sstocsurplus.ro uses its own and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to individual needs and interests.
Cookies play an important role in facilitating access to and delivery of the many services that users enjoy on the internet, such as:
Personalizing certain settings like: the language in which a site is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or rates are expressed.
Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users, allowing them to make their sites more efficient and accessible.
They allow multimedia or other applications from other sites to be included on a particular site to create a more valuable, useful, and pleasant browsing experience.
They improve the efficiency of online advertising.
What is a “cookie”?
An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that will be stored on the user’s computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment from which the Internet is accessed.
The cookie is installed by a web-server’s request to a browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox) and is completely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).
A cookie consists of two parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Additionally, the lifespan of a cookie is determined; technically, only the web-server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web-server.
Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.
There are 2 main categories of cookies:
- Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser’s cookie folder so that the browser can remember them until the user exits the website or closes the browser window (e.g., when logging in/out of a webmail account or on social networks).
- Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depend on the predefined lifespan of the cookie). Persistent cookies 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 interests so that more relevant advertising can be delivered to users.
What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that links a web-browser (the user) to a specific web-server (the website). If the browser accesses that web-server again, the server 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 user-friendly services: e.g., online privacy preferences, language options for the site, shopping carts, or relevant advertising.
What is the lifespan of a cookie?
Cookies are managed by web-servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are not retained once the user leaves the website, while some cookies are retained and reused every time the user returns to that website (“persistent cookies”). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.
What are third-party cookies?
Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/providers (e.g., a news box, a video, or an ad). These third parties may also place cookies through the site, and they are called “third-party cookies” because they are not placed by the owner of the respective website. Third-party providers must also comply with the applicable law and the privacy policies of the site owner.
How cookies are used by this site
A visit to this site may place cookies for the following purposes:
- Site performance cookies
- Visitor analysis cookies
- Geotargeting cookies
- Advertising cookies
- Advertising provider cookies
Visitor analysis cookies
Each time a user visits this site, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a user analysis cookie. This cookie tells us whether you have visited this site before. The browser will tell us if you have this cookie, and if not, we will generate one. This allows the monitoring of 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; it is used solely 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 confidentiality and the provisions of the Privacy Policy, as well as the applicable law on personal data protection.
Geotargeting cookies
These cookies are used by software that determines the country you are from. It is completely anonymous and is used only to target content – even when you are on our site in Romanian or another language, you will receive the same advertisement.
Advertising cookies
These cookies allow us to find out whether or not you have viewed an online ad, what type of ad it was, and how long it has been since you saw the advertising message.
We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies to better target advertising, for example, to show ads about vacations if the user has recently visited an article on the site about vacations. These cookies are anonymous; they store information about the viewed content, not about users.
We also set anonymous cookies through other sites on which we advertise. By receiving them, we can use them to recognize you as a visitor to that site and, if you later visit our site, we will be able to deliver advertising based on that information.
Other third-party cookies
On some pages, third parties may set their anonymous cookies, with the purpose of tracking the success of an application or customizing an application. Due to the way it is used, this site cannot access these cookies, just as third parties cannot access the cookies owned 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 type of 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.
The cookie stores important information that enhances your Internet browsing experience (e.g., the language settings in which you want to access a site, keeping a user logged in to a webmail account, online banking security, keeping products in the shopping cart).
Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies are the focal point of the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience adapted to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies can make some sites impossible to use.
Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising; it just means that it will no longer be able to consider your preferences and interests, as evidenced by your browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require authentication of a user through an account):
- Content and services tailored to user preferences – categories of products and services.
- Offers tailored to users’ interests – remembering passwords.
- Retaining child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
- Limiting the frequency of ad serving – limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a specific user on a site.
- Providing relevant advertising for the user.
- Measurement, optimization, and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user arrives at a website (e.g., through search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites conduct these analyses of their use to improve their sites for the benefit of users.
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 self-run. Consequently, they cannot duplicate or replicate on other networks to run or replicate 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’ preferences and browsing history, both on a specific site and across multiple sites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and constantly flag cookies for deletion during anti-virus/anti-spyware scanning procedures.
In general, browsers 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.
Other security issues related to cookies
Since the protection of identity is very valuable and represents the right of every internet user, it is advisable to know what potential problems cookies can create. Because through them, information is constantly transmitted in both directions between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorized person intervenes in the data transmission path, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted.
Although very rarely, 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 incorrect 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 unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful when choosing the most appropriate method of protecting personal information.
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 inevitable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most widespread and used sites, including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, and others.
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 inevitable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user access to the most widespread and used sites, including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo, and others.
Here are some tips that can ensure you browse without worries but with the help of cookies:
Customize your browser settings for cookies to reflect a level of comfort for
- Dacă nu vă deranjează cookie-urile și sunteți singura persoană care utilizează computerul, puteți seta termene lungi de expirare pentru stocarea istoricului de navigare și al datelor personale de acces.
- Dacă împărțiți accesul la calculator, puteți lua în considerare setarea browserului pentru a șterge datele individuale de navigare de fiecare dată când închideți browserul. Aceasta este o variantă de a accesa site-urile care plasează cookie-uri și de a șterge orice informație de vizitare la închiderea sesiunii de navigare.
- Instalați-vă și updatați-vă constant aplicații antispyware.
Multe dintre aplicațiile de detectare și prevenire a spyware-ului includ detectarea atacurilor pe site-uri. Astfel, împiedică browserul de la a accesa website-uri care ar putea să exploateze vulnerabilitățile browserului sau să descarce software periculos.
Asigurați-vă că aveți browserul mereu updatat.
Multe dintre atacurile bazate pe cookies se realizează exploatând punctele slabe ale versiunilor vechi ale browserelor.
Cookie-urile sunt peste tot și nu pot fi evitate dacă doriți să vă bucurați de acces pe cele mai bune și cele mai mari site-uri de pe Internet – locale sau internaționale. Cu o înțelegere clară a modului lor de operare și a beneficiilor pe care le aduc, puteți lua măsurile necesare de securitate astfel încât să navigați cu încredere pe internet.
Dezactivarea și refuzul de a primi cookie-uri pot face anumite site-uri impracticabile sau dificil de vizitat și folosit.
De asemenea, refuzul de a accepta cookie-uri nu înseamnă că nu veți mai primi/vedea publicitate online.
Browserul are opțiunea de a seta aceste cookie-uri pentru a nu mai fi acceptate sau puteți seta browserul să accepte cookie-uri de la un site anume. Dar, de exemplu, dacă nu sunteți înregistrați folosind cookie-urile, nu veți putea lăsa comentarii.
Toate browser-ele moderne oferă posibilitatea de a schimba setările cookie-urilor. Aceste setări se află de regulă în „opțiuni” sau în meniul de „preferințe” al browserului vostru.
Pentru a înțelege aceste setări, următoarele linkuri pot fi folositoare, altfel puteți folosi opțiunea „ajutor” a browserului pentru mai multe detalii:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari
Pentru setările cookie-urilor generate de terți, puteți consulta și site-ul:
Linkuri utile:
Dacă doriți să aflați mai multe informații despre cookie-uri și la ce sunt utilizate, recomandăm următoarele linkuri: