Cookie Policy

This policy regulates the use of cookies and establishes the legal basis of Adservio Social Inovation for the use of “cookies” and similar technologies on the website or on systems related to the uni.adservio.ro website. This cookie policy is valid starting from 01.05.2022.

‘Essential’ cookie modules are automatically placed on a computer, laptop, or any device that can access or interact with the company’s website. ‘Non-essential’ cookies and other similar technologies are placed on the user’s computer or device only if the user has given explicit consent. Additional information about the difference between essential and non-essential cookies can be found in the section below entitled ‘About Cookies.’

Information on how consent is given for non-essential cookies and other technologies and how to withdraw this consent can be found in the section below, entitled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Table of Contents

• About Cookies
• Types of cookies used
• Essential cookies
• Non-essential cookies
• Web beacons
• Facebook Pixel
• How to accept or reject cookies

About cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files sent by a website’s server to a web browser (web browser: IE, Firefox, Opera), RAM memory, or hard drive, and then stored there. They can be used for different purposes, such as: customizing the website according to the needs of a specific user, helping a user navigate the website, improving the quality of the website for the user, or storing user preferences and login information.

Essential and non-essential

Cookies can be classified as “essential” or “non-essential”.

Essential cookies: have one of the following two characteristics:

• are used exclusively to carry out or facilitate communication over a network; or
• are strictly necessary for the provision of an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) requested by you.

Non-essential cookies: They do not fall under the definition of essential cookies because they are not strictly necessary for the operation of a website or the services offered on it, such as cookies used to analyze behavior on a website (“analytical” cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements.

Session and Persistent Cookies

Cookies can be of two types: “session” and “persistent”, depending on how long they are stored after they are placed in your browser.

Session cookies: remain on your device as long as your web browser is open. They expire when the web browser is closed.

Persistent cookies: expire at a fixed point in time or if they are manually deleted from the web browser.

Our or third-party cookies 

Cookies can be classified into two groups: those that belong to the website you are visiting or those that belong to third parties.

Cookies that belong to our website (first-party): are cookies placed on your device. by the domain of our website.

Third-party cookies are cookies placed on your device by domains belonging to third-party websites.

Additional information can be found by accessing the following website www.allaboutcookies.org

Types of cookies used

We use the following cookies on our website:

Necessary (10)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Statistics (3)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Marketing (12)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Essential cookies 

These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of our website or for the provision of services that you request using our website. We use the following essential cookies on our website:

First-party session cookies used to identify and authenticate a user when logging into the website, so that login information does not need to be entered repeatedly. These cookies are listed in the table above.

Persistent third-party cookies used to detect the user’s consent regarding the use of cookies on our website. These cookies are listed in the table above.

Legal basis for processing: the processing of user information contained in or obtained through essential cookies is carried out in legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on personal matters).

Legitimate interests: ensuring the proper functioning of the website and the online services requested.

How to opt out of essential cookies

Most types of web browsers allow you to block all cookies, including essential cookies. It should be noted that if all cookies are blocked, certain components and functions of the site may be affected.

Cookies existing within the web browser can be deleted by selecting the option to delete cookies from the option to delete browsing data.

More detailed information on how to accept and reject cookies, including instructions for specific browsers, can be found in the section below, entitled “How to accept or reject cookies”

Non-essential cookies 

We use the following types of non-essential cookies on our website:

• Functional cookies
• Analytical (or performance) cookies
• Targeting (or advertising) cookies

Functional cookies 

These are cookies designed to improve the functionality of the website. They are not strictly essential for the proper functioning of the website or for the services requested on it, or they are cookies that serve non-essential purposes in addition to the essential purpose. We use the following functional cookies on the website:

Third-party session or persistent cookies used to recognize a user when they use the live chat service. These cookies are presented in the table above

Accepting or rejecting functional cookies

Navigate to the main section titled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Processing of personal information about the user, contained in or obtained through functional cookies

Legal basis for processing: the processing of user information contained in or obtained through essential cookies is carried out in legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)). We will only process personal data if you have given your consent to us placing cookies on your computer or device.

Legitimate interests: improving the quality and functionality of the website and providing or improving the services requested from the website.

Analytical (or Performance) Cookies

Analytical (or performance) cookies track and collect data about what a user does on the accessed website. These cookies are not essential for the proper functioning of the website. We use the following analytical cookies on our website:

We use Google Analytics cookies on the site. Google Analytics cookies help us understand how you interact with the website, including how a user arrived at the website, pages visited, the time spent, which elements were accessed, and location (based on IP address).

The Google Analytics cookies used on the site are listed in the table above. These are persistent cookies. They expire after 2 years.

The information collected through analytical cookie modules is collected anonymously.

More information

Google Analytics cookies are classified as first-party cookies because they are set by the site domain, although Google collects and processes information through the use of Google Analytics. More information about how Google handles the information collected through Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics privacy policy, available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Information about how Google uses data from the cookies it uses can be found at: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

Accepting or rejecting analytical cookies

Navigate to the main section titled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Opting out of Google Analytics tracking on all websites in general is done by following the instructions at this address: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Processing of user information contained in or obtained through analytical cookies

Legal basis for processing: processing of user information contained in or obtained through analytical cookies for legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Legitimate Interests: analyzing how people use the website in order to improve the website and the business. Additional information on how the data obtained from the use of analytical cookies is used, including profiling, can be found in the section entitled “Use of Automated Decision-Making and Profiling” in the Privacy Policy, which is available here: https://www.adservio.ro/ro/p/privacy-policy

Third-party cookies 

Third parties use cookies to analyze users’ use of our website for the purpose of displaying advertisements (including third-party advertisements) to users [and] [insert other uses of third-party cookies, e.g. ad conversion tracking, such as Google AdWords]. Third-party cookies used within our website include:

Google AdWords cookies track whether you accessed the website through an ad placed on a search engine or elsewhere on the internet, such as another webpage, and also collect information about how the user accessed the website, including the location from which the website was accessed, the date and time of access, and the device used. Google may use different cookies to track how a user arrived at the site, depending on which ad the user clicked on and where that ad was displayed.

