1. Platform Operator

Xpress Deals is operated by:

Xtakes Marketplace SRL
Trading as: Xpress Deals
VAT number: RO52150108
Registered office: Iași, Romania, European Union
Email: office@xpressdeals.eu

References to “Xpress Deals”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “the Platform” refer to Xtakes Marketplace SRL and the Xpress Deals website and services.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.

Cookies may store or retrieve information about your browser, device, preferences, session or interaction with the website.

We may also use similar technologies, including local storage, scripts, pixels, tags and device identifiers. References to “cookies” in this Policy also include these similar technologies where appropriate.

3. Why We Use Cookies

Cookies may be used to:

• operate the website and its essential functions;
• secure accounts, sessions, forms and checkout processes;
• maintain shopping-cart and order information;
• process payments securely;
• remember language and interface preferences;
• store cookie-consent choices;
• improve website performance and loading speed;
• understand how the Platform is used, where analytics are enabled;
• support communication or marketing tools, where enabled and consented to.

4. Cookie Categories

4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required to provide the website or a service expressly requested by the user.

They may support:

• website security;
• user authentication and account sessions;
• shopping-cart and checkout functionality;
• order and payment processing;
• form submission and fraud prevention;
• cookie-consent preference storage;
• basic website and server functionality.

These cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for the requested service. They may be blocked through browser settings, but doing so may prevent parts of Xpress Deals from functioning correctly.

4.2 Functional and Preference Cookies

Functional cookies help the Platform remember choices and provide enhanced functionality, such as:

• selected language;
• interface preferences;
• display settings;
• previously selected website options.

Functional cookies that are not strictly necessary are activated only after consent where required by law.

4.3 Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the Platform, including which pages are visited, how users navigate the website and whether technical errors occur.

Analytics technologies are activated only with consent where required. Xpress Deals does not currently rely on analytics cookies unless the relevant analytics functionality has been enabled through the cookie-consent system.

4.4 Marketing and Communication Cookies

Marketing or communication cookies may be used to measure campaigns, support newsletter functionality, personalize communications or provide chat and customer-engagement features.

These cookies are activated only when the relevant service is enabled and only after consent where required.

5. Services That May Use Cookies

Based on the functionality currently used by Xpress Deals, cookies or similar technologies may be associated with the following services:

A plugin or service does not necessarily place a cookie in every situation. Cookie use depends on the function activated, the page visited and the user’s consent preferences.

6. Current Cookie Inventory

The exact cookies used by Xpress Deals may change following website updates, configuration changes or activation of additional functionality.

The cookie-consent system periodically scans the Platform and displays the current cookie inventory, including, where available:

• cookie or technology name;
• provider;
• purpose;
• category;
• storage duration;
• whether it is set by Xpress Deals or a third party.

Users can view the current declaration and modify their choices through the Cookie Settings option available on the Platform.

7. Legal Basis

Strictly necessary cookies are used where required to provide the website, account, checkout, payment, security or another service expressly requested by the user.

Where personal data is processed through strictly necessary cookies, the applicable GDPR legal basis may include:

• performance of a contract;
• compliance with a legal obligation;
• legitimate interests in security, fraud prevention and website operation.

Functional, analytics and marketing cookies that are not strictly necessary are used only after consent where required by applicable law.

Consent may be withdrawn at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

8. Cookie Consent

When required, Xpress Deals requests consent before activating non-essential cookies.

The cookie banner allows users to:

• accept all optional cookies;
• reject optional cookies;
• select individual cookie categories;
• review or change previous preferences.

Continuing to browse, scrolling, inactivity or closing the banner does not constitute consent to non-essential cookies.

Declining optional cookies does not prevent access to the core website, although certain optional features may be unavailable.

9. Changing or Withdrawing Consent

You may change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through the Cookie Settings link or button available on Xpress Deals.

You may also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Browser procedures vary, so please consult your browser’s help documentation.

Blocking strictly necessary cookies may prevent account access, shopping-cart functionality, checkout, payments, forms or other essential features from operating correctly.

10. Third-Party Cookies

Some technologies may be placed or accessed by third-party service providers supporting payment processing, communication, hosting, security, analytics or other Platform functions.

Third parties may process information according to their own privacy and cookie notices where they act as independent data controllers.

Xpress Deals does not control cookies placed directly by independent third-party websites after a user leaves the Platform.

11. Embedded Content and External Services

Some pages may include external content or functionality, such as maps, social-media content, videos, payment tools or links to third-party websites.

Such services may place cookies or collect technical information when activated. Where required, external content that uses non-essential cookies will be blocked until consent is provided.

12. International Data Transfers

We aim to use providers that process data within the European Economic Area where reasonably possible.

Some service providers or their sub-processors may process cookie-related data outside the EEA.

Where a restricted transfer occurs, an appropriate legal mechanism is used where required, which may include:

• an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission;
• European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses;
• Binding Corporate Rules;
• another safeguard permitted under GDPR.

Supplementary contractual, technical or organizational safeguards may also be applied where appropriate.

13. Cookie Retention

Cookie retention depends on the cookie’s function and configuration.

Cookies may be:

• Session cookies – deleted when the browser session ends;
• Persistent cookies – retained until their stated expiry, deletion by the user or withdrawal of consent.

The current storage period for each identified cookie is displayed, where available, in the cookie declaration or Cookie Settings panel.

Consent records may be retained for a reasonable period to demonstrate that valid consent was obtained or withdrawn.

14. Do Not Track and Browser Signals

Some browsers provide “Do Not Track” or similar signals. There is currently no universally accepted technical standard governing how websites must respond to all such signals.

Xpress Deals manages optional cookies through its cookie-consent mechanism and the preferences selected by the user.

15. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect legal, technical, operational or service changes.

The current version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.

Where required, consent will be requested again following a material change in cookie purposes or providers.