Cookie Policy

This section provides information about cookies, such as:

• What is a cookie;
• How we use them;
• How you can manage them on our website to have a pleasant experience on our website.

1. What are cookies and how do they work:

An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, browser cookie or cookie) is a small file, stored on the computer or device from which the user accesses a website, which contains a coded text. It has the role of analyzing user behavior in order to retain their preferences.

Cookies are installed through the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome). Once installed, they have a limited duration of existence, remaining "passive", meaning they do not contain software programs, viruses or spyware and will not access the information on the hard drive of the user on whose equipment they were installed.

Cookies are made up of two parts: the name and its content and are divided into two categories:

• Session cookies – these cookies are stored in the computer or the equipment used for a longer period and remain stored even after leaving the site or after closing the web browser (the lifetime of this category of cookies depends on the preset period for these)
• Persistent cookies - these include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at the time - they are also known as "third party cookies" - which can be used anonymously to remember interests to a user, so that the most relevant advertising for the user is delivered.

"Third party" cookies can come from the following third parties: Google Analytics, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram. These are part of the category of cookies placed by third parties (advertisements, videos).

2. Advantages of cookies

Thanks to cookies, users have a pleasant browsing experience and support the websites' efforts to provide comfortable services to users. Examples – online privacy preferences, site language options or relevant advertising, etc.

3. Lifetime of cookies

The lifetime of a cookie depends on the purpose for which it is placed. For example, cookies used for a single session (session cookies) are used only for that session, while other cookies (permanent cookies) are used and retained every time the user returns to the site.

4. The use of cookies by the pehart site

Visiting the website https://www.pufina.ro can place cookies with the following purposes:

• Website performance cookies;
• Visitor analysis cookies;
• Third party cookies.
  • Performance cookies – this type of cookie is used to remember the preferences of website visitors so that setting them on each visit to the website is no longer necessary
  • Visitor analysis cookies – Each time a user visits this site, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analysis cookie. This cookie will inform us if you have visited this site before. The browser checks if this cookie exists, and if not, one is generated. This allows monitoring of unique users who visit the site and how often they do so. This type of cookie is used only for statistical purposes.
  • Third party cookies – these cookies are anonymous and are set by third parties to track the success of an advertisement/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.

5. The type of information stored and accessed through cookies

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows the browser to be recognized. This site recognizes the browser until the cookies expire or are deleted. The storage of information by a cookie improves the internet browsing experience. Example: settings regarding the language in which you want to access a site, memorizing some settings or online security.

 

Cookies do not require personal information to be used and in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.

You can prevent the saving/storing of cookies by changing the settings of the browser you use. However, you must bear in mind that such an action may prevent you from using all the functions both on this site and on other sites. If you still want to prevent the saving/storing of cookies, you must access the following link, download and install the option to stop the storage/saving of cookies:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=ro

6. The importance of cookies

Thanks to cookies, the internet works efficiently, thus having friendly browsing experiences, experiences adapted to user preferences. Rejecting or disabling cookies may make it impossible to access certain websites.

If you refuse/disable cookies, you will have to take into account that browsing experiences will no longer be made according to your preferences, highlighted by the previous browsing behavior.

Examples of important uses of cookies:

• Display of content and services adapted to the user's preferences - news, weather, sports categories;
• Offers adapted to the interests of users - password retention, language preferences (Ex: display of search results in Romanian);
• Retention of child protection filters regarding content on the Internet;
• Measurement, optimization and analytics features - such as confirmation of a certain level of traffic on a site, what type of content is viewed more and how a user reaches the site (eg: through search engines, directly, from other sites- uri etc). The sites carry out these analyzes of their use in order to improve the sites for the benefit of the user.

7. Recommendations for safe and responsible browsing, based on cookies

Since disabling cookies does not allow the user access to the most used sites such as Youtube, Gmail, Google and many others, below you will find some tips for safe browsing with the help of cookies:

• Customize your browser settings regarding cookies to establish a comfortable level of security;
• Make sure that your anti-spyware applications and the browser you use are updated;
• If you are the only person using the computer/device, set long expiration periods for storing the browsing history, but also the access data on the sites;
• If you share access to the computer, delete the browsing data every time you close the browser.