Legal · Subordinate to Terms of Service

Cookie Policy

Version: 2.0 Effective: 21 April 2026 Last updated: 21 April 2026 Governing law: Romania / EU
At a glance This policy explains how the VENDOR.Energy Website uses cookies and similar technologies. It forms part of our Terms of Service. In short: we use a small number of strictly necessary cookies to make the Website work; we use Google Analytics (GA4) only if you consent to the Statistics category; no marketing cookies are active today. You manage your choices through the consent banner at the bottom of the page or by emailing info@vendor.energy.

01Purpose and relationship to the Terms of Service

This Cookie Policy describes how cookies and similar technologies are used on the Website operated by MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP SRL at https://vendor.energy and its language variants.

This Cookie Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Service by reference and forms an integral part of them. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how personal data collected through cookies is processed more generally. Capitalised terms used here have the meaning given in Section 01 of the Terms of Service.

In the event of conflict between this Cookie Policy and the Terms of Service, the Terms of Service prevail.

02What cookies are and how they work

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. Cookies allow the Website to recognise your device across pages and visits, to remember your preferences, and to collect statistical information about how the Website is used.

References in this Cookie Policy to “cookies” include, where relevant, similar technologies used for the same purposes, such as pixel tags, local storage, and session storage.

Cookies can be distinguished by several characteristics:

  • First-party cookies are placed by the Website itself. Third-party cookies are placed by an external service accessed through the Website (for example, Google Analytics).
  • Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.

03Legal basis for using cookies

Two distinct legal frameworks apply to cookies on the Website, and both must be observed.

3.1 Placement of cookies on your device

The act of storing information on, or reading information from, your device is governed by Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), as implemented in Romanian law by Law No. 506/2004. Under that provision:

  • Strictly necessary cookies may be placed without consent, where placement is necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by you, or to carry out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
  • All other cookies may be placed only with your prior, freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent.

3.2 Processing of personal data collected through cookies

Any personal data subsequently processed through cookies (for example, an online identifier or behavioural data) is governed by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR). The lawful basis under Article 6 of the GDPR depends on the cookie category and is set out in Section 04 below.

The two frameworks operate in sequence: the ePrivacy Directive governs whether a cookie may be placed; the GDPR then governs what can be done with any personal data that cookie collects.

04Consent management and cookie categories

Consent to non-essential cookies is collected and managed through Complianz, a consent management platform operated by Complianz B.V. (Netherlands). The consent banner is shown on your first visit to the Website and can be reopened at any time by clicking “Manage consent” in the Website footer.

The banner groups cookies into four categories, each with its own legal basis and, where applicable, its own consent state:

Functional ePrivacy Art. 5(3) · GDPR Art. 6(1)(b) or 6(1)(f), as applicable · No consent required

Cookies strictly necessary for the Website to operate and for you to use features you have explicitly requested, such as recording your cookie preferences and remembering your chosen language.

Preferences Consent · GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

Cookies that store choices which are not strictly necessary but improve your experience, such as user-interface preferences.

Statistics Consent · GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

Cookies that help us understand how visitors use the Website on an aggregated basis. Currently used by Google Analytics 4 only (see Section 06).

Marketing Consent · GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)

Cookies used to build user profiles or to track visitors across websites for advertising purposes. No marketing cookies are active on the Website at the date of this policy. If marketing cookies are introduced in the future (see Section 08), they will be subject to your prior consent through this category.

4.1 How to give, refuse, or withdraw consent

  • Give consent by selecting “Accept” on the banner, or by enabling individual categories through “View preferences”.
  • Refuse consent by selecting “Deny”. Strictly necessary cookies will still be placed, because they do not require consent under Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive.
  • Withdraw consent at any time by reopening the banner from the Website footer and changing your selection. Withdrawal is as easy as giving consent, as required by Article 7(3) of the GDPR, and does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

Your consent choice is stored in a small number of functional cookies (see Section 05) and, where supported by your browser, applies until you clear them or 12 months elapse, at which point the banner will reappear for renewal.

05Cookies used on the Website

The following is a description of the cookies placed on the Website, grouped by category. The authoritative, continuously updated list is available from within the consent banner under “View preferences”.

5.1 Functional (strictly necessary)

Some of the consent-state cookies listed below contain category names in their name (for example, cmplz_marketing or cmplz_statistics), but they do not themselves perform any marketing, analytics, or preferences processing. They only record your consent choice for the corresponding category so that the Website knows which other services may be loaded on subsequent page views.

cmplz_consented_services Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Records which third-party services you have consented to.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_policy_id Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Records the version of the consent policy you accepted.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_marketing Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Stores whether you consented to the Marketing category.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_statistics Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Stores whether you consented to the Statistics category.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_preferences Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Stores whether you consented to the Preferences category.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_choice Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Records whether you have made a consent choice at all.
Duration
365 days
cmplz_banner-status Complianz · First-party
Purpose
Prevents the banner from reappearing on every page.
Duration
365 days
_icl_visitor_lang_js WPML · First-party
Purpose
Stores the language you selected for the current visit.
Duration
Session
wp-wpml_current_language WPML · First-party
Purpose
Stores your long-term language preference.
Duration
365 days
wordpress_test_cookie WordPress core · First-party
Purpose
Checks whether your browser accepts cookies.
Duration
Session

5.2 Statistics (consent required)

Placed only if you consent to the Statistics category in the banner.

