This website uses first-party and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each person's needs and interests.
Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of multiple services that users enjoy on the Internet, such as:
Customization of certain settings, such as: the language in which a site is displayed, 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 these options) – thus generating the flexibility of the “shopping cart” (accessing old preferences via the “back” and “forward” buttons).
Providing valuable feedback to website owners on how their sites are used by users, allowing them to make the sites more efficient and accessible.
Allowing multimedia applications or other types of content from other sites to be included on a specific site to create a more valuable, useful, and pleasant browsing experience.
Improving the efficiency of online advertising.
What is a “cookie”?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer, mobile device, or other equipment used to access the Internet.
Cookies are entirely “passive” (they do not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive).
By themselves, cookies do not require personal information to be used, and in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.
Main Categories of Cookies
There are two major categories of cookies:
Session cookies – These are stored temporarily in the browser’s cookie folder so that it remembers them until the user exits 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 a computer’s or device’s hard drive (usually depending on the pre-set lifespan of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at that moment – they are known as “third-party cookies” and can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests, allowing for the delivery of more relevant advertising.
Advantages of Cookies
A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (the user) to a specific web server (the website). If a user returns to that website, it can read the already stored information and react accordingly. Cookies ensure a pleasant browsing experience and support many websites' efforts to provide user-friendly services (e.g., online privacy preferences, language options, shopping carts, or relevant advertising).
Cookie Lifespan
Cookies are managed by web servers. Their lifespan can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which they are placed. Some cookies are used only for a single session (session cookies) and are not retained after the user leaves the website, while others are retained and reused every time the user returns to the website (“persistent cookies”). However, users can delete cookies at any time through their browser settings.
What are Third-Party Cookies?
Certain content sections on some sites may be provided through third-party/furnisher sources (e.g., a video or an ad). These third parties can also place cookies through the website, and they are called “third-party cookies” since they are not placed by the site owner. Third-party providers must also comply with applicable legal regulations and the website owner's privacy policies.
How This Website Uses Cookies
A visit to this site may place cookies for the following purposes:
Site performance cookies
Visitor analysis cookies
Geo-targeting cookies
Registration cookies
Advertising cookies
Advertising provider cookies
Site Performance Cookies
This type of cookie retains the user’s preferences on this site, so there is no need to set them at each visit. Examples:
Volume settings for the video player;
The video streaming speed compatible with the browser.
Visitor Analysis Cookies
Every time a user visits this site, third-party analytics software generates a cookie that analyzes user activity. This cookie tells us whether you have visited the site before.
The browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. It helps us track unique users who visit our site and how frequently they do so. As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals—it is used solely for statistical purposes.
If you are registered, we may also know the details you provided, such as your email address and username—this information is protected by confidentiality agreements and the site's Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, as well as applicable data protection laws.
Geo-Targeting Cookies
These cookies are used by software that determines the country you are from. They are completely anonymous and are used only to tailor content—so even if you are on our page in Romanian or another language, you will see 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 display the account you are registered with and check if you have permission to access 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 deleted automatically when you close your browser or computer.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies let us know if you have seen an online advertisement, what type it was, and how long it has been since you saw the advertisement. We also use these cookies to target online advertising.
We may also use third-party cookies for better-targeted advertising (for example, displaying vacation ads if a user recently read an article about vacations). These cookies are anonymous, storing information about viewed content, not 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 of those sites, and if you later visit our site, we can serve you relevant ads.
Advertising Provider Cookies
A significant part of the advertising you find on this site belongs to third parties. Some of these third parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people were exposed to an advertisement or to see how many times the same ad was viewed. 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 may be used to show targeted advertising on other sites, based on your browsing history on this site.
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 self-run. Consequently, they cannot replicate or spread on other networks to execute themselves.
However, cookies can be used for malicious purposes. Because they store information about user preferences and browsing history, both on a specific site and across multiple sites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and routinely flag cookies for deletion during anti-virus/anti-spyware scans.
Browsers generally have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, expiration periods, and automatic deletion when a user visits a site.
Since identity protection is highly valuable and represents a right for every Internet user, it is recommended to understand potential issues cookies may cause. Because information is constantly transmitted in both directions between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorized person interferes in the data transmission process, cookie information can be intercepted. Although this is rare, it can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (e.g., an unsecured Wi-Fi network).
How to Disable Cookies
Disabling and refusing cookies may make some websites unusable or difficult to visit. Additionally, refusing to accept cookies does not mean you will no longer receive/see online advertising.
Modern browsers allow users to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser.