rules and privacy policy available on the Website. These cookies may come from the following third parties such as Google Analytics.
Cookies store information in a small text file that allows the browser recognition. This webpage recognizes the browser until the expiration or deletion of cookies.
Customization of the browser settings for cookies
If the use of cookies is not interrupted and the computer or the technical device is used only by you for browsing the Website, long expiring terms for storing your browsing history may be set.
If the computer or the technical device is used for browsing the Webpage by more than one person, the setting for deleting individual browsing data may be considered each time the browser is closed.
How can cookies be stopped?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make the Webpage difficult to be visited, involving limitations on its use.
Users can configure their browser to reject or to accept cookies from a particular webpage.
All modern browsers give the possibility to change cookie settings. As a rule, such settings may be accessed in the “options” section or in the “preferences” menu of your browser.
In order to understand these settings, the following links may be useful:
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
Cookie settings in Chrome for Desktop
Cookie settings in Chrome for Android
The compliance with the legal requirements in this area is monitored by the data protection officer designated within the Website, who can be contacted at the following email address: office@plesca.ro.