_ga Google Analytics 4 · Google LLC
Purpose
Distinguishes unique visitors for aggregated usage statistics.
Duration
2 years
_ga_ Google Analytics 4 · Google LLC
Purpose
Maintains the analytics session state.
Duration
2 years

5.3 Preferences and Marketing

At the date of this policy, no Preferences-category or Marketing-category cookies are placed by the Website. If this changes, the list above will be updated and the consent banner will request renewed consent where required.

Authoritative list. Cookies, plugins, and third-party services can change as the Website evolves. The list maintained within the consent banner (“Manage consent” → “View preferences”) is updated through the Complianz cookie scan and consent management records and takes precedence over the illustrative table above in the event of any difference.

06Third-party services and international transfers

6.1 Google Analytics 4

Subject to your consent to the Statistics category, the Website uses Google Analytics 4, a web-analytics service provided by Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, United States) and Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). Google Analytics 4 collects information about how visitors use the Website on an aggregated basis and is not intended to identify you directly. Online identifiers such as cookie IDs may nonetheless constitute personal data under the GDPR, and are processed accordingly.

International transfer. Data collected by Google Analytics 4 may be transferred to the United States. Google LLC is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Transfers to Google LLC therefore take place on the basis of the European Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1795).

Further information: Google Privacy Policy · Google data processing terms.

6.2 Complianz

The consent banner and the consent records are provided by Complianz B.V. (Netherlands). Complianz operates as a processor on our behalf within the European Economic Area. No international transfer outside the EEA is carried out for this purpose.

07Your rights

In addition to the consent controls described in Section 04, you have the following rights under the GDPR in respect of personal data processed through cookies:

  • the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability (Articles 15 to 20);
  • the right to object to processing based on a legitimate interest (Article 21);
  • the right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal (Article 7(3));
  • the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP) — see Section 10.

A full description of how to exercise these rights is set out in our Privacy Policy.

7.1 Browser controls

Independently of the consent banner, you can control cookies through your browser, including by blocking all cookies, blocking third-party cookies only, or deleting cookies already stored on your device. Browser instructions are maintained by each browser vendor on their own support pages. Please note that blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent parts of the Website from functioning.

7.2 Do Not Track

Where supported by our consent management setup, Global Privacy Control signals transmitted by your browser may be treated as a refusal of consent to non-essential cookies. Legacy “Do Not Track” headers do not currently have an agreed legal effect under EU law; the consent banner remains the primary mechanism through which your preferences are recorded.

08Services planned but not currently deployed

The following third-party services are being evaluated and may be added to the Website in the future:

  • YouTube / Vimeo video embeds — for demonstration and educational content;
  • Newsletter signup (e.g. Mailchimp or Brevo) — for opt-in updates to subscribers;
  • LinkedIn Insight Tag — for attribution of B2B visits originating from LinkedIn.

When any of these services is deployed, it will be assigned to the appropriate cookie category (typically Marketing for LinkedIn Insight and for cookies set by video embeds), this Cookie Policy will be updated accordingly, and the consent banner will prompt you for renewed consent where required. Until then, no cookies are placed by these services.

09Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our use of cookies, in the services we rely on, or in applicable law. Where a change is significant, we will provide advance notice in accordance with Section 14 of the Terms of Service, and the consent banner will request renewed consent where the change requires it. The effective date at the top of this page reflects the current version.

10Contact and supervisory authority

  • Cookie preferences: info@vendor.energy
  • Data protection enquiries: info@vendor.energy
  • Registered office: MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP SRL, Splaiul Unirii nr. 16, office 705, Bucharest, Sector 4, Romania.

Supervisory authority. If you consider that the processing of your personal data through cookies infringes the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP), B-dul G-ral. Gheorghe Magheru 28-30, Sector 1, 010336, Bucharest, Romania — www.dataprotection.ro. You may also lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country of residence or place of the alleged infringement.

By using this Website, you acknowledge that you have been informed about this Cookie Policy and that, where required by law, consent to relevant cookie categories is collected through the consent banner. © 2026 MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP SRL. All rights reserved. VENDOR is a registered trademark of MICRO DIGITAL ELECTRONICS CORP SRL (EUIPO No. 019220462).