1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the website owners.
2. How We Use Cookies
Pintilie.eu uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function properly. They include session cookies that maintain your login state and remember your preferences (such as dark/light theme).
- Functional Cookies: These cookies remember your choices such as display settings, column visibility, and filter preferences to provide a more personalized experience.
- Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics): We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information such as pages visited, time spent, and general usage patterns. Data is processed by Google under their Privacy Policy. Analytics cookies are only activated if you consent via our cookie banner.
- Marketing / Advertising Cookies (Google Tag Manager): We use Google Tag Manager (GTM) to manage marketing tags. These cookies may collect anonymised data for advertising performance measurement. They are only activated with your consent.
3. Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Session management, user authentication | 30 days | Essential Cookies |
| theme | Stores your dark/light theme preference | Session | Essential Cookies |
| cookie_consent | Remembers your cookie consent preferences | 365 days | Essential Cookies |
| remember_me | Persistent login token for "Remember Me" functionality | 30 days | Functional Cookies |
| g_csrf_token | Security token for Google Sign-In | Session | Essential Cookies |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique users | 2 years | Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics) |
| _gid | Google Analytics — distinguishes unique users | 24 hours | Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics) |
| _gat | Google Analytics — throttles request rate | 1 minute | Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics) |
| cf_clearance | Cloudflare Turnstile bot detection verification | Session | Essential Cookies |
4. Google Login
We offer Google Sign-In as an authentication option. When you sign in with Google, Google may set cookies on your device to manage the authentication session. These cookies are governed by Google's Privacy Policy. We receive only your name, email address, and profile picture from Google — we do not access any other Google account data.
5. Google Consent Mode v2
We implement Google Consent Mode v2, which means:
- Analytics and marketing cookies are denied by default until you give consent.
- You can manage your preferences at any time via the cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page.
- If you decline, Google services will operate in a privacy-safe "cookieless" mode that collects only aggregated, anonymised data.
6. Managing Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. You can also update your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie banner that appears at the bottom of the page. Please note that if you disable essential cookies, you may have to manually adjust preferences every time you visit the site, and some features (like staying logged in) may not function properly.
7. Data Retention
- Session data: automatically deleted after 30 days of inactivity.
- Google Analytics data: retained for 14 months (Google default), then automatically deleted.
- Cookie consent preference: stored for 1 year.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
9. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at contact@pintilie.eu.