Cookies

The website https://www.autohelix.com uses cookies.

The following information aims to inform users about the placement, use, and management of cookies used by the website https://www.autohelix.ro.

If you need more information and it is not provided below, please contact us at autohelixmsa@gmail.com.

Please read the following information carefully:

This website may use both its own cookies and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a better browsing experience and services tailored to their needs and interests.

Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose to block certain types of cookies from this site.

Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of multiple internet services, such as:

  • Personalizing certain settings, such as the language in which a website is viewed, the currency used for displaying prices or fees, keeping options for various products (sizes, details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and remembering these options), saving certain preferences for future use;
  • Providing website owners with valuable feedback on how their websites are used by users, enabling them to make them more efficient and user-friendly;
  • Allowing multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included in a certain site to create a richer, more useful, and more pleasant browsing experience;
  • Improving the efficiency of online advertising.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers stored on a user's computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment used to 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, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).

A cookie consists of two parts: its name and its content or value. Moreover, the lifespan of a cookie is determined; technically, only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when the user returns to the website associated with that server.

Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.

Types of Cookies

  1. Session Cookies - These are temporarily stored in the browser's cookie folder until the user closes the browser or logs out of the site.
  2. Persistent Cookies - These are stored on the computer's hard drive or equipment and depend on the cookie's preset lifespan. Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting, known as 'third-party cookies,' which may be used anonymously to remember a user’s preferences.

Advantages of Cookies

Cookies store information that connects a web browser (the user) to a specific web server (the website). When the browser accesses that web server again, it can read the previously stored information and react accordingly. Cookies ensure users enjoy a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide comfortable services: e.g., online privacy preferences, language options, shopping carts, or relevant advertising.

How Long Does a Cookie Last?

Cookies are managed by web servers. Their lifespan can vary significantly, depending on their purpose. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session and are deleted once the user leaves the website, while others are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website. Cookies can also be deleted by the user at any time through browser settings.

Third-Party Cookies

Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/providers (e.g., a video, an ad, a chat application, etc.). These third parties may also place cookies through the site, known as "third-party cookies," because they are not placed by the owner of the respective website. Third-party providers must also comply with applicable laws and the website owner's privacy policies.

How Cookies Are Used on This Site

Cookies ensure users a pleasant browsing experience and support our efforts to provide comfortable services to users through functionalities such as online privacy preferences, shopping carts, or relevant advertising. Additionally, they are used to prepare anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand how users benefit from our web pages, enabling us to improve their structure and content without identifying the user personally.

A visit to this site may place the following types of cookies:

  1. Essential Cookies
    These cookies allow the saving of preferences for other types of cookies and access to the basic functionalities of this site.

  2. Performance Cookies
    These include cookies from traffic analysis services and third-party services offering complementary functionalities to the site.

  3. Social Media and Advertising Cookies
    These cookies may be placed by social media or advertising services used on this site.

What Information Is Stored and Accessed Through Cookies?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server will recognize the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. Cookies store important information that improves the internet browsing experience (e.g., keeping a user logged in to their account, saving products in the shopping cart, or retaining products in the Favorites list).

Why Are Cookies Important for the Internet?

Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user's preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies may make a site difficult to use.

How Can You Disable Cookies?

You can configure your browser to block these cookies or to accept cookies only from a specific site.

All modern browsers offer options to configure cookie preferences, typically found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu. Use the “Help” option in your browser for more details.

Useful Links

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