REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)
Regulation – 2016/679 – EN – gdpr – EUR-Lex
1. Introduction
This Cookie Policy applies to all users of the affiliate-elites.com website. The information presented below aims to inform users of this website about the placement, use and management of cookies by affiliate-elites.com in the context of users’ browsing on this website.
2. What are cookies?
We use the term “cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies through which information can be collected automatically.
An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or “cookie”) is a small file made up of letters and numbers that will be stored on a user’s computer, mobile device or other devices through which the internet is accessed.
Cookies are installed by a request issued by a web server to a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome). Once installed, cookies have a fixed lifespan, remaining “passive”, meaning that they do not contain software, viruses or spyware and will not access information on the user’s hard drive on whose device they were installed.
A cookie is made up of two parts: the name of the cookie; and the content or value of the cookie.
From a technical point of view, only the web server that sent the cookie can access it again when a user returns to the website associated with that web server.
3. For what purposes are cookies used by this website
Cookies are used to provide users of this website with a better browsing experience and services tailored to the needs and interests of each individual user, namely for:
- improving the use of this website, including by identifying any errors that occur during its visit/use by users;
- providing anonymous statistics on how this website is used to [the website owner], as the owner of this website;
- anticipating possible goods that will be made available to users in the future through this website, depending on the services/products accessed.
Based on the feedback sent through cookies regarding how this website is used, affiliate-elites.com can take measures to make this website more efficient and accessible to users.
Thus, the use of cookies allows the memorization of certain settings/preferences established by users of this website, such as:
- the language in which a website is viewed;
- posting comments on the site.
4. What is the lifespan of cookies?
The lifespan of cookies can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which they are placed. There are the following categories of cookies that also determine their lifespan:
Session cookies – A “session cookie” is a cookie that is automatically deleted when the user closes their browser.
Persistent or fixed cookies – A “persistent” or “fixed” cookie is a cookie that remains stored on the user’s terminal until it reaches a certain expiration date (which may be in a few minutes, days or a few years in the future) or until it is deleted by the user at any time via the browser settings.
5. What cookies are used by this website:
By using/visiting the website, the following cookies may be placed:
a. Performance cookies
This type of cookie stores the user’s preferences for this website, so that setting the preferences again when visiting the website again is no longer necessary.
b. User analysis cookies
These cookies inform us whether a particular user of the website has visited/used this website before. These cookies are used for statistical purposes only.
c. Geotargeting cookies
These cookies are are used by software that determines the country of origin of the user of the website. The same advertisements will be received regardless of the language selected.
d. Registration cookies
When you register on this site, cookies are generated that remember this step. The servers use these cookies to show us the account with which you are registered. Also, the use of these cookies allows us to associate any comment posted on the website with the username of the account used. If the “keep me registered” option has not been selected, these cookies will be automatically deleted when the browsing session ends.
e. Advertising cookies
These cookies allow us to find out whether a user has viewed an online advertisement, its type and the time elapsed since the respective advertising message was viewed. As such, such cookies are used to target online advertising.
6. What type of information is stored and accessed through cookies?
Cookies store information in a small text file that allows the browser to be recognized. This website recognizes the browser until the cookies expire or are deleted.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly the same as if visitors had viewed another website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We do not receive any information in this regard, because we do not share information with these websites, the relationship between you and them is direct if you have an account with which you log in to them.
7. Customizing your browser settings regarding cookies
If the use of cookies is not disruptive and the computer or technical equipment used to browse this website is used only by you, long expiration periods can be set for storing the browsing history.
If the computer or technical equipment used to browse this website is used by several people, you can consider setting it to delete individual browsing data each time the browser is closed.
8. How can cookies be turned off?
Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make this website difficult to visit, resulting in limitations on its usability.
Users can configure their browser to reject cookies or to accept cookies from a specific website.
All modern browsers offer the possibility of changing cookie settings. These settings can usually be accessed in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
However, refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising – it just means that it will not be tailored to your preferences and interests, as evidenced by your browsing behavior.
9. See Google Privacy
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
