1. The preamble

This document describes our practices regarding the use of cookies and other information collection technologies from visitors to this site, while respecting your right to the protection of personal data.

Cookies do not store personal data (such as name or bank details) being used only to make an anonymous contextual association between your browsing device and your personal data stored on a server, when their use is necessary (e.g. when you choose to log in to your account or subscribe to a newsletter).

Ensuring the confidentiality of information received from users is an ongoing responsibility and requires regular updating of the provisions of this document, as we implement new measures required by specific legislation or adopt new privacy policies.

Please note that for the processing of consent-based data we will notify you of any changes and request your additional consent.

Regarding the age of users, we will not request or receive information, of any kind, from people under 16 years.

The internetpower.ro website is operated by SC Internet Power SRL, based in Alexandria, Teleorman, Romania, Strada București, bl. 713C, sc. B, ap. 18, fiscal identification code 19315751, registered at the Trade Register under no. J34 / 713/2006.

We use both our own and third-party cookies to optimize the operation of the site and to provide you with a pleasant and personalized browsing experience.

The site is hosted in Romania, on the servers of our hosting service provider - SC Net Design SRL.

2. Legislation

From 25 May 2018, it became applicable to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46 / EC (hereinafter "GDPR Regulation"). According to the provisions of this normative act, we have the obligation to manage the personal data you provide us by using the site safely and only for the specified purposes.

According to the GDPR Regulation:

we offer you the opportunity to express or withdraw your consent at any time for the processing of personal data;
we offer you the possibility to rectify the content of personal data or to request the transfer of personal data to another operator;
we inform you about: the content of cookies used by our site, the categories of personal data that we process using cookies, what we do with the information obtained by using cookies and where we store that information, ensuring a high level of security with regard to the information collected, the possibility to block at any time the running of one, more or all cookies or to decide the complete deletion of the information.
For more details on the content of these regulations, please access the following links:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32002L0058
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016R0679

3. Responsible for the protection of personal data

According to the provisions of the GDPR Regulation, we have appointed a person responsible for the protection of personal data. For questions, concerns or requests regarding the exercise of legal rights regarding the processing of your personal data, we invite you to contact this person.

The e-mail address where you can contact the data protection officer is: gdpr@internetpower.ro.

4. Your rights

According to the GDPR Regulation, you have the following specific rights:

to access and rectify (correct) the registration of your personal data, if they are inaccurate;
to request the deletion of data or the cessation of their processing, subject to certain exceptions.
to request the cessation of the use of your data for direct marketing purposes.
to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority if you have any concerns about how we process your personal data.
to request, when technically feasible, the direct or direct transmission of your personal data. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time, we will provide you with a date by which the information will be transmitted.
to request additional information about: the purpose of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, what was the source of the information and how long it will be stored.
You can exercise any of these rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer at the e-mail address gdpr@internetpower.ro.

Important! Please exercise your rights with discretion, bearing in mind that abuse may give rise to your legal liability.

The contact details of the National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing are the following:

Address: Bucharest, bd. General Gheorghe Magheru, no. 28-30, sector 1, postal code 010336
Web address: http: //www.dataprotection.ro
E-mail address: anspdcp@dataprotection.ro
Phone: +40.318.059.211; +40,318,059,212
Fax: +40.318.059.602

5. Consent to the use of cookies

When accessing the internetpower.ro website, a message will be displayed on the screen of your device asking for your consent, in accordance with the legal provisions, regarding the categories of cookies that you may or may not agree to use on the duration of your visit.

It is important to know that by giving your consent to the use of certain cookies, you also consent to the safe storage of the information collected by those cookies.

Until you express your consent / refusal to use cookies, our site will not use any cookies, except those in which the site cannot function.

You should also know that you have the possibility to block the use of cookies at any time (find details below), but also the possibility to delete the information collected by cookies.

6. What is a "cookie"?

A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, stored on the device from which a site is accessed, following a request issued to the browser (eg Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc.) by the web server that hosts the site; the file in question is completely passive: it does not contain software, viruses, spyware and cannot access information stored on that device.

The cookie has two components: the name and the content (value).

The duration of a cookie is strictly determined, and access to the cookie is allowed only to the web server that generated it, when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.

A cookie does not request personal information and, in most cases, does not personally identify internet users.

For more details on cookies you can visit: Wikipedia, Association for Technology and Internet, Google Analytics, All About Cookies, Microsoft Cookies guide.

7. The need and advantages of using cookies

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to the many services offered by users' websites, such as adapting the version of the site according to the type of device used for browsing (desktop or mobile), saving language preferences, managing products in during an online shopping session, the inclusion of multimedia applications from other sites, etc.

At the same time, cookies provide site owners with tools for measuring global traffic, assessing the interest shown by users and their preferences, providing extremely valuable information from the perspective of improving efficiency, accessibility, addressability, etc.

8. The lifespan of a cookie

There are two types of cookies:

Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the cookie directory of the web browser used, until the user leaves the site or closes the browser.
Persistent cookies - these are stored on the user's device for a period set by the website that generated them. These types of cookies can be deleted by the user at any time through the browser settings.

