Cookies represent the central point of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience adapted to the preferences and interests of each user. Rejecting or disabling cookies may make some sites unusable.

7. What is meant by cookies?

To ensure the proper functioning of this website, we place small data files, known as cookies, on your computer or mobile device. This website uses its own cookies as well as those from third parties (below you will see what they are). The vast majority of online sales sites do this. The cookie is a small text file that a site saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. The cookie is saved by the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Mozilla, Opera...) and is completely "passive" (it does not contain software programs, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information of on the user's hard drive).Thanks to cookies, the site retains, for a period of time, your actions and preferences: login, language, a certain preferred currency, character size and other display preferences, colors of the selected products, the forward / back buttons, if you have accepted (or not) the use of cookies on the site. Thus, you no longer have to re-enter them every time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another. The information associated with cookies is not used to identify you personally.

Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code, so they cannot be executed or auto-run. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses.

8. How are cookies used?

A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content (cookie value). Moreover, the duration of existence of a cookie is determined only by the web server that sent the cookie and can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server. The 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 – they are temporarily stored in the cookie folder of the browser so that it remembers them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (eg: when logging in/out of a gmail account or on social networks). • Persistent cookies – These are stored on the hard drive of a computer or mobile device (and generally depends on the cookie lifetime). 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 the interests of a user, so that the most relevant advertising for users is delivered.

9. 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 products to users: eg - online privacy preferences, website language options, shopping baskets or relevant advertising.

10. 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 leaves 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.

11. What are cookies placed by third parties?

Certain sections of content 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. In this case, the cookies are called "third party cookies" because they are not placed by the website owner but by third parties. Third-party providers must also comply with the law in force and the privacy policies of the website owner.

12. How cookies are used by this site

Visiting this site can place cookies of the type:

• Website performance cookies.

This type of cookie remembers the user's preferences on this site, so there is no need to set them each time the site is visited. Examples: volume settings for video player; the video streaming speed with which the browser is compatible.

• Visitor analysis cookies

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 Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy as well as the provisions of the legislation in force regarding the protection of personal data.

• 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 the content - even when you are on our page in Romanian or another language you receive the same advertisement.

• Registration cookies

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us if you are registered or not. The server that hosts us uses these cookies to show us the account with which you are registered and if you have permission to log in. It also allows us to associate any comment you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected "keep me registered", this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.

• Cookies for advertising

These cookies allow us to find out if you have viewed an online advertisement or not, what is its type and how much time has passed since you saw the advertising message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We can also use cookies belonging to a third party, for better targeting of advertising, to show, for example, advertisements about products, if the user has recently visited an article on the website about products for mothers. 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.

• Cookies for Security

We use security cookies to authenticate users, to prevent fraudulent use of login data and to protect user data against unauthorized access.

• Advertising provider cookies

Most of 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 been exposed to an advertising message, or to see how many people have been exposed to the same advertisement several times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and our site does not have access to read or write these cookies. These third-party cookies can be used to show you targeted advertising on other sites as well, based on your browsing on this site.

• Google Analytics cookies

Google Analytics is Google's analysis tool that helps website and application owners understand how visitors interact with their properties. Google Analytics can use a set of cookies to collect information and to report statistical data on the use of the site, without sending data that identifies visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the "__ga" cookie. In addition to reporting statistical data regarding the use of the site, Google Analytics can be used, together with some of the advertising cookies described above, to display more relevant ads on Google properties (such as Google Search) and on the web, as well as to measure interaction with the ads we display. Learn more about Analytics cookies and privacy information.

• 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. For example Mailchimp which has its own cookies for subscriptions to newsletters or Facebook .

13. Some drawbacks of the use of cookies

Cookies can still be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about the preferences and browsing history of users, both on a specific 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 constantly mark cookies to be deleted during anti-virus/anti-spyware deletion/scanning procedures. In general, browsers have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a certain site.

14. Other security aspects related to cookies

Since identity protection is very valuable and represents the right of every internet user, it is advisable to know what possible problems cookies can create. Because through them, information is constantly transmitted in both directions between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorized person intervenes during 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 (ex: an unsecured WiFi network). Other cookie-based attacks involve wrong 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 to gain unauthorized access to certain websites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most suitable method of personal information protection.

15. Tips for safe and responsible browsing, based on cookies.

Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited sites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Deactivating cookies will not allow the user access to the most widespread and used sites, including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook and others. Here are some tips that can ensure that you surf without worries, but with the help of cookies.

• Use only licensed software.
• Customize your browser settings regarding 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 expiration dates for storing browsing history and personal access data.
• If you share access to the computer, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is an option to access the sites that place cookies and to delete any visit information at the end of the browsing session.
• Install and constantly update your antispyware applications. Many of the spyware detection and prevention applications include detection of attacks on websites. Thus, it prevents the browser from accessing websites that could exploit the vulnerabilities of the browser or download dangerous software.
• Make sure your browser is always updated. Many of the attacks based on cookies are carried out by exploiting the weak points of the old versions of the browsers. Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the best and biggest sites 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 Internet with confidence.

16. How can you control or delete cookies from your computer?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish - for details, see aboutcookies.org or www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/ You can delete all cookies from your computer and you can set most browsers to block the placement them. If you do this, you may have to manually set some preferences each time you visit the site. Also, some options may not work. 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 cookie settings generated by third parties, you can also consult the website: www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/