Privacy Policy

1. Data Controller

The website dateromania.com (hereinafter "Date Romania") is a public statistics portal for Romania. We protect the privacy of our visitors and are committed to complying with applicable data protection legislation, including the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

2. Data Collected

During the operation of our website, we may collect the following categories of data:

• Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, date and time of access, visit duration.
• Cookies: small files stored on your device to improve browsing experience (details in section 5).
• Contact form data: name, email address and message submitted, if you use the contact form.

We do not collect sensitive data and do not create individual user profiles.

3. Purpose of Processing

Collected data is used exclusively for the following purposes:

• Ensuring the technical functionality of the website
• Statistical analysis of traffic (Google Analytics)
• Displaying relevant advertisements (Google AdSense)
• Responding to messages received through the contact form
• Improving content and user experience

4. Legal Basis

Data processing is based on:

• Your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) — for analytics and advertising cookies
• Our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) — for ensuring website functionality and security

5. Cookies

Cookie usage on our website:

• Necessary cookies: ensure proper website functioning (language selection, navigation preferences)
• Analytics cookies (Google Analytics): help us understand how the website is used. Data is anonymized.
• Advertising cookies (Google AdSense): enable display of relevant ads. You can manage ad preferences at adssettings.google.com.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

6. Third-party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process data:

• Google Analytics (Google LLC): web traffic analysis. Google Privacy Policy
• Google AdSense (Google LLC): ad display. How Google uses data
• Google reCAPTCHA: contact form spam protection

7. Your Rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access — you may request information about processed data
• Right to rectification — you may request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure — you may request deletion of personal data
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object — you may refuse data processing in certain situations
• Right to lodge a complaint with the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP)

8. Retention Period

Technical data is retained for a maximum of 26 months. Contact form data is retained for the duration necessary to resolve the request, but no longer than 12 months. Analytics cookies expire according to Google Analytics policy.

9. Data Security

We apply appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect data, including: SSL/TLS encryption, restricted server access, regular security updates.

10. Policy Changes

We reserve the right to update this policy. Any significant changes will be communicated by publishing the new version on this page. We recommend checking this page periodically.

11. Contact

For any questions related to data protection or to exercise your rights, you can contact us through the contact form.