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ELA DESIGN CREATIVE AGENCY

Cookie Policy

1. Introduction
This

Cookie Policy

is designed to inform you of our practices regarding the collection of information from you when you visit our site, through cookies and other tracking technologies, but with respect for your right to the protection of personal data concerning you.

Our cookies do not retain personal data such as your name or bank details. They only allow us to find out information after you have logged in or help to link your browsing information to your personal data when you choose to sign up for a newsletter.

Confidentiality of information is a permanent responsibility and we therefore assume that we will update this disclosure document from time to time as we engage in new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies. With respect to the processing of consent-based data, we will notify you of any changes and request your additional consent.

Please note that we will not request or receive information of any kind from children under 18 years of age.

The information below brings to your attention more details about the placement, use and administration of cookies used by the https://eladesign.online website. There are also some useful links on this topic.

The website https://eladesign.online is operated by the company ELAMARK DESIGN S.R.L. in with its registered office in Bucharest, Str. Liviu Rebreanu, Nr. 37, Bloc M24, Scara 1, Etaj 2, Ap. 11, Sector 3 having the unique registration code no. RO45646932 and serial number in the J40/2786/15.02.2022 trade register, which uses both its own and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a better browsing experience and services tailored to the needs and interests of its visitors and customers. We also inform you that the site is hosted on its own web servers.

2. The legislative context
In accordance with the requirements of Directive (EU) 2002/58 / EC (“E-Privacy Directive”) and 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, we have the obligation to administer in a safe manner and only for the specified purposes, the personal data that you provide us by using our site in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR Regulation and the E-Privacy Directive.

In particular, the GDPR Regulation obliges us, first of all, to offer the possibility for the user to express or, as the case may be, to withdraw at any time his consent for the processing of his personal data, to rectify the content of personal data or to request the transfer of personal data to another operator, and, secondly, to inform the user about the content of cookies used by our site, what categories of personal data of the user are processed by our cookies, what we do with the information obtained by cookies and where we store that information, providing a high level of security on the information collected by cookies, the possibility for the user to block at any time the running of any or all cookies on our site, as well as deletion information collected by cookies.

For more details on the content of these legal rules, 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. Your rights
The GDPR Regulation gives certain rights to data subjects. You have the right to access and rectify (correct) the registration of your personal data processed by us if they are inaccurate. You can ask us to delete this data or stop processing it, subject to certain exceptions. You may also request that we stop using your data for direct marketing purposes. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority if you have any concerns about how we process your personal data. When technically feasible, we may – at your request – provide you with personal data or pass it on directly to another operator. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time, we will provide you with a date by which the information will be transmitted. You can also request additional information about: the purpose of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, who was the source of the information and how long it will be stored. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at office@eladesign.online at any time.

WARNING! Please exercise your rights rationally and keep in mind that abuse of rights can make you liable.

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

National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing

Address: Bucharest, b-dul G-ral. Gheorghe Magheru no. 28-30, sector 1, postal code 010336

Website: https://www.dataprotection.ro

E-mail address: anspdcp@dataprotection.ro

Phone: (+40) 318 059 211 / (+40) 318 059 212

Fax: (+40) 318 059 602

4. Responsibility for processing personal data
We have taken all measures regarding all aspects of the protection of personal data, and you can contact us on all matters relating to the processing of your data and the exercise of your rights in accordance with the applicable legal provisions, especially if you have questions or concerns about how we process your personal data. The email address you can contact us is: office@eladesign.online.

5. Your consent to the use of cookies
Once you have accessed our site, you will be greeted by a message asking for your consent in accordance with the applicable legal provisions regarding the categories of cookies that you may or may not agree to use during your visit on our website. It is also important to note that by giving your consent to the use of the cookie (s) you agree to the safe storage of the information collected by the cookie (s) with which you have agreed.

Until the acceptance / refusal process for the use of cookies is completed, no cookies will be used by our site, except for cookies in which case the site cannot function.

Please note that you will always be able to block the running of cookies, but also the ability to delete the information collected by cookies.

6. What is a “cookie”?
An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on your computer, mobile terminal or other user equipment from which this site is accessed (more details on https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie).

The cookie is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox) and is completely “passive” is it does not contain software, viruses or spyware and can not access the information on the hard drive the user.

A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and content or value of the cookie. Moreover, the duration of a cookie is determined, and technically only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.

Cookies themselves do not require personal information in order to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.

There are 2 major categories of cookies:

Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the cookies folder of the web browser so that it can store them until the user leaves that site or closes the browser window.

Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or equipment for a period configured by the website that placed it. These types of cookies can be deleted by the user at any time through the browser settings.

7. What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that links a web browser (the browser you use, for example Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) and a specific web server, specifically the server that hosts our site. If a browser accesses that web server again, it can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide comfortable services to users: e.g. Online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising.

8. What is the lifespan of a cookie?
Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifetime of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user leaves the website and some cookies are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website (cookie persistent). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time.

9. How we use cookies on this site
We have classified our cookies into the following categories, to make it easier for you to understand why we need them:

Strictly necessary – they are used to streamline our work on the site. These cookies do not collect information about you that could be used to advertise or record your activity on the Internet. Without these cookies, this site will not work properly. Therefore, if you block these cookies, we cannot predict how the site will evolve for you.

Performance – these are used to analyze how our site works and how we can improve it, for example, which pages are viewed most often and if you encounter error messages. 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. If you block them, we can’t predict how your site will perform for you.

Functionality – they help to improve your experience, they can record the changes you have made to the site. The information they collect may be made anonymous. These are strictly related to our site and cannot track other sites you visit.
You can block or allow the use of these cookies, but blocking them may mean that we will no longer be able to provide certain services. It is also possible that blocking them prevents us from remembering that you did not want certain information.

Targeting / advertising – these are used to exchange certain information with third parties with whom we advertise, 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 then use this information to show you ads and pages that we think may be of interest to you, to individualize the way we communicate with you, or to individualize the content of the communications we send you.
If you prefer, you can choose to drop them. Content individualization means that it includes information that reflects your interest in the content of our pages or offers or promotions that we think might be of interest to you, and to improve the way we respond to your needs.

10. The types of cookies we use:
We mainly use the following cookies:

cookies for Google Display data collection
cookies for collecting Facebook Ads data
cookies for data collection Hotjar
cookies for Google Analytics data collection

These cookies are used for the proper functioning of the site, they are part of the “mandatory” group and cannot be stopped, they are valid for the entire period of the session.

11. What are cookies placed by third parties?
Third party cookies are placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting and may be used anonymously to store a user’s browsing history, so that to be delivered the most relevant publicity. This type of cookie can be blocked by a user through browser settings.

Please note that we have no control over and are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties, but third parties undertake to comply with applicable law and the privacy policies of the owner of this site.

12. How can you stop cookies?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, the refusal to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive / see online advertising.

It is possible to set in the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can set the browser to accept cookies from a specific site.

All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.

To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise you can use the browser’s “help” option for more details.

Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge

Cookie settings in Chrome

Cookie settings in Firefox

Cookie settings in Safari

For third-party cookie settings, you can also visit the website: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/

Useful Links

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

All About Cookies

Microsoft Cookies Guide

IAB Romania provides the following site to provide more information on online advertising privacy: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/

To choose not to be tracked by Google Analytics, please visit:

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

13. Storage of information captured by cookies
The information obtained by cookies is kept in high security by the web-server, respectively the server that hosts our site.

We assure you that our web-server must comply with high security requirements regarding the information collected through cookies, being obliged to strictly comply with the obligations imposed by applicable law.

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

14. Security of personal data
In order to protect the confidentiality of the data and personal information you transmit through the use of this website, we maintain physical, technical and administrative guarantees.

We are constantly updating and testing our security technology. We restrict access to your personal data only to those employees who need to know that information in order to provide you with benefits or services. In addition, we train our employees on the importance of privacy and maintaining the confidentiality and security of your information.

If a leak of personal data occurs, we will do our best to eliminate it and assess a level of risk associated with the leak in accordance with our personal data breach policy. If it is found that the leak may result in physical, material or immaterial harm to you (for example, discrimination, identity theft, fraud or financial loss), we will contact you without undue delay unless the law provides otherwise. otherwise. All our efforts will be taken in full cooperation with the competent supervisory authority.

15. Security aspects related to cookies
Cookies are NOT viruses! 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.

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).

16. Changes to the Cookie Policy
We may update this information document from time to time by posting a new version on this website.

As personal data protection laws, interpretations of state bodies, supervisory recommendations change and improve from time to time, this notice on confidentiality and conditions of use is also expected to change. We reserve the right to change this information document at any time, for any reason and without notice. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted on this page so that you are aware of our policies. The provisions contained in this document supersede all previous notices or statements regarding our privacy practices.

17. Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies
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 navigate worry-free with 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 of the 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.

18. Questions, concerns, complaints
If you have any questions about your personal information or if you wish to exercise your rights or have any questions or complaints, please contact us by sending an email to office@eladesign.online.