You have come to this page because you seem to want to know more about the cookie message you have noticed on our website, and under EU Directive 2009/136/EC – Article 5 (3) we are obliged to display it to all visitors.
The purpose of the cookie policy is to explain what cookies are, what they are used for but also to provide guidance on how to refuse or delete cookies generated by this site if you wish.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet or mobile phone when you visit a website. By generating them, the site will remember your visits and how you used it each time you return here. The cookie is completely “passive” in the sense that it contains no software and cannot in any way access the information stored on the user’s hard drive.
Cookies on www.herastrau.ro do not retain any personal information, because in order to view all available information (text, photos or video) you are not required to log in with a username/password and you are not required to provide us with any personal information.
Third-party cookies
The www.herastrau.ro website uses third-party cookies (Google Adsense, Google Analytics, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc.) to personalize the content and ads displayed, to provide social media features and to analyze the traffic generated by the site.
The advertising you find on this site belongs to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people have viewed an ad or to see how many people have seen the same ad multiple times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and www.herastrau.ro does not have access to read or write those cookies.
For example, when you share an article using the social media buttons (facebook, google + or twitter) available on this site, those social networks will record your activity each time.
Why are cookies important for the internet?
Cookies are the focal point of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to ensure a user-friendly browsing experience, tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies may make it impossible to use certain websites. Rejecting or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising. This will cause the advert you are shown to no longer take into account your preferences and interests, which are highlighted by your browsing behaviour.
Examples of uses of cookies:
– services tailored to user preferences: news, weather, sports, maps, public services, government services, travel services.
– language preferences, e.g. displaying search results in English.
– keeping child protection filters on Internet content (options such as “family mode” or “safe search” functions).
– limiting the number of times an ad is displayed for a given user on a website.
– providing advertising that is more relevant to a particular user.
– measurement, optimisation and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is being viewed and how a user gets to a website (via search engines, directly from links on other websites, etc.).
To provide more transparency, we have selected below some web addresses so that you can learn more about third party cookie management:
Security and privacy issues
Cookies are NOT viruses, spyware or malware! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of programming language code, so they cannot be executed or self-executing, duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or reproduce again. Because they cannot perform these functions, cookies cannot infect your system/device.
How can I stop cookies?
Warning! Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites impossible or difficult to visit and use! Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive or view online advertising.
All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of the browsers you use. Use the Help option of each browser to find out more.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer: Tools->Internet Options->Privacy
Cookie settings in Firefox: Tools->Options->Privacy->Cookies
Cookie settings in Chrome: Tools->Advanced->Content settings->Cookies
Cookie settings in Opera: Settings->Preferences->Advanced->Cookies
