Cookie and Privacy Policy

Cookie Policy

Last reviewed September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how ASSIST Software SRL uses cookies and similar technologies on the Future Intelligence Think Tank website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on a visitor’s device when a website is accessed. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking tags, can remember preferences, distinguish between visits and provide information about how a website is used.

How we use cookies

We use strictly necessary technologies to operate and protect the website and to remember visitors’ cookie preferences.

With a visitor’s consent, we may also use analytics and conversion-measurement technologies. These help us understand how the website is used, identify technical or usability problems and measure whether a Google advertisement leads to a defined action on the website.

Strictly necessary technologies

Strictly necessary technologies support website delivery, security and consent management. They do not require consent because the website cannot provide these functions reliably without them.

The website is hosted through MailerLite, which may process limited technical information required to load, secure and maintain the page.

Silktide Consent Manager stores a visitor’s cookie choices in local storage. This allows the website to remember whether optional technologies have been accepted or rejected and enables visitors to change their preferences later.

Analytics technologies

Analytics technologies are activated only after consent.

Google Analytics 4 helps us understand website traffic and general usage patterns, including pages viewed, approximate location, device type, browser and session activity. The information is used to evaluate and improve website performance.

Microsoft Clarity provides interaction analytics, heatmaps and session recordings. It may process information about clicks, scrolling, navigation and other interactions with the page. The website contains no forms through which visitors can submit personal information.

MailerLite may also provide aggregated information about visits to the landing page.

Google Ads conversion measurement

Google Ads conversion tracking may be used to determine whether someone who interacted with a Google advertisement completed a defined action on the website.

This website uses Google Ads for conversion measurement only. It does not use Google Ads cookies to create remarketing audiences.

Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager is used to manage approved website tags. It does not determine why information is collected; the analytics and advertising services loaded through it are described separately in this policy.

Your cookie choices

When visiting the website for the first time, visitors can:

• Accept all optional technologies

• Reject all non-essential technologies

• Choose which optional categories to allow

Analytics and advertising technologies remain disabled until consent is given.

Cookie preferences can be changed or withdrawn at any time by reopening the Cookie Settings control available on the website. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.

Visitors can also delete or block cookies through their browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary storage may affect the operation of certain website features.

The current technologies, purposes and storage periods are available through Cookie Settings. These details may change when providers update their services or when the website’s configuration changes.

Links to external websites

The website contains ordinary links to LinkedIn, Medium, ASSIST Software and other external websites. Third-party content is not embedded directly into the page.

When a visitor follows an external link, the destination website may collect information under its own privacy and cookie policies. ASSIST Software does not control the data-processing practices of those external websites.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when the technologies used on the website or applicable legal requirements change. The date at the top of the page indicates when the policy was last revised.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ASSIST Software SRL processes personal data in connection with futureintelligencethinktank.org.

Who is responsible for the website?

The data controller is:

ASSIST Software SRL
1 Tipografiei Street
720043 Suceava, Romania
Company registration number: J33/1463/1992
VAT number: RO2693736
Email: dpo@assist.ro

Information we do not request directly

The website does not contain contact, subscription, registration, application, event or download forms.

Visitors are not asked to provide their name, email address, employer, job title or other personal information through the website. The website does not create user accounts, accept comments or send newsletters.

Information generated through this website is not combined with ASSIST Software CRM or marketing-contact databases.

Information processed automatically

Limited technical information may be processed when someone accesses the website. This information may include:

• IP address and approximate location derived from it

• Browser and device type

• Operating system and screen characteristics

• Referring website

• Pages viewed and time of access

• Session duration and navigation activity

• Clicks, scrolling and other page interactions

• Pseudonymous cookie, session or advertising-click identifiers

• Cookie preferences stored on the visitor’s device

Some of this information may qualify as personal data even when it does not directly identify a visitor by name.

We do not intentionally collect special-category personal data through this website.

Why we process this information

Technical information required to deliver and protect the website is processed for our legitimate interests in operating a secure, reliable and accessible online service.

Cookie preferences may be processed where necessary to comply with legal obligations and to demonstrate that visitors’ choices are respected.

Analytics information is processed only with consent. It is used to understand website performance, identify usability problems and improve the visitor experience.

Google Ads conversion information is processed only with consent. It is used to measure whether advertising leads to a defined website action.

Visitors can withdraw their consent at any time through Cookie Settings.

Who may process the information?

Information may be processed by service providers that support the operation and measurement of the website, including:

• MailerLite, for website hosting and landing-page analytics

• Google, for Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4 and Google Ads conversion measurement

• Microsoft, for Microsoft Clarity

• Silktide, for cookie-consent management

• Authorized ASSIST Software personnel who require access to technical or aggregated reports

These providers may process information only for the relevant website, analytics, consent-management or measurement purposes.

ASSIST Software does not sell personal data.

International data transfers

Some service providers may process information outside Romania or the European Economic Area.

Where GDPR requirements apply, ASSIST Software will permit such transfers only when an appropriate legal mechanism is available. This may include an adequacy decision, approved contractual safeguards or another transfer mechanism recognized under applicable data-protection law.

Information about the safeguards applicable to a particular provider can be requested by contacting dpo@assist.ro.

How long information is retained

Technical, analytics and conversion information is retained only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Retention periods depend on the website configuration, the visitor’s consent choices and the service involved. Current cookie storage periods are available through Cookie Settings.

ASSIST Software periodically reviews the retention settings available for its analytics and measurement services and limits retention where the information is no longer required.

Data security

ASSIST Software applies appropriate technical and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.

No website or internet transmission can guarantee absolute security.

Your data-protection rights

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, individuals may have the right to:

• Request access to their personal data

• Request correction of inaccurate information

• Request deletion of personal data

• Request restriction of processing

• Object to processing based on legitimate interests

• Receive eligible information in a portable format

• Withdraw consent at any time

Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Requests can be sent to dpo@assist.ro. We may request limited additional information when necessary to confirm the identity of the person making the request.

Right to lodge a complaint

Individuals may lodge a complaint with the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing, known as ANSPDCP, or with the competent data-protection authority in the country where they live or work.

Information about ANSPDCP is available at www.dataprotection.ro.

Automated decision-making

ASSIST Software does not use information processed through this website to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Visitors under 18

The website and the Future Intelligence Think Tank community are intended for a professional audience aged 18 and over.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website’s functionality, service providers or legal obligations change.

The date at the top of the page indicates when the policy was last revised.

Contact

Questions about this policy or the processing of personal data can be sent to:

ASSIST Software SRL
1 Tipografiei Street
720043 Suceava, Romania
Email: dpo@assist.ro