Cookie policy

COOKIE POLICY

The e-tir.com website uses cookies.

The information below is intended to tell you more about how the cookies used by e-tir.com are placed, used and managed. A few useful links on the subject are included as well. If you need more information and cannot find it below, you can contact us at: office@e-tir.com.

Please read the following carefully. This website uses cookies to give visitors a much better browsing experience and services tailored to the needs and interests of each of them. Cookies play an important part in making the many services available on the internet easier to reach and to deliver, such as:

- Personalising certain settings: the language a site is viewed in, the currency certain prices or rates are expressed in, keeping the options chosen for various products (sizes, other details, and so on) in the shopping basket (and remembering those options) — which is what makes a shopping basket flexible (reaching earlier choices through the ‘forward’ and ‘back’ buttons)

- Cookies give site owners valuable feedback on how their sites are used by visitors, so that they can make them more efficient and more accessible.

- They allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be embedded in a given site, to create a more valuable, more useful and more enjoyable browsing experience;

- They improve the effectiveness of online advertising.

What is a cookie?

An “internet cookie” is a small file, made up of letters and numbers, that is stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment a user browses the internet from. The cookie is installed at the request of a web server to a browser (for example Internet Explorer or Chrome) and is entirely “passive” — it contains no software, viruses or spyware, and cannot read the information on the user's hard drive.

A cookie has two parts: its name, and its content or value. A cookie also has a determined lifetime; technically, only the web server that sent the cookie can read it again when the user returns to the website associated with that server.

Cookies do not, in themselves, ask for personal information in order to work, and in most cases they do not personally identify internet users.

- Session cookies — these are stored temporarily in the browser's cookie folder, which keeps them until the user leaves the website or closes the browser window (for example when signing in to or out of a webmail account or a social network)

Persistent cookies — these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (generally for a preset lifetime). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at the time — known as ‘third party cookies’ — which can be used anonymously to remember a user's interests, so that advertising as relevant as possible can be delivered.

What are the benefits of cookies?

A cookie holds information that links a web browser (the user) to a particular web server (the website). If a browser reaches that web server again, the server can read the information already stored and respond accordingly. Cookies give users a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts many websites make to offer convenient services: online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping baskets or relevant advertising.

How long does a cookie live?

Cookies are managed by web servers. A cookie's lifetime can vary considerably, depending on what it was placed for. Some cookies are used for a single session only (session cookies) and are no longer kept once the user has left the website, while others are kept and reused every time the user comes back to that website (‘permanent cookies’). Cookies can nevertheless be deleted by the user at any time through the browser settings.

What are third-party cookies?

Certain sections of content on some sites may be supplied by third parties or providers (a news box, a video or an advertisement, for instance). These third parties may also place cookies through the site, and they are called “third party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of that website. Third-party providers must also comply with the law in force and with the privacy policies of the site owner.

How this site uses cookies

A visit to this site may place cookies for the purposes of:

- Site performance cookies

- Visitor analysis cookies

- Geotargeting cookies

- Registration cookies

- Advertising cookies

- Advertising providers' cookies

These cookies may come from third parties.

Performance cookies

This type of cookie remembers the user's preferences on this site, so that they do not have to be set again on every visit.

Examples:

- volume settings for the video player

- the video streaming speed the browser is compatible with

Cookies used by this site

Below are the cookies this site itself places, with the purpose and lifetime of each. All of them are marked HttpOnly (they cannot be read by scripts in the browser), Secure (they are only sent over an encrypted connection) and SameSite=Lax.

Alongside the etir_vid cookie we record the IP address, the page visited and the browser type. This data is kept for at most 90 days, after which it is deleted automatically. We use it solely for our own statistics; we do not sell it and do not pass it to third parties for advertising purposes.

You can delete any of these cookies from your browser settings, as explained below. Deleting the session cookie signs you out and empties the basket.

Visitor analysis cookies

Every time a user visits this site, analytics software supplied by a third party generates a user analysis cookie. This cookie tells us whether you have visited this site before. Your browser will tell us whether you have this cookie, and if you do not, we will generate one. It allows us to monitor the unique users who visit us and how often they do so. As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals; it is used for statistical purposes only. If you are registered, we may also know the details you have given us, such as your email address and username — these being subject to confidentiality and to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions, the privacy policy and the legislation in force on the protection of personal data.

Geotargeting cookies

These cookies are used by software that establishes which country you are visiting from. It is entirely anonymous and is used only to target content — even when you are on our page in Romanian or in another language, you receive the same advertisement.

