Last updated: July 2021
Introduction This website uses cookies. The information presented below is intended to inform the users of these websites about the placement, use and management of the cookies.
What are cookies? An ”Internet Cookie” is a special text, coded, sent by a server to a web browser and sent back (unchanged) by the navigator, every time he tries to access that server. Cookies are used for login and also for tracking the users behaviour.
Cookies are installed following the request emitted by a web server to a browser (for example: Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Chrome). Once installed, cookies have a defined lifespan, after that they remain “passive”, meaning that they don’t contain software programs, viruses or spyware, and they won’t access any information on the hard drive of the user, on whose equipment they were installed.
Purposes of using cookies: Cookies are used in order to assure the functionality of a website, to optimize its content and to provide the best possible browsing experience for the users of these websites, as well as services adapted to the needs and interests of each user, namely for:
Improving of the use of these websites, including the identification of any errors during browsing the website by the users;
Providing anonymous statistics regarding the use of this website for Autonet Import as the owner of this website;
Anticipating the potential goods that will be made available for the users through these websites, depending on the accessed services / products.
The use of cookies allows the saving of certain settings/ preferences set by the users of these websites, such as: the language in which the website is displayed.
What is the lifespan of a cookie? This website uses the following cookie categories. The type of the cookie determines the lifespan of the cookie:
Session cookies – A “session cookie” is a temporary cookie that is automatically erased when the user closes the site or the browser.
Persistent or permanent cookies – A “persistent” or “permanent” cookie is stored on the user’s device after finishing the session or closing the browser, until it expires (the lifespan can vary between minutes, days or years), or until the user deletes the cookie, at any moment, by changing the settings of the browser.
What kind of cookies can be used by a website? Generally, a website uses the following cookie types:
Strictly necessary cookies;
Statistic cookies;
Preference cookies;
Marketing cookies;
Unclassified cookies
What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies? Cookies store information about the website in a small text file on the device from which the website was accessed.
Cookies themselves do not require personal data to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users. Cookies can collect information such as: IP address, geolocation data, device operating system data, device resolution data, information about the website visit for example the number of visitors, the time spent on that website, the way the site was accessed, etc.
How to block cookies? The website’s user can change at any time the permission to use different types of cookies (accept or refuse), at the bottom of the website, by accessing the option "Cookie settings".
Users can also delete cookies at any time from their browser settings, or configure their browser to reject cookies or to accept cookies from a website.
All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. As a rule, these settings can be accessed in the "Settings" section or in the "Preferences" menu of your browser.
However, refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertisement - only that it will not be adjusted to your preferences and interests according to your browsing behavior.
The following links may be useful to understand these settings:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
For any questions regarding how cookies are used by these websites, or to exercise your rights, please contact us at: office@electromen.ro.