9. Cookies used on this site

In order to more easily understand and manage the use of internetpower.ro cookies, we have grouped them into four categories:

Strictly necessary cookies - used in internal functional processes (the site cannot function without them). These cookies do not collect personal information about you, information that could be used for advertising or information that records your online activity.
Performance cookies - used to analyze how internetpower.ro works (eg which pages are viewed most often, errors occur, etc.). They do not collect information that can identify you, all data is anonymous. By using our site you agree to the use of "performance" cookies.
Operating cookies - used to improve your browsing experience (eg the language in which you prefer to display the content of the site, the option to subscribe to a newsletter, etc.). These cookies record options or activities carried out on the site, and the information they collect may be anonymous. Cookies refer strictly to our site and cannot track your activity on other sites you visit.
Advertising cookies - used in the exchange of information with third parties we work with, to know how you got to our site. We may also use cookies to identify the parts of the site you are interested in. We use this information to show you ads and pages that we think might interest you, and to personalize the way we communicate with you.

10. Cookies we use

We use cookies for:

performing certain specific functions (notifications / alerts, session management, etc.)
traffic measurement (monitoring the total number of visitors, the average time spent on the site, etc.)
The own cookies - strictly necessary - used on this website are detailed below:

PHPSESSIDType: session cookie
Family: Web 3.0
Purpose: save the session ID
Origin: own cookie
Validity: until the end of the session
Stored information: stores the work session identifier
gdprConsentTip: persistent cookie
Family: Web 3.0
Purpose: records when the user has closed the notification on the use of cookies, preventing its subsequent reappearance.
Origin: own cookie
Validity: 30 days
Stored information: TRUE (does not store user information)

11. How can you stop cookies?

All modern browsers offer the ability to manage cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of the browser you are using.

For details on cookie settings use the "Help" option of your browser or visit - if necessary - the corresponding link in the list below:

Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may partially or totally affect the interaction with certain sites, to the point of making them unusable.

You should know that refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer see online advertising, but only that this advertising will no longer be adapted to your potential (behavioral) interest.

For more details on behavioral advertising and information on privacy related to online advertising, visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/en/.

12. Storage of information collected by cookies

The information collected through cookies is stored in maximum security, in Romania, on the web-server that hosts internetpower.ro.

We assure you that the web-server complies with the most rigorous security requirements regarding the information collected through cookies, being obliged to strictly comply with the obligations imposed by the applicable legislation.

The information we collect about you by accessing the internetpower.ro website will not be shared with third parties.

13. Security of personal data

We assure you that we use security measures in accordance with best practices to protect internetpower.ro. These measures include technical, procedural, monitoring and tracking measures designed to protect the misuse of data, prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction.

Access to your data is only allowed to staff who need to use the information to provide you with benefits or services. The people involved in these activities are trained on the importance of ensuring the confidentiality and security of the information you provide.

If a leak of personal data occurs, we will do our best to eliminate it, while assessing the level of risk arising from it, in accordance with our personal data breach policy. If it is found that such data leakage may cause you physical harm, material or immaterial damage (for example, discrimination, identity theft, fraud or financial loss), we will contact you without undue delay, unless otherwise provided by law. The actions we will take will be in full cooperation with the competent supervisory authority.

14. Security issues related to cookies

A cookie is a completely passive plain text file and does not contain code segments. As such, it cannot be run as a program, it cannot self-launch, it cannot replicate on other devices or networks, so it cannot be - under any circumstances - considered a virus.

However, because it stores information about users' preferences and browsing history, cookies can be considered a Spyware vulnerability. Most anti-spyware software signals the presence of cookies and marks them to be deleted during specific anti-virus / anti-spyware procedures.

Modern browsers offer the possibility to manage privacy settings, allowing you to set the levels of acceptance of cookies, their validity period or their automatic deletion after visiting a particular site.

Identity protection is a very important right of every internet user and involves knowing any problems that may arise through the improper use of cookies.

Because they are used in bi-directional communication between the browser and the website, an attacker may speculate on the use of an unencrypted connection - for example an unsecured WiFi network - to intercept during data transmission and intercept the information contained in the cookie. Although this is rare, the risk involved should not be overlooked.

Another risk of attack is the wrong cookie settings by the source servers. If a website does not require the browser to use encrypted channels exclusively, an attacker can use this vulnerability to obtain information that can be used later for unauthorized access.

It is very important to know the risks and to give importance to all the potential implications when you decide to choose the most appropriate method of protection of your personal information.

15. Changes to the cookie policy

Given that the legislation on personal data protection, the interpretations and recommendations of state bodies and supervisory authorities will be amended, we reserve the right to change the content of this document at any time, for any reason and without notice.

We will notify you of any changes to our cookie policy by posting them on this page. This document supersedes all prior communications or statements regarding our cookie practices and the terms and conditions of use of this website.

16. Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies

Most websites (if not all) use cookies due to their indisputable usefulness, so today they are almost inevitable. A clear understanding of how they operate and the benefits they bring allows you to take the necessary security measures so that you can surf the internet with confidence. Disabling cookies prevents you from enjoying the use of the most popular sites (Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo, etc.).

Here are some tips that may help you navigate safely with cookies:

take the time to set your browser, establishing a comfortable level of security for the use of cookies;
if you agree to the use of cookies and you are the only person using the device, you can set long expiration dates for storing your browsing history and personal access data;
if you share your device with others, you can set the automatic deletion of individual browsing data at the end of the session (when you close the browser);
install the latest versions of your operating system, browser, and security applications (antivirus / antispyware) and perform regular updates. Many of the cookie-based attacks are exploited by exploiting vulnerabilities in an older version of the browser;
use spyware detection and prevention applications that provide detection of web attacks, preventing your browser from accessing sites that could exploit vulnerabilities or download malicious software.

17. Questions, concerns, complaints

Please contact our data protection officer at gdpr@internetpower.ro in any of the following situations:

if you have questions, concerns, complaints about your personal data and the exercise of related rights;
if you do not want us to use the information you have provided to us;
if you want to update or correct your personal data.