Cookies policy – Partenalia aisbl

Preamble

This document describes our practices regarding the use of cookies and other technologies to collect information from visitors to this site, while respecting your right to the protection of personal data.

Cookies do not store personal data (such as name or bank details) and are only used to make the anonymous contextual association between your browsing device and your personal data stored on a server, when their use is necessary (eg. when you choose to log into your account or subscribe to a newsletter).

Ensuring the confidentiality of information received from users is an ongoing responsibility and requires periodic updating of the provisions of this document as we implement new measures required by specific legislation or adopt new privacy policies.

We specify that for consent-based data processing we will notify you of any change and request your additional consent.

With regard to the age of users, we will not request or receive information of any kind from persons under the age of 16.

This website is operated by Partenalia aisbl, based in 35 Square de Meeûs, 1000, Brussels (Belgium).

We only use our own cookies (not from third parties), in order to optimize the operation of the site and offer you the most pleasant and personalized browsing experience.

The site is hosted in Romania, on the servers of our hosting service provider – cyber_Folks.

Legislation

Starting from 25 May 2018, it became applicable to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (hereinafter “GDPR Regulation”). According to the provisions of this normative act, we have the obligation to manage the personal data that you provide us by using the site in safe conditions and only for the specified purposes.

According to the GDPR Regulation:

we offer you the possibility to express or withdraw your consent for the processing of personal data at any time;
we offer you the possibility to rectify the content of personal data or to request the transfer of personal data to another operator;
we inform you about: the content of the cookies used by our website, the categories of personal data that we process using cookies, what we do with the information obtained through the use of cookies and where we store that information, ensuring a high level of security regarding the collected information, the possibility to block the running of one, several or all cookies at any time or to decide to delete the information completely.

For more details on the content of these normative acts, please access the following links:

The person responsible for the protection of personal data

According to the provisions of the GDPR Regulation, we have appointed a personal data protection officer. For questions, concerns or requests related to the exercise of legal rights regarding the processing of your personal data, we invite you to contact this person.

The e-mail address at which you can contact the data protection officer is: gdpr@partenalia.eu.

Your Rights

According to the GDPR Regulation, you have the following specific rights:

to access and rectify (correct) the registration of your personal data, if it is inaccurate;
to request the deletion of data or the cessation of their processing, subject to certain exceptions.
to request the cessation of the use of your data for direct marketing purposes.
to file a complaint with the data protection authority if you have concerns about how we process your personal data.
to request, when and from a technically feasible point of view, the direct transmission or to another operator of your personal data. If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, we will provide you with a date when the information will be provided.
to request additional information about: the purpose of the processing, the categories of personal data concerned, which was the source of the information and how long it will be stored.
You can exercise any of these rights at any time by contacting our data protection officer at the e-mail address gdpr@partenalia.eu.

Important! Please exercise your rights judiciously, bearing in mind that abuse may subject you to legal liability.

The contact details of the National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing are as follows:

Address: Bucharest, bd. General Gheorghe Magheru, no. 28-30, sector 1, postal code 010336
Web address: http://www.dataprotection.ro
Email address: anspdcp@dataprotection.ro
Telephone: +40.318.059.211; +40.318.059.212
Fax: +40.318.059.602

Consent to the use of cookies

When accessing the partenalia.eu website, a message will be displayed on the screen of your device asking for your consent, in accordance with the legal provisions, regarding the categories of cookies that you do or do not agree to use on the duration of your visit.

It is important to know that by consenting to the use of certain cookies, you also consent to the secure storage of the information collected by those cookies.

Until you express your consent/rejection to the use of cookies, our site will not use any cookies, except those without which the site cannot function.

You should also know that you have the possibility at any time to block the use of cookies (find details below), but also the possibility to delete the information collected by cookies.

A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, stored on the device from which a website is accessed, following the request issued to the browser (e.g. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc.) by the web server that host the website; the file in question is completely passive: it does not contain software, viruses, spyware and cannot access information stored on the device in question.

The cookie has two components: the name and the content (value).

The duration of existence of a cookie is strictly determined, and access to the cookie is allowed only to the web server that generated it, when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.

A cookie does not request personal information and, in most cases, does not personally identify Internet users.

For more details on cookies you can visit: Wikipedia, Association for Technology and Internet, Google Analytics, All About Cookies, Microsoft Cookies guide.

The necessity and advantages of using cookies

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to the multiple services offered by websites to users, such as adapting the website version according to the type of device used for browsing (desktop or mobile), saving language preferences, managing products in within an online shopping session, the inclusion of multimedia applications from other sites, etc.

At the same time, cookies offer website owners tools for measuring global traffic, evaluating the interest shown by users and their preferences, providing extremely valuable information from the perspective of improving efficiency, accessibility, addressability, etc.

Lifetime of a cookie

There are two types of cookies:

Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the cookie directory of the web browser used, until the user leaves that site or closes the browser.
Persistent cookies – these are stored on the user’s device for a duration set by the website that generated them. This type of cookies can be deleted by the user at any time through the browser settings.

Cookies used on this site

In order to be able to understand and manage the use of partenalia.eu cookies more easily, we have grouped them into three categories:

Strictly necessary cookies – used in internal functional processes (the website cannot function without them). These cookies do not collect personal information about you, information that could be used for advertising, or information that records your online activity.
Performance cookies – used to analyze the operation of partenalia.eu (e.g. which pages are viewed most often, the occurrence of errors, etc.). They do not collect information that can identify you, all data is anonymous. By using our site you agree to the use of “performance” cookies.
Functional cookies – used to improve your browsing experience (e.g. the language in which you prefer the website content to be displayed, the option to subscribe to a newsletter, etc.). These cookies record options or activities carried out on the site, and the information they collect may be anonymous. Cookies are strictly for our site and cannot track your activity on other sites you visit.

