The following information is intended to provide the user with more details about the placement, use and management of cookies used by www.diamondviewmamaia.com.

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Please read the following information carefully:

This website uses cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to individual needs and interests.

These cookies may come from the following third parties: Adwords, Doubleclick.net, Google Analytics, Google.com. The full list of third party cookies can be found below in the Third party cookies section.

"Cookies are designed to facilitate access and delivery of services used by the internet user, such as customising certain settings (language, country, prices displayed in national currency.

"Cookies, based on the information they gather about users, help website owners to make their product more efficient so that it is more easily accessible to users, they also increase the effectiveness of online advertising and, last but not least, they can allow multimedia or other applications from other websites to be included in a particular site to make browsing more useful.

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What is a cookie?

A cookie ("browser cookie" or "HTTP cookie") is a small file, made up of letters and numbers, which is stored on any terminal with internet access (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) and is installed by a request issued by a web-server to a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Chrome). To note: "Cookies do not contain software, viruses or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive. Cookies do not request personal information and do not personally identify internet users. A cookie consists of a name and content, its lifetime is determined and it can be accessed again by the webserver when a user returns to the website associated with that webserver.

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Cookies are classified into:

- Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the browser history which remembers them until the user exits the website or closes the browser window.

- Persistent cookies - these are stored, for a set period of time, on the hard drive of a computer or device. 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 interests in order to deliver the most relevant advertising to users.

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What are the benefits of cookies?

A cookie contains information that links users to a particular website. If a browser accesses that web-server again, it can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to offer convenient services to users: e.g. online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising.

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What is the lifetime of a cookie?

The lifetime of a cookie can be different, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. There are cookies used exclusively for a single session - they are no longer retained after the user leaves the website. Permanent cookies - are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website, but can be deleted at any time by the user.
Site performance cookies;
Visitor analytics cookies;
Geotargeting cookies;
Registration cookies;
Advertising cookies;
Advertising provider cookies;
These cookies may come from third parties.

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Performance cookies

This type of cookie remembers the user's preferences on this site, so there is no need to set them each time you visit the site. For example: volume settings for the video player, video streaming speed that the browser is compatible with.

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Cookies for visitor analysis

Every time a user visits this site the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analytics cookie. This cookie tells us whether you have visited this site before. Your browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. It allows us to track unique users who visit us and how often they do so. As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify individuals, they are only used for statistical purposes. If you are registered we may also know the details you have provided to us, such as your email address and username - these are subject to privacy and the provisions of our Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy as well as the provisions of current legislation on the protection of personal data.

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Cookies for geotargeting

These cookies are used by software that determines which country you are from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content - even when you are on our English page or in another language you receive the same advertisement.

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Registration cookies

When you register on this site, we generate a cookie that tells us whether you are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us which account you are registered with and whether you have permission for a particular service. It also allows us to associate any comments you post on our site with your username. If you have not selected "keep me logged in", this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.

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Advertising cookies

These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, what type of advertisement it is and how long it has been since you saw the advertisement. These cookies are also used to target online advertising. We may also use third party cookies to better target advertising, for example to show holiday adverts if the user has recently visited an article on the site about holidays. These cookies are anonymous, they store information about the content viewed, not about users. We also set anonymous cookies through other sites we advertise on. By receiving them, we can then use them to recognise you as a visitor to that site if you subsequently visit our site, we can deliver advertising to you based on this information.

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Cookies from advertising providers

Much of the advertising that you find on this site belongs to third parties. Some of these third parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people have been exposed to an advertisement, or to see how many people have been exposed to the same advertisement multiple times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and this site does not have access to read or write these cookies. Third party cookies may be used to show you targeted advertising on other sites based on your browsing on this site.

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Other third party cookies

On some pages, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies in order to track the success of an application, or to customize an application. Due to the way they are used, this site cannot access these cookies, 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.

What kind of information is stored and accessed through cookies? Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognise a browser. The web server will recognise the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that enhances the web browsing experience (e.g.: setting the language in which you want to access a site; keeping a user logged in to your webmail account; online banking security; keeping products in your shopping cart).

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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 some sites unusable. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising - it just means that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests as evidenced by your browsing behaviour.

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Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to log in via 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 users' interests - remember passwords, language preferences (e.g. displaying search results in English). Retain child protection filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search features) Limit ad serving frequency - limit the number of times an ad is shown to a particular user on a site. Providing more relevant advertising to the user. Measurement, optimisation and analytics features - such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is being viewed and how a user gets to a website (e.g. via search engines, directly, from other websites etc). Websites run these usage analytics to improve their websites for the benefit of users.

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Security and privacy issues
Cookies are NOT viruses! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of code so they cannot be executed or run themselves. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate themselves again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. Cookies can however be used for negative purposes. Because they store information about users' browsing preferences and history, both on a particular site and on several other sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and consistently flag cookies for deletion as part of anti-virus/anti-spyware deletion/scanning procedures. Browsers generally have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

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Other security issues related to cookies
As identity protection is very valuable and is the right of every internet user, it is advisable to be aware of the potential problems that cookies can create. Because cookies constantly transmit information back and forth between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorised person intervenes in the data transmission path, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted. Although very rare, this can happen if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted network (e.g. an unsecured WiFi network).

Other cookie-based attacks involve wrong cookie settings on servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick browsers into sending information through unsecured channels. Attackers then use the information to gain unauthorised access to certain websites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method of protecting personal information.

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Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies
Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest sites use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most popular and used sites including Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo and others. Here are a few tips to make sure you browse worry-free but with cookies:
Customise your browser settings for cookies to reflect a level of cookie security that is comfortable for you. If you don't mind cookies and are the only person using your computer, you can set long expiration times for storing browsing history and personal access data. If you share access to your computer, you may consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close the browser. This is a variant of accessing sites that place cookies and deleting any visit data when you close your browsing session. Install and constantly update anti-spyware applications. Many spyware detection and prevention applications include detection of attacks on websites. This prevents your browser from accessing websites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download dangerous software. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting weaknesses in older versions of browsers. Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the best and biggest sites on the Internet - local or international. With a clear understanding of how they work and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures so you can surf the internet with confidence.

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Disabling and rejecting cookies
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies may make certain sites unusable or difficult to visit and use. Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive/see online advertising. It is possible to set your browser to stop accepting cookies or you can set your browser to accept cookies from a specific site. But, for example, if you are not registered using cookies, you will not be able to leave comments. All modern browsers offer the possibility to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be useful, otherwise you can use your browser's "help" option for more details.

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari

For third party cookie settings, you can also visit: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/

Useful links

If you want to find out more information about cookies and what they are used for, we recommend the following links: Microsoft Cookies guideAll About Cookies
IAB Romania provides the following site to provide more information on privacy related to online advertising:http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/