Information about Cookies

The site of “Unirea” National High School in Târgu Mureş uses in particular the Google Analytics services to collect information related to a site browsing session and details on the behavior patterns of its visitors.

Information about cookies

What are Cookies? A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on a computer / mobile terminal or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser (Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Brave, Chrominum, etc.) and is completely "passive" (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and cannot access the information on the user's hard drive).

What are cookies used for? These files make it possible to recognize the user's terminal and present the content in a relevant way, adapted to the user's preferences. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of “Unirea” National High School to provide comfortable services to users: online privacy preferences, shopping cart or relevant advertising. They are also used in the preparation of aggregated anonymous statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content, excluding the user's personal identification.

What cookies do we use? We use two types of cookies: per session and fixed. The latter are temporary files that remain in the user's terminal until the end of the session or closing the application (web browser). The fixed files remain on the user's terminal for a period in the Cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.

How are cookies used by our site? A visit to this site may place cookies for the purposes of: Site Performance Cookies, Visitor Analysis Cookies, Geotargetting Cookies, Registration Cookies.

Do cookies contain personal data? Cookies themselves do not require personal information in order to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users. Personal data collected through the use of Cookies may only be collected to facilitate certain functionalities for the user. Such data is encrypted in a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to access it.

Deleting Cookies. In general, an application used to access web pages allows you to save cookies on the terminal by default. These settings can be changed so that the automatic administration of Cookies is blocked by the web browser or the user is informed every time Cookies are sent to his terminal. Detailed information on the possibilities and ways of managing cookies can be found in the settings area of the application (web browser). Restricting the use of cookies may affect certain functionalities of the website.

Why are cookies important for the Internet? Cookies are the focal point of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Declining or disabling cookies may make some sites impossible to use. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising - but only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, highlighted by your browsing behavior.

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

Content and services adapted to user preferences - categories of products and services;
Offers adapted to the interests of users, retention of information about sessions;
Retention of child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions);
Limit the frequency of ads - limit the number of impressions of an ad for a particular user on a site;
Providing more relevant advertising;
Measurement, optimization and analytics features - such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user gets to a website (through search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites conduct these analyzes of their use to improve the sites for the benefit of users.

Security and privacy issues

Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code so they cannot be executed or autorun. As a result, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate again. 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.

Other security issues related to cookies

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 (an unsecured WiFi network).

Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information through unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of personal information protection.

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.

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.

How can I stop cookies?

All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. 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. But, for example, if you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments. Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive / see online advertising.

Information Confidentiality

“Unirea” National High School undertakes to take all necessary steps to ensure the confidentiality of your relationship with you. The confidentiality of the information held by our site and its security, including the technical basis used is a basic principle, important to us.

“Unirea” National High School will supervise the service provided in order to ensure its optimal functioning and to improve the quality of the service, whenever necessary. As such, it will be possible to store and disclose certain necessary and sufficient information, including personal data to comply with applicable law, to fulfill legal obligations towards public authorities and institutions and / or bodies with investigative powers, including for to properly administer the service provided and / or to protect itself. Users, as owners, are the only people who decide on the processing of their data and information when they have been registered through the site.

“Unirea” National High School will process this personal data / information only for determined, explicit and legitimate purposes. “Unirea” National High School has taken appropriate measures, in accordance with the GDPR and national legislation to prevent unauthorized access to personal data contained on the site.

Links to third parties

The website www.colegiulunirea.ro may include links to third party sites, plug-ins and applications. By clicking on those links or activating those connections, you may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our site, we encourage you to read the Privacy Policy of each site you visit.

Changes

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. All updates and changes to this Policy are valid immediately upon notification, which we will make by posting on the Site. Please read this site's Privacy Policy periodically.

We take your privacy seriously and never sell lists or email addresses. Being fully aware that your personal information belongs to you, we do our best to store it securely and to process the information you share with us carefully. We do not provide information to third parties without informing you. This information is important. We hope you read them carefully.

How do you exercise your rights?

To exercise your legal rights, please contact us, using the following e-mail address colegiulunirea45@colegiulunirea.ro.