Cookies policy
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy applies to all users of the www.snookerinfo.ro website.
The information presented below is intended to inform users about the placement, use and management of cookies in the context of browsing this website.
We use the term "cookies" to refer to cookies and similar technologies through which data can be collected automatically.
Cookies are used to provide users of this website with a better browsing experience and services adapted to the needs and interests of each individual user, namely for:
- improving the use of this website, including by identifying any errors that occur while visiting/using it by users;
- providing anonymous statistics on how this website is used;
- anticipation of possible services/goods that will be provided/made available to users through this website in the future, depending on the services/products accessed.
Cookies provide valuable feedback on how this website is used, so that measures can be taken to make this website more efficient and accessible to users.
The www.snookerinfo.ro website uses cookies.
The information presented below is intended to inform the user of more details about the placement, use and management of cookies used by the snookerinfo.ro website. Also present are some useful links related to this topic.
2. What are cookies?
Our website uses cookie technology to offer you a better and personalized web service, so that it meets your needs. The data stored by the cookie files used on our website never show personal details that can be used to identify a person.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, laptop or mobile device) when you access certain websites.
Also, cookie files make your interaction with websites safer and faster, because they can remember your preferences (for example: authentication, language), sending the information they contain back to the original website (first -party cookie) or to another website to which they belong (third-party cookie), when you visit that website again using the same device.
3. Types of cookies
Session cookies - these are temporarily stored in the cookie file of the web browser so that it remembers them until the user leaves the site or closes the browser window (eg: when logging in/out on a webmail account or on social networks).
Persistent cookies - they are stored, depending on the predetermined lifetime, on the hard drive of a computer or equipment. Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is visiting at the time. Known as "third party cookies" (cookies placed by third parties), they can be used anonymously to remember a user's interests, so that advertising is delivered as relevant as possible to the searches performed by users.
4. For what purpose are they used?
Cookies can be used for different purposes. First of all, cookies may be necessary to ensure the correct functioning of the website. For example, without cookies, it may be difficult for the website to remember that you are logged in or which products you have added to your shopping cart. These are called mandatory cookies.
Cookies can be used to analyze how a website is used, to count the number of visitors and to find out how the website can be improved. We do not associate website usage statistics and other reports with individuals. These cookies are called analytical cookies.
Third, we use social media cookies to enable social media integration on the website and enable you to immediately like or share a page or product on your favorite social media service.
A fourth important reason we use cookies is to enable online advertising, which can be customized to display more relevant and interesting advertisements to you, both on and off our site. We do this through advertising (targeted) cookies.
For example, our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") that contributes to analyzing the use of the website. For this purpose, Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer.
The information generated by cookies about how the website is used – standard internet usage log information (including your IP address) and information about visitor behavior in an anonymous form – is transmitted to Google or other search engines used by you and stored by them. Before it is transmitted to the search engine, your IP address is anonymized.
In accordance with its Privacy Shield certification, Google declares that it complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework. Google may transfer the information collected by Google Analytics to a third party when required by law or when that third party processes the information on Google's behalf.
In accordance with the terms of use of Google Analytics, Google will not associate the users' IP address with any other data held by Google.
5. How can you control cookies?
By using the snookerinfo.ro website you agree that we may place cookies on your computer or device in the manner explained above. However, you can control and manage your cookie preferences from the pop-up window on our website or from your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- see which cookies you have and delete them individually;
- block third-party cookies;
- block cookies of certain sites;
- block the setting of all cookies;
- delete all cookies when you close your browser.
You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time. In any case, if you disable cookies, problems may arise related to the use of certain parts of the website, because the browser may prevent us from setting cookies necessary for the operation of the website.
If you want to remove cookies stored on your devices and configure your web browser to refuse cookies, you can use the preferences settings in your web browser. You can usually find the browser settings related to cookies in the "Options", "Tools" or "Preferences" menus of the web browser you use to access our website. Depending on the existing web browsers, various means can be used to disable cookies.
In the list below you can find more information on how to disable cookies or how to manage cookie settings for the browser you are using:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/search/results?query=Allow+or+Block+Cookies
To learn more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.eu for more information on behavioral advertising and online privacy.
6. The cookie files used by the www.snookerinfo.ro website
Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually classified into the following categories:
a. Absolutely necessary cookie files;
b. Analytical and performance cookies;
c. Functionality cookie files;
d. Cookie files for geotargetting;
e. Marketing and target audience identification cookie files;
f. Social media cookies;
g. Other types of cookie files - which may be used later.
We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.
snookerinfo.ro uses the services of third parties to obtain information about your use of our website, to optimize your user experience and to present you with advertising outside of our website. These third parties (including, for example, advertisers and external service providers such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.
a. Absolutely necessary cookies
This type of cookies allows you to navigate the website and use its basic functions. Usually, they are installed only in response to actions performed by you that are equivalent to a service request. These cookie files are indispensable for the use of websites.
b. Cookies
analytical and performance data
This type of cookie allows us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the website is used (for example, the pages a user opens most often and whether the user receives error messages from certain pages).
This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example by ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary, and in some cases may exceed 2 years.
How does it work?
Every time you visit our site, the analytics software provided by a third party generates a cookie to analyze your activity. This cookie tells us if 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 tracking of unique users who visit us and how often they do so. If you are registered, we may also know the details you have provided us, such as your email address and username, to which the Privacy Policy provided by this site applies.
