Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy of the website sofia-rent-a-car.com


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Last updated on 1-st of December 2021

The website https://sofia-rent-a-car.com/, owned by Pro Cars Ltd., uses cookies, which are important for its correct operation and your user experience while browsing it. This Cookie Policy is intended to acquaint you with the specifics and appropriateness of the use of cookies in general,
as well as specifically for the website sofia-rent-a-car.com

Read our Cookie Policy to find out what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, the information we collect through cookies, how this information is used and useful to you, and how to control your cookie preferences.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the cookie policy statement through the built-in functionality of our website, as well as through the settings of your browser, described in detail in “Item 6 – Management and Deletion of Cookies” from this policy.

For more information about using the website sofia-rent-a-car.com, who we are, contact us and keep your personal data protected, read our Privacy Policy.


1. What are the Cookies and How Do They Work


Cookies are small text files that are sent by the website when it is loaded in your browser and contain a limited set of text information that a website transfers from the web browser to the file system on your computer. These are stored on your device’s hard drive temporarily for the duration of your visit, or for a longer period, depending on the type of cookie.

The function of cookies is to distinguish you from other users of the website or to store certain information related to your preferences. They are used by most sites to facilitate your work with the site and user experience in them (for example, the automatic filling of data in the order and contact forms).

Cookies help the website to function properly and to be more secure. With them, we can understand how a website works and analyze what needs improvement. They collect information about how the site is used and how to improve its functionality and interaction with it.

Website visitors cannot be personally identified!

Each cookie is unique to your browser and contains anonymous information. This information most often includes the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device; type of device from which the sofia-rent-a-car.com website is accessed (eg computer, tablet, etc.); type of operating system; browser type; actions are taken, such as pages visited, duration of visits, etc. The content usually includes the domain name from which it comes.


2. How Do We Use Cookies


Pro Cars Ltd. emphasizes that some functions or services on the site may not function properly without cookies. Cookies are used to store user preferences, shopping cart information and to provide anonymous tracking data to third party applications such as Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or other specific information.

Cookies cannot read data from the user’s hard drive or from cookies created by other websites!

When working with the website sofia-rent-a-car.com, two types of cookies are used: session and permanent. Session cookies are temporary and remain on the device from which the site is accessible until the browser is closed. Persistent cookies remain on the device for a longer period of time or until they are deleted manually by the user or automatically when the browser is refreshed.


3. What Types of Cookies Do We Use


WEBSITE SOFIA-RENT-A-CAR.COM DOES NOT USE COOKIES CONTAINING PERSONAL DATA IF DO NOT HAVE YOUR INFORMED CONSENT – ONLY ANONYMOUS!

They are as follows according to their purpose:

3.1 ESSENTIAL COOKIES FOR THE WEBSITE PROPER OPERATION

Some cookies are essential for the sofia-rent-a-car.com website to function properly. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. These cookies do not collect or store any personal information. For example, they allow you to log in to your account and add products to your cart and pay securely.

3.2 FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

These are cookies that help with some non-essential features of the website. These features include embedding content such as videos or sharing content on the social media platform website.

3.3 STATISTICAL COOKIES RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WEBSITE

They collect statistical information about the website traffic, the number of unique visitors, traffic sources, time spent, the individual page popularity, the browsing sequence, repeat visits and when people leaving the website. This allows us to track the success and effectiveness of the sofia-rent-a-car.com website. Analyzing the data, we come to solutions to improve the website user experience.

3.4 PREFERRED COOKIES

These are cookies to store information on language selection, location and display settings according to the type of device from which you access the website. The goal is not to have to re-select settings that you have already confirmed or rejected in a previous visit to the site or in the current session, thus ensuring maximum convenience the next time you visit the site.

3.5 USER BEHAVIOR COOKIES

This category of cookies stores information about your decisions as a user. These include saving values when filling out surveys and a history of your preferences and requests for the products and services we offer. This avoids the need to re-enter data and selections for your convenience.

3.6 ADVERTISING, MARKETING AND REMARKETING COOKIES

These cookies make it possible to customize ads on and off the site so that they make sense to users, as well as to measure the effectiveness of ads and promotional campaigns. They are often placed by external advertising networks under pre-approved conditions.


IF YOU COME ACROSS OUR ADS ON OTHER WEBSITES, SOCIAL NETWORKS OR THE GOOGLE NETWORK, “COOKIES” THAT USE THESE INSTRUMENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY INDEPENDENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL RULES OF THE RESPECTIVE ELECTRONIC MEDIA WHERE THEY ARE PRESENT.

Advertising cookies are used to tailor ads and marketing campaigns to your preferences. They help you to see only the messages that really interest you, as well as not to come across the same ad every time you visit our site. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party ad providers (Google, Facebook) to show you ads on other websites in the browser.

In addition to the cookie setup feature on our website, another option is to generally opt-out of the use of cookies by third-party providers by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page or changing settings of your browser, which are described in detail in the “Item 6 – Management and Deletion of Cookies” from this policy.

