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Our site uses cookies.

The information presented below aims to inform the user of more details about the placement, use and administration of "cookies" used by the site.  our  .

There are also some useful links on this topic. If you need more information, and it is not listed below, you can contact us at:  privacy @ phi.ro

Please read the following information carefully:

This website uses cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to their needs and interests.

In what we call "web 2.0", "cookies" play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of multiple services that the user enjoys on the Internet, such as:

  • Customize certain settings such as: the language in which a site is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed, keeping options for various products (measures, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and storing these options) - thus generating shopping cart flexibility (accessing old preferences by accessing the "forward" and "back" buttons)

  • Cookies provide site owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, so that they can make them even more efficient and accessible to users.

  • Allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included in a particular site to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience;

  • Improve the efficiency of online advertising.

What are the cookies that the site uses  our?

COOK

XSRF-TOKEN

need

Essential

Type

Session

Purpose

This cookie is designed to help you with site security in preventing "Forgery Request" attacks.

Expiry

at the end of the session

COOK

TS #

need

Essential

Type

Session

Purpose

These cookies are used to sign and secure transactions on servers. TS cookies check if other domain cookies change during the transaction and check the referrer object.

Expiry

at the end of the session

COOK

CookieConsent

need

Essential

Type

Persistent

Purpose

The cookie consent solution is a JavaScript-based kit that, after a specific site-specific configuration, will automatically add a header banner to the page. This header banner will disappear once the user has accepted or rejected the cookies used on the site.

Expiry

1 year

COOK

beatSessionId

need

Essential

Type

Persistent

Purpose

Traffic / Technical: Used by site coding and hosting servers to provide website functionality. E.g. to identify the individual sessions, to remind you of the details and options of the user, to activate the functionality of the shopping cart.

Expiry

only on deletion

COOK

beatSessionTs

need

Essential

Type

Persistent

Purpose

Traffic / Technical: Used by site coding and hosting servers to provide website functionality. E.g. to identify the individual sessions, to remind you of the details and options of the user, to activate the functionality of the shopping cart.

Expiry

only on deletion

COOK

JSESSIONID

need

Essential

Type

Session

Purpose

JSESSIONID is a cookie generated by Servlet containers such as Tomcat or Jetty and used to manage sessions in the J2EE web application for the HTTP protocol. Since HTTP is a stateless protocol, the web server is not connected to two separate requests from the same client, and session management is the process of tracking user session using different session management techniques, such as cookies. and rewriting URLs. If a web server uses a session management cookie, it creates and sends the JSESSIONID cookie to the client and then the client sends it back to the server in subsequent HTTP requests.

Expiry

at the end of the session

COOK

_ga

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to the commonly used Google Analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a customer identifier. It is included in every page request in a site, and is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customizable by website owners.

Expiry

2 years

COOK

_gid

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited.

Expiry

1 day

COOK

_neck

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to the documentation used to reduce the speed of the request - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.

Expiry

1 day

COOK

fedops.logger.sessionId

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie name is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a customer identifier for the blog or forum session.

Expiry

only on deletion

COOK

_pinterest_cm

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

The Pinterest pin in certain parts of your site allows you to sign in to your connected Pinterest account, if you have one. Pinterest follows this if you're online.

Expiry

1 year

COOK

canShowPopup

need

Marketing

Type

Session

Purpose

This cookie stores if you had a pop-up browser view, so that it does not appear again.

Expiry

at the end of the session

COOK

svSession

need

Marketing

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie stores how many viewing sessions you have had on the blog page

Expiry

2 years

COOK

__cf_bm

need

Necessary

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This new cookie is part of the Cloudflare's Bot Management service and helps manage inbound traffic that matches the criteria associated with bots.

Expiry

1 day

COOK

hs

need

Necessary

Type

Session

Purpose

This cookie is provided by Wix.com and improves the level of security

Expiry

at the end of the session

COOK

requestId

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie is used by the Facebook Pixel service and stores the use of web pages on the site.

Expiry

1 day

COOK

uidp

need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie is used for anonymous counting by sitebooster.com

Expiry

1 year

Cookies

demo_132d1a26-311a-47ec-bb

demo_132d1a26-311a-47ec-bbb

faq_132d1a26-311a-47ec-bbbf-

faq_132d1a26-311a-47ec-bbbf-9

​ need

statistically

Type

Persistent

Purpose

This cookie stores the download and use of a demo application for android or IOS environments.

Expiry

only on deletion

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 your computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from whom the Internet is accessed. The cookie is installed by request issued by a web server to a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely "passive" (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and can not access the information on the user's hard drive) .

A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or the value of the cookie. Moreover, the duration of the existence 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 in order to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.

Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the cookies folder of the web browser for the user to store them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (eg when logging in to a webmail account or on social networks)

Persistent Cookies - These are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depend on the default cookie life). 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 memorize a user's interests so that the most relevant advertising for users is delivered.

What are the benefits of cookies?

A cookie contains information that links a web browser (user) to a specific web server (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 comfortable services to users: eg online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising.

What is the lifetime of a cookie?

Cookies are administered by webservers. The lifespan 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 ('cookies- permanent hatred '). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.

What are third-party cookies?

Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties / providers (eg news box, video or 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 owner of that website. Third party providers must also comply with applicable law and the privacy policies of the site owner.

How cookies are used by this site

A visit to this site may place cookies for the purposes of:

  • Site performance cookies

  • Visitor analysis cookies and statistics

  • Geotargetting cookies

  • Registration cookies

  • Advertising cookies

  • Advertising provider cookies

 

These cookies may come from third parties.

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.

Example:

   video player volume settings

   the video streaming speed that the browser is compatible with

Cookies for visitor analysis

Each 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 monitoring the unique users who visit us and how often they do it. 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 may also know the details you have provided to 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 and the provisions of the legislation in force regarding the protection of personal data.

Geotargetting cookies

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 in another language you receive the same advertisement.

Cookies for registration

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that notifies us if you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account with which you are registered and if you have permission for a specific service. It also allows us to associate any comments you post on our site with your username. If you do not select "keep me registered", this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.

Advertising cookies

These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, what its type is and how long it has been since you saw the advertising message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies for better targeting of advertising, for example to show holiday advertisements, if the user has recently visited an article on the holiday site. These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the content viewed, not about users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites we advertise on. By receiving them, we can use them to recognize you as a visitor to that site. If you later visit our site, we will be able to deliver advertising based on this information.

Advertising provider cookies

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 use of this site, 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 media button on this site, that social network will record your activity.

What kind 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 enhances the Internet browsing experience (eg settings for the language in which you want to access a site; keeping a user logged in to their webmail account; online banking security; keeping products in the shopping cart)

Why are cookies important for the Internet?

Cookies are the focal point of the efficient operation of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience and adapted to the preferences and interests of each user. Declining or disabling cookies may make some sites impossible to use.

Rejecting or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising - but 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 authenticate through an account):

Content and services tailored to user preferences - news, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.

Offers adapted to users' interests - password retention, language preferences (Ex: displaying search results in Romanian).

Retention child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search features)

Limit the frequency of ad serving - Limit the number of impressions of an ad for a particular user on a site.

Providing more user-relevant advertising.

Measurement, optimization and analytics features - such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user gets to a website (eg through search engines, directly from other websites etc). 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 run on their own. As a result, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks in order to run or replicate. Because they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses.

However, cookies may be used for negative purposes. Because it stores information about users' preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and on several other sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and constantly mark cookies to be deleted during anti-virus / anti-spyware removal / scanning procedures.

In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of acceptance of cookies, validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

Other security issues related to cookies

Because 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 the transmission of data, the information contained in the cookie may be intercepted. Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (eg an unsecured WiFi network).

Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect 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. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of personal information protection.

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 inevitable. 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 that you do not wake up without worries but with the help of cookies:

Customize your browser settings for cookies to reflect a comfortable level of cookie security for you

If you do not mind cookies and you are the only person using the computer, you can set long deadlines for storing your browsing history and personal access data. If you share access to your computer, you may want to consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close your browser. This is a way 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 site attack detection. This prevents the browser from accessing websites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download malicious software. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks are exploited by exploiting the weaknesses of older versions of browsers.

Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the best and largest 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.

How do I stop 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 / view online advertising.

It is possible to set in the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site. But, for example, if you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments.

In the case of our site, it is the solution for informing and taking the consent from Cookie Bot.

All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually 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 browser's "help" option 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 site:

http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/ IAB Romania provides the following site to provide more information on privacy related to online advertising:  http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/  For more details on privacy issues, you can also access the following links:

www.dreptonline.ro/legislatie/oug_13_2012_modificare_prelucrare_date_caratter_personal_protectia_vietii_private_comunicatii_electronice.php www.youronlinechoices.eu/ro www.iabeurope.eu/cookies-faq/internet-cookies--expering-what-increasing-what cookies-how-do-they-work --- cookies-faq.aspx www.guardian.co.uk/info/cookies

EOD

European Union Directive 2016/1148, also called Network & Internet Security, is transposed in Romania by Law no. 362/2018, of January 12, 2019.
Assess the measures required by law and eliminate the risk of a fine, which can reach 5% of turnover.

Audit of the NIS Directive

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