Cookie Policy
Last updated: 23 October 2026
This is an English translation provided for convenience. The Romanian version (Politica de utilizare a cookie-urilor) prevails.
1. Who we are
The website contconsulting.ro is operated by CONT CONSULTING SRL, registered office in Brașov, Brândușelor Street no. 68-70, 2nd floor, office 2 (C1-U5), postal code 500397, Romania, tax ID RO6522895, Trade Register no. J1994002845084 (“we”). You can contact us at contact@contconsulting.ro or via our Contact page.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser (on your computer, phone or tablet). They allow the website to remember certain information, such as the language you selected or your cookie choice. Some cookies are set by us (“first-party cookies”), others by external providers whose services we use (“third-party cookies”).
3. Legal basis
- Romanian Law no. 506/2004 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector, Article 4(5): storing information on, or accessing information stored in, your device is permitted only after you have given your consent, based on clear and complete information.
- Article 4(6)(b) of the same law: consent is not required for cookies that are strictly necessary to provide the service you have expressly requested (for example, remembering your cookie choice).
- Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR): for analytics and advertising cookies, the legal basis is your consent (Article 6(1)(a)), which you may withdraw at any time, as easily as you gave it (Article 7(3)).
4. Cookies we use
a) Strictly necessary cookies – set without consent, because without them the website cannot work properly or respect your choices:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| privacy_embeds | contconsulting.ro | Stores your cookie choice (accept or reject). | 180 days |
| pll_language | contconsulting.ro | Stores the language in which you view the website (Romanian or English). | 1 year |
| PHPSESSID | contconsulting.ro | Keeps your session in the appointment application (contconsulting.ro/meeting/). | session |
| wordpress_*, wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-* | contconsulting.ro | Login of the website administrators. Not set for regular visitors. | session – 1 year |
b) Analytics and advertising cookies (Google Analytics and Google Ads) – set only if you click “Accept” in the cookie banner or tick this category in “Setări” (Settings). Until then, the Google code is not loaded at all.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors by means of a random identifier. | 2 years |
| _ga_X10GX79P9F | Google Analytics | Persists the session state of the visit. | 2 years |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Measures conversions from Google Ads campaigns (for example, whether a visitor who came from an ad sends us a message). | 90 days |
We do not use social media cookies.
5. Google Analytics and Google Ads – details
- Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- Data collected: pages visited, visit duration, traffic source (e.g. search engine or direct link), device and browser type, approximate location (country/city) and the random identifier stored in the _ga cookie.
- Purpose: statistics on how the website is used, in order to improve its content and structure, and measuring the results of our Google Ads advertising campaigns.
- Personalised advertising: our Google Analytics account is linked to our Google Ads account, with personalised advertising enabled. If you accept these cookies, Google may use data about your visit to show you our ads on other websites or in search results (remarketing). You can also manage personalised ads from your Google account.
- IP address: according to Google, for visitors in the European Union Google Analytics does not log or store individual IP addresses; the IP address is used only to derive approximate location and is then immediately discarded.
- Retention: user-level and event-level data are kept in the Google Analytics account for the period set in the account settings (2 or 14 months).
- Transfers outside the EU: data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and the transfer relies on Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1795 on the adequate level of protection (Article 45 GDPR).
- More information: Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
6. Other external services used on the website
- Google reCAPTCHA (Google Ireland Limited) – only on the pages with the order forms for setting up an SRL or a PFA/II/IF, to protect the forms against automated submissions and abuse. The service may set Google’s own cookies and processes data about the device and the interaction with the page, under Google’s policy.
- Google Maps (Google Ireland Limited) – only on the Contact page. The map is loaded only after you click the “Show map” button; until then no information is sent to Google. Once displayed, Google receives your device’s IP address and may set its own cookies, in accordance with Google’s policy. Your choice is stored in the privacy_embeds cookie; you can withdraw it with the “Withdraw consent” button below.
- Google Fonts – the fonts used on the site (Montserrat, Oswald, PT Sans, Roboto) are downloaded from Google’s servers, which involves transmitting your IP address to Google. No cookies are set through this service.
- NETOPIA Payments seal – the seal image is loaded from the mny.ro server of NETOPIA Financial Services. We do not set cookies through this service.
7. How to give or withdraw your consent
On your first visit, the banner at the bottom of the page lets you choose: “Accept” (allow analytics and advertising cookies), “Refuz” (Reject – refuse them) or “Setări” (Settings – choose by category). The banner is currently displayed in Romanian on all pages. Your choice is kept for 180 days, after which we will ask you again.
You can withdraw your consent or change your choice at any time using the buttons below. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
You can also delete or block cookies from your browser settings: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge. For Google Analytics there is also the opt-out browser add-on provided by Google.
8. Your rights
Regarding data processed through cookies, you have the rights set out in Articles 15–22 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679: the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise them, please write to contact@contconsulting.ro. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (www.dataprotection.ro), under Article 77 of the Regulation.
Information about our other personal data processing activities is available in our Privacy Policy.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when we change the cookies or services used on the website. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.