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

Cookies play an important role in providing and accessing the wide range of services available to users on the Internet. These include:

Personalizing certain settings, such as the language in which a website is displayed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are indicated, saving options for various products (dimensions, additional details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and saving these options) – thus maintaining the flexibility of the shopping cart (accessing previous settings via the "Forward" and "Back" buttons).

Cookies provide website operators with valuable feedback on how users use their websites, allowing them to make them more efficient and accessible.

They enable the integration of multimedia or other applications from other websites into a specific website 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 stored on a user's computer, mobile device, or other device used to access the internet.

Cookies are purely passive (they do not contain any software, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive).

Cookies themselves do not require any personal information and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.

Main Categories of Cookies

There are two main categories of cookies:

Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser's cookie folder, so they remain until the user leaves the website or closes the browser window (e.g., when logging in/out of an email account or social media).

Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (usually depending on the cookie's pre-set lifespan). Persistent cookies also include those set by websites other than the one currently being visited – so-called "third-party cookies." These can be used anonymously to store a user's interests and display advertising that is as relevant as possible.

What are the benefits of cookies?

A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (the user) to a specific web server (the website). When a user returns to that website, they can read the information already stored and respond accordingly. Cookies ensure a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to offer their users convenient services (e.g., online privacy settings, language options, shopping carts, or relevant advertising).

How long does a cookie last?

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary considerably depending on their purpose. Some cookies are used exclusively for a session (session cookies) and expire as soon as the user leaves the website. Other cookies remain and are reused each time the website is visited (persistent cookies). However, cookies can be deleted at any time via the browser settings.

What are third-party cookies?

Certain content on some websites may be provided by third parties/providers (e.g., videos or advertisements). These third parties may also place cookies through the website. These are referred to as "third-party cookies" because they are not placed by the respective website operator. Third parties must also comply with applicable law and the website operator's privacy policy.

Use of Cookies on This Website

A visit to this website may set cookies for the following purposes:

Website performance cookies;

Visitor analysis cookies;

Geotargeting optimization cookies;

Registration cookies;

Advertising cookies;

Advertising vendor cookies.

Performance cookies

This type of cookie saves the user's preferences on this website so they do not need to be reset each time the website is visited.

Examples:

Video player volume settings;

Video streaming speed supported by the browser.

Cookies for visitor analysis

Each time you visit this website, analytics software provided by a third party generates a cookie for user analysis. This cookie indicates whether you have previously visited this website. The browser tells us if you have this cookie. If not, we generate one. This allows us to count the unique users who visit us and how often they visit. As long as you are not registered on this website, this cookie cannot be used to identify individual people. It is used solely for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we may also know the data you provide, such as your email address and username. These are subject to confidentiality and the provisions of the Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and applicable data protection regulations.

Geotargeting cookies

These cookies are used by software that determines your country of origin. They are completely anonymous and are used solely for content targeting. Even if you visit our site in Romanian or another language, you will receive the same advertising.

Registration Cookies

When you register on this website, we generate a cookie that tells us whether you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us which account you are logged in with and whether you have authorization for a particular service. They also allow us to associate your comments on our website with your username. If you have not selected "Stay logged in," this cookie is automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.

Advertising Cookies

These cookies allow us to recognize whether you have viewed an online advertisement, what type it is, and how long ago you saw the advertisement. We also use these cookies to better target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies to better target advertising (e.g., to display vacation advertisements if the user recently visited an article on a vacation-related website). These cookies are anonymous and store information about the content viewed, not about the users. We also set anonymous cookies on other websites where we advertise. By receiving these cookies, we can recognize you as a visitor to this website. When you visit our website later, we can display advertisements based on this information.

Cookies from advertising providers

Much of the advertising on this website belongs to third parties. Some of these third parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people have seen an advertising message or how many people have seen the same advertisement multiple times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this website does not have access to read or write these cookies. Third-party cookies may be used to show you targeted advertising on other websites based on your browsing behavior on this website.

Other third-party cookies

On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the nature of their use, this website cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies stored by this website. For example, if you share an article using a social media button on this website, the social network records your activity.

Why are cookies important for the internet?

Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the internet and enable a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Rejecting or disabling cookies may make some websites unusable. Rejecting or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising—it simply means that your preferences and interests, as highlighted by your browsing behavior, can no longer be taken into account. In this case, the advertising you receive is likely to be less relevant to you.

Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require account authentication):

Content and services tailored to user preferences—categories of news, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites, and travel services.

Offers tailored to user interests—password storage, language settings (e.g., displaying search results in Romanian).

Maintaining child protection filters for internet content (family mode, safe search functions).

Limiting ad frequency—limiting the number of times an ad is displayed to a specific user on a website.

Providing more relevant advertising to the user.

Measurement, optimization, and analytics features—such as: B. Confirming a certain traffic level on a website, the type of content displayed, and how a user arrives at a website (e.g., via search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites perform these usage analyses to improve their websites for the benefit of users.

Security and Privacy Issues

Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text formats. They do not consist of pieces of code and therefore cannot be executed or self-executed. Consequently, they cannot duplicate themselves or replicate themselves on other networks to be executed again. Because they cannot perform these functions, they are not considered viruses. However, cookies can be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users' preferences and browsing history on both a specific website and multiple other websites, cookies can be used as spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and consistently mark cookies for deletion as part of their anti-virus/anti-spyware removal/scanning procedures. Browsers typically have built-in privacy settings that allow for different levels of cookie acceptance: a set expiration date and automatic deletion after visiting a specific website. Since identity protection is a valuable asset and a right of every internet user, it's advisable to be aware of the potential problems cookies can cause. Since cookies constantly transmit information in both directions between the browser and the website, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted if an attacker or unauthorized person interferes with the data transmission process. While this is very rare, it can happen if the browser connects to the server over an unencrypted network (e.g., an unsecured Wi-Fi network).

Other cookie-based attacks involve misconfiguring cookies on servers. If a website doesn't require the browser to use exclusively encrypted channels, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information over unsecured channels. Attackers can then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain websites. It's very important to be careful when choosing the most appropriate method to protect your personal data.

Tips for Safe and Responsible Browsing with Cookies

Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest websites use cookies, cookies are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies prevents users from accessing the most frequently used websites, including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, and others.

Here are some tips for safe browsing with cookies:

Adjust your browser's cookie settings to provide a comfortable level of security for the use of cookies.

If you don't reject cookies and use the computer alone, you can set long expiration times for storing your browsing history and personal login information.

If you share a computer, you should set your browser to delete individual browsing data each time it is closed. This allows you to access websites that place cookies and delete all browsing information when you close your browsing session.

Regularly install and update antispyware applications.

Many spyware detection and prevention applications also detect website attacks.

This prevents the browser from accessing websites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download malware. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks are based on exploiting vulnerabilities in older browser versions.

Cookies are ubiquitous and unavoidable if you want to use the best and largest websites on the internet—local or international. By fully understanding how they work and their benefits, you can take the necessary security measures to surf the internet safely.

How do I disable cookies?

Disabling and rejecting cookies may make certain websites inconvenient or difficult to visit and use. Rejecting cookies also does not mean that you will no longer receive/see online advertising.

You can set your browser to refuse these cookies or to accept cookies from certain websites. For example, if you are not registered with cookies, you will not be able to leave comments.

All modern browsers offer the ability to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in your browser's "Options" or "Preferences" menu.

The following links may help you understand these settings. Alternatively, you can use your browser's "Help" function for more information.

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

Cookie settings in Firefox

Cookie settings in Chrome

Cookie settings in Safari