COOKIES POLICY
Effective as of May 25, 2018
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
The Marathon Distribution Group website (hereinafter referred to as “Website”) uses Cookies. Cookies are files sent to a browser through a web server to record user activities on a website. The first purpose of cookies is to provide the user with faster access to the selected services. In addition, cookies personalize the services offered by the Website, facilitating and providing to each user information that is or that may be of interest, regarding the use of the services.
The website uses cookies to personalize and facilitate user navigation as much as possible. Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide references that allow the deduction of the user’s personal data. The user can configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of cookies sent by the Website, without affecting the user’s ability to access the content of that website. However, we would like to emphasize that, under this particularity, the quality of the website’s performance may decrease.
Users who register, have registered or have logged in, can benefit from personalized services oriented to their profile, due to the combination of the data stored in cookies and the personal data used at the time of registration. These users expressly authorize the use of this information for the stated purpose, without prejudice to their right to refuse or disable the use of cookies. Also, the Website will be able to know all the services requested by the users, so that it can provide information adapted to the preferences of each user.
WHAT KIND OF COOKIES ARE THERE?
Cookies, depending on their permanency, can be divided into:
- “Session cookies” which are the first to expire when the user closes the browser.
- “Persistent cookies” which are the following that expire, depending on when the purpose for which they serve (for example, for the user to remain identified in the Services) is fulfilled or when they are manually deleted.
In addition, according to their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
- “Performance cookies“: this type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service every time you visit the website. For example, this typology includes: Volume settings of video or audio players; Streaming speeds of videos that are compatible with your browser.
- “Geolocation Cookies“: These cookies are used to find out in which country you are when a service is requested. This cookie is completely anonymous and is used only to guide content to your location.
- “Registration cookies“: registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently logged in and are used to identify you in services with the following objectives:
- – Keeps the user identified so that if a service, browser or computer shuts down and at another time or another day enters the service again, it will remain identified, making it easier to navigate without having to stop or reconnect. This functionality can be suppressed if the user clicks on the “log out” function, so this cookie is deleted and the next time the user enters the service, they will have to log in to be identified.
- Analytical cookies: Each time a user accesses a service or an instrument from an external provider, an analytical cookie is generated on the user’s computer. This Cookie, which is generated only during the visit, will serve in future visits to the web services to identify the anonymous visitor. The main objectives are:
- – Allows anonymous identification of users browsing through the cookie (identifies browsers and devices, not people) and, therefore, the approximate number of visitors and their tendency over time.
- – Anonymously identifies the most visited content and therefore more attractive to users.
- – Find out if the user accessing is a new or repeated visitor.
- Behavioral advertising cookies modules: This type of cookies allows the extension of information regarding the ads displayed to each anonymous user of the web services, among others, the duration and frequency of display of the advertising positions, their interaction with them or the models and/or navigation compartments of the user, because they contribute to the formation of a profile of advertising interest. In this way, they allow to advertise in relation to the user’s interests.
- Third-party advertising cookies: In addition to the advertising managed by the Website in its services, the Website offers advertisers the option to run advertisements through third parties (“AdServers”). In this way, these third parties may store cookies sent from web services from users’ browsers, as well as access to data stored therein, for example:
- – AdWords: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=ro
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
The cookies we use on our website are:
Our own: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment on a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided. These cookies, in our case, in most cases, are related to the functioning of WordPress and plug-ins installed.
Third parties: These are sent to the terminal equipment of users on a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained by cookies. The two main tools we use are:
- Google Analytics: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=ro
- Yandex Metrica: https://metrica.yandex.com/about/info/data-policy
These cookies are analytical, and you can find their description in the previous chapter – WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?
HOW TO DEACTIVATE COOKIES?
It is possible to stop accepting browser cookies or stop accepting cookies from a particular service.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu in your browser. You can also configure your browser or email manager and install free add-ons to prevent Web Bugs from downloading when you open an email.
The site provides user guidance on how to access the cookie configuration menu and, if applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
- Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings (For more information, you can check Microsoft support or browser support)
- Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.
- Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.
- Safari: Preferences -> Security. (For more information, you can check Apple support or browser support.
EXISTING LINKS ON THE SITE
We want you to have the most enjoyable experience when you visit our sites, which is why we try to allow you to connect with the most common social media tools.
Within our websites you will find links to these tools, but they do not collect any data through us. Whenever you access them, you will be transferred to a separate page of your browser.
Their role is only to facilitate access to our pages on these platforms (e.g. Marathon Distribution Group’s Facebook page).
CAN CHANGES IN COOKIES POLICY APPEAR?
The Website may modify this Cookies policy according to the legislative and regulatory requirements, so users are advised to visit it periodically.
When there are significant changes in this Cookies policy, users will be informed either through the website or by email, in the case of registered users.