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The following informations are intended to give the user more information about placing, use and administration of the "cookies" used by www.tourneo.ro website. Also, there are also present some useful links related to this topic. If you need more informations and they are not mentioned below, please contact us at:

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This website uses own and also third party cookies to provide visitors a much better browsing experience and services adapted to the needs and interests of each. In what we call "web 2.0", "cookies" play an important role in facilitating access and delivery of multiple services over the internet that the users enjoy, such as:

Customizing certain settings such as the language that is viewed on a site, the currency in which prices or rates are displayed, keeping options for various products (measures and other details) in the shopping cart (and save these options) - thereby generating the flexibility of the "shopping cart" (accessing old preferences by using the "before" and "back" buttons)

Cookies offer website owners valuable feedback on how their websites are used by users so that they can make it more efficient and accessible to them.

Cookie allow multimedia or other applications from different websites to be included in a particular site, in order to create a more valuable, more useful and more enjoyable browsing experience;

They improve the efficiency of online advertising.

What is a "cookie"?
An "Internet cookie" (term known as "browser cookie" or "HTTP cookie" or simply "cookie") is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that will be stored on your computer, telephone or other equipment of a user that is accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed by a request issued by the server to a web 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 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 turns on the website associated to the respective webserver. Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, don't personally identify internet users. There are two broad types of cookies:

Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the cookies file of your Web browser for them to be stored until the user exits the website in question or closes the browser window (eg when logging in / logging out from a webmail account or social networks).

Persistent cookies - these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depends on the default cookie lifetime). Persistent cookies include those placed by another website than the one the user visits at the time - known as "third party cookies" (cookies placed by third parties) - which can be used anonymously to store the user's interests, in order to deliver a most relevant advertising experience.

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 web browser accesses the server again, it can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies provide users an enjoyable browsing experience and support various websites efforts to provide comfortable services to users - eg: online privacy preferences, language options on the website, shopping cart or relevant advertising.

What is the lifetime of a cookie?
Cookies are managed by the web server. The lifetime of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used only for one session (session cookies) and are not 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). Nevertheless, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time via your browser settings.

What are cookies placed by third parties?
Certain sections of content from some sites may be provided by third parties / suppliers (eg news box, a video or a commercial). Such third parties may also place cookies via the website and they are called "third party cookies" because they are not placed by the owner of the website in question. Suppliers must also respect the applicable law and the privacy policies of the website owner.

How are cookies used by this site
A visit on this website may place cookies for the following purposes:

Visitor analysis cookies;

Registration cookies;

Advertising providers cookies (third parties) These cookies may come from the following third parties: facebook.com

Visitor analysis cookies
Each time a user visits this website, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a cookie for user analyzing. This cookie tells us whether you have visited this website before. The browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate it. This cookie allows monitoring of unique users who visit us and how often they do it. As long as you are not registered on this website, this cookie may not be used to identify individuals, they are used only for statistical purposes. If you are registered, we may also know the details you have provided us with, such as your e-mail and username - which are subject to confidentiality and the provisions of the Terms and Conditions and the legislation in use on protection of personal data.

Registration cookies
When you register on this site, we generate a cookie to announce us if you are registered or not. Our servers use cookies to show us the account that you are registered on and if you are allowed a particular service.

Advertising providers cookies
Much of the advertising you find on this website belongs to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people were exposed to a specific advertisement, or to see how many people were exposed repeatedly to the same advertisement. Companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this website does not have access to read or write those cookies. Third party cookies may be used to show targeted advertising on other sites, based on your browsing on this website. Other third-party cookies: On some web pages, other parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an application, or to customize an application. Due to the operating mode, this website cannot access third party cookies, as third parties can not access cookies owned by this website. For example, when sharing an article using the social networks buttons found on this website, that social network will record your activity.

What type of information is stored and accessed via cookies?
Cookies keep information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The webserver will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves internet browsing experience (eg, language settings you wish to use accessing a website, keeping a user logged into webmail accounts, online banking security, keeping products in your shopping cart)

Why are cookies important for the internet?
Cookies are the central point of an efficient activity on the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience and adapted to each user's preferences and interests. Refusal or deactivation of cookies may make some websites impossible to use. Refusal or deactivation of cookies does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising - but it will not be able to take into account your preferences and interests, evidenced by browsing behavior. Examples of important use of cookies (that does not require user authentication through an account):

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

Deals adapted to the interests of users - retaining passwords, language preferences (ie displaying search results in Romanian).

Retaining child protection filters on internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).

Limiting commercial broadcast frequency - limiting the number of views of an advertisement for a particular user on a website.

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 on the website (eg by search engines, directly, from other websites etc.). Websites run these analyzes to improve the content of their use for the benefit of users.

Security and confidentiality issues
Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text format type. There are composed of code so they can not be executed nor can auto-run. Consequently, they can not duplicate or replicate on other networks to run or replicate again. Because they can not perform these functions, cookies can not be considered viruses. Cookies can be used for negative purposes though. Because they store preferences and information about user's 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 fact and constantly marks the cookies to be deleted in removal proceedings or anti-virus/anti-spyware scans. Usually browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of acceptance of cookies and their lifetime, and erases cookies automatically after the user has visited a particular site. Other security issues related to cookies: Because identity protection is very valuable and is the right of every internet user, you should know what problems can cookies 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 rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (eg. unsecured WiFi network). Other cookie-based attacks involve wrong setting of cookies on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers to send information through insecure channels. The attackers then use the information for unauthorized access on certain websites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of protecting personal information.

Tips for a safe and responsible navigation based on cookies:

Due to their flexibility and the fact that the majority of the most visited and highest websites use cookies, they are almost inevitable. Disabling cookies will not allow user access on the most widely used websites such as Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others. Here are some tips that can ensure carefree navigation, but usage of cookies:

Customize your browser settings regarding cookies to reflect a comfortable level of security for your cookie usage;

If you do not mind cookies and you are the only person who uses the computer, you can set long timeouts for storage of data browsing history and personal access.

If you share access to your computer, you can consider your browser setting to delete individual navigation data every time you close the browser. This is an option to access sites that places cookies and delete any information from visitor browsing when the session closes.

Install and update anti-spyware applications constantly. Many applications of detection and prevention of spyware include detecting attacks on websites. This prevents the browser from accessing websites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or to download malicious software. Make sure that you always update your browser. Many cookie based attacks are made exploiting the weaknesses of the old versions of browsers.

How do I turn off cookies?
Disabling and deactivation of cookies may result in making specific visited websites impracticable or difficult to use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean you will not receive / view online advertising. It is possible to set your browser so that cookies will not be accepted or you can set your browser to accept cookies only from a particular site. All modern browsers allow you to change cookie settings. These settings are found usually in the "options" menu or "preferences" of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, or you can use the "help" of your browser for more details.

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer;

Cookie settings in Firefox;

Cookie settings in Chrome;

Cookie settings in Safari.

About cookies generated by third parties you can also consult the website: youronlinechoices.com

Useful links
If you want to know more information about cookies and how they are used, we recommend the following links:
Microsoft Cookies guide
All About Cookies