1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser when you visit it. They allow the site to work properly, remember your preferences and, with your consent, help us understand how the site is used.
In this policy, “cookies” also covers similar technologies, such as browser local storage or tracking pixels.
The website is operated by Patech Labs SRL, CUI RO48785390, J31/500/2023, with its registered office at Str. Andrei Șaguna nr. 23, office 1, Zalău, Sălaj County, Romania.
2. Cookie categories we use
Strictly necessary
They are essential for the site to work: they remember your cookie choice and keep forms and pages secure and working. They cannot be switched off on the site and do not require consent.
Analytics (statistics)
They help us understand, in aggregate, how many visitors we have, which pages are most visited and how visitors reach the site, so we can improve it. They are set only with your consent.
Marketing
They are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and to show relevant ads on other platforms. They are set only with your consent. We currently do not use marketing cookies.
3. List of cookies
The table below will be updated whenever we add or remove a tool on the website.
| Name | Provider | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| patech_consent | Patech Labs | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie preferences | 12 months |
| patech_lang | Patech Labs | Strictly necessary | Remembers the language you chose for the site (set only when you choose a language) | 12 months |
| _ga | Google (only if we enable Google Analytics) | Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors for statistical purposes | 2 years |
| _ga_<ID> | Google (only if we enable Google Analytics) | Analytics | Keeps the visit session state | 2 years |
4. Legal basis
- Strictly necessary cookies: are set without consent under Article 4(5) of Romanian Law no. 506/2004, as they are essential to provide the service you request. The related data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in keeping the site working and secure (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
- Analytics and marketing cookies: are set only on the basis of your freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent (Art. 4(5) of Law no. 506/2004 and Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). Refusing them does not limit your access to the site.
You can withdraw your consent at any time, as easily as you gave it, in the “Your preferences” section below or through the “Cookies” link in the footer of every page. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
5. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be set by third-party providers, for example analytics tools. These providers may process data outside the European Economic Area, in which case the transfer only takes place under the conditions of Chapter V GDPR, on the basis of an adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses.
For details, see the providers' own policies. Google: Google Privacy Policy and how Google uses data from partner sites.
When we use Google Analytics, we enable IP anonymisation and do not share data with other Google services for advertising purposes.
6. Your preferences
Choose which cookie categories you accept. You can change your choice at any time.
7. Managing cookies in your browser
You can also delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may affect how the site works.
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
More information about cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
8. Changes to this policy
We update this policy whenever we change the cookies we use or when the law requires it. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page. If we add new cookie categories that require consent, we will ask for your consent again.