Cookies policy

  1. Introductory information

    The website www.happycandles.ro is the property of Cheeky Hamster Crafts SRL, a legal entity of Romanian nationality, registered with the Trade Register under no. J20/2501/5646005, with unique fiscal registration code 51397291, with headquarters at 26 Lastarisului Street, Ground Floor, Apartment 1, District 1, Bucharest, e-mail address contact@happycandles.ro, telephone no. +40.774.040.590 ("The Company" or "We").

    This Cookie Policy governs how the website www.happycandles.ro ("Website") uses cookies and applies to all persons who access the Website.

    The information presented in this Cookie Policy is intended to inform all people accessing the Website about the placement, management and administration of cookies used by this Website.

    Information on how personal data is processed, including the processing of data collected through cookies, can be found in the Website's Privacy Policy.

    This Website uses its own cookies and third-party cookies to ensure the optimal functioning of the Website, to provide an improved browsing experience and to analyze traffic and provide information regarding services that may be of interest to users.

    The term cookie includes both cookie modules and similar technologies through which information can be automatically collected about Website users.

    The Company respects the right to privacy of the Website users. Thus, regarding cookies that are not strictly necessary for the optimal functioning of the Website, the Company will respect the choices expressed by users in relation to the use of those cookies.

     

  2. Additional information about cookies

    Our goal is to provide you with the most interactive and secure online experience possible, and to do so we use cookies or similar technologies. It is important that you know which cookies our website uses and for what purpose, as this will help protect your privacy while ensuring the ease of use of the Website.

     

  3. What are the advantages of cookies?

    A cookie contains information that connects a web browser to a specific web server. If a browser accesses that web server again, the latter can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies ensure a pleasant browsing experience for users and support the efforts of many websites to provide user-friendly services (for example, online privacy preferences, site language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising, etc.).

     

  4. What are cookies?

    Cookies (also known as “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) are small text files, made up of letters and numbers, which are stored on your device (computer, mobile terminal or other equipment from which the Website is accessed).

    The cookie is installed through a request issued by a webserver to a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome) and is completely "passive" (it does not contain executable software programs, viruses or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive).

    A cookie consists of 2 parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Furthermore, the duration of a cookie's existence is determined. Thus, technically, only the webserver that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that webserver.

     

  5. What is the lifespan (storage) of cookies?

    The lifespan of cookies differs depending on the role of each type of cookie.

    There are 2 large categories of cookies, depending on their lifespan:

    1. Session cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser's cookie folder, so that it remembers them until the user leaves the respective website or closes the browser window (e.g. when logging in/out of a webmail account or social networks). When the session or browser is closed, all stored information is deleted.
    2. Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depend on the cookie's default 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 can be used anonymously to remember a user's interests so that advertising can be delivered to the user in a way that is more relevant to them.

     

  6. What are third-party cookies?

    Third-party cookies are generated and placed on the user's device by a website other than the one the user is visiting. Third-party cookies are created when a user visits a website that also includes elements from other sites, such as images or advertisements from third parties.

    Third parties that place cookies on the user's device must comply with both the legal provisions in force and the privacy policy of the website owner.

     

  7. What cookies does this Website use and for what purposes?

    This Website uses its own cookies as well as third-party cookies, and these can be both session cookies and persistent cookies.

    This Website also uses the following types of cookies:

    Essential cookies

    We use essential cookies to make our website work. These cookies are strictly necessary to enable basic functionalities such as security, network management, your cookie preferences and accessibility. They are essential to allow you to navigate the website and use its features. If you remove or disable these cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use our website.

    Analysis and personalization cookies

    These cookies collect information that is used to analyze how a website is used, to count the number of visitors, and to learn how the website can be improved. We do not associate website usage statistics and other reports with individual people. These cookies are called analytical cookies.

    We use cookies provided by Google Analytics to collect limited data directly from end users' browsers to allow us to better understand how the Website is used, to optimize and improve the Website's functionalities.

    More information about how Google collects and uses this data can be found at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

    You can opt out of all Google-supported analytics on our websites by visiting: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

    Performance and functionality cookies

    These cookies are used to improve the performance and functionality of the Website, but are not essential for its use. However, without these cookies, certain features, such as videos, may become unavailable or you may be asked to enter your login details each time you visit the Website because we may not be able to remember that you have previously logged in.

    This type of cookie remembers the user's preferences on this Website, so that they do not need to be set each time you visit the site. Examples: - video player volume settings - video streaming speed that the browser is compatible with.

    Social media cookies

    We use social media cookies to enable social media integration on the website and to give you the ability to instantly like or share a page or product on your favorite social media service.

    These cookies are used when you share information using a social media share button or a "like" button on our website or log in to your account or interact with our content on or through a social media website, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social media network will record that you have done this. These cookies may also include certain code that has been placed on the platform to help track conversions from advertisements, to optimize ads based on the data collected, to build targeted audiences for future ads and to remarket to qualified users who have already taken certain actions on the platform.

    Advertising cookies

    We use cookies to enable online advertising, which can be personalized to show you more relevant and interesting ads, both on and off our website. We do this through advertising (targeting) cookies.

    Thus, the information generated by cookies about how the site is used – standard internet usage log information (including your IP address) and information about visitor behavior in an anonymous form – is transmitted to and stored by Google, including on servers in the United States.

