Cookie Policy

Contents

• What is a “cookie”?
• What are the advantages of cookies?
• Why do we use cookies?
• How are cookies used by this site?
• What type of information is stored and accessed via cookies?
• Why are cookies important for the Internet?
• Security and Privacy Concerns
• How to stop cookies

The security of your data is of utmost importance to us, which is why we treat all aspects concerning your data protection with seriousness.

Starting May 25, 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), also known as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), came into force. This means that any operator processing personal data must apply these requirements and transparently provide information on how data is processed.

Given the need to comply with GDPR provisions, and the fact that we are dedicated to taking care of your personal data (which may include name, surname, email address, company name, etc., depending on the purpose of processing) found in our database, we inform you that this data is used only for the successful fulfillment of processes carried out in our relationship with you (we mention a few processes without limiting ourselves to them: responding to contact requests, processing quote requests, executing orders, maintaining customer relations).

To improve your online browsing experience, we use cookies that facilitate the use of the www.protegma.ro website by visitors. The complete list of cookies can be found below.

1. What is a “cookie”

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 is stored on a user’s computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment from which the Internet is accessed. The cookie is installed by a request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) and is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).

A cookie consists of two parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Furthermore, the lifespan of a cookie is determined; technically, only the server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access and delivery of multiple services that users enjoy on the Internet, such as:

• Personalizing settings such as: the language in which a site is viewed, remembering preferences for various sections of the site;
• Cookies provide website owners valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, so they can make them more efficient and accessible to users;
• Allowing multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included on a specific site to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience.

Cookies themselves do not request personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users. There are two main categories of cookies:

• Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser’s cookie folder for it to remember them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window.
• Persistent cookies – these are stored on a computer’s or equipment’s hard drive (and generally depend on the preset lifespan for the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting – known as “third-party cookies” – which can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests, so that advertising as relevant as possible can be delivered to users.

2. What are the advantages of cookies?

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan 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, while some 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 browser settings.

In general, the role of cookies is to ensure a quick and easy interaction between users and websites. Also, cookies are used so that users can easily resume their activities on subsequent visits to a previously visited website. Essentially, cookies tell the server which pages to display to the user, without the user having to remember the pages they navigated or browse the entire site from the beginning.

3. Why do we use cookies?

• To recognize new visitors to the www.protegma.ro website.
• To recognize past visitors.
• To improve the technical performance of the site through the caching system.
• To remember products added to the quote request list, so you don’t lose them when navigating between pages.
• To remember your cookie consent preferences, so we don’t ask for your consent every time.
• To better understand the interests of visitors to the www.protegma.ro website and the effectiveness of communication channels.
• To evaluate the effectiveness of our content and product pages.

4. How are cookies used on this site?

Essential cookies (necessary)

These cookies are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the site. Without them, certain functionalities cannot be provided. They do not require user consent.

Preference / Consent Cookies

Technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing consent preferences expressed by the user regarding the use of cookies.

Statistical Cookies

Technical storage or access is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Information stored or retrieved solely for this purpose, without additional data from the internet service provider or a third party, cannot usually be used to identify you.

5. What type of information is stored and accessed via cookies

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves the Internet browsing experience (for example: user session ID, referring page, current time, etc.).

6. Why are cookies important for the Internet?

Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience adapted to each user’s preferences and interests. 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 – it just means that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, highlighted by your browsing behavior.

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

• Content and services adapted to user preferences;
• Offers adapted to user interests – language preferences (for example, displaying search results in Romanian);
• Remembering child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions);
• Measurement, optimization, and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user arrives at a website (for example: through search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites perform these analyses of their usage to improve the sites for the benefit of users.

7. Security and Privacy Concerns

Cookies are NOT viruses! They use “plain text” formats. They are not made up of code snippets, so they cannot be executed or auto-run. Consequently, they cannot duplicate or replicate on other networks to run or replicate again. Because they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. However, cookies can be used for negative purposes. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and constantly mark cookies to be deleted as part of anti-virus/anti-spyware deletion/scanning procedures.

In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a certain site.

Consult the privacy policy.

To improve user experience, we use the following technologies:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. For example, we collect details such as the source of the visit and the total number of visitors to our site. This allows us to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and user activity on the site.

Find more details about Google Analytics privacy policy here: https://support.google.com.

8. How can I stop cookies?

Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive/see online advertising.

It is possible to set your browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted, or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site. Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” function that allows users not to be tracked while browsing. Blocking cookies or using “Do Not Track” mode may block certain functionalities on our sites. All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the browser’s “options” or “preferences” menu. To understand these settings, the following links may be useful; otherwise, you can use the browser’s “help” option for more details.

• Google Chrome cookie settings
• Mozilla Firefox cookie settings
• Apple Safari cookie settings
• Microsoft Edge cookie settings

To learn more about enabling/disabling or deleting cookies from your browser, you can visit this page: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/.