Cookie Policy

1. What is a cookie and what is it used for?

Our website uses cookie technology to provide you with a better and more personalised web service. The data stored by the cookie files used on our Website never reveal personal details on the basis of which an individual identity can be established. A cookie is a small text file that is stored and/or read by your web browser on the hard drive of your end device (for example, computer, laptop or smartphone) depending on which websites you visit. Cookies also make your interaction with websites safer and faster because they can remember your preferences (for example, login, language), sending the information they contain back to the original website (first-party cookie) or to another website to which they belong (third-party cookie) when you visit that website again using the same end device.

2. How you can control cookies

You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time. To this end, you can block or remove cookies either through your web browser settings or by using software provided by third parties, or by following the specific instructions for cookie categories in the following sections. In any case, problems with the use of certain parts of the website may occur if you disable cookies. If you want to remove cookies stored on your devices and configure your web browser to refuse cookies, you can use the preferences settings in your web browser. Typically, you can find the browser settings related to cookie files in the "Options", "Tools" or "Preferences" menus of the web browser you use to access our Website. Depending on your existing web browser, various means may be used to disable cookies. For more information, please visit the website of your browser:

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer - Internet Explorer;
• Cookie settings in Firefox - Firefox;
• Cookie settings in Chrome - Chrome;
• Cookie settings in Safari - Safari;
• Cookie settings in Edge - Edge;
• Cookie settings in Opera - Opera.

To learn more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.euwhich contains additional information on behavioural advertising and online privacy.

3. Cookie filesused on our website, Bookatar.ro

Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually classified into the following categories:

• Absolutely necessary cookie files allow you to navigate the Website and use its basic functions. They are usually installed only in response to actions you take that amount to a request for service. These cookies are indispensable for the use of the Websites.
• Functionality cookie files are used to recognise you when you return to our Website and allow us to provide you with enhanced and more personalised features, such as remembering your preferences. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiry period of these cookies is a maximum of 2 years.
• Analytical and performance cookie files allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the Website is used (for example, which pages a user opens most often and whether the user receives error messages from certain pages). This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for. The expiry period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiry period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 4 below.
• Marketing and audience identification cookie files records your visit to our Website, the pages you visited and the links you clicked. We will use this information to provide advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. It is also used to limit how often you may see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may also share this information with third parties (such as advertisers) for this purpose. The expiry period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiry period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 5 below.
• Social networking cookie files allow you to share your work on the website on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookie files are not controlled by us. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 6 below.
• Other types of cookie files that can be used later. We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.

Please note that Bookatar.ro uses third party services to obtain information about your use of our Websites to optimize your user experience and to serve you advertisements outside of our Website. These third parties (including, for example, advertisers and external service providers such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

4. Cookie files used for statistical purposes and web traffic monitoring

Google Analytics Our websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help a website analyze how you use that website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers which may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services relating to Website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your email address with any other data. IP address with other data held by Google. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting the way you can visit our website. Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners. To prevent tracking by this type of cookie, you can install an add-in on your web browser (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). Other analytical and performance cookies Similarly and for the same purposes (analytics and traffic monitoring), our Websites use cookies placed by Clicky, Quantcast and Facebook to collect data about your interaction with the Website and your browsing behavior on the Website (including the cookie ID, IP address and type of device used to access the Website). However, we only receive aggregate data on Website users, without any possibility of identifying you. Detailed information on the processing carried out by (i) Clicky can be found at https://clicky.com/terms/privacy (ii) Quantcast can be found at https://www.quantcast.com/privacy/; (iii) Facebook can be found at https://www.facebook.com/policy.php.

5. Cookie files used for direct marketing purposes

Google Analytics To receive ads and marketing content, tailored to your preferences, our Website uses DoubleClick for AdSense technology provided by Google. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers which may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your email address with your personal data. IP address with other data held by Google. Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.

6. Social networking cookie files

On our Website, third party application providers may place their own cookie files in order to monitor the performance of their applications or to customize these applications for you. For example, when you share an article using a social media share button (e.g., Facebook or Twitter) available on a Website, the social media platform associated with that button will record this. Some Websites may also have embedded content, for example video content from third parties such as YouTube, and in this case these third parties may also place their own cookies. Such cookie files cannot be accessed by Bookatar.ro. *** Last update: 26 October 2021. We may update this Policy from time to time and will notify you of any changes by posting the new version on our Website. If you have provided us with your contact information and authorized us to contact you, we will notify you if we change this Policy substantially. Please check this Policy periodically for any changes.