When navigating and using the website, the Company uses cookies, in order to be functional or more efficient in its operation, to improve navigation and the correct display of the content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the user’s computer or other electronic device when they visit the website, which are then used as a means of identifying the computer. Depending on the purpose served by cookies, they are divided into the following categories:
(a) Cookies that are technically necessary for the connection to the website or for the provision of the internet service requested by the user himself. The user does not have the option to reject the installation of these cookies, as without them it is not possible to provide services on behalf of the website. Such cookies are those used to recognize and/or maintain content entered by the user/customer during a connection (session) to a website throughout the duration of the specific connection, such as the “shopping cart”, for the connection of subscriber or user in services that require authentication, for the security of the user, for carrying out the technique of load balancing in a connection to a web page, for maintaining the user’s choices regarding the presentation of the web page, e.g. language selection, search history save.
(b) Cookies that are installed for the purpose of online advertising. Their installation is only allowed with the consent of the user.
(c) Cookies installed for the purpose of statistical analysis (web analytics), such as the Google Analytics service. Their installation is only allowed with the consent of the user.
Upon entering the website, website users are informed about the storage and can choose whether to accept the storage of cookies, or customize their choice. Especially for the cookies that are technically necessary for the connection to the website or for the provision of the internet service requested by the user himself, the user is informed about their storage, without requiring their consent. The management of user consent by type of cookies is done technically through special tools (consent management tools) and applications (cookie consent kits). They are adapted to the page by automatically adding to it an identifier (head banner), which remains or disappears depending on the user’s choice to accept or reject the use of cookies.
Website users are informed that they may change the cookie option at any time.