Cookie Policy

This cookie statement was last updated on […].01.2021

1. Introduction

This cookie statement has been drawn up by Domokos si Asociatii S.P.A.R.L. as data controller (please see full contact details below), in connection with our website www.domokospartners.ro.

By way of this document, we would like to inform our website users about the cookies and similar technology we use, as well as about the data processing activities that we conduct in relation to these cookies and similar technology.

Our website, https://www.domokospartners.ro (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related or similar technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged as detailed in this statement.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file, consisting of letters and numbers, that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device which you use for internet browsing. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

The cookies by themselves do not require personal data in order to be used and, in most cases, do not identify internet users, as the information collected through cookies are not of such nature as to lead to the identification of internet users. By means of cookies, the following types of information may however be collected: IP address, geo-location data, data regarding the operating system, data regarding the resolution of the devices being used, information regarding website visits (including the number of visits, the time spent on the website, the manner of accessing the website, user behavior on the website), data regarding organic traffic.

Depending on their lifetime, cookies may be classified in session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies have a storage duration that is limited to the length of a user session. When closing the session or the browser, the stored information is deleted.

Persistent cookies are stored in a user’s device for a variable amount of time, longer than the duration of a session, and are not deleted when closing the session or the browser, but at the expiry of said duration.

3. What Are Cookies placed by Third Parties (known as “third-party cookies”)?

Content sections from certain websites (such as, for example, Youtube videos) or certain website functionalities (such as the Instagram feed at the end of our pages) are provided through third parties/providers such as Google (YouTube) Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn. Such third parties place cookies as soon as you click on those buttons (called “third-party cookies” since they are not placed by the owner of the website).

These third-party providers must also observe the legal regulations in force. More details regarding the way these third parties handle the placement and use of cookies and similar technologies may be found in the corresponding policies of such third parties. 

Further, in the below section “What cookies does this website use?”, you can identify the third parties that provide cookies for this website.

4. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. You can allow the placing of each cookie category (except for strictly necessary cookies), as described in the pop-up. You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that some parts of our website may no longer work properly.

5. What cookies does this website use?

5.1 Strictly necessary cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the website. These allow the use of basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. We may place these cookies without your consent.

Our website uses the following strictly necessary cookies:

Name

Storage period

Function

____

____

[Determines which device is used by the visitor – This allows the website to adjust to the optimal resolution for that specific device.]

Sharing: This data is not shared with third parties.

5.2 Functional cookies

By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, your user preferences remain known and you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website. We ask for your permission to place functional cookies.

Our website uses the following functional cookies:

Name

Storage period

Function

buttonizer-first-visit

Session only

Determines whether the user is new or returning. This is used to determine whether the website’s interactive buttons should be adjusted to previous settings or if they should be set as default setting.

Sharing: This data is not shared with third parties.

5.3. Social media cookies and buttons (third party cookies)

5.3.1. On our website we have included buttons for Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram to promote our webpages on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. These buttons work using pieces of code coming from Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram themselves. This code places cookies or similar technologies as soon as you have used the buttons. These social media buttons also can store and process certain information, so a personalized advertisement can be shown to you on other websites you visit.

Please read the privacy statement of these networks (which can change regularly) to see what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies and similar technologies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. 

Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram are located in the United States and their privacy statement and cookie policies are available at:

https://www.facebook.com/policy.php and https://www.facebook.com/policy/cookies/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy 

https://help.instagram.com/402411646841720 and https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370?ref=ig

5.3.2. We can also place embedded content, such as videos available on YouTube. In such case, the third parties may place their own cookies on our website. 

Our website uses the following cookies of third parties:

YouTube:

Name

Storage Period

Function

Marketing/Tracking

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

179 days

Tries to estimate the users’ band width on pages with integrated You Tube videos.

YSC

Session only

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from You Tube the user has seen.

For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Policy.

6. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

• You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.

• Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.

• Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement or correct your personal data whenever you wish.

• If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.

• Right to transfer your data (data portability): you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.

• Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

  • Right to erasure of your data.
  • Right to restriction of processing.
  • Right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. 

If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the National Supervisory Authority For Personal Data Processing (www.dataprotection.ro) or the competent courts of law.

7. Where Can Information Collected by Means of Cookies Be Transmitted?

Data collected by means of cookies may be transmitted to the following categories of recipients: representatives of Domokos si Asociatii SPRL or other natural or legal persons that process personal data on behalf of Domokos si Asociatii SPRL as data processor (such as, our IT services provider). 

Also, data collected via third party cookies shall be shared with the respective third parties that place cookies on our website, as described above.

Data collected by means of cookies may be transmitted to countries within the EU/EEA or outside the EU/EEA, as described in the privacy statements of the third parties mentioned above. Likewise, these privacy statements contain reference to the appropriate or suitable safeguards and how to obtain a copy of them or where they have been made available.

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use our consent management tool to allow or deny cookies. This is available at the bottom of the page of our website. Please note that third party cookies placed via social media buttons, as described at point 5.3. above, cannot be denied through our consent management tool.

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed.

Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser:

• Cookie Settings for Internet Explorer – Internet Explorer;

• Cookie Settings for Firefox – Firefox;

• Cookie Settings for Chrome – Chrome;

• Cookie Settings for Safari – Safari;

• Cookie Settings for Edge – Edge;

• Cookie Settings for Opera – Opera.

For more details about cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org  or www.youronlinechoices.eu, which contain additional information on your online life.

If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our websites again.

9. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our cookie policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Domokos si Asociatii SPRL

10 General Gheorghe Manu Street, 2nd floor, 1st District, Bucharest

office@domokospartners.ro