Additional information

Information about the cookies used by Google in connection with the above can be found in the “Advertising” section and is available at:https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/

Information about how Google uses cookie data for its own purposes can be found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/

Accepting or rejecting third-party cookies

Navigate to the main section titled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Processing of your personal data contained in or obtained through third-party cookies

Legal basis for processing: consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation).

Consent: You give your consent to the purposes for which the information is processed by clicking/accepting the purposes for which these advertising cookies are used on our website.

Web Beacons

We and any marketing companies we use also incorporate web beacons into marketing emails. Web beacons are small GIF image files that allow tracking of the receipt of marketing emails, how often website ads or pages are viewed, location, IP address, and web browser information. Web Beacons are enabled whenever a marketing email is opened or a page is accessed on the website containing a Web Beacon. Web beacons transmit data when viewed, but they are not able to access other information on your computer. Web beacons are not stored on your hard drive unless they are downloaded along with the GIF image.

Some browsers (but not all) allow you to restrict the use of Web beacons either by preventing information from being sent to their source (for example, when the browser is set to block cookies and trackers) or by not accessing the images that contain them (for example, if the “Do not display images (in emails)” setting is selected on the email server).

Accepting or rejecting web beacons

Navigate to the main section titled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Legal basis for processing: the processing of user data contained in or obtained through web beacons is carried out on the basis of legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)).

Legitimate commercial interest: analysis of the effectiveness of email marketing Campaigns.

Facebook Pixel

Our website uses Facebook Pixel. Facebook Pixel is a code that allows you to track and monitor the success of the ads displayed on Facebook and improve the effectiveness of those ads by recording information such as the device used to access the site and the actions performed using cookies. You may also use the Facebook Pixel to create targeted ads on Facebook and on our website.

Facebook combines the data collected from the use of the Facebook Pixel on the website with data it collects from other sources in order to improve and segment the advertisements displayed on the website or through its services, to improve its systems and to provide services to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. More information about how Facebook handles the information it collects about users and others can be found in their privacy policy at:https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

Accept or reject Facebook Pixel

Navigate to the main section titled “How to accept or reject cookies”.

Legal basis for processing: The processing of user information contained in or obtained through the Facebook Pixel is carried out on the basis of legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)).

Legitimate interest: Looking at the effectiveness of Facebook ads. For additional information on how information collected through the Facebook Pixel environment, including automated decision-making and profiling, is used in the section entitled Use of automated decision-making and profiling systems in the privacy policy, it is available here: https:https://www.adservio.ro/ro/p/privacy-policy

How to accept or reject cookies

There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all types of cookies and similar technologies. Some of the main methods to do this are described below:

You are welcome to block the use of some or all of the cookies that are used on the website. However, please be aware that this may affect the website and its functionality in part or totally.

You should also be aware that deleting all cookies from your web browser will also delete all cookies that store your preferences, for example whether or not you have accepted the use of cookies on a website or any cookies that block other cookies.

Detailed information about cookies and browser settings can be found by accessing the following link: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

Accepting or rejecting cookies

Browser settings

You can accept or reject some or all cookie modules (for example, by blocking all third-party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. Instructions on how to do this can be found by accessing the following links for the most popular web browsers:

– Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

-MozillaFirefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox?redirectlocale=ro-US&redirectslug=Clear+Recent+History

– Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-exploer

– Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac

Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to adjust settings for browsing in “incognito” mode, which limits the amount of data stored on your device and automatically deletes all persistent cookies placed on the device when the browsing session ends. There are also numerous third-party applications that can be added to the browser to block or manage cookies.

Existing cookies To delete cookies that have previously been placed in your browser, you must select the option to delete your browsing history by ensuring that the option to delete or delete cookies is enabled when doing so.

Google Adsettings

The management of personalized ads is done by accessing https://adssettings.google.com/ and through:

– demarcating the “Personalize ads” option (i.e. by making sure that that toggle at the top of the page is set to left/gray and not right/blue).

Alternatively, you can install a free browser plugin here: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996

Browser extension to opt out of Google Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the browser extension which is available here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Web Beacons

You can allow the use of Web Beacons in our marketing emails by ticking the relevant box when subscribing to the newsletter.

You can opt out of the use of Web Beacons in our marketing emails by accessing the unsubscribe url present in each email.

Facebook Pixel

You can block Facebook Pixel by using our cookie control tool.

Disconnecting from Facebook

There is the possibility of installing a browser extension called “Disconnect Facebook pixel and FB tracking”. This will prevent Facebook from tracking your behavior on third-party websites. They can be installed by accessing:

For Chrome: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/282415328961648

For Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/facebook-disconnect/

European Interactive Digital Advertising Tool

You can opt out of Facebook and other companies that are part of the Digital Advertising Alliance from showing interest-based ads by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com, selecting your country, selecting “Your Choices.” ads”, then finding Facebook (and any other businesses you want to block) and selecting the “Off” option.