Cookies policy
The purpose of this Cookies Policy is to inform users about how ADVANCED GEMOLOGICAL LABORATORY S.R.L., located at STR. MENDELEEV, NR. 26, Bucharest, Sector 1, fiscal identification code 47242221, registered with the Trade Registry Office under no. J40/23618/2022 (“ADVANCED GEMOLOGICAL LABORATORY S.R.L.,” “we”), uses cookies on the website [www.aglgems.ro] (“the Site”).
This Cookie Policy is to be read in conjunction with the personal data processing policy (“Data Processing Policy”) and the terms and conditions of the Site.
Please read the following information carefully:
This website may use both its own cookies and those from third parties to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each individual’s needs and interests.
Out of respect for your privacy, you can choose to block certain types of cookies from this site.
Cookies play an important role in facilitating access and delivering multiple services that users enjoy on the Internet, such as:
Customizing certain settings such as the language in which a site is displayed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed, retaining options for various products (sizes, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and remembering these options), saving certain preferences for future reuse.
Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, enabling them to make them even more efficient and easily accessible.
Allowing multimedia applications or other types from other sites to be included in a particular site to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience.
Improving the effectiveness of online advertising.
1. What is a Cookie?
A Cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, which will be stored on a user’s computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment from which they access the Internet.
The cookie is installed through a request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox) and is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information from the user’s hard drive).
A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the cookie’s content or value. Furthermore, the duration of a cookie’s existence is determined; technically, only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.
Cookies themselves do not request personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users.
There are 2 main categories of cookies:
Session Cookies – these are stored temporarily in the web browser’s cookie folder so that it can remember them until the user closes the browser window or logs out of that specific site.
Persistent Cookies – These are stored on a computer’s hard drive (and generally depend on the predefined lifespan for the cookie). 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 preferences.
2. What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (the user) to a specific web server (the website). If a browser accesses that web server again, it can read the already stored information and react accordingly. Cookies ensure users have a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide comfortable services to users: e.g., privacy preferences online, website language options, shopping carts, or relevant advertising.
3. What is the lifespan of a cookie?
Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user leaves 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.
4. What are third-party cookies?
Certain sections of content on some websites can be provided through third parties/providers (e.g., a video, an advertisement, a chat application, etc.). These third parties can also place cookies through the website, 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 applicable law and the privacy policies of the site owner.
5. How cookies are used on this site
Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support our efforts to provide comfortable services to users through features such as privacy preferences online, shopping carts, or relevant advertising. They are also used in the preparation of certain anonymous aggregated statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content, excluding the personal identification of the user.
A visit to this site can place the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies
Performance Cookies
Social Media and Advertising Cookies
Certain cookies, such as those for performance or those for social media and advertising, can come from third parties.
6. Essential Cookies
These cookies allow both saving preferences regarding other types of cookies used and accessing the basic functionalities of this site.
They retain the user’s preferences on this site so that they do not need to set them each time they visit the site.
Login cookies are generated when a user registers on this site, with the purpose of informing us whether the user is registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to display the account with which you are registered and to provide you with an easier interaction with the site.
Other cookies that we place to enable your optimal use of the site are cart-related cookies and Favorites lists (used to save product information you’ve added to your cart or marked as Favorites), location cookies (used to determine your location based on IP for pre-filling certain registration or order placement fields), session cookies generated at access and automatically deleted upon closing the browser (necessary for the operation of the HTTP protocol, completing certain forms, interacting with certain elements on the site, etc.), and cookies that recognize the type of device used – desktop or mobile, chat application cookies that allow real-time discussions with customer service.
7. Performance Cookies
These include both cookies originating from traffic analysis services, as well as cookies placed by certain third-party services that offer additional functionality to the site.
Traffic analysis cookies allow the aggregate measurement of site traffic, identifying traffic sources, providing information about the most visited or least accessed pages, and how users interact with the site. The listed information is collected in an aggregated and inherently completely anonymous manner. These cookies may come from third parties such as web analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics).
8. Social Media and Advertising Cookies
These cookies can be placed through the site by the social media or advertising services we use.
These types of cookies can be used by these services to determine a specific profile of visitors and to display relevant advertising messages on other sites you visit.
They may come from third parties such as advertising services (e.g., AdSense, AdWords), social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), etc.
Because of how they are used, this site cannot access these cookies from third parties, just as third parties cannot access cookies held by this site. For example, when you share an article using the social media button on this site, that social network will record your activity.
9. 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 webserver will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that enhances the Internet browsing experience (e.g., keeping a user logged into their account, retaining products in the shopping cart, retaining products in the Favorites list).
10. Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies are essential to the efficient operation of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies can make using a site more difficult.
Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising. It simply means that the advertising will not be able to consider your preferences and interests, as indicated by your browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses for cookies (which do not require user authentication through an account):
Content and services tailored to user preferences – news categories, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites, and travel services.
Offers tailored to user interests – remembering passwords, language preferences (e.g., displaying search results in Romanian).
Retaining child protection filters for online content (family mode options, safe search functions).
Limiting the frequency of ad delivery – limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a specific user on a site.
Providing more relevant advertising to users.
Measuring, optimizing, and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user accesses a website (e.g., via search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites perform these usage analyses to improve their sites for the benefit of users.
11. Security and privacy issues Cookies use plain text formats.
They are not made up of pieces of code, so they cannot be executed, nor can they self-run. Therefore, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate again. However, cookies can be used for negative purposes. Since they store information about user preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and on other sites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and consistently mark cookies for deletion during anti-virus/anti-spyware scanning procedures.
In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, duration, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site. Other security aspects related to cookies:
Because protecting identity is very valuable and represents the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to understand what potential issues cookies can create. Information contained in cookies can be intercepted if an attacker or unauthorized person intervenes in the data transmission process. Although this is very rare, it can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (e.g., an unsecured Wi-Fi network).
Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on servers. If a website does not ask the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information over unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information for unauthorized access to certain sites. It is essential to be vigilant in choosing the most appropriate method for protecting personal information.
12. Tips for secure and responsible browsing based on cookies
Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and major websites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies may prevent users from accessing the most widely used and popular websites such as YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo, and others. Here are some tips to ensure you browse worry-free with the help of cookies:
Customize your browser’s cookie settings to reflect a comfortable level of security for you.
If you don’t mind cookies and are the only user of your computer, you can set long expiration dates for storing browsing history and personal access data.
If you share computer access, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is a way to access sites that place cookies and delete any visit information when the browsing session is closed.
Install anti-spyware applications and keep them updated regularly.
Many anti-spyware applications include site attack detection. They prevent the browser from accessing sites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download malicious software. Make sure your browser is always up-to-date. Many cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting the weaknesses of older browser versions.
Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the most popular sites on the Internet. With a clear understanding of how they operate and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures to browse confidently on the Internet.
13. How can I stop cookies?
It is possible to configure your browser so that these cookies are no longer accepted or you can configure the browser to accept cookies only from a specific site.
All modern browsers offer the option to configure cookie storage preferences. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To understand these settings, you can use your browser’s “help” option for more details.
14. Useful links
If you want to find out more about cookies and how they are used, we recommend the following links:
All About Cookies
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
15. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy or its implementation, you can contact us at contact@aglgems.ro.