What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on the computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from whom the Internet is accessed. The cookie is installed by the request issued by a web server to a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely passive (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and can not access the information on the user’s hard drive). Our company will use cookies in order to identify your data and to provide you with information and services based on the preferences you have expressed in your previous visits. Third-party online advertising networks may also use cookies in order to tailor advertising messages to your preferences. Cookies are .txt files, provided to your browser by a web server and then stored on your hard drive. Your use of cookies is a current standard on many of the important sites you visit.
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 Gral Medical’s efforts to provide comfortable services to users: eg online privacy preferences, shopping cart or relevant advertising. They are also used in the preparation of anonymous aggregate 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). Fixed files remain on the user’s terminal for a period in the Cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user. Cookies give us feedback on how to use the site, helping us to permanently improve the browsing experience on the site www.gralmedical.ro.
For web analysis this site uses the Google Analytics service or www.trafic.ro. They use cookies. In this case, cookies save information about the use of the site, the number of pages displayed, the sources from which visitors come to the site and the number of visits, with the same goal of improving the site and user experience, to improve advertising efficiency. online, to optimize the performance of the site (content loading time).
How are cookies used by this site?
A visit to this site may place cookies for the purposes of:
• Site performance cookies
• Visitor analysis cookies
• Cookies for geotargetting
• Registration cookies
• Cookies for advertising
• Cookies of advertising providers
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 about the possibilities and ways of managing cookies can be found in the settings area of the application (web browser). Limiting the use of cookies can affect certain functionalities of the website. 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 access to the most widespread and used sites including Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in your browser’s options or preferences menu.
To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise you can use the browser’s help option for more details.
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Safari