Cookies Information
This policy refers to cookies and similar technologies used, as appropriate, in the website www.naturatex.eu
The information presented below is intended to inform the user of more details about the placement, use and administration of “cookies” used by the website www.naturatex.eu
If you need more information and it is not found below, you can contact us at: mail@naturatex.eu
Cookies are used for the following purposes:
- website operation;
- to analyze the behavior of website visitors and to create a more valuable, useful and pleasant browsing experience;
- to improve the effectiveness of online advertising.
Please read the following information carefully:
This website uses its own and third-party cookies to offer visitors/users the best browsing experience and services tailored to each individual’s needs and interests.
What is a “cookie”?
An “Internet Cookie” (term also known as “browser cookie”, “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, which will be stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which the Internet is accessed.
The cookie is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser and does not contain software, viruses or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive.
A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Moreover, the lifetime of a cookie is determined: technically, only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.
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 – these are temporarily stored in the cookie file of the web browser so that it remembers them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (eg when logging in/out on a webmail account or on social networks).
- Persistent cookies – they are stored on the hard drive of a computer or equipment (in general, it depends on the lifetime of the cookie). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting – they are known as ‘third party cookies’ – which can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests so that the most relevant advertising to users is delivered.
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 provide user-friendly services (eg online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising).
What is the lifespan 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 has left the website, and 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 the browser settings.
What are cookies placed by third parties?
Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided by third parties/providers (eg news box, video or advertisement). These third parties can also place cookies through the website and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of the respective website. Third party providers must also comply with applicable law and the privacy policies of the site owner.
How are cookies used by this site?
A visit to this website may place cookies for the purposes of:
- Website performance cookies;
- Visitor analysis cookies;
- Cookies for geotargeting;
- Registration cookies;
- Cookies for advertising;
- Advertising provider cookies.
These cookies may come from the following third parties: Google, SATI, Httpool, SPA, Facebook.
Performance cookies
This type of cookie remembers the user’s preferences on this site, so that there is no need to set them each time the site is visited.
Examples:
– volume settings for the video player;
– the video streaming speed with which the browser is compatible.
Cookies for visitor analysis
Each time a user visits this website the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analytics cookie. This cookie tells us if you have visited this site before. Your browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if you don’t, we’ll generate one. It allows tracking 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 only used for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we can also know the details you have provided us, such as your email 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 law in force regarding the protection of personal data.
Cookies for geotargeting
These cookies are used by a software that determines which country you come from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content – even when you are on our page in Romanian or another language, you receive the same ad.
Cookies for registration
When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us whether you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account you are registered with and whether you have permission for a particular service. It also allows us to associate any comment you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected “keep me logged in”, this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.
Cookies for advertising
These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, what type of advertisement it is and how long it has been since you saw the advertisement message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies to better target advertising (for example: to show holiday ads if the user has recently visited a holiday article on the site). These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the content viewed, not about the users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites on which we advertise. If you subsequently visit our site, we may deliver advertising to you based on this information.
Advertising provider cookies
Much 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 more than once. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this site does not have access to read or write these cookies. Third-party cookies may be used to show you targeted advertising on other sites as well, based on your browsing on this site.
Other third-party cookies
On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the way of use, this site cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies held by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social network button on this site, that social network will record your activity.
What type of information is 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 improves the Internet browsing experience (eg: language settings in which a website is accessed, keeping a user logged in to the webmail account, online banking security, keeping products in the shopping cart).
Why are cookies and/or similar technologies important to the Internet?
Cookies and/or similar technologies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Rejecting or disabling cookies may make some sites or parts of sites impossible to use.
Deactivating cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive, in compliance with the law, online advertising – but only 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 the authentication of a user through an account):
- Content and services adapted to user preferences – categories of products and services;
- Offers adapted to users’ interests;
- Retention of passwords;
- Retention of child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions);
- Limitation of the frequency of broadcasting of advertisements – limiting the number of impressions of an advertisement for a certain user on a site;
- Providing relevant advertising to the user;
- Measuring, optimizing and adapting analysis 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 (eg: through search engines, directly, from other websites etc.). Websites run these analyzes regarding their use in order to improve their services for the benefit of users;
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require the authentication of a user through an account):
- Content and services adapted to the user’s preferences – categories of news, maps, public services, weather, sports and government, entertainment sites and travel services;
- Offers tailored to users’ interests – password retention, language preferences (eg: display of search results in Romanian);
- Retention of child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions);
- Limiting the frequency of serving ads – limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a specific user on a site.
- Providing more relevant advertising for the user;
- 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 (eg: through search engines, directly, from other websites etc.). The websites carry out these analyzes of their use in order to improve the sites for the benefit of the users.
Security and privacy issues
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 to other networks to run again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. Cookies can still be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users’ preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and across multiple sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and constantly mark cookies for deletion as part of antivirus/anti-spyware wipe/scan 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. Since identity protection is very valuable and is the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to know what potential problems cookies can create. Because through them, information is constantly transmitted, in both directions, between the browser and the website, if an attacker or an unauthorized person intervenes during the data transmission, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted.
Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (eg an unsecured Wi-Fi network).
Other cookie-based attacks involve missetting cookies 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 over unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain websites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of protecting personal information.
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 widespread and used sites, including: Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.
Here are some tips that can ensure you surf without worries, with the help of cookies:
- 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 periods for storing your browsing history and personal access data;
- If you share computer access, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is a variant to access sites that place cookies and to delete any visit information when the browsing session is closed;
- Always install and update your antispyware applications.
Many spyware detection and prevention applications include detection of site attacks.
Thus, it prevents the browser from accessing websites that might exploit browser vulnerabilities or download dangerous software.
Make sure your browser is always up to date.
Many of the cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting the weak points of old 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.
How can I stop cookies?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain websites 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 the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site. 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. As a rule, these settings are found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
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
For the settings of cookies generated by third parties, you can also consult the website: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
Useful Links
If you want to find out more information about cookies and what they are used for, we recommend the following links:
Microsoft Cookies guide
All About Cookies
IAB Romania provides the following website to provide more information on privacy related to online advertising: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
The table below describes each cookie used on the website, including its role:
|
Cookie name |
Type | Purpose |
Strictly necessary |
Duration |
| alternativega | session | Used to differentiate clients with adblock from those without | Yes | 10 minutes |
| cel_cust | permanent | Used to identify logged in customers and visitors | No | 20 years |
| cel_id | permanent | Used to keep users logged in | No | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | permanent | Used to keep users logged in | No | 1 year |
| ct | permanent | Used to keep the products in a visitor’s basket | No | 1 year |
| f_cautare | session | Used to identify the last selected filter | Yes | 1 year |
| LOGIN_TYPE | permanent | Used to identify the last way the client was logged in | Yes | 1 year |
| town | session | Used to identify the city where the client is located to display the ads | Yes | 10 years |
| history | permanent | Used to identify a visitor’s actions | Yes | 1 year |
| lastCartId | permanent | Used to keep the products in a visitor’s basket | Yes | 1 year |
| searched | permanent | Used to identify the last suggestion received by the client | Yes | 4 minutes |
| pasted | permanent | Used to identify the last suggestion received by the client | Yes | 1 minute |
| nl_increment | permanent | Used to display the newsletter subscription box | Yes | 1 year |