Cookie Policy
The purpose of this cookie policy (“Cookie Policy”) is to inform users of how the Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission, based at 2 Ing. Nicolae Costinescu, Bucharest, Romania, tax identification code 8585482, (“Romanian-U.S. Fulbright Commission”, “we”), uses cookies on the website www.fulbright.ro (“the Site”).
This Cookies Policy is supplemented by the personal data processing policy (“Privacy Policy”).
1. About cookies
Cookies are small text files that will be stored on a user’s device (computer, mobile terminal or other equipment) when visiting a website. Cookies have the role of providing the user with a pleasant browsing experience of a website and by offering certain functionalities (such as language options, saving registration data, browsing analysis) to improve this experience.
We use cookies for the following main reasons:
- To remember your preferences when you visit our site
- To improve your experience of our website (e.g. accelerate page loading by saving some elements that make up the pages to the cache of your device)
- To allow us to collect anonymous user statistics through Google Analytics – understanding where visitors go on the site helps us improve the information we provide.
2. Types of cookies and lifetime
Session cookies – cookies that are deleted from your hard drive immediately after your browsing session.
Persistent cookies – cookies that remain stored on the hard drive of your device and allow us to recognize the device in the event of a subsequent visit to our Website.
The lifetime of a cookie can vary significantly, depending on the purpose for which it is placed. Some cookies are used exclusively for a single session and are deleted once the user leaves the site, while other cookies are kept and reused each time the user returns to the site. However, cookies can be deleted at any time by adjusting your browser settings.
3. Cookies placed by third parties
In general, cookies can be installed by the administrator of the site accessed by the user (first-party cookies) or by other websites (third-party cookies). This Cookie Policy does not cover the use of cookies by such third parties and for more information about those cookies, please access their cookie policies.
4. Restriction and deletion of cookies
You can choose whether or not to accept cookies via your browser’s settings. You may also delete cookies from your device at any time. However, please be aware that if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to fully experience some of our websites’ features.
You can learn more about managing cookies by visiting the following link: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
5. Categories of cookies used on the Website
The cookies used on this Website are classified as follows:
Performance. These cookies collect information about how you use our Website.
Analysis cookies. These cookies are used to collect aggregate information about the number of visitors and how they use the Website.
Functional cookies (necessary for the operation of the Website). These cookies allow us to control a number of parameters, such as storing the user’s preferences regarding the use of cookies.
Session cookies. These cookies allow the user to connect to the Site without entering their account data.
6. Cookies used on the Website
The cookies used on this Website are the following:
| Name of the cookie | Category | Purpose | Duration | Source domain |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | functional | store user preferences – necessary cookies | 1 year | https://fulbright.ro |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | functional | store user preferences – non-necessary cookies | 1 year | https://fulbright.ro |
Cookies used by third parties
| Name of the cookie | Category | Purpose | Duration | Source |
| _ga_* | analytical cookie | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics |
| _ga | analytical cookie | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics |
| _gid | analytical cookie | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day | Google Analytics |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | analytical cookie | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | 1 minute | Google Analytics |
7. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Cookie Policy or its implementation, you can contact us at office@fulbright.ro.