COOKIES POLICY
The www.gabrielvip.com website uses cookies.
This section gives you more information about what cookies are, how we use them and how you can manage them both on our site and on other sites.
About cookies, what they are and how they work.
The following information is intended to inform the user about the placement, use and management of cookies used by www.gabrielvip.com website.
Please read the following information carefully:
This website uses its own cookies as well as cookies added by third parties to provide visitors with a better browsing experience and services tailored to their needs and interests.
In what we call the "modern web" or "web 2.0″, cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of the many services the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:
Customize certain settings such as: language in which the site is viewed, date and time, keep options/settings (including saving them), and keep older preferences by accessing different buttons/functions.
Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, so they can make them more effective or more accessible to users.
Allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be embedded (inserted/embedded) on certain pages to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience.
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 will be stored on a user's computer, mobile device or other equipment from which the Internet is accessed.
The cookie is sent through a request issued by the web-server on which the website is hosted, to the user's browser (e.g. Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, etc.) and is completely "passive", in the sense that it does not contain software, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information on the user's hard drive.
A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie and is uniquely associated with the domain on which the site that sent it to the user's browser is hosted (e.g. gabrielvip.com). Furthermore, the duration of existence of a cookie is determined and only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again and only when the user returns to the site associated with that web server.
Cookies do not require personal information in order to be used and cannot personally identify Internet users.
There are two main categories of cookies:
Session cookies - these are stored temporarily in the cookie folder of the web browser until the user leaves the site or closes the browser window.
Persistent cookies - these are stored on your computer or hardware for a longer period of time and remain stored even after you leave the site or close your web browser (and generally depend on the default lifetime of 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 in order to deliver the most relevant advertising to the user.
Advantages of cookies
A cookie contains information that links a browser (the user) to 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 sites to provide convenient services to users. Examples - online privacy preferences, site language options or relevant advertising etc.
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 not retained after the user leaves the site, and some cookies are retained and reused each time the user returns to that site ("persistent cookies").
However, cookies can be deleted by the user at any time via the browser settings.
Cookies placed by third parties
Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/suppliers (e.g. a news box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties may also place cookies through the site and they are called "third party cookies" because they are not placed by the site. Third party providers must also comply with applicable laws and the privacy policies of the site owner.
Use of cookies by this site
Visiting this site may place cookies for the purposes of:
Site performance cookies
Visitor analytics cookies
Registration or login cookies
Third party cookies
Performance cookies
This type of cookie retains the user's preferences on this site, so there is no need to set them each time you visit the site.
Visitor analytics cookie
Each time a user visits this site, analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analytics cookie. This cookie tells us whether you have visited this site before. The browser communicates if this cookie exists, and if not, one is generated. This allows us to track unique users who visit the site and how often they do so.
This cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are only used for statistical purposes.
Cookies for registration or login
When you register or log in to this site, a cookie is generated to let us know whether you are registered or not. Our server uses these cookies to identify which account you are registered with and whether you have the necessary permissions for a particular service or to access sections of the site. It also allows us to associate the comments you post on the site with your account username. If you have not selected "keep me registered", this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.
Third party cookies
On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an advertisement/application or to customize an application. Due to usage patterns, this site cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access cookies held by this site.
Online advertising belonging to third parties
Some use their own anonymous cookies to analyse how many people have viewed an advert or to see how many people have viewed the same advert more than once.
The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this site does not have access to these cookies. Third party cookies are used to show you targeted advertising on other sites based on your browsing on this site.
Type of information stored and accessed through 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 enhances your web browsing experience. E.g.: settings for the language in which you want to access a site, keeping a user logged in to a membership account or email account, online security, keeping and remembering settings, etc.
The importance of cookies for the Internet
Cookies are at the heart of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience, tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies may make some sites unusable.
Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising, only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests as evidenced by your browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to log in via an account):
Content and services tailored to user preferences - news categories, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.
Offers tailored to users' interests - password retention, and language preferences (e.g. displaying search results in Romanian).
Retain child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
Limiting ad serving frequency - limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a particular user on a site.
Providing relevant advertising to the user.
Measurement, optimization, and analytics features - such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a site, what type of content is viewed more, and how a user gets to the site (e.g. via search engines, directly, from other sites, etc.). Sites perform these usage analyses to improve their sites for the benefit of the user.
Remarketing Policy
On www.gabrielvip.com website pages, cookies (a number that uniquely identifies a web browser on a particular computer, not a person) are collected through a remarketing tag and conversion code received from Google AdWords. The remarketing tag Google collects cookies in order to display ads on Google Display Network websites and in Google Search.
When users visit a website page that contains a remarketing tag, the cookie of the browser they are using is added to a remarketing list. A remarketing list is a set of user cookies generated by one or more remarketing tags.
Google AdWords uses cookies to display sponsored ads on Google Display Network websites and in Google Search to users who have visited the www.gabrielvip.com website. If you do not agree with the use of cookies by Google, you can disable them via the Ads Preferences Manager
Security and privacy issues
Cookies are NOT viruses! They use a plain text format. They are not made up of pieces of code, so they cannot be executed or run themselves. 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.
Browsers generally have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.
Other security issues related to cookies.
Given that identity protection is very important and is the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to know what are the possible problems that may arise in connection with cookies. Because cookies are constantly transmitting information back and forth between the browser and the website.
Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies.
Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest sites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most popular and widely used sites including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, Google, and many others.
A few tips that can ensure worry-free browsing with cookies:
Customize your browser settings regarding cookies to set a comfortable level of security.
If you don't mind cookies and you are the only person using your computer, you can set long expiry times for storing browsing history and personal access data.
If you share access to your computer, you may consider setting your browser to delete your individual browsing data each time you close your browser, or you may access sites that place cookies and delete any visiting information when you close your browsing session.
Install and constantly update your antispyware applications.
Many spyware detection and prevention applications include the detection of attacks from websites. This prevents the browser from accessing sites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download dangerous software.
Make sure your browser is always up to date.
Many cookie-based attacks exploit weaknesses in older versions of 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 work and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures so that you can surf the internet with confidence.
Disabling cookies
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive or see online advertising.
It is possible to set your browser not to accept cookies or you can set your browser to accept cookies only from a specific site. But, for example, if you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments.
All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser, or you can use the browser's "Help" option for more details.
To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise, you can use the "help" option of your browser for more details.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari
Useful links
IAB Romania provides the following website to provide more information on privacy related to online advertising: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
If you would like to find out more information about cookies and their use, you can access the European Union's official website on cookies at: http://ec.europa.eu/cookies/index_en.htm
This document was last updated on 26.09.2024.