Legal notice
This policy refers to cookies and web pages operated by ALIEN SURFACE SRL registered office in Romania, hereinafter referred to as www.aliensurface.com.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on a user's computer, mobile terminal, or other equipment used to access the Internet. The cookie is installed through a request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Chrome) and is completely "passive" (it does not contain software programs, viruses, or spyware and cannot access information on the user's hard drive).
2. What are cookies used for?
These files make it possible to recognize the user's terminal and present content in a relevant manner, adapted to the user's preferences. Cookies provide users with an enjoyable browsing experience and support our efforts to offer comfortable services to users: e.g., online privacy preferences, the shopping cart, or relevant advertising. They are also used in preparing aggregated anonymous statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content, excluding personal identification of the user.
3. What cookies do we use?
We use two types of cookies: per session and fixed. Session cookies are temporary files that remain on the user's terminal until the end of the session or the closure of the application (web browser). Fixed cookies remain on the user's terminal for a period defined by the cookie parameters or until manually deleted by the user.
4. How are cookies used by this site?
A visit to this site may place cookies for the purposes of:
- Site performance cookies
- Visitor analysis cookies
- Registration cookies
- Advertising cookies
- Advertising provider cookies
5. Do cookies contain personal data?
Cookies themselves do not request personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify Internet users. Personal data collected through the use of cookies can only be collected to facilitate certain functionalities for the user. Such data is encrypted in a way that makes unauthorized access impossible.
6. Deleting cookies
In general, an application used to access web pages allows saving cookies on the terminal by default. These settings can be changed in such a way that the automatic management of cookies is blocked by the web browser or the user is informed every time cookies are sent to their terminal. Detailed information about the possibilities and ways of managing cookies can be found in the settings area of the application (web browser). Limiting the use of cookies may affect certain functionalities of the web page.
7. Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies represent the central point of the efficient operation of the Internet, helping to generate a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. 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 – only that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, evidenced by browsing behavior.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require user authentication through an account):
- Content and services adapted to user preferences – categories of products and services.
- Offers tailored to user interests – remembering passwords.
- Remembering child protection filters regarding Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
- Limiting ad frequency – limiting the number of times an ad is displayed 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 run these usage analyses to improve sites for the benefit of users.
