Our website uses cookies to manage sessions and other content to reflect your particular needs and interests. Also, we may use cookies to generate anonymous, cumulative statistics which enable us to understand how the public uses our website and help us improve their structure and content. The information collected does not allow us to identify you. You can change your browser settings to reject some or all cookies, except cookies which are absolutely necessary. You need to know that certain features are available only if cookies are used. Choosing to reject cookies may make these features unavailable.
What are cookies
Cookies are small bits of text stored on your browser when you visit a website. These bits of text, which are stored on the User’s computer, may contain information such as the pages visited by the User, the date and time of the visit as well as a random unique User identifier. This allows the website to store useful information on the User’s visit and browsing of the website and read that information so as to provide the User with a unified browsing experience.
There are two different types of cookies: Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies. They are used for different things and contain different information.
Session cookies contain information used during your current browsing session. These cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Once you exit the website all cookies are deleted from your computer.
Persistent cookies are used to store information used in between visits. These data allow websites to recognize you as a client, who returns to a website for another time and react accordingly. The lifetime of persistent cookies is defined by the web page, and it may range from a few minutes up to several years.
Which cookies we use on our website
The cookies we use are known as “persistent cookies”. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer as files and, unless you delete them, remain stored after you close your browser. We do not use cookies to obtain information about your visits to other web pages or verify personal data other than data you voluntarily provide. Cookies do not corrupt or harm your computer, or its programs or files on it. In any case, cookies make it easier to serve Users who visit the website and improve User experience. We, therefore, recommend to keep them activated. Even if you do not to allow their use, you may still enjoy the functionality of our website, but you will need to re-enter some information each time you visit it. In the event that you allow cookies and use a shared computer, please sign off after each visit.
Absolutely necessary cookies
Absolutely necessary cookies are critical for the proper functioning of your website, allow you to browse and use its features, such as access to secure areas or use your shopping basket. These cookies do not identify you personally. Without these cookies we cannot provide an efficiently functioning website.
Performance cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, such as pages visited more often and error messages, if any, received on a page. These cookies collect cumulative, anonymous information which do not identify visitors. They are used exclusively to improve the performance of a web page.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable our website to remember user choices such as language or area, with a view to providing improved and personalized features. They may also be used to provide services requested by users, such as video viewing or use of social media. The information collected by these cookies can be anonymous and cannot follow your browsing activity on other websites. Choosing not to accept these cookies may affect the website performance and functionality and limit your access to its content.
Analysis Cookies
These cookies gather information about your browsing behaviour on our website, such as pages visited often and error messages received, if any. This way we are able to make the structure, browsing and content of our website as user-friendly as possible. We do not link statistics or other reported data to individuals.
We use these cookies:
• to count the number of visitors to our web pages;
• to measure the duration of each visit to our web pages;
• to determine the order in which you visit different pages on our website;
• to assess which portions of our website need improvement;
• to optimize our website.
We may use software services, such as Google Analytics, to analyze the use of pages, page interactions and the paths used through our websites. This information is known as “website metrics” or “analytics”. Google Analytics is an online analysis service made available by Google Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze website usage by Users. Google uses cumulative statistics to give us a picture of how Users use the website. Also, web analytics cookies to follow how our visitors interact on the website. This provides us with valuable information which enables us to improve our website.
Traffic Management
Traffic management programs used on our website are intended to identify possible technical problems cropping up while you are browsing on our website. We use the information we gather through these programs to correct technical errors and problems and constantly improve the services offered on our website to match the personal needs of each user.
Social Networking Cookies.
These cookies are necessary for linking your social media account to our website. For instance, to allow you to repost and share information on our website with your friends on the social media or to choose to follow our website on the social media. Social Media Cookies are not necessary to browse our website.
How to control cookies
It is up to you to withdraw your consent or object to the use of cookies from our website or your device at any time as well as to control and/or delete cookies.
- You can change your personal options by changing accordingly the settings of the browser you use, either allowing only certain types of cookies to be used or refusing their use altogether.
- You may delete cookies from the computer or device you use any time you want to by following the path for deleting them from your browser’s memory.
- You can also set-up your browser you use so that you are either warned about cookies being used by certain services available on the web pages you browse or block the use of cookies altogether.
Your rights
You have the right of:
- access to your data;
- rectification/erasure of your data;
- portability of your data;
- restriction of processing of your data;
- objection to the processing of your data;
- withdrawal of your consent to the use of some or all cookies and therefore to the processing of your data.
To exercise the above rights vis-a-vis our Project you may send your request to ance@ance-hellas.org. Also, you may lodge a complaint before the Personal Data Protection Authority (mailing address: 1-3 Kifissias Ave., Postal Code 115 23, Athens, Tel.: 210 6475600, email: contact@dpa.gr), if you believe the processing of your Personal Data to be in violation of applicable legislation on personal data protection.
For any matter related to the processing of your personal data and the exercise of your rights, you can contact us to ance@ance-hellas.org.
Where to find more information on the protection of personal data collected by cookies
For information about the protection of your personal data and your rights refer to the Personal Data Protection Policy. Where to find more information about the use of cookies in general For more information on the use of cookies in general and on blocking or limiting them see http://cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies and http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Changes in the Cookie Policy.
This Cookie Policy may be modified at any time. For this reason, it is advisable to regularly refer to this current Policy. This Policy entered into force on 10 September 2019. If modified, the date of such modification will be indicated. The applicable version of the Cookie Policy will be the most recently modified version.