COOKIES POLICY
The website www.agricolumn.eu uses its own cookies to provide visitors with the best browsing experience and services tailored to the needs and interests of each guest.
In accordance with EU Directive 2009/136 / EC – Article 5 (3) we must display this information to all visitors. The information aims to bring to the user’s knowledge more details about the placement, use and administration of cookies used by this site.
What is a cookie?
An HTTP cookie (also known as a browser cookie, internet cookie or simply cookie) is a small file that contains special text, often encoded, stored on a computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which it is access the internet. When the user visits a site (hosted on a server) a cookie is sent by the server to the web browser and then sent back (unchanged) by the browser, each time the site is accessed. Cookies are used for authentication as well as for tracking user behavior; Typical applications are the retention of user preferences and the implementation of the “shopping cart” system.
A cookie consists of 2 parts: name and value, being uniquely associated with the domain that is hosted by the site that sent it to the user’s browser (example edecon.ro).
The lifespan of a cookie is limited, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Only the site that sent the cookie can access it again, and only when the user returns to that site. Cookies can be deleted by a user at any time via browser settings.
Cookies do not require personal information in order to be used and usually do not personally identify internet users.
How are cookies used by this site?
Browsing this site may place the following cookies:
- registration or authentication cookies;
- cookies for saving the shopping cart;
- cookies for the way the products are displayed;
- cookies for advanced sorting.
Security and privacy issues
Cookies are not viruses! They consist only of data, not executable code, they cannot read or delete anything from the user’s computer or mobile terminal.
However, cookies can still be used for negative purposes. They allow the detection of pages visited by a user on one or more sites. This information can be collected in a user profile and can be used as a form of Spyware. Even if this profile is anonymous (it does not contain personal information such as name or address, unless the user has provided his personal data himself), it still contains an IP address. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and constantly mark cookies to be deleted during anti-virus / anti-spyware deletion / scanning procedures.
How can cookies be stopped?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make certain sites difficult to visit and use. All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser:
- cookie settings in Internet Explorer: Tools-> Internet Options-> Privacy
- cookie settings in Firefox: Tools-> Options-> Privacy-> Cookies
- cookie settings in Chrome: Tools-> Advanced-> Content settings-> Cookies
- cookie settings in Opera: Settings-> Preferences-> Advanced-> Cookies