Cookies policy

The Company may set or read cookies and device identifiers when you use the distincthome.ro Platform or visit a website, application or service that uses our Services.

1. Some useful information about cookies and device identifiers

1.1. What is a “cookie”?

An “Internet Cookie” (also known as a “browser cookie” or “HTTP cookie” or simply “cookie”) is a small file, consisting of letters and numbers, that will be stored on your computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user from which the Internet is accessed.

The cookie is installed by request issued by a web server to a browser (eg Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome) and is completely “passive” (does not contain software, viruses or spyware and can not access the information on the hard drive user). The cookie stores certain information (for example, your preferred language or web page settings), which your browser may retransmit to us when you access the web page again (depending on the lifetime of the cookie).

Cookies themselves do not require personal information in order to be used and, in most cases, do not personally identify internet users.

1.2. What types of cookies are there?

There are several types of cookies. Their classification is made according to their lifespan, role and source, as follows:

1. a) Types of cookies depending on lifetime

Session cookies
These are temporarily stored in the cookies folder of the web browser so that it can store them until the user leaves the respective site or closes the browser window (eg when logging in / logging out on a webmail account or on socialization)

Persistent cookies
These are stored on the hard drive of a computer or device (and depend on the default cookie lifetime). Persistent cookies also include those placed by a website other than the one the user is currently visiting – known as ‘third party cookies’ – which may be used anonymously to memorize a user’s interests so that the most relevant advertising for users is delivered.

1. b) Types of cookies depending on their role

Strictly necessary cookies
These types of cookies are necessary for the internet pages to function properly. Strictly necessary cookies allow you to browse the site and benefit from its features. Without these cookies, we will not be able to provide certain features, such as automatic redirection to the least busy server or retention of your wish list.

Functional cookies
Functional cookies record information about the choices that users make and also allow site operators to customize the site according to user requirements. For example, cookies can be used to save category / segment preferences.

Performance cookies and analysis
These types of cookies offer the possibility for website operators to monitor visits and traffic sources, the way in which users interact with the website or certain sections of the website.
The information provided by the analysis cookies helps the operators to understand how the visitors use the sites and then to use this information to improve the way the content offered to the users is presented.

Targeting and advertising cookies
These cookies may provide the ability to monitor users’ online activities and to establish user profiles, which may then be used for marketing purposes. For example, based on cookies, the products and services agreed by a user can be identified, this information being subsequently used to send appropriate advertising messages to that user.

1. c)First party cookies vs third party cookies

Each cookie has a “responsible” (i.e. website / Internet domain) that places that cookie.

First party cookies are placed by the Internet domain / website accessed by the user (whose address appears in the browser’s address bar). For example, if the user visits www.distincthome.ro,and the domain of the cookie placed on his computer is www.distincthome.ro, then it’s a first party cookie.

A third party cookie is placed by a different Internet domain / website than the one accessed by the user; this means that the accessed website also contains information from a third party website – for example, an advertising banner that appears on the accessed website. Thus, if the user visits www.distincthome.ro but the cookie placed on his computer has as domain rubiconproject.com then it is a third party cookie.

1. d) Built-in content (buttons, apps and social widgets)

Web pages allow the implementation of social media buttons or widgets from a third party, which allow users to interact with sites whose social buttons or widgets are implemented. User interaction with social media buttons or widgets from a third party allows the third party to collect some information about that user, including IP address, page header information, and browser information.

1. e) How do targeting and advertising cookies work?

In general, data about Internet browsing activity is collected and analyzed anonymously. If this analysis reveals a specific interest, a cookie is placed on the user’s computer and this cookie determines which ad the user will receive, which is called interest-based advertising.

Interest-based advertising is a way of delivering ads to the websites you visit and making them more relevant to your interests. The common interests are grouped according to the navigation activity carried out previously, and the users are served only the publicity that matches their interests. In this way, advertising is relevant and as useful as possible.

To a better understanding…

Imagine that you want to buy or rent a house or an apartment. Visit the section of a specialized site (e.g. www.startimob.ro) and view some listings of houses or apartments.

The next time you browse the internet, when you go online to read, for example, a news article or the page of an online store, you will be delivered as a real estate ad published by a specialized site (such as www.distincthome.ro) .

