1. Cookie Usage Policy
This policy refers to cookies used in the website https://thehutretreat.com managed by THE HUT RETREAT SRL, FANTANELE, School Street, No. 118, Saliste, SIBIU, Romania, CIF RO 44587340, RC J32/1386/2021
Cookies are used for the following purposes:
• running the site,
• analyzing the site visitors’ behavior,
• for advertising.
This policy complements THE HUT RETREAT SRL‘s privacy policy in general that you can find here, including additional useful information on all data processing purposes by THE HUT RETREAT SRL, your rights as well as the exceptions and their limits etc.
Proper protection of personal data is important for THE HUT RETREAT SRL.
Our desire is to be as clear and transparent as possible on this subject.
For any questions, please contact us at fantanele@thehutretreat.com
2. What are cookies?
The cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that will be stored on your computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed through the request issued by the user’s terminal to the server that is hosted on the https://thehutretreat.com
3. What are cookies used for?
These files make it possible mainly to recognize the user’s terminal and to present the content in a relevant way, adapted to the user’s preferences.
Cookies provide users a pleasant browsing experience and support our efforts to provide more tailored services to users, e.g. – Online privacy preferences, requests for offers or relevant advertising. They are also used to prepare aggregated anonymous statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our websites, allowing us to improve their structure and content, without allowing the identification of Personal user.
4. What cookies do we use?
We use two types of cookies: per session and fixes.
Session cookies are temporary files that remain in the user’s terminal until the end of the session or closing the application.
Fixed cookies remain on the user’s terminal for a period determined by the cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.
5. How are cookies used by https://thehutretreat.com ?
A visit to this site can place the following types of cookies:
• Cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the site
• Analytics Cookies
• Advertising Cookies
Cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the site, being set up on your device when accessing the site or following actions made on the site, as appropriate. You can set your browser to block cookies, but in this case certain sections of the site will not work correctly.
The other categories of cookies have the role indicated in point 11.
6. Do cookies contain personal data?
Cookies themselves do not require personal information to be used, and in many cases they do not personally identify Internet users. However, there are situations when personal data can be collected through the use of cookies to facilitate certain functionality for the user or to provide the user with a more tailored experience. Such data is encrypted in a way that makes it impossible for unauthorized persons to access them.
7. Block cookies
If you want to block cookies, some features of the site will be stopped, and this may cause some malfunctions or errors in the use of our site.
If you agree to these limitations and want to block cookies, follow the instructions below.
Most browsers are set by default to accept cookies, but you can change the settings to block some or all cookies.
Choose your browser from the list below to show the instructions you need to follow after opening the browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (Windows 7 operating system)
-click on the Settings icon (top right)
-click on Internet options
-click on privacy and then choose options
-click on apply and then click OK to save your favorites
Google Chrome
-click on the key icon and select options from the list
-click on the “Advanced Settings” tab
-click on content settings in the privacy section.
-Choose the settings you want
-click on X to close
Safari
-Choose Favorites
-click on the Privacy panel
-Choose the settings you want
-click on X to close
Mozilla Firefox
-Select tools from the main bar, then Options
-click on the Privacy tab
-Choose the settings you want
-click OK to close
The above settings are specific to each browser and our company is not responsible for their operation.
8. Manage your preference on placing cookies
Generally, an application used to access webpages allows you to save cookies on the terminal by default. They are stored for periods described at point 11 below. These settings can be changed in such a way that automatic cookie management is blocked by the Web browser or the user is informed every time cookies are sent to its terminal.
Detailed information about the possibilities and ways of administering cookies can be found in the application Settings area (Web browser). Limiting the use of cookies may affect certain functionality of the website.
9. Why are cookies required for the Internet?
Cookies and/or similar technologies are a central point of the efficient operation of the Internet, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience and tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies can make some sites or parts of sites impossible to use.
Disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising – but only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, highlighted through your browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require user authentication via an account):
• Content and services tailored to user preferences – categories of products and services.
• Offers tailored to the interests of users
• Retention of passwords
• Retention of child protection filters on Internet content (Family mode options, safe search functions).
• Limiting the frequency of ad broadcasting – limiting the number of impressions of an ad to a particular user on a site.
• Providing relevant advertising to the user.
• Measuring, optimizing and adapting analysis features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user arrives on a website (e.g. through search engines, directly from other Websites, etc.). The websites conduct these analyses regarding their use to improve their services for the benefit of users.
10. Security and privacy issues
In general, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of acceptance of cookies, period of validity and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site.
Other security-related aspects of cookies:
• Customizing your browser settings in terms of cookies to reflect a comfortable level for your security of use of cookies.
• If you are the only person using your computer, you can set, if you wish, long expiration time periods for storing your browsing history and personal access data.
• If you share access to your computer, you can consider setting your browser to delete individual browsing data every time you close your browser. This is a variant to access sites that place cookies and delete any visiting information at the closure of the browsing session.
11. Additional links and useful information
If you want to learn more about cookies and what they are used for, we recommend the following links:
• Microsoft Cookies Guide
• All About Cookies
• http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
Below we describe each cookie used on the website, including its role. We will not use these cookies in ways other than those indicated in this cookie policy.
Cookie Name: Google Analytics
Category: Statistics
Purpose: Monitoring and analysis of traffic on the website
Duration: 2 years
Cookie Name: Google Tag manager
Category: Functionality
Purpose: Site functionality/mobile applications
THE HUT RETREAT SRL uses the services of the following third parties for the purpose of providing functionalities, for analysis and for advertising. These third parties may set and use cookies on the website https://thehutretreat.com managed by THE HUT RETREAT SRL
For more details, see the data protection policies as well as user preference management guidelines and the disabling possibilities offered by the companies that manage these services, as appropriate.
The list of third-party services used on the website https://thehutretreat.com :
Google Analytics
Category: Analysis
Purpose: Web analytics
Policies: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html, https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Google Tag Manager
Category: analysis
Used in: site / mobile applications
Policies: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en