    These cookies allow us to know whether or not you have viewed an online advertisement, what type it is and how long it has been since you saw the advertisement. We also use these cookies to target online advertising. We may also use third-party cookies to better target advertising, for example to show holiday advertisements if the user has recently visited an article on the website about holidays. We also set cookies through other websites on which we advertise. By receiving them, we can use them to recognise you as a user of that website if you subsequently visit our website, and we will be able to deliver advertising based on this information to you.

    Marketing cookies

    These account-based marketing cookies allow us to identify future prospects and personalize sales and marketing interactions with them.

    Geotargeting cookies

    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 page in Romanian or another language you receive the same advertisement.

    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 the 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. Unless you have selected “keep me logged in”, this cookie will be automatically deleted when you close your browser or computer.

    Third-party cookies

    Some cookies that have been set on the Website are not set on a primary basis by us. Certain sections of content on some sites may be provided through third parties/providers (e.g. news box, a video or an advertisement). These third parties may also place cookies through the Website 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 applicable laws regarding cookies and the processing of personal data.

    Third-party service providers control many of the performance and functionality, advertising, marketing, and analytics cookies described above. We do not control the use of these third-party cookies, as the cookies can only be accessed by the third party that originally set them.

     

  8. How to manage or disable cookies in your browser

    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 no longer retained once the user has left the website and some cookies are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website (persistent cookies). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.

    You should know that you can manage your cookie preferences from the pop-up window on our website or from your browser settings, and most browsers allow you to see what cookies you have and delete them individually or block third-party cookies, block cookies from specific sites, block the setting of all cookies, delete all cookies when you close your browser.

    However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may make your overall user experience worse because it will no longer be personalized for you.

    You should also be aware that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences) if you block cookies in your browser. Different browsers provide you with different controls. Disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser, you will need to do this yourself from your browser.

    Instructions on how to change your browser settings can be found by accessing the links below:

     

  9. Why are cookies important for the Internet?

    Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience tailored to the preferences and interests of each User. Refusing or disabling cookies may make some sites impossible to use.

    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 behavior.

    Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to authenticate through an account):

    • Content and services tailored to user preferences – categories of news, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment sites and travel services.
    • Offers tailored to users' interests – password retention, language preferences (e.g. displaying search results in Romanian).
    • Retention of child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
    • Providing more relevant advertising to the user.
    • Ad frequency limitation – limiting the number of times an ad is displayed to a specific user on a site.
    • 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 reaches a website (e.g. via search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites conduct these analyses of their usage to improve the websites for the benefit of Users.

     

  10. 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 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' preferences and browsing history, both on a particular site and across multiple sites, cookies can be used as a form of Spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this and consistently mark cookies for deletion as part of their anti-virus/anti-spyware scan/deletion procedures.

    Generally, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.

     

  11. Other security aspects related to cookies

    Since identity protection is very valuable and represents the right of every Internet User, it is advisable to know what possible 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 process, 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 missetting cookies 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 over unsecured channels. Attackers can then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain sites. It is very important to be careful in choosing the most appropriate method for protecting your personal information.

     

  12. Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies

    Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited and largest websites use cookies, they are almost inevitable. Disabling cookies will not allow the user to access the most widespread and used websites including YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.

    Here are some tips that can ensure you browse worry-free with the help of cookies:

    • Customize your browser settings regarding cookies to reflect a comfortable level of cookie security for you.
    • If you don't mind cookies and you're the only person using your computer, you can set long expiration times for storing your browsing history and personal access data.
    • If you share access to your computer, you may want to consider setting up your browser to delete individual browsing data each time you close your browser. This is one way to access sites that place cookies and delete any browsing information when you close your browsing session.
    • Install and constantly update your antispyware applications.

    Many spyware detection and prevention applications include website attack detection. This prevents the browser from accessing websites that could exploit browser vulnerabilities or download malicious software. Make sure your browser is always up to date. Many cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting weaknesses in older browser versions.

    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 operate and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures so that you can browse the Internet with confidence.

     

  13. Changes to our cookie policy

    We may change our services and policies, and we may need to make changes to this Cookie Policy so that they accurately reflect our services and policies. Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you (for example, via Our Website) when we make changes to this Cookie Policy and provide you with an opportunity to review them before they become applicable to you.

    Thereafter, if you continue to use the Website or services, we will consider you acknowledged the changes, and the updated Cookie Policy will apply to your future interactions with the Website and our services.

    If you do not wish to agree to this policy or any updated Cookie Policy, please contact us using the contact details provided in this Cookie Policy.

     

  14. Processing of personal data through cookies

    Information on how personal data is processed, including the processing of data collected through cookies, can be found in the Privacy Policy, available on the Website.

     

  15. What are your rights regarding the processing of personal data?

    As users of this Website, you benefit from the rights provided for in the legislation on the protection of personal data, namely:

    • The right to be informed
    • Right to access data
    • Right to rectification
    • The right to be forgotten
    • Right to restriction of processing
    • Right to data portability
    • Right to object
    • The right not to be subject to automated individual decision-making
    • The right to address the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing to file a complaint regarding the processing of your data

     

  16. Additional information

    For any additional information, you can contact the Company using the following contact details:

     

    Company: CHEEKY HAMSTER CRAFTS SRL

    Registered office address: 26 Lastarisului Street, Ground Floor, Apartment 1, District 1, Bucharest

    Email address: contact@happycandles.ro

     

    Details regarding the processing of personal data can be found in the Privacy Policy, available on the Website.