List of Cookies Used by the website sofia-rent-a-car.com

CookieDescription
(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies are used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Non-Necessary".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-others

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Others".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) PHPSESSID

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: session

(necessary) pll_language

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Polylang
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary / persistent
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Functionality. This cookie name is associated with the Polylang plug-in for WordPress powered websites. it stores a language preference for the visitor to support multi-lingual websites. When set as a persistent cookie, or with the default lifespan of 1 year, it has to e considered Functional rather than strictly necessary.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 1 year

(necessary) SID

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: Strictly Necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Functionality. This is a very common cookie name but where it is found as a session cookie it is likely to be used for session state management.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 2 years

(necessary) viewed_cookie_policy

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 11 months

(necessary) wordpress_test_cookie

Cookie Type: First-Party
| Sensitivity / Type: necessary
| Purpose: This cookie is strictly necessary. Used by sites built on the WordPress platform. Checks whether the cookie function in the browser is enabled or not.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: session

(non-necessary) _ga

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary/ persistent
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance. This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 2 years

(non-necessary) _gat_gtag_UA-104454485-1

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary / persistent
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This search has identified a match with a recognised pattern type cookie: _gat_gtag_UA-104454485-1. The results below are based on data aggregated from all known incidences of this pattern.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 1 minute

(non-necessary) _gat_gtag_UA-39093042-25

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary / persistent
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This search has identified a match with a recognised pattern type cookie: _gat_gtag_UA-39093042-25. The results below are based on data aggregated from all known incidences of this pattern.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 1 minute

(non-necessary) _gid

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Performance. This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017, no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
| Domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com
| Cookie Duration: 1 day

(non-necessary) 1P_JAR

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This cookie carries out information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website.
| Domain: .google.com (third party)
| Cookie Duration: 1 month

(non-necessary) APISID

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: Non-Necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising. This DoubleClick cookie is generally set through the site by advertising partners and used by them to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 18 months

(non-necessary) CONSENT

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google / YouTube
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This cookie carries out information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website.
| Domain: .google.com / youtube.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 18 years

(non-necessary) HSID

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: Non-Necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising. This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to build a profile of the website visitor's interests and show relevant ads on other sites.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 18 months

(non-necessary) IDE

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Doubleclick (Google)
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This domain/cookie is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real-time bidding advertising exchange.
| Domain: .doubleclick.net (third party)
| Cookie Duration: 1 year

(non-necessary) NID

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to help build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites.
| Domain: .google.com (third party)
| Cookie Duration: 6 months

(non-necessary) SAPISID

Cookie Type: Third-party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: Unnecessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/advertising. This DoubleClick cookie is usually set by advertising partners via the website and used by them to create a profile of the interests of website visitors and to display relevant advertisements on other websites. This cookie uniquely identifies your browser and your device.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-party)
| Cookie Duration: 18 Months

(non-necessary) SIDCC

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: non-necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting / Advertising. This cookie carries out information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 1 year

(non-necessary) SSID

Cookie Type: Third-Party - Google
| Sensitivity / Type: Non-Necessary
| Purpose: The main purpose of this cookie is: Targeting/Advertising. This cookie carries out information about how the end-user uses the website and any advertising that the end-user may have seen before visiting the said website.
| Domain: .google.com (Third-Party)
| Cookie Duration: 18 months


4. How Long Do Cookies Store Information


The information is saved depending on the type of cookies. For session cookies, it is deleted when the browser is closed, while the persistent cookies can store valid session information for up to several weeks, months, years.


5. Third-party Management​


The other category of cookies that most websites use is first-party cookies, which are only responsible for the functions of the particular website, and other third-party cookies, which may be applicable for a number of purposes.

The website contains tools or content that link to services of other companies, such as Google, Facebook and others. Information about the use of the Website may be collected. Also, when using these tools or content by the user, the information can be automatically sent to the other company. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of the respective company.

The website located on the main domain sofia-rent-a-car.com, owned by Pro Cars Ltd., uses first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function properly and they do not collect any of your personal data.

Third-party cookies are mainly used to understand the effectiveness of the website, how people interact with it, offer secure services, provide personalized ads suitable for the user, and all this in order to better user experience, accelerate future interactions with website and marketing goals.

• Third-party cookies used by the website sofia-rent-a-car.com are:

  • Google Analytics – web traffic analytics cookies;
  • Google Search Console – wensite condition analytics cookies;
  • functional cookies of other products on Google – YouTube;
  • functional cookies of other Google products – Google Maps;
  • functional cookies of other Google products – Google reCAPTCHA;
  • functional cookies of other products on Google – Google Fonts;
  • Google Ads advertising and analytics cookies;
  • Facebook advertising and analytics cookies;

You can learn by the link below – HOW GOOGLE USES COOKIES:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en

For details, please refer to the relevant cookie policies used by third parties:

Google – Privacy & Terms

Google Analytics – Cookie Usage on Websites

Facebook – Cookies & other storage technologies


6. Managing and Deletion of the Cookies​


Your consent applies only to the domain: sofia-rent-a-car.com, as well as its adjacent subpages (directories).

The website sofia-rent-a-car.com allows visitors to accept or reject cookies by selecting one of the options:
“ACCEPT” (button at the bottom bar) or “REJECT” (button at the bottom bar).

The tools for managing and deleting cookies are available in the browser used by the visitor. More information about their application can be found in the settings and in the help pages of the respective browser.

Visitors should keep in mind that cookies support the proper functioning of the site and their restriction and deletion may affect negatively its functionality.

Cookies typically improve the performance of your browsers, but you can turn off cookies for this site as well as others. If you decide to change your preferences later in your browsing session, you can click on the “Manage your consent” link, a little higher up in this point 6 of the Cookie Policy. This will display the consent notice again, which will allow you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent altogether.


In addition, different browsers provide different methods of blocking and deleting cookies used by websites. You can change your browser settings to block/delete cookies. Almost every browser allows cookies to be stopped. This can happen at the following links:

 

If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact us at +359 887 300 963
or email us using the contact form on our CONTACT US PAGE.

To learn more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit the corresponding page on the Wikipedia site and the website www.allaboutcookies.org.


This document (Cookie Policy on the website sofia-rent-a-car.com and Pro Cars Ltd.) was last updated on December 1st, 2021.

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