As long as you are not registered on this site, this cookie cannot be used to identify you as a person, being used only for statistical purposes.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookie files to provide us with an analysis of how you use the respective website. The information generated by the cookie files regarding your use of the website will be transmitted and stored by Google on servers that may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, drawing up reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services related to website activity and internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if it is required to do so by law or if these third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting the way you can visit our website.
Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.
To prevent monitoring by this type of cookie, you can install an add-on on your web browser (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
c. Functionality Cookies
These types of cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website and allow us to provide you with improved and more personalized features, such as remembering your preferences or advertising banners you have viewed , displaying maps or movie embeds. These cookie files collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years.
d. Cookies for geotargeting
These cookies are used by a software that determines which country you come from. It is completely anonymous and is only used to target content - even when you are on our page in Romanian or another language, you receive the same advertisement.
e. Marketing and targeting cookies
These types of cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you visited and the links you accessed. We will use this information to provide advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit how often you can see an ad and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
We may also share this information with third parties (such as advertisers) for this purpose. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see point 6 below.
Cookies for displaying targeted ads and content (targeted advertising cookies)
In order to tailor information and advertisements based on your interests and relevance, advertising providers try to understand your likely interests based on your visits and browsing behavior on the web bsite snookerinfo.ro and other third party websites. Depending on these areas of interest, they can develop a segmented profile, after which they can adapt the content and advertisements on our website to various customer groups.
Third parties that set cookies through our website may try to learn what interests you in this way, and this information may also be used to provide you with content or advertising that is more likely to interest you on other websites that do not belong to snookerinfo.ro, information about your current visit to the website may be combined with information from previous visits to other websites than ours.
Even if such cookies are not activated, please note that advertisements will be displayed on our website, but they will not be tailored to your interests. These ads can, for example, be modified depending on the content of the website.
To show you ads, snookerinfo.ro uses DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) and Google Ad Exchange technology, provided by Google.
Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners.
You can opt out of receiving interest-based online advertising from Google, Facebook or other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the United States, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe or within your mobile device settings. Note that ad blocking applications and tools that restrict our use of cookies may interfere with these control options.
More information about online advertising:
In general, the advertising agencies we work with use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how promoters generally use cookies and the choices they provide, you can consult the following resources:
Digital Advertising Alliance
Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
European Interactive Advertising Digital Alliance
snookerinfo.ro uses the following advertising platforms and affiliate programs to place ads on the site: Google AdSense, Profitshare, 2Performant, ShareASale, Rakuten Advertising. These platforms use cookie files that are not controlled by us. For more information, check the cookie and privacy policies of the respective platforms:
Google AdSense: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en#products
Profitshare: https://profitshare.ro/en/cookies
2Performant: https://2performant.com/cookie-policy/
Rakuten Advertising: https://go.rakutenadvertising.com/hubfs/Cookie-Policy.pdf
f. Social Media Cookies
These types of files allow you to share the website on your activity on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not controlled by us.
On some of our websites, third parties who provide applications through these websites may place their own cookies to monitor the performance of their applications or to customize these applications for you. For example, when you share an article using a share button on social networks (for example: Facebook, Twitter) available on a website, the social network platform associated with that button will record this.
These social media websites may also collect your personal data for their own purposes. snookerinfo.ro has no responsibility for how social media websites use your personal data. For more information about the cookies set by social media websites and the data they may collect, please consult their privacy and cookie policies. Below you will find a list of the privacy statements of the most frequently used social media channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies
Twitter: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/x-cookies
Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en#products
Instagram: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policies/cookies/
Threads: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policies/cookies/
7. Web Security and User Privacy Issues
Cookies are NOT viruses and do not collect personal data.
However, Cookies can be used to the detriment of users, by Spyware programs. Because they store information about users' preferences and browsing history, Cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Anti-spyware applications are meant to mark cookies for deletion during anti-virus/anti-spyware scanning procedures.
Browsers have integrated privacy settings that offer different levels of cookie acceptance – such as the validity period and automatic deletion at the end of a web session.
8. Other security aspects related to Cookies
Because all Internet users have the right to the protection of their online identity, it is advisable to be informed about possible security risks. Given that through these files information is constantly exchanged between the browser and the website you visit, the information transmitted through Cookies can be intercepted by unauthorized persons or programs. For example, this is possible if the browser connects to the server using an unencrypted/unsecured network – as is the case with certain Wi-Fi networks.
Other cookie-based attacks may be possible due to wrong settings of these files on the servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to gain access to information transmitted through Cookies. For these reasons it is essential that you pay close attention to the settings by which you protect your personal information available online.
9. Tips for secure web browsing based on Cookies
Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited sites use Cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling Cookies will not allow you access to sites such as Youtube, Gmail, Yahoo, etc.
That's why we offer you some tips to ensure a safe web browsing, by means of Cookies:
Customize your browser settings regarding Cookies.
If you are the only user of the terminal, you can set expiration dates for extended Cookies.
If you are not the only user of the terminal, consider deleting individual browsing data every time you close the browser.
Install antispyware applications and update them regularly.
Make sure that the browser used is always up-to-date, because many of the attacks based on Cookies are possible due to the weak points of the old versions of the browsers.
10. Links to other websites
On the snookerinfo.ro website there are links to other third party websites that are not under our control. When these links are accessed, users are subject to the policy of the respective website. We recommend that you read the terms of use and privacy policies of all third-party websites before using them or submitting personal data or any other information to or through those websites.
11. Modification of Cookie Policy
Every time we change the cookie policy, you will be informed by publishing the new version on the www.snookerinfo.ro website.
The new version will enter into force on the date of online publication.
Updated on 19.01.2024.
