Privacy Policy

NATO and the U.S. Embassy in Romania collect no personal information (PII) about you when you visit this site. We only collect and store the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (.com, .edu, etc.); the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the website (such as a search engine or referring page) from which you reached our site. We use the information we collect to count the number of visitors to the different pages on our site, and to help us make our site more useful to visitors like you.

In addition, we use Google Analytics to provide us with demographic information that is not personally identifiable. This information may include, among other things, gender, age, and interests.

We use this information in a variety of ways. For example, we may use this information to help analyze our site traffic, understand our visitors and what they care about, and to improve our services. We use these data only in the aggregate form as provided directly from Google Analytics. We will retain this information for as long as we have this site. We will not disclose this information to any other third party.

If you would like to prevent Google Analytics and related services by Google from collecting information during your visit to any website, you can install the opt-out tool found here.

Third-Party Websites and Applications

We link to social networks and other third-party websites. We use social networking websites to interact with international audiences and to engage in public diplomacy worldwide.

We also use web analytics technologies to measure the number of visitors to our websites and to help make our websites more useful to visitors. In some cases, a third-party application may request an email address, username, password, and geographic location for account registration purposes. We do not use third-party websites to solicit and collect PII from individuals. We do not collect or store any PII collected by any third-party website, and no PII will be disclosed, sold or transferred to any entity.

Information Collected for Tracking and Customization (Cookies)

A cookie is a small text file that a website transfers to your computer to allow it to remember specific information about your session while you are connected.

The law requires us to obtain your consent for storing cookies on your device, except for those that are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, including those placed by third-party services that appear on our pages, we need your permission. This is to ensure transparency and give you control over your data privacy.