General Information
Cookies are small text files that contain navigation information and are stored on your computer’s browser when using the services of our website. Pixel tags are very small graphics that are loaded when you visit our website.
We use these technologies on our website to provide an improved user experience and better services. Updating regulations and legal framework for the use of cookies and related mechanisms is an ongoing endeavor, both at the Greek and European level.
For these reasons, we feel the need to inform you clearly and transparently about our policy.
Select the categories below to find out more.
Cookies used on our website
On our website we distinguish the cookies and pixel tags we use in 6 categories, depending on their functionality:
- Essential Cookies
- Safety Cookies
- Performance, Analysis and Research Cookies
- Functionality Cookies
- Advertising Cookies
- Social Networking Cookies
Below you will find more information about your options as well as a detailed list of cookies and pixel tags we use.
Essential Cookies
These are the “first recipient cookies” used solely by us for the proper functioning of our website. They allow you to browse and use its features, such as access to safe areas, etc. All your preferences and settings (e.g. language and country, login information, browser settings and plugins) stored on cookies are reproduced on our web sites and cannot identify you personally. Without them, many applications of our website may not work effectively.
Security Cookies
These are cookies that are used to protect the user from any malicious activity.
Performance, Analysis and Research Cookies
These are cookies designed to improve the attractiveness, content and functionality of websites. For example, we can track traffic by gathering information such as the number of people who visit our sites and individual pages, as well as the number of returnees, the keywords used in the search, the location of the user, i.e. the country, region and, where appropriate, the city or municipality from which access is made, etc. In addition, they record the pages you visit, the time you spend on them, and the points of interest.
Functionality Cookies
These are cookies that allow our websites to “remember” the user’s preferences in order to provide them with improved and personalized features. In addition, they can be used when the user chooses some of the features of our websites, such as sharing the content of our sites on social media or viewing a video.
Advertising Cookies
These are cookies that allow us to receive information about the interest that the user has shown in one of our advertising products and services. These cookies are used to show you personalized ads, depending on the preferences you have shown in one of our products and services. In addition, we use tools (such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Facebook pixels, etc.) to personalize the content and ads of our sites, provide social media functionality and analyze its traffic. In addition, please note that for this purpose we may share information about how you use our sites with third-party social media, advertising, and analytics providers, which may combine them with other information you have provided or which they have collected in relation to your use of their services.
You can find more information about Google’s privacy policy here and how to use cookies within the Google Analytics service here. You can completely block your data collection through Google Analytics by installing this (plug-in).
Social Networking Cookies
The posts, images, and videos that you view on our websites may be shared to social networking sites using the “share” buttons. These cookies enable said buttons to share a post or video on social media. Keep in mind that the Company does not influence how social networks use your personal information. For more information about the cookies used by the social networks and the information they may collect, please refer to their respective privacy policies.
My options
Below you will find more information about your options and be able to choose from among them.
What options do I have?
You have two options:
- a) You may either proceed with the acceptance of cookies and other mechanisms (“Accept All”), which will enable you to access all our website functionalities, for a complete and personalized experience on our website.
- b) Or you may proceed with the personalization of your cookies settings, which may decrease your website experience.
Essential cookies and security cookies are selected-activated-installed automatically upon your website visit, as they are strictly essential either from a technical perspective, or in order to offer you our website services. Legislation allows us to select-install them without any action or consent from you.
If you do not wish to select-activate-install them, you should not use our services and manually delete cookies that have already been placed in your browser.
The Performance, Analysis & Research, Functionality, Advertising and Social Media cookies are installed only when you select the “Accept All” button that you will find next to the initial basic information we provide.
We will remember this choice of yours for one year. When this period is over, or if you visit us from another device or a different browser, we will ask you again.
By selecting the button “Save settings”, we will remember this choice of yours for one year.
If you have not ticked any of the boxes and select “Save settings”, then only Essential and Security cookies will be installed and we will remember this choice of yours for one year.
Change of settings – Withdrawal of consent
At any time, you may change for future use, the choice you have made with respect to cookies and similar technologies on our website. At the bottom of this Policy you will find two options: “Accept all” and “Save settings”. Regardless of what was your selection the last time we asked you through a pop-up banner if you accept the installation of cookies and similar technologies, you can decide again, easily, directly and free of charge, by using these fields.
For example, if you had selected “Accept all” and you changed your mind, you may select at the bottom of this Policy any (or none) of the cookie categories you want to and then select “Save settings”. This action would act as a withdrawal of the consent you had already given to us and it would apply for future use, namely from this change onwards, our website will not use (these particular) cookies and similar technologies on your device.
In case you wish to remove the cookies that had already been installed on your device before the aforementioned withdrawal of your consent, then you may do so manually, by following the instructions that you will find in the “Control via browser settings – Removal of cookies” section below.
Control via browser settings – Removal of cookies
You may also control and manage the cookies via the settings of the browser you use. Some of your options (depending on the browser), are for example, the acceptance of all cookies, the notification for the installation of cookies or the ban of their installation.
Through the settings of your browser, you may reverse any installation of cookies and similar mechanisms by our website, by deleting the files already stored.
In order to manage and deactivate cookies, you may follow the relevant instructions per browser:
