About cookies

GABA OPTIFARM SRL, a Romanian legal entity, registered with the Trade Register under no. J08/1072/2018, unique registration code / VAT code RO39309037, as data controller, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4, paragraph 7 of EU Regulation – GDPR 679/2016, we provide this Information Notice to explain how we process and protect personal data collected through our websites.

We provide you with this Information Notice at the beginning of our interaction through our Websites.

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

Our websites use cookie technology to provide you with a better and more personalized web service. The data stored by cookie files used on our Websites never reveal any personal details from which an individual identity can be established.

A cookie file is a small text file that is stored and/or read by your web browser on the hard disk of your end device (e.g. computer, laptop or smartphone) depending on the websites you visit. Cookies also make your interaction with websites more secure and faster, as they can remember your preferences (e.g. login, language) by 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 to control cookies

You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time. To do so, you can block or remove cookies either through your web browser settings or by using software made available by third parties, or by following the specific instructions for cookie categories in the following sections. In any event, problems may arise in using certain parts of the website 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 preference settings in your web browser. You can usually find cookie-related browser settings in the “Options”, “Tools” or “Preferences” menus of the web browser you use to access our Websites. Depending on existing web browsers, various means may be used to disable cookies. For more information, please visit your browsers website:

• 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.eu, which contains additional information about behavioral advertising and online privacy.

3. Files of type cookieutilized on Website Website balkan.ro

Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually categorized into the following categories, which GABA OPTIFARM SRL uses on its Websites:

• Absolutely necessary cookies allow you to browse the Website and use its basic functions. They are usually only installed in response to actions you take that amount to a service request. These cookie files are indispensable for the use of the Websites.
• Functionality cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and allow us to provide you with improved and more personalized features, such as remembering your preferences. These cookie files collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years.
• Performance and analytical cookie files allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the Website is used (for example, the 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 making sure you can easily find what you are looking for. The expiry period of these cookie files is maximum 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiration 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 cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you visited and the links you clicked on. We 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 expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. For third-party cookies, the expiration 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 cookies allow you to share your activity on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter on the website. These cookies are not controlled by us. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 6 below.
• Other types of cookie files that may be used later. We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.

Please note that GABA OPTIFARM SRL uses the services of third parties to obtain information about your use of our Websites in order to optimize your user experience and to serve advertising to you outside of our Websites. These third parties (including, for example, advertisers and external service providers, such as web traffic analytics services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

4. Cook files for statistical and web traffic monitoring purposes

Google Analytics

Our websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help a particular 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 that 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 address. 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 cookie files

Similarly, and for the same purposes (analytics and traffic monitoring), our Websites use cookies placed by Chartbeat, Cxsense and CrazyEgg to collect data about your interaction with the Website and your browsing behavior on the Website (including the cookie ID, IP address and the type of device used to access the Website). However, we only receive aggregate data about users of the Website, without any ability to identify you.

Detailed information on the processing performed by (i) Chartbeat can be found at https://chartbeat.com/privacy/ (ii) Cxsense can be found at https://www.cxense.com/about-us/privacy-policy; (iii) CrazyEgg can be found at https://www.crazyegg.com/privacy.

5. Cookied files for direct marketing purposes

Google Analytics

In order to receive advertising and marketing content personalized to your preferences, our Website uses DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) and Google Ad Exchange technology provided by Google. The information generated by cookies about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that 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 address. 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 cookies

On some of our Websites, third parties who provide applications through these Websites 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. On some websites there may also be embedded content, for example video content from third parties such as YouTube, and in this case these third parties may also place their own cookie files.

Such cookie files cannot be accessed by GABA OPTIFARM SRL.

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Last updated: July 13, 2023.

We may update this Policy from time to time and will notify you of any changes by posting the new version on our Websites. If you have provided us with your contact information and authorized us to contact you, we will notify you if we materially change this Policy. Please review this Policy periodically for any changes.