Cookies policy

Our website uses essential cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of the website. These cookies provide basic functionality and security features, such as maintaining your session and being able to navigate through the site. Without these cookies, the site may not work as efficiently as intended.

What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make their use more efficient. The law stipulates that we may store cookies on your device where they are strictly necessary for the operation of this website. For any other type of cookie, we must request your consent.

What are the advantages of cookies?
Cookies are managed by web servers. The life of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used only for one session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user has left the website and some cookies are retained and reused each time the user returns to that website (permanent cookies). However, cookies can be deleted by a user at any time through the browser settings.

In general, the role of cookies is to ensure a quick and easy interaction between users and websites. Cookies are also used so that users can easily resume their activities at the next visits of a previously visited website. Basically, cookies tell the server which pages to display to the user, without him having to remember the pages where he navigated or navigate throughout the site from the beginning.

How are cookies used on this site?
Session cookie

Session cookies are stored in the user's device during the browsing session. They store an anonymous session identifier, allowing the user to visit a website without having to enter the identification information (username, password, etc.) on each page.

Such cookies are frequently used in an online store. For example, when the user visits a specific page and selects certain products, the cookie remembers the selected products and adds them to the shopping cart, which will contain all the selected products when the user wants to leave the page.

Session cookies are stored in the device's memory only during a web browsing session and are removed when the browser is closed. They can also become inaccessible and if the session has been inactive for a certain period of time.

Audience statistics for articles
To understand how widely the articles in the Focus section are read, we record visits to them. We do not use cookies or third-party analytics services for this: the data stays on our own server.

What we collect: your IP address, your browser and device type as reported by your browser, the article you opened, and the date and time of the visit. An IP address is personal data within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR).

Purpose and legal basis: we use this data only for internal audience statistics, that is, to know how many people read an article and which articles are of interest, on the basis of our legitimate interest in understanding and improving the content we publish (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR). We do not use it for advertising, we do not build profiles and we do not make automated decisions based on it.

Who has access and how long we keep it: the data is available only to the Graphit Innovation Factory team and is not sold or passed on to third parties. We keep it for as long as it is needed for the statistical purpose described above.

Your rights: you have the right of access, rectification, erasure and restriction of processing, as well as the right to object to processing based on legitimate interest. To exercise these rights, write to us at office@graphit.ro. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (www.dataprotection.ro).