Cookies policy

1. Contacts
2. Overview
3. Categories of personal data processed

INTRODUCTION

Since the entry into force of European Regulation 2016/679 on the protection and processing of personal data and the free movement of such data (GDPR), website visitors have the right to be informed in a specific and up-to-date manner on all data that is collected about them, the purpose of the collection as well as where and to whom these data are transmitted.

The website ebw.business uses cookies.

The information presented below is intended to make the user aware of more details about the placement, use and administration of the “cookies” used by our site.

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.

The document contains information about:

1. What is a “cookie”
2. Cookies management
3. Modules of cookies used by this site
4. What are the advantages of cookies
5. What is the life of a cookie
6. What are cookies placed by third parties
7. Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies
8. Security and privacy issues
9. Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies
10. Questions, complaints

In what we call “web 2.0”, “cookies” play an important role in facilitating access and delivery of multiple services that the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:

• Customizing certain settings such as: the language in which a site is viewed; the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed;
• keeping options for various products (measures, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and storing these options) – thus generating the flexibility of the “shopping cart” (accessing old preferences by accessing the “forward” and “back” button ‘);
• Provides site owners with valuable feedback on how their websites are used by users, so that they can make them even more efficient and accessible to users.
• Allow multimedia or other applications on other sites to be included in a particular site to create a more valuable, useful and enjoyable browsing experience;
• Improve the efficiency of online advertising;

1. WHAT A COOKIE IS

An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on your computer, mobile device or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed by a web server’s request from a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely “passive” (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information on the hard drive user).

A cookie consists of 2 parts:

1. Name
2. The content or value of the cookie.

Furthermore, the cookie’s lifetime is determined. Technically, only the web server 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 identify Internet users.

There are 2 major categories of cookies:

• Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the cookie folder of the web browser to store them until the user exits the respective web-site or closes the browser window (eg when logging in / logging on a webmail or social media account).
• Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depends on the default cookie lifetime). Persistent cookies include those placed by a website other than the one the user visits at that time – known as ‘third party cookies’ – which can be used anonymously. to store the interests of a user so that the most relevant advertising is delivered to the users.

2. MANAGEMENT COOKIES

Ebw.business uses cookies, but we need your consent in this regard. Some cookies are required for the site to function.

Ebw.business will not use cookies other than those that are strictly necessary for the site to function if you choose not to subscribe to these categories of cookies.

Cookies strictly required – Always active

Always active, these cookies are necessary for a site to work and cannot be stopped in our systems. They are usually established only in response to actions taken on the site, such as setting confidentiality preferences, authenticating or completing forms.

You can set your browser to block or alert you to these cookies, but some parts of the site will become inoperative. This type of cookie does not store personally identifiable information.

To select whether or not you accept the use of cookies other than those strictly necessary for the operation of the site, click on the “Accept cookies” button (to express your agreement) or the “X” button (to refuse the use of cookies).

If you want a more granular cookie setting, this can be done from your browser settings. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of the web browser.

To understand these settings, the following links may be useful or you can use the browser “help” option for more details:

• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Edge
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Safari
• Cookie settings in Opera

To know everything you need to know about cookies, including how to delete them from your computer or device, please visit: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/internet-cookies/

3. MODULES OF COOKIES USED BY THIS SITE

1. A visit to this site may mean the use of cookies such as:
2. Site performance cookies;
3. Visitor analysis cookies;
4. Cookies for geotargeting;
5. Recording cookies;
6. Cookies for advertising;
7. Cookies of advertising providers;

3.1. Performance cookies

This type of cookie retains the preferences of the user on this site, so no need to set them every time you visit the site.

3.2. Cookies for visitor analysis

Each 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’ve 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 the unique users who visit us and how often they do it.

As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are only used for statistical purposes. If you are registered we can also know the details you have provided to us, such as email address and username – these are subject to confidentiality and the provisions of the Privacy Policy as well as the provisions of the legislation in force regarding personal data protection.

3.3. Cookies for geotargeting

These cookies are used by software that determines which country you are from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content – even when you are on our page in Romanian or in another language you receive the same advertisement.

3.4. Cookies for registration

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that notifies you whether or not you are registered. Our servers use these cookies to show us your registered account and if you have permission for a particular service. It also allows us to associate any comments you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected “keep me registered”, this cookie will be deleted automatically when you close your browser or computer.

3.5. Cookies for advertising

These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, which is its type and how long it has been since you saw your ad. We may also use third-party cookies for better advertising targeting, for example to show holiday advertisements, if the user recently visited an article on the holiday site. These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the content viewed, not about the users.

3.6. Cookies of advertising providers

Much of the advertising you find on websites belongs to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people have been exposed to an advertising message or to see how many people have been exposed multiple times in the same advertisement.

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 you advertising or to target other sites, based on your browsing of a site.

3.7. 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. Due to the use of this site, this site cannot access these cookies, as third parties cannot access the cookies owned by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social media button on this site, that social network will record your activity.

3.7. 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. Due to the use of this site, this site cannot access these cookies, as third parties cannot access the cookies owned by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social media button on this site, that social network will record your activity.

4. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COOKIES

A cookie contains information that links a web-browser (the user) and a particular 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 user-friendly services (eg online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising).

5. WHAT IS THE LIFE OF A COOKIE

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifetime of a cookie may vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used only for one session (session cookies) and are no longer withheld after the user leaves the website. Other 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 through the browser settings.

6. WHAT ARE THIRD PARTY COOKIES?

Certain content sections on some sites may be provided through third parties / providers (eg 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 the law in force and the privacy policies of the site owner.

7. WHY COOKIES ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE INTERNET

Cookies are the central point of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience adapted to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies can make some sites impossible to use.

Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising, but that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, highlighted by your browsing behavior.

8. SECURITY AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO CONFIDENTIALITY

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-run. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate again. Failure to perform these functions cannot be considered viruses.

However, cookies can be used for negative purposes. Because it stores 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 are constantly flagging cookies for deletion in anti-virus / anti-spyware removal / scanning procedures. Generally, browsers have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity and automatic deletion, after the user has visited a particular site.

Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information through unsecured channels. The attackers then use the information for the purpose of unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful when choosing the most appropriate method of protecting personal information.

Because identity protection is very valuable and represents the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to know the possible problems that cookies can create. Because through them they are constantly transmitting information in both directions between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorized person intervenes during the data transmission, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted. Although very rarely, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (eg an unsecured WiFi network).

9. COOKIES-BASED SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE NAVIGATION TIPS

Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest sites use cookies, these are almost inevitable. Disabling cookies will not allow user access to the most popular and used sites, including Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.

Here are some tips that can ensure that you navigate, without worry, with the help of cookies:

• Customize your browser settings for cookies to reflect a comfortable level of cookie security for you.
• If you don’t mind cookies and you are the only person using the computer, you can set long deadlines for storing your browsing history and personal access data.
• Always install and update your anti-spyware applications.

Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the best and largest websites on the Internet – local or international. With a clear understanding of how they operate and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures so that you can surf the web with confidence.

10. QUESTIONS, COMPLAINTS

If you have any questions about the use of your personal data, if you would like to use your rights, if you have any questions or complaints, or if you would like to update or change your data, please contact us by sending an email to the following address.

E-mail: contact@ebw.business.