Cookies Policy

Cookie Policy

We use cookies in accordance with standard internet practices in order to facilitate and improve your access to and browsing experience on myape.gr (hereinafter the “Website”), to obtain certain information regarding such use and to display personalised advertisements.

Cookies are small files stored by the Website’s server on the hard drive of your computer or other electronic device used to access the Website.

Cookies are unique to each internet browser (for example Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) and contain information relating to the websites you visit and the devices you use.

In general, cookies perform multiple functions, including facilitating navigation from one webpage to another, storing your preferences and generally improving your browsing experience on the Website.

Cookies are divided into different categories depending on their purpose and method of operation.

At myape.gr we use strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, cookies for personalised advertising, third-party cookies from embedded content, as well as local storage technologies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies (Strictly Necessary / Essential)

The purpose of these cookies is the storage of information or access to information already stored on your device exclusively for carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network or, to the extent strictly necessary, for providing an information society service expressly requested by the user.

In accordance with applicable legislation, you do not have the option to reject installation of these cookies, as without them the provision of services through the Website would not be technically possible.

Performance Cookies (Analytics / Statistics)

These cookies collect information regarding the way you use the Website, such as pages visited most frequently, the referring page from which you arrived and the type of browser used.

We use these cookies exclusively for analysing traffic and improving the performance of the Website, while implementing appropriate technical and organisational safeguards for secure processing of your data, including, for example, IP pseudonymisation.

Information regarding Google Analytics (with anonymisation functionality)

We use Google Analytics to monitor Website traffic.

Google Analytics is one of the most widely used website traffic measurement services and technically operates through cookies.

We use Google Analytics in order to improve myape.gr, including for example determining which pages require improvement and assessing advertising performance.

Google Analytics is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, United States of America.

Google cookies store certain information including duration of visit, browser type, geographic origin of visits and visit frequency.

To access such information, we permit Google Analytics to place cookies on the hard drive of your device.

Each time you visit a different page within myape.gr, your browser automatically transmits encrypted and pseudonymised data to Google Analytics.

Important Notice: In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared invalid European Commission Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield framework.

Until that decision, transfers of personal data to the United States, including transfers through Google Analytics, were based on that adequacy decision.

Such processing is now based on Google’s Standard Contractual Clauses under Article 46 GDPR and, additionally, on your explicit consent pursuant to Article 49(1)(a) GDPR in light of the absence of an adequacy decision.

As a data subject, you should also be aware that metadata may be used by Google to create user profiles and may be transferred to systems located in the United States, where competent prosecutorial and national security authorities may request and obtain access under applicable US law.

Further information regarding Google’s privacy practices may be found in the Google Privacy Policy.

You may block collection of your data through Google Analytics by installing the following browser add-on:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Cookies for Personalised Advertising (Marketing / Advertising / Remarketing)

Cookies in this category are used to provide advertisements more relevant to you and your interests.

They enable measurement of advertising campaign effectiveness, prevention of repeated display of identical advertisements and, in particular, remarketing functionality.

Through these cookies, we may display advertisements to you on third-party websites (including Google and Facebook) based on your previous interaction with our Website.

These cookies identify your browser and device and collect data used to create a profile of your preferences without directly storing personal information such as your full name.

Third-Party Cookies from Embedded Content (Embedded / Third-Party Content)

Our Website may embed content from third-party providers, such as videos from YouTube or maps from Google Maps.

When viewing such content, those providers may place cookies on your device.

These cookies are mainly used to ensure proper service functionality, such as storing volume or language preferences, managing bandwidth for video playback and collecting view statistics.

Certain cookies, especially those operated by Google and YouTube, may also be used to display personalised advertising across their own platforms by combining activity with your profile on their services.

Indicative examples include:

Local Storage Technologies (Session Storage)

For the purpose of improving user browsing experience, the Website uses browser storage technologies which allow information to be stored in your browser in order to support proper interaction with the Website.

Examples include preventing repeated display of the same information popup after closure or confirming successful completion of an action such as form submission.

Unlike cookies, this information remains stored locally on your device and is not automatically transmitted to our servers with each request, contributing to faster and smoother website performance.

Log Files

Due to the nature and operation of the internet, immediately upon visiting the Website our server records your IP address in a dedicated log file.

An IP address constitutes personal data even where we are not independently able to identify you based on that information alone.

In addition, log files help us record information relating to browser type, operating system and other technical visit details such as the referring URL, as well as date and time of access.

These records are stored only for the period strictly necessary in order to ensure the security of networks, information and services against accidental events or unlawful or malicious acts which may threaten the availability, authenticity, integrity or confidentiality of stored or transmitted data, including for example denial-of-service attack detection.

How You Can Control Cookies through Your Browser

Each user may modify browser settings regarding cookies and their acceptance.

Depending on the browser used, you may choose whether to accept all cookies automatically, receive a warning before cookies are used or reject cookies generally.

For cookie management and deactivation, please refer to the relevant browser instructions:

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

How You Can Control Cookies through myape.gr

Users may at any time review, modify or withdraw their cookie preferences through the dedicated cookie management icon displayed in the bottom-left corner of the platform.

For any information regarding our use of cookies, please contact:

info@myape.gr