Cookies we use

We use cookies to:

management of work sessions
performing certain specific functions (notifications, alerts)

Own cookies – strictly necessary – used on this website are detailed below:

PHPSESSID
Type: session cookie
Purpose: Saves the session ID
Origin: own cookie
Validity: until the end of the session
Stored Information: Stores the work session identifier
gdprConsent
Type: persistent cookie
Purpose: records the moment when the user closed the notification on the use of cookies, preventing its subsequent reappearance.
Origin: own cookie
Validity: 30 days
Stored Information: TRUE (does not store user information)
status
Type: session cookie
Purpose: Saves the result of processing a form
Origin: own cookie
Validity: until the end of the session
Information stored: status names and corresponding TRUE values (does not store user information)

How can you stop cookies?

All modern browsers offer the possibility to manage cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of the browser you use.

For details on cookie settings, use the “Help” option of your browser or visit – as appropriate – the corresponding link from the list below:

Deactivating and refusing to receive cookies can partially or totally affect the interaction with certain sites, up to making them unusable.

You should know that refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer see online advertising, but only that this advertising will no longer be tailored to your potential (behavioral) interest.

For more details on behavioral advertising and privacy information related to online advertising, visit http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/.

Storage of information collected by cookies

The information collected through cookies is stored in maximum security, in Romania, on the web server that hosts partenalia.eu.

We assure you that the web server complies with the most rigorous security requirements regarding the information collected through cookies, being obliged to strictly comply with the obligations imposed by the applicable legislation.

The information we collect about you by accessing the partenalia.eu website will not be shared with third parties.

Security of personal data

We assure you that we use security measures in accordance with the best practices to protect partenalia.eu. These measures include technical, procedural, monitoring and tracking measures designed to protect the misuse of data, prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, loss, alteration or destruction.

Access to your data is only allowed to personnel who need to use the information to provide you with benefits or services. The people involved in these activities are trained on the importance of ensuring the confidentiality and security of the information you provide.

If a personal data breach occurs, we will do our best to eliminate it, while assessing the level of risk arising from it, according to our personal data breach policy. If it is determined that such data breach may cause you physical harm, material or non-material damage (for example, discrimination, identity theft, fraud or financial loss), we will contact you without undue delay, except where otherwise required by law. The actions we take will be in full cooperation with the competent supervisory authority.

Security aspects related to cookies

A cookie is a completely passive “plain text” file and contains no code segments. As such, it cannot be executed as a program, it cannot self-launch, it cannot replicate itself on other devices or networks, so it cannot – under any circumstances – be considered a virus.

However, because they store information about users’ preferences and browsing history, cookies can be considered a Spyware vulnerability. Most anti-spyware software flags the presence of cookies and marks them for deletion as part of specific anti-virus/anti-spyware procedures.

Modern browsers offer the possibility of managing privacy settings, allowing the setting of cookie acceptance levels, their validity period or their automatic deletion after visiting a certain site.

Identity protection is a very important right of every internet user and involves knowing the possible problems that may arise through the improper use of cookies.

Because they are used in the bi-directional communication between the browser and the website, an attacker can speculate on the use of an unencrypted connection – for example an unsecured WiFi network – to intervene in the course of data transmission and intercept the information contained in the cookie. Although this rarely happens, the risk involved should not be overlooked.

Another risk of attack is represented by the wrong settings of cookies by the origin servers. If a website does not force the browser to use encrypted channels exclusively, an attacker can use this vulnerability to obtain information that can later be used for unauthorized access.

It is very important that you know the risks and weigh all the potential implications when deciding on the most appropriate method of protecting your personal information.

Changes to Cookie Policy

Given that the legislation on the protection of personal data, the interpretations and recommendations of state bodies and supervisory authorities will undergo changes, we reserve the right to change the content of this document at any time, for any reason and without notice.

We will inform you of any changes to our cookie policy by displaying them on this page. This document supersedes all previous communications or statements regarding our cookie practices and the terms and conditions of use of this website.

Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies

Most websites (if not all) use cookies because of their indisputable utility, so nowadays they are almost unavoidable. A clear understanding of how they work and the benefits they bring allows you to take the necessary security measures so that you can surf the Internet with confidence. Disabling cookies prevents you from enjoying the use of the most popular sites (Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo, etc.).

Here are some tips that may be useful for you to browse safely with the help of cookies:

take the time to set up your browser, setting a comfortable level of cookie security;
if you agree to the use of cookies and you are the only person using the device, you can set long expiration periods for storing browsing history and personal access data;
if you use the device in common with other people, you can set the automatic deletion of individual browsing data at the end of the session (when you close the browser);
install the latest versions of your operating system, browser and security applications (antivirus/antispyware) and update them periodically. Many of the cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting vulnerabilities in an old version of the browser;
use spyware detection and prevention applications that provide web attack detection, preventing your browser from accessing sites that might exploit vulnerabilities or download dangerous software.

Questions, concerns, complaints

Please contact our data protection officer at gdpr@partenalia.eu in any of the following situations:

if you have questions, concerns, complaints related to your personal data and the exercise of related rights;
if you want us not to use the information you have provided to us;
if you want to update or correct your personal data.