You will receive these specially personalized advertising messages because you and others like you have shown a keen interest in these services and have been included in a certain segment of users (eg users who are looking for real estate, in certain areas, with certain characteristics). This way you can improve your web experience by reducing the number of uninteresting ads.

2. What types of cookies and device identifiers do we use?

Below is a detailed list of cookies and device identifiers used.

You may withdraw your consent to the use of cookies (except cookies required) at any time by changing the options in the appropriate cookie settings  here.

Of course, you can set your browser to block the necessary cookies but the site may not work properly. Disabling other types of cookies (other than unnecessary) may affect your operation or experience in using the Site.

2.1. Required cookies

The strictly necessary cookies allow you to browse distincthome.ro and benefit from its features. Without these cookies, we will not be able to provide certain features, such as automatic redirection to the least busy server or retention of your wish list.

Below are some examples of the necessary cookies that we use on distincthome.ro.

PHPSESSID (1st party) – session cookie used to know who is logged in – session
PHPAOSESSID (1st party) – clients using adminonline.distincthome.ro platform use this cookie – session
imome (1st party) – unique logged user identifier – 1 year
imovzt (1st party) – unique visitor identifier – 1 year
__cfduid (3rd party) – cloudfront unique id, technical cookie used by the DNS provider we use – 1 year

2.2. Functional cookies

Functional cookies record information about the choices you have made and also allow us to adapt distincthome.ro to suit your needs and requests.

showEnergy (1st party) – for agents using adminonline.distincthome.ro – session
ultima_cautare (1st party) – unique id for the last visited listing page – 1 year
chp (1st party) – for navigation back and forward from details page to map view – 1 week
exitIntent (1st party) – modal for users that want to close the page they are viewing – 1 week
hideCookieBar (1st party) – users that closed the cookie information bar will no longer see it – 1 year
id_judet (1st party) – the county code for the last visited Offer by the user – 15 days

2.3.Performance cookies and analysis

These types of cookies help us understand how Users use distincthome.ro. We use this data only for the purpose of improving the Services and the performance of the distincthome.ro Platform. Here are some examples of how we use this data:
a) Information regarding the section / sections of the Site visited more frequently to help us improve the browsing experience of the Users;
b) Management and solution of possible errors of operation of the Site;
c) Design testing to improve the way the Site looks and works.

Sometimes these analyzes are performed by third parties on behalf of the Company.

mp_1d5ce1443a00e19cd7fc9f852d6ad831_mixpanel (3rd party) – mixpanel user analytics – 1 year
mp_mixpanel__c (3rd party) – mixpanel user analytics – 1 day
_ga (3rd party) – google analytics – 1 day
_gat (3rd party) – google analytics – 1 day
_gat_UA-277889-23 (3rd party) – google analytics – 1 day
_gat_UA-277889-7 (3rd party) – google analytics – 1 day
_gid (3rd party) – google analytics – 1 day
__gfp_64b (3rd party) – Gemius.pl tracking cookie – 1.5 years

Analysis services via Google Analytics distincthome.ro uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc., based at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States („Google„).
Based on your consent, Google will analyze on your behalf how you use our website. For this purpose, we use, among other things, the cookies detailed in the table above. The information collected by Google about your use of distincthome.ro (for example, your submission URL, our web pages you visit, your browser type, your language settings, your operating system, your screen resolution) will be sent to a Google server in the United States, where they will be stored and analyzed. the corresponding results will be made available to us in an anonymous form. In this process, traffic data will not be assigned to the full IP address you are using. We have activated on our website the IP anonymization function offered by Google, so that the last 8 digits (type IPv4) or the last 80 bits (type IPv6) of the IP address you use are deleted. In addition, Google is certified to standards EU-US Privacy Shield,which provides an adequate level of data protection with respect to the processing of data by Google in the United States.
For more information about Google Analytics, please see Google Analytics Terms of Service, Google Analytics security and privacy principles, and Google Privacy Policy.
You may withdraw your consent to the web analysis at any time by downloading and installing one  Plugin Browser provided by Google, either by managing your consent through the above settings.