Registration cookies

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us whether or not you are registered. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account you are registered with and whether you have permission for a particular service. It also allows us to associate any comment you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected “keep me signed in”, this cookie is deleted automatically when you close the browser or the computer.

Advertising cookies

These cookies let us find out whether or not you have seen an online advertisement, what type it was, and how long it has been since you saw the message. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use cookies belonging to a third party, to target advertising better — to show advertisements about holidays, for example, if the user has recently visited an article about holidays on the site. These cookies are anonymous; they store information about the content viewed, not about users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites where we advertise. Receiving them, we can use them to recognise you as a visitor to that site, and if you later visit our site we will be able to deliver advertising based on that information.

Advertising providers' cookies

The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this site has no access to read or write those cookies. Third-party cookies may be used to show you targeted advertising on other sites as well, based on your browsing on this site.

Other third-party cookies

On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies, in order to track the success of an application or to customise one. Because of the way they work, this site cannot access those cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies belonging to this site. For example, when you share an article using the social network button on this site, that social network will record your activity.

What information is stored and accessed through cookies?

Cookies keep information in a small text file that allows a website to recognise a browser. The web server will recognise the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves the browsing experience on the internet (for example: the language settings a site is to be viewed in; keeping a user signed in to a webmail account; online banking security; keeping products in the shopping basket).

Why are cookies important to the internet?

Cookies are central to the efficient working of the internet, helping to produce a browsing experience that is friendly and adapted to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies can make some sites impossible to use. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising — only that it will no longer be able to take account of your preferences and interests as shown by your browsing.

Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to authenticate through an account):

- Content and services adapted to the user's preferences — news categories, weather, sport, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.

- Offers adapted to users' interests — remembering passwords, language preferences (showing search results in English, for example).

- Remembering child-protection filters for internet content (family mode options, safe search functions)

- Limiting how often advertisements are shown — limiting the number of times an advertisement is displayed to a particular user on a site

- Delivering advertising that is more relevant to the user

- Measurement, optimisation and analytics features — such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user reaches a website (through search engines, directly, from other websites, and so on). Websites run these analyses of their own use in order to improve the sites for the benefit of users.

Security and privacy

Cookies are NOT viruses. They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code, so they cannot be executed and cannot run themselves. Consequently, they cannot duplicate or replicate themselves onto other networks in order to run or replicate again. Because they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses.

Cookies can nevertheless be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users' preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and across several other sites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and constantly flag cookies to be deleted as part of anti-virus and anti-spyware deletion and scanning procedures. Browsers generally have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

Other security matters relating to cookies

Because protecting one's identity is very valuable and is the right of every internet user, it is advisable to know what problems cookies may cause. Since information is constantly transmitted in both directions between the browser and the website through them, if an attacker or unauthorised person intervenes in the course of that transmission, the information a cookie contains can be intercepted. Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server over an unencrypted network (an unsecured WiFi network, for instance).

Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use encrypted channels only, attackers can exploit that weakness to trick browsers into sending information over unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorised access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most suitable method of protecting personal information. Advice for safe and responsible browsing with cookies: because of their flexibility, and because most of the largest and most visited sites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user to reach the most widespread and used sites, among them YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo and others. Here is some advice that can let you browse without worry, but with the help of cookies:

- Tailor your browser's cookie settings to a level of cookie security you are comfortable with

- If you do not mind cookies and you are the only person using the computer, you can set long expiry periods for storing browsing history and personal access data. If you share access to the computer, you may want to set the browser to delete individual browsing data every time you close it. This is one way of reaching sites that place cookies and of deleting any visit information when the browsing session ends.

- Install and constantly update anti-spyware applications. Many spyware detection and prevention applications include the detection of attacks on sites.

- This stops the browser from reaching websites that might exploit browser weaknesses or download dangerous software. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting the weak points of old browser versions. 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 work and of the benefits they bring, you can take the security measures you need in order to browse the internet with confidence.

How can I stop cookies?

Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Refusing to accept cookies also does not mean that you will no longer receive or see online advertising.

It is possible to set the browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted, or to set the browser to accept cookies from one particular site. But if, for example, you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in your browser's “options” or “preferences” menu.

For the settings of cookies generated by third parties, you can also consult the site: https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/. IAB Europe provides the same site to offer more information on privacy relating to online advertising. For more details on privacy matters, you can also visit the following links:

- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679 (General Data Protection Regulation)

- https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

- https://iabeurope.eu/

- https://www.theguardian.com/info/cookies

Last updated: 01.07.2026