Website Privacy Notice and Cookies Policy
COOKIES
- What are cookies?
- Why do we use cookies and how long are these stored?
- How to control my cookies
This policy aims to provide you with clear and transparent information on the manner in which BDO Romania uses cookies, by means of its website.
This policy is completed with the Privacy Policy of BDO Romania.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded to your computer, mobile device or other equipment from which a website or application is accessed.
A cookie consists of 2 parts: the cookie name and the content or value. Only the web server that sent the cookie may access it again when a user returns to the site that is associated with that webserver.
Cookies do not damage your system and they do not contain viruses or spyware. You can reset your browser to refuse any cookie (other than necessary/session cookie).
Why do we use cookies and how long are these stored?
We use:
Type of cookies |
Purpose |
Duration |
Necessary/session cookies
|
These are used when opening the browsing session and are necessary to ensure the proper operation of the website and page navigation. |
|
__cfduid |
30 days |
|
CMSCsrfCookie |
Session |
|
ASP.NET_SessionId |
Session |
|
ARRAffinity |
Session |
|
ARRAffinitySameSite |
Session |
|
CookieConsent |
3 months |
|
__cfduid |
29 days |
|
CMSCookieLevel |
1 year |
|
__jid |
1 day |
|
Statistics cookies
|
These are used in order to generate statistical data on how you use the website. |
|
_ga_# |
2 years |
|
_ga |
2 years |
|
_gid |
1 day |
|
_gat |
1 day |
|
disqus_unique |
1 year |
|
Performance cookies
|
These are used in order to provide details on the number of visitors to different parts of our web site and help improve the way the website is used, taking into account your behavior during the page navigation. |
|
CMSPreferredCulture |
1 year |
|
drafts.queue |
Persistent |
|
aet-dismiss |
Persistent |
|
Marketing cookies
|
These are used in order to assess and offer relevant and personalized content to the users. |
|
juggler/stat.gif |
Session |
|
pagead/landing |
Session |
|
test_cookie |
1 day |
|
IDE |
1 year |
|
RUL |
1 year |
|
ads/ga-audiences |
Session |
|
pagead/landing |
Session |
|
pagead/1p-user-list/# |
Session |
Necessary/session cookies do not require your consent, as they are an essential factor in the proper functioning and navigation of the website.
However, consent is required separately for each of the statistics, performance and marketing cookies, by ticking the corresponding box from the consent mechanism provided on the website.
BDO does not share this data with third parties. Our cookies do not store personal information such as your name or address.
How to control my cookies
Most modern browsers will allow you to:
• See what cookies you have got and delete them on an individual basis
• Block third party cookies
• Block cookies from web sites
• Block all cookies from being set
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser
If you prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from www.bdo.ro or any other web site, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone’s handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Please see below examples on how to control cookies on several browsers:
- Clear, enable, and manage cookies in Chrome - Computer - Google Chrome Help
- Gestionarea cookie-urilor și datelor site-urilor web în Safari pe Mac - Apple Support
- Delete and manage cookies (microsoft.com)
You should be aware that any preferences will be lost if you delete cookies. Also, if you block cookies completely, many web sites will not work properly and some functionality on these web sites will not work at all.
For cookies used by us and which are not strictly necessary, you may withdraw your consent at any time, without any repercussions, by accessing the “Update your consent” section available on the website.
It is possible to opt out of having your anonymized browsing activity within web sites recorded by analytics/statistics cookies. BDO Romania uses Google Analytics, and you can opt out of their cookies by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page. Please note that this will take you to Google Analytics web site and generate a ‘no thanks’ cookie, which will stop any further cookies being set by those third parties.
If you would like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them, visit aboutcookies.org*
*Please note that we cannot be responsible for the content of external web sites.
Amendments
BDO Romania reserves the right to amend this cookies policy from time to time, as it may be necessary. Please make sure to check this regularly. Continuing the access on this website is deemed as your acceptance of the changes to this policy.