Analysis services using Mouseflow technology
distincthome.ro uses Mouseflow, a Mouseflow web analytics service, ApS, Flaesketorvet 68 1711 Copenhagen V, Denmark („Mouseflow„) to better understand the needs of Users (eg how much time they spent in a certain section of the Site, what are the links they chose to click, what are the sections in distincthome.ro where Users get stuck or encounter difficulties, etc. ). These data help us better understand the areas in which we should improve the functions of distincthome.ro and thus offer users a better experience when browsing startimob.ro. Mouseflow uses cookie technology to analyze how Users use the Site. For more details on Mouseflow’s privacy policy please visit https://mouseflow.com/privacy/. Data collected through Mouseflow may be transferred to the United States. Mouseflow is certified to EU-US Privacy Shield standards https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TS56AAG&status=Active.
You may withdraw your consent to Hotjar’s analysis at any time by accessing this link https://mouseflow.com/opt-out/,

either by managing your consent through the above settings.

2.4. Targeting and advertising cookies used by distincthome.ro

2.4.1

Third party advertising

Most of the ads you see on the Site are served by distincthome (and / or DISTINCT SOLUTIONS S.R.L)

However, we also allow other companies to provide advertising materials and collect information through cookies or other similar technologies (third parties) included in the distincthome.ro Platform. Basically, these targeting technologies that accompany the display advertisements they see allow users to monitor how effective the displayed advertisements are. Third-party advertisers may also use other cookies that they have set on your device when you browse other web pages. I use this data to determine whether or not you have viewed a particular advertisement or to identify yourself in their database and to use this data later to serve other types of advertising that would suit your interests.

We make reasonable efforts to ensure that the partners we work with for the purpose of online advertising and to whom we allow to add an identifier or code to the Site responsibly manage the personal data retrieved from our Site. However, we do not control the way in which they process personal data, they have their own rules and policies for the processing of personal data.

2.4.2. The types of targeting and online advertising cookies used on distincthome.ro

enr_cxense_throttle (3rd party) – cxense retargeting cookie – 1 day
mktz_ab (3rd party) – marketizator A/B test cookie – 1 year
mktz_client (3rd party) – marketizator A/B test cookie – 2 years
__gads (3rd party) – sometimes advertising cookies may be set on the domain of the site you’re visiting. In the case of advertising we serve across the web, cookies named „__gads” or „__gac” may be set on the domain of the site you’re visiting. Unlike cookies that are set on Google’s own domains, these cookies can’t be read by Google when you’re on a site other than the one on which they were set. They serve purposes such as measuring interactions with the ads on that domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to you too many times – 2 years
cX_G (3rd party) – cxense retargeting cookie – 24 hours
cX_P (3rd party) – cxense retargeting cookie – 1 year
cX_S (3rd party) – cxense retargeting cookie – session
AID (3rd party) – we also use cookies named „AID,” „DSID”, and „TAID”, which are used to link your activity across devices if you”ve previously signed in to your Google Account on another device. We do this to coordinate the ads you see across devices and measure conversion events – 1 year
NID (3rd party) – The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google”s Safe Search filter turned on. – 6 months
adptset_0046 (3rd party) – Ringier Publishing tracking cookie – 1 day
evid_0046 (3rd party) – Ringier Publishing tracking cookie – 1.5 years
evid_0046-synced (3rd party) – Ringier Publishing tracking cookie – 1 day
B (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 year
c (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – session
khaos (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 6 months
put_3470 (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 6 months
rpb (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 month
rpx (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 month
rsid (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – session
ruid (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 3 months
ses15 (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 day
ses2 (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 day
ts (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 2 years
u (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 2 years
vis15 (3rd party) – rtbhouse retargeting cookie – 1 day

2.5.

Remakreting or retargeting pixel analysis tool

We use pixel analysis tools or web beacons in our online advertising activity.

Pixel is an analysis tool that allows us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising activities carried out by our solution providers by understanding the actions that users perform on our site. We use the data provided by Pixel to ensure that our ads are displayed to the right people or to build audiences for advertising.

Our providers of such solutions are:

• Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009, Franta More details on how Criteo processes personal data are available here http://www.criteo.com/de/privacy.
• Google (details on how Google processes data are available here and Google Privacy Policy).
• Cxense ASA Karenslyst AllĂŠ 4 N-0278 Oslo Norway („Cxense„) through the SATI service (Audience Study and Internet Traffic) subcontracted by the Romanian Audit Office Transmedia. More details on how Cxense processes personal data are available here Cxense privacy policy.