Cookies Management Policy

Introduction

This policy applies to the company “VENETIS ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI AND EPORIKI ETERIKI TROFIMON”, hereinafter referred to as VENETIS.

VENETIS is committed to protecting the personal data collected when you use the website and other services. This policy explains what cookies are, how VENETIS uses them and what you can do to manage how cookies are used.

Use of Cookies

For the website to function properly, we may place small data files called cookies on your device, but none of them are used to collect information unnecessarily. The cookies we use do not store personally identifiable information nor can they harm your computer. We want our website to be useful and as user-friendly as possible, and cookies help us achieve this goal.

Consent

VENETIS follows a policy of transparency and appropriate information of all users regarding the operation of cookies on its website and obtains their explicit consent.

By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies as set out in this policy. We appreciate that some visitors may wish to have personalized control over their visit to our website and adjust their settings accordingly. You can read about personalized control in the “Cookie Control” section below. If you do not agree to this use, please refrain from using the website.

About Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser (for example, Internet Explorer or Safari) on your computer or mobile phone. They allow websites to store information such as user preferences. Cookies essentially act as a “memory” for the website so that the website can recognize you when you return and respond appropriately.

Websites mainly use cookies to:

  • identify their users,
  • “remember” the customized preferences of their users,
  • help their users complete their tasks without having to re-enter information when browsing from one page to another or when they visit the site later

Cookies can also be used for so-called behavioral targeted advertising (behavioraltargetadvertising) on the internet and to display ads related to something the user has searched for in the past.

How are they used?

The webserver that provides the website can store a cookie on the user’s computer or mobile device. An external “webserver” which manages the files included or referred to on the website is also able to store cookies. All these cookies are called “httpheadercookies”. Another way cookies are stored is through the JavaScript code contained or referenced on this website.

Each time the user requests a new web page, the webserver can get the cookie values it previously set and return the page with content related to those values. Similarly, JavaScript code is able to read a cookie belonging to its domain and perform an action accordingly.

What are the different types of cookies?

Cookies can be classified according to their lifetime and the domain they belong to. According to their lifetime, cookies are either:

  • sessioncookies which are deleted when the user closes the browser or
  • persistent cookies which remain on the user’s computer / device for a predetermined period of time.

In terms of the sector they belong to, there are either:

  • first-partycookies which are set by the web server of the visiting page and have a shared domain
  • third-partycookies which are stored by a different domain to the domain of the page visited. This can happen when the web page references a file, such as JavaScript, that is outside of its domain.

The Cookies We Use

Session Cookies: We use SessionCookies to offer you a personalized experience when navigating our subscription services or online store.

Google Analytics: Google helps us collect information about how users use our website in order to improve its operation and content and user/visitor experience.

Google AdWords: We use GoogleAdWords, a Google analytics and conversion tracking service, which is part of GoogleAdWords. We also use Google Remarketing to contact users / visitors who have already visited our website in the last 30 days.

Google Tag Manager: We use Google Tag Manager to monitor our traffic and to test new features to improve the user / visitor experience on our website.

Control of Cookies

It is possible to stop accepting cookies from your browser or stop accepting cookies from a particular website. However, these options may cause malfunctions in certain services provided by various websites if not used correctly

All modern browsers allow you to change cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in your browser’s Options or Preferences menu. To understand these settings, the links below may be helpful or you can use the Help option in your browser for more details.

If you want to know more about cookies and their use online, you may find the following links useful:

Contact info

If you have any questions about how cookies are used or your settings are respected, then please contact us: dataprotection@venetis.com.gr