Table of Contents

• What is a “cookie”?
• What are the benefits of cookies?
• Why do we use cookies?
• How does this website use cookies?
• What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies?
• Why are cookies important for the Internet?
• Security and privacy concerns?
• How can I disable cookies?

The security of your data is our top priority, which is why we take every aspect of your data protection seriously.

Effective May 25, 2018, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), known as the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). This means that any controller or entity that processes personal data must comply with these new requirements and provide transparent information regarding how data is processed.

Given the need to comply with the provisions of the GDPR, as well as our commitment to safeguarding your personal data (which may include first name, last name, email address, etc. depending on the purpose of processing) contained in our database, we inform you that this data is used solely for the purpose of successfully carrying out the processes related to our relationship with you (we list a few processes without being limited to them: booking/sales/order fulfillment, shipping and delivery, and customer relationship management).

To enhance your online browsing experience, we use cookies that make it easier to use the website www.my3.ro by visitors. The complete list of third-party cookies can be found below.

1. What is a “cookie”?

An “Internet cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie,” “HTTP cookie,” or simply “cookie”) is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that is stored on a user’s computer, mobile device, or other equipment used by a user to access the Internet. The cookie is installed via a request sent by a web server to a browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) and is completely “passive” (it contains no software, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).

A cookie consists of two parts: the cookie’s name and its content or value. Furthermore, a cookie has a limited lifespan; technically, only the server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and the delivery of the many services that users enjoy on the Internet, such as:

• Customizing settings such as: the language in which a website is displayed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are shown, and saving preferences for various products (quantity, other details, etc.);
• Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how users interact with their sites, enabling them to make their sites more effective and user-friendly;
• Allow multimedia or other types of applications from other websites to be embedded on a specific website in order to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience.

Cookies themselves do not require personal information to function and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users. There are two main categories of cookies:

• Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser’s cookie folder so that the browser can retain them until the user leaves the website or closes the browser window (e.g., when logging in to a webmail account or social media platform);
• Persistent cookies – These are stored on a computer’s hard drive or other device (and generally depend on the cookie’s predefined lifespan). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting – known as “third-party cookies” – which can be used anonymously to remember a user’s interests, so that advertising as relevant as possible to users can be delivered.

2. What are the benefits of cookies?

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is set. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user has left the website, while others are retained and reused every time the user returns to that website (“persistent cookies”). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through their browser settings.

In general, cookies are used to ensure a fast and seamless interaction between users and websites. They also allow users to easily resume their activities the next time they visit a website they have previously accessed. Essentially, cookies tell the server which pages to display to the user, without the user having to remember the pages they’ve visited or navigate through the entire site from the beginning.

3. Why do we use cookies?

• To recognize new visitors to the website www.my3.ro.
• To recognize past visitors.

4. How are cookies used on this website?

Session/functional cookies

Session cookies are stored on the user’s device during the browsing session. They store an anonymous session identifier, allowing the user to visit a website without having to enter their login information (username, password, etc.) on every page.

These types of cookies are commonly used in online stores. For example, when a user visits a specific page and selects certain products, the cookie remembers the selected products and adds them to the shopping cart, which will contain all the selected products when the user wishes to leave the page.

Session cookies are stored in your device’s memory only for the duration of a web browsing session and are deleted when the browser is closed. They may also become inaccessible if the session has been inactive for a certain period of time.

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Source: LiteSpeed
Longevity: 2 days
Role: Its functional role is to prevent cached pages from being displayed. It manages content display requests so that site visitors receive the most up-to-date version of the page, rather than a previous version stored in the cache.

cmplz_functional
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the user’s consent to the use of functional cookies.

cmplz_preferences
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the user’s consent to the use of preference cookies.

Preferences

Technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.

cmplz_banner-status
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the status of the cookie banner (whether it was rejected or accepted).

cmplz_consented_services
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the user’s consent preferences for various services.

cmplz_marketing
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the user’s consent to the use of marketing cookies.

cmplz_statistics
Source: local
Duration: 1 year
Purpose: Stores the user’s consent to the use of statistical cookies.

Statistics

Technical storage or access used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a court order, voluntary compliance by your Internet service provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or collected solely for this purpose cannot generally be used to identify you.

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Source: Google Analytics
Shelf life: 2 years
Purpose: Collects anonymous information about the user’s interaction with the website (for example, the time and date of interaction with various marketing materials or the pages that led the user to the site). Details: https://policies.google.com/technologies/types.

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Source: Google Analytics 4
Shelf life: 2 years
Purpose: A Google Analytics 4 property-specific cookie. It stores anonymous information about user interaction with the website, sessions, and traffic sources to enable statistical reporting on website usage. Details: https://policies.google.com/technologies/types.

Marketing

Technical storage or access is required to create user profiles for the purpose of sending advertisements or tracking the user across one or more websites for similar marketing purposes.

5. What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves the Internet browsing experience (for example: user session ID, referring page, current time, etc.).

6. Why are cookies important for the internet?

Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to create a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies may make some websites impossible to use. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising—it simply means that the advertising will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, as indicated by your browsing behavior.

Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to log in via an account):

• Content and services tailored to the user’s preferences;
• Recommendations tailored to users’ interests – language preferences (for example, displaying search results in Romanian);
• Delivering more relevant advertising to users;
• Measurement, optimization, and analytics features—such as tracking a specific level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user arrives at a website (e.g., via search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites conduct these usage analyses to improve their sites for the benefit of users.

7. Security and privacy concerns?

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 on their own. Consequently, they cannot duplicate or replicate themselves onto other networks to run or replicate again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. Cookies can, however, be used for malicious purposes. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and consistently flag cookies for deletion during anti-virus/anti-spyware scanning and removal procedures.

In general, browsers have built-in privacy settings that offer different levels of cookie acceptance, expiration periods, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

View the privacy policy.

To improve the user experience, we use the following technologies:

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our websites and apps. For example, we collect details such as the source of the visit and the total number of visitors to our websites and apps. This allows us to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and user activity on our websites and apps.

Find more details about the Google Analytics privacy policy here: https://support.google.com.

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager (container ID GTM-PTVPTHB7) to centrally manage and load marketing and analytics tags on the website (including Google Analytics 4 with the ID G-BTS1BN8Y5K). Google Tag Manager itself does not collect personal information and does not set its own cookies—cookies are set by the tags it loads (for example, Google Analytics, described above).

Details about Google Tag Manager: https://support.google.com/tagmanager/.

8. How can I disable cookies?

Disabling cookies or refusing to accept them may make certain websites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Furthermore, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive or see online advertising.

You can change your browser settings to stop accepting these cookies, or you can set your browser to accept cookies from a specific website.

Some web browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that allows users to prevent tracking while browsing. Blocking cookies or using “Do Not Track” mode may prevent certain features on our websites from working properly.

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the browser’s “Options” or “Preferences” menu.

To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful; otherwise, you can use your browser’s “Help” feature for more details.

• Internet Explorer Cookie Settings
• Mozilla Firefox Cookie Settings
• Chrome Cookie Settings
• Apple Safari Cookie Settings

To learn more about enabling, disabling, or deleting cookies in your browser, please visit this page: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.