Cookie Policy
The website https://quietshopdesign.com uses cookies.
The information presented below aims to provide the user with more details about the placement, use, and management of cookies used by the website https://quietshopdesign.com
If you need more information that is not found below, you can contact us at the email address contact@quietshopdesign.com
Please carefully read the following information:
This website may use both its own cookies and third-party cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each individual’s needs and interests.
As we respect your right to privacy, you can choose to block certain types of cookies from this site.
Cookies play an important role in facilitating access and delivering the various services that users enjoy on the internet, such as:
- Customizing certain settings such as the language in which a site is viewed, the currency in which certain prices or fees are expressed, retaining options for various products (sizes, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and remembering these options), saving certain preferences for future reuse.
- Cookies provide website owners with valuable feedback on how their sites are used by users so that they can make them more efficient and easily accessible.
- They allow multimedia or other types of applications from other sites to be included in a specific site to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience.
- They improve the efficiency of online advertising.
What is a Cookie?
A Cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on the computer, mobile device, or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet.
The cookie is installed through a request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g., Chrome, Firefox) and is entirely “passive” (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware, and it cannot access information from the user’s hard drive).
A cookie consists of two parts: the name and its content or value. Furthermore, 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 request personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.
There are 2 major categories of cookies:
- Session Cookies – these are temporarily stored in the web browser’s cookie folder so that it remembers them until the user closes the browser window or logs out from the respective website.
- Persistent Cookies – These are stored on a computer’s hard drive or equipment (and generally depend on the predetermined lifespan of the cookie). 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 preferences.
What are the advantages of cookies?
A cookie contains information that establishes a connection between a web browser (user) and a specific web server (website). If a browser accesses that web server again, it can read the information already stored and react accordingly. Cookies ensure users a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide comfortable services to users: e.g., preferences for online privacy, language options for the site, shopping carts, or relevant advertising.
What is the lifespan of a cookie?
Cookies are managed by webservers. 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, 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 content sections on some websites may be provided through third parties/providers (e.g., a video, an advertisement, a chat application, etc.). 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 that particular website. Third-party providers must also comply with the applicable law and the privacy policies of the website owner.
How are cookies used by this site?
Cookies ensure users a pleasant browsing experience and support our efforts to provide comfortable services to users through functionalities such as online privacy preferences, shopping carts, or relevant advertising. They are also used in generating anonymous aggregate statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content while excluding the personal identification of the user.
A visit to this site may place the following types of cookies:
Essential Cookies
Performance Cookies
Social Media and Advertising Cookies
Certain cookies, such as performance or social media and advertising cookies, may come from third parties.
Essential Cookies
These cookies allow both saving preferences regarding other types of cookies used and accessing the basic functionalities of this site.
They retain user preferences on this site, eliminating the need to set them on each visit.
Registration cookies are generated when a user registers on this site, with the purpose of informing us later whether they are registered or not. Our servers use these cookies to show us the account with which you are registered and to provide you with a smoother interaction experience with the site.
Other cookies we place to enable your optimal use of the site include shopping cart and Favorites list cookies (to save information about the products you’ve added to your cart or marked as Favorites), location cookies (used to determine your location based on IP, to pre-fill certain fields required for registration or order placement), session cookies generated upon access and automatically deleted when closing the browser (necessary for the functioning of the HTTP protocol, completing certain forms, interacting with certain elements on the site, etc.), cookies that recognize the type of terminal used – desktop or mobile, cookies from chat applications that allow real-time discussions with customer service.
Performance Cookies
They include both cookies from traffic analysis services and cookies placed by certain third-party services that offer complementary functionalities to the site.
Traffic analysis cookies allow the aggregate measurement of site traffic, identification of traffic sources, provide information about the most visited or least accessed pages, as well as how users interact with the site. The listed information is collected in an aggregate and implicitly completely anonymous manner. These cookies may come from third parties such as Web Analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics).
Social Media and Advertising Cookies
These can be placed through the site by the social media or advertising services that we use.
This type of cookie may be used by these services to create a specific profile of visitors and to display relevant advertising messages on other sites you visit.
They may come from third parties such as advertising services (e.g., AdSense, AdWords), social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), etc.
Due to their use, this site cannot access these third-party cookies, just as third parties cannot access the 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 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 the browsing experience on the Internet (e.g., keeping a user logged into their account; keeping products in the shopping cart; keeping products in the Favorites list).
Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies represent the central point of 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 can hinder the use of a website.
Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising; it simply means that it will not be able to take into account your preferences and interests highlighted by your browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses of cookies (that do not require user authentication 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 user interests – remembering passwords, language preferences (e.g., displaying search results in Romanian).
- Retaining child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
- Limiting the frequency of ad displays – limiting the number of times an ad is shown to a specific user on a site.
- Providing more relevant advertising to 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 usage analyses to improve the sites for the benefit of users.
Security and Privacy Issues
Cookies use plain text formats. They are not composed of pieces of code, so they cannot be executed or self-run. Consequently, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to run or replicate again. However, cookies can still be used for negative purposes. Since they store information about users’ preferences and browsing history, both on a specific site and across multiple other sites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and consistently mark cookies to be deleted during anti-virus/anti-spyware scanning procedures.
Generally, browsers have integrated privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, expiration periods, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a particular site. Other security aspects related to cookies include:
– **Identity Protection:** Since identity protection is highly valuable and represents the right of every internet user, it is essential to be aware of potential issues that cookies can create. As they constantly transmit information in both directions between the browser and the website, if an attacker or unauthorized person interferes with the data transmission path, the information contained in cookies 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).
– **Cookie-Based Attacks:** Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on servers. If a website does not request 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 for unauthorized access to certain sites. It is crucial to be attentive in choosing the most suitable method for protecting personal information.
Suggestions 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 may prevent the user from accessing widely used and popular sites such as YouTube, Gmail, Facebook, Yahoo, and others. Here are some tips to ensure worry-free browsing with the help of cookies:
- Customize your browser settings regarding cookies to reflect a comfortable level of security for you.
- If you don’t mind cookies and are the sole user of the computer, you can set long expiration terms for storing browsing history and personal access data.
- If you share computer access, consider setting the browser to delete individual browsing data every time you close the browser. This is a way to access sites that place cookies and delete any visitation information upon closing the browsing session.
- Install anti-spyware applications and keep them constantly updated.
- Many spyware detection and prevention applications include the detection of attacks on websites. They prevent 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 exploit weaknesses in older browser versions.
Cookies are everywhere and cannot be avoided if you want to enjoy access to the most popular websites on the Internet. With a clear understanding of how they operate and the benefits they bring, you can take the necessary security measures to confidently navigate the internet.
How can I stop cookies?
You can configure your browser to no longer accept these cookies, or you can configure your browser to accept cookies only from a particular site.
All modern browsers offer the option to configure cookie storage preferences. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To understand these settings better, you can use the “help” option of your browser for more details.
Useful Links
If you want to find more information about cookies and how they are used, we recommend the following links:
All About Cookies
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ro/
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