COOKIE POLICY

The policy for the use of cookies belongs to the Association for Health and Medical Programs and describes the different types of cookies that are used in connection with the site owned and controlled by the Association for Health and Medical Programs, based in Calea Plevnei 222, Bucharest, Sector 6, Romania, from which you access this Cookie Module Policy (the “Site”). The Association for Health and Medical Programs determines the means and purposes of the processing of personal data described in this Cookie Policy and is therefore the data controller (within the meaning of EU Regulation 2016/679).

In addition to and in addition to this Cookie Use Policy, we also provide you with the Site Privacy Policy, as well as the Terms and Conditions. Please read all of this as it includes additional useful information, including about our data protection officer, all purposes of our data processing, your rights, and their exceptions and limitations.

You have the option to accept the use of cookies before entering this Site. This Cookie Policy allows you to accept or decline to consent to each category of cookie (except for strictly necessary cookies, which can only be rejected).

If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail at gdpr@aspm.ro or write to us at: Calea Plevnei 222, Bucharest, Sector 6, Romania.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on a computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed by the 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 hard driver user).

2. WHAT ARE COOKIES USED FOR?

These files make it possible to recognize the user’s terminal and present the content in a relevant way, adapted to the user’s preferences. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of the Association for Health and Medical Programs to provide comfortable services to users: eg preferences for online privacy or relevant advertising. They are also used in the preparation of aggregate anonymous statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content, excluding the user’s personal identification.

3. WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

  • We use two types of cookies: per session and persistent.

Per session cookies are temporary files that remain in the user’s terminal until the end of the session or closing the application (web browser). Persistent files remain on the user’s terminal for a period of time in the Cookie settings or until they are manually deleted by the user.

  • We also use first party cookies and third party cookies. Cookies are downloaded and updated each time you visit the ASPM website. These files can be read by the site to recover the stored data / settings. Third-party cookies, such as those for the Google Analytics service, may be read by the providers who generated them.

 

Third-party providers generate third-party cookies useful for their services. We have no influence on the content of these cookies. To obtain additional data on the policies of each provider used, please visit the websites of each.
Primary and third-party cookies allow the site to recognize if you have already accessed the Site through that browser, and in many cases, they may make the content displayed differ.

4. HOW ARE COOKIES USED BY THIS SITE?

A visit to this site may generate the following types of cookies:

Absolutely necessary cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the site, being set on your device when accessing the site or following the actions performed on the site, as appropriate. You can set your browser to block cookies, but in this case certain sections of the site may not work properly. These cookies assure you, among other things, that when you access the functionalities of the site, In addition, cookies of this type store your decision on the use of other types of cookies on our Site.

In particular, the strictly necessary cookies we use are:

  1. Cookies necessary for the operation of the WordPress platform with the help of which we manage the content of the site.
  2. Cookies that store your preferences for other types of cookies.

The use of cookies strictly necessary for the purposes described above is based on our legitimate interests to ensure the proper functioning, access and technical use of the Site and to provide you with the services you have explicitly requested.

  • Cookies for (functional) preferences that remember the choices you make to improve your experience.
  • Statistics / analysis cookies allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how our site is used (for example, the pages that a user opens most often and if the user receives error messages from certain pages). This helps us to improve the way our site works, for example, by ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for. Each time a user visits a site, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analysis cookie. This cookie says if you have visited this site before. The browser will signal if you have this cookie, and if not, one will be generated. It allows monitoring of unique users who visit the site and how often they do so.

This type of cookie cannot identify you directly. The Google Analytics service used for statistics and traffic analysis on the site is always initialized with the anonymization setting of the data collected on this Site.

The expiration period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years.

  • Other third-party cookies: Sometimes third parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an application, or to customize an application. Due to usage, 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.

The expiration period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years.

The tables below contain a list of the different types of cookies that we and third parties use on the Site, along with information about their retention periods (ie how long each cookie will remain on your device), their source ( ie primary cookies or third party cookies) and the existence of data transfers outside the European Economic Area.

5. DO COOKIES CONTAIN PERSONAL DATA?

Cookies themselves do not require personal information in order to be used and in most cases do not personally identify internet users. Personal data collected through the use of Cookies may only be collected to facilitate certain functionalities for the user. This data is encrypted in a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to access it.

6. HOW DO I MANAGE COOKIE MODULES?

  • Block cookies

You have the option to accept the use of cookies that will allow you to use all functions of the Site without restriction when you visit our Site. If you reject the use of strictly necessary cookies, this may affect the user experience and functionality while using the Site. Rejection of other cookies may not affect your user experience and functionality while using the Site.

If you reject the use of all cookies, primary cookies and third-party cookies will be disabled. In addition, primary cookies will be deleted. We will not be able to delete third-party cookies. Therefore, you will need to personally delete third-party cookies. This can be done from your browser settings.

  • Disabling and / or deleting cookies through your browser
  • Alternatively and / or in addition, you can change your cookie settings via your internet browser. Your internet browser allows you to change your cookie settings. Such browser settings for cookies are usually found in the “options”, “tools” or “preferences” menu of your internet browser. You can also consult the browser’s “Help” menu. Different browsers may use different mechanisms to disable cookies.

Please see the links below for more details on managing your cookie settings:

  1. Cookie module settings in Internet Explorer
  2. Cookie settings in Firefox
  3. Cookie settings in Chrome
  4. Cookie settings in Safari

Regarding the browser settings for deleting previous cookies, the same principles apply as for disabling new cookies through the browser settings. Please follow the appropriate instructions for your browser as detailed above.

There are online tools available to delete all cookies left over from sites you’ve visited, such as www.allaboutcookies.org. When you visit this Site from other computers, you will need to change your settings again.

7. THE IMPORTANCE OF COOKIES FOR THE INTERNET

Cookies are a central point of the efficient functioning 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 or parts of sites impossible to use. Disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising in compliance with the law – 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:

  • Content and services tailored to user preferences – product and service categories
  • Offers adapted to users’ interests
  • Retention of child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions)
  • Limit the frequency of ad serving – Limit the number of impressions of an ad for a particular user on a site.
  • Providing user-relevant advertising
  • Measuring, optimizing and adapting analysis 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.). The site conducts these analyzes regarding their use to improve their services for the benefit of users

8. SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES

Cookies cannot harm your computer! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code so they cannot be executed or run. As a result, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks 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 deletion / 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 for the purpose of unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of protecting your personal information.

9. TIPS FOR SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE COOKIE-BASED NAVIGATION

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 to access the most common and used sites including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.

Here are some tips that can ensure that you browse without worries 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 expiration dates for storing your browsing history and personal access data.

If you share access to your computer, you can consider setting your browser to clear 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.

10. USEFUL LINKS

If you want to know more about cookies and what they are used for, we recommend the following links:

Your Online Choices – http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/

Microsoft Cookies guide – https://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx

All About Cookies – https://www.allaboutcookies.org/

11. COOKIES AND GDPR POLICY

The security of your personal data is very important to us and that is why we comply with the provisions of Regulation 679/2016. For more information, please read the Site Privacy Policy.

12. CONSENT TO THE LANGUAGE OF COOKIE MODULES

Cookie announcements:

When you access the website of the Association for Health and Medical Programs you will see a pop-up dedicated to cookies at the bottom of the screen. You can accept the placement of cookies (you freely give your consent for the placement of cookies on all the categories mentioned above) or you can choose to select which cookies from the categories mentioned above you agree to place (except those required). Your consent will be kept until the cookies are deleted from your browser.