Cookie Policy
The ZeedDent clinic website uses cookies to provide visitors with a much better browsing experience and services tailored to each individual’s needs and interests. These cookies may come from the following third parties: Adwords, Doubleclick.net, Google Analytics, Google.com.
The information set out below is intended to provide users with further details regarding the placement, use and management of the cookies used by the ZeedDent clinic website
Please read the following information carefully:
An Internet cookie (also known as a ‘browser cookie’, ‘HTTP cookie’ or simply ‘cookie’) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, which is stored on a user’s computer, mobile device or other equipment used to access the Internet. The cookie is installed via a request sent by a web server to a browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) and is entirely ‘passive’ (it contains no software, viruses or spyware and cannot access information on the user’s hard drive).
A cookie consists of two parts: the name and the content or value of the cookie. Furthermore, the lifespan of a cookie is fixed; technically, only the 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 require personal information to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.
There are two main categories of cookies:
- Session cookies – these are stored temporarily in the web browser’s cookie folder so that the browser can retain them until the user leaves the website in question or closes the browser window (e.g. when logging in or out of a webmail account or social media platforms).
- Persistent cookies – these are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and generally depend on the pre-set 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 interests, so that advertising as relevant as possible can be delivered to users.
A cookie contains information that links a web browser (the user) to a specific web server (the website). If a browser accesses that web server again, it can read the information already stored and respond accordingly. Cookies ensure users have an enjoyable browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide convenient services to users: e.g. online privacy preferences, website language options, shopping baskets or relevant advertising.
Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifespan of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is set. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session (session cookies) and are no longer retained once the user has left the website, whilst others 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 via their browser settings.
A visit to this website may place cookies for the following purposes:
- Website performance cookies
- Visitor analytics cookies
- Geotargeting cookies
- Registration cookies
- Advertising cookies
- Advertising provider cookies
- Third-party cookies
Cookies are central to the efficient functioning of the internet, helping to create a user-friendly browsing experience tailored to each user’s preferences and interests. Refusing or disabling cookies may make some websites impossible to use. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online adverts – it simply means that these will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, as indicated by your browsing behaviour.
Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require a user to log in via an account):
- Content and services tailored to the user’s preferences
- Offers tailored to users’ interests – language preferences (for example, displaying search results in Romanian)
- Limiting the frequency of adverts – limiting the number of times an advert is displayed to a specific user on a website
- Providing more relevant advertising to the user
- Measurement, optimisation 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 (for example: via search engines, directly, from other websites, etc.). Websites carry out these analyses of their usage to improve their sites for the benefit of users.
Disabling and refusing to accept cookies may make certain websites impractical or difficult to visit and use. Furthermore, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive or see online advertising.
You can adjust your browser settings so that these cookies are no longer accepted, or you can set your browser to accept cookies from a specific website.
All modern browsers offer the option to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the options or preferences menu of your browser.
To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful; otherwise, you can use your browser’s help function for further details.