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Cookie Policy

Last updated: May 2025

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by your web browser when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to site owners. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot access files stored on your device.

2. How We Use Cookies

Hibyte uses cookies to ensure this website functions correctly, to remember your preferences, and — where you have consented — to understand how visitors use our site so that we can continue to improve it. We do not use cookies to build advertising profiles or to track you across other websites.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

The cookies placed on your device fall into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary — No consent required

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are set in response to your actions, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms. Examples include session state and security tokens.

Retention: session

Functional — Consent required

These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference, to provide a more personalised experience.

Retention: up to 12 months

Analytics & Performance — Consent required

These cookies collect anonymized data on how visitors use the site, including which pages are visited and how long visitors spend on each page. This information helps us improve the website. Data is collected and processed by an analytics platform and is not used to identify individuals.

Retention: up to 26 months

Marketing — Not used

We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies on this website.

Retention: N/A

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be set by third-party services that are embedded in or integrated with our website, such as analytics providers. These third parties operate under their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review. Hibyte does not control the cookies set by third parties and is not responsible for their content or practices.

5. Managing Your Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse new cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when a new cookie is set. Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website.

For guidance on managing cookies in your specific browser, please refer to the help documentation provided by:

  • Google Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data
  • Mozilla Firefox — Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
  • Apple Safari — Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
  • Microsoft Edge — Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies

6. Your Consent

On your first visit to this website, a cookie banner is displayed explaining the cookies we use and asking for your consent where required. Strictly necessary cookies are placed without consent as they are essential for the site to operate. All other cookies are placed only after you have given your explicit opt-in through the cookie banner.

You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the site, or by contacting us at office@hibyte.ro.

7. Legal Basis

The legal basis for placing strictly necessary cookies is our legitimate interest in providing a functioning website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). For all other cookies, the legal basis is your explicit consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), in accordance with the ePrivacy Directive and Romanian Law 506/2004 on the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector.

8. Contact & Complaints

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at office@hibyte.ro.

If you believe your rights regarding cookie-related data processing have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the national supervisory authority: Autoritatea Națională de Supraveghere a Prelucrării Datelor cu Caracter Personal (ANSPDCP), reachable at www.dataprotection.ro.

9. Policy Updates

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.