The information presented below is intended to provide you with more details about the placement, use and administration of the “cookies” used by the website www.creativ-interior.ro. There are also some useful links related to this topic. If you need more information, and it is not found below, you can contact us at contact[at]creativ-interior.ro.
This website uses cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services adapted to everyone’s needs and interests. In what we call “web 2.0”, “cookies” play an important role in facilitating the access and delivery of the multiple services that the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:
- customizing certain settings such as: the language in which a website is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or tariffs are expressed, keeping the options for various products (measurements, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and memorizing these options) – thus generating the flexibility of the “shopping basket” (accessing old preferences by accessing the “forward” and “back” button);
- cookies provide site owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used, so that they can make them more efficient and accessible to users
- allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included in a certain site to create a more valuable, useful and pleasant browsing experience;
- improve the effectiveness of online advertising.
What is a cookie?
An “Internet Cookie” (term also known as “browser cookie”, “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, which will be stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which the Internet is accessed.
The cookie is installed through the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg: Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information on the hard drive the user).
A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Moreover, the duration of existence of a cookie is determined; from a technical point of view, only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.
Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.
There are 2 large categories of cookies:
- Session cookies: these are temporarily stored in the cookies file of the web browser so that it remembers them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (eg: when logging in/out of an account webmail or on social networks).
- Persistent Cookies: These are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depends on the lifetime of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at the time – known as “third party cookies” – which can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests, so that the most relevant advertising for users is delivered.
What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that connects a web-browser (the user) and 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 offer comfortable services to users: eg – online privacy preferences, website language options, shopping baskets 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 (‘cookie- permanent ures’). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.
What are cookies placed by third parties?
Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/suppliers (eg: news box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties can also place cookies through the website and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of the respective website. Third-party providers must also comply with the law in force and the privacy policies of the website owner.
How cookies are used by this site
A visit to this site may place cookies for the purpose of adapting to each site:
- Website performance cookies
- Visitor analysis cookies
- Cookies for geotargetting
- Registration cookies
- Cookies for advertising
These cookies may come from the following third parties:
1. Performance cookies
This type of cookie remembers the user’s preferences on this site, so that there is no need to set them each time the site is visited. Examples: – the volume settings for the video player – the video streaming speed with which the browser is compatible Cookies for visitor analysis Every time a user visits this site, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analysis cookie. This cookie tells us if you have visited this site before. The browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. It allows the monitoring of unique users who visit us and how often they do so. As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are used only for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we can also know the details you have provided us, such as your e-mail address and username – these being subject to confidentiality and the provisions of the legislation in force regarding the protection of personal data.
2. Cookies for geotargetting
These cookies are used by a software that determines which country you come from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content.
3. Cookies for registration
When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us if you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account you are registered with and if you have permission for a specific service.
4. Cookies for advertising
These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you viewed an online ad, what its type is and how much time has passed since you saw the ad message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies for better advertising targeting, to show, for example, vacation ads if the user has recently visited an article on the site about vacations. These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the viewed content, not about users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites on which we advertise. By receiving them in this way, we can use them to recognize you as a visitor of that site if you later visit our site, we will be able to deliver advertising based on this information.
5. Other third-party cookies
On some pages, third parties can set their own anonymous cookies, in order to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the way of use, this site cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies owned by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social network button on this site, that social network will record your activity.
How can I stop cookies?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make certain websites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive/see online advertising.
We use cookies to personalize content and ads, provide social networking features, and analyze traffic. We also provide our social media, advertising and analytics partners with information about how you use our website.
The cookies we use are for:
Google Analytics – Cookie for website traffic analysis
Mailmunch – Cookie for signing up to the newsletter
It is possible to set the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site. But, for example, if you are not registered using cookies, you 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” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise you can use the “help” option of the browser for more details:
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
For the settings of cookies generated by third parties, you can also consult the website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
