Cookies are small pieces of text files that are stored in the User's browser when visiting a website. The information stored on the User's computer may contain information such as the pages visited, the date and time of the visit and a random and unique number identifying the User. Under no circumstances do cookies contain personal information or information that would allow anyone to contact the website visitor by telephone, e-mail, etc. In addition, by using cookies there is no access to documents or files on your computer.
With this use, the Site is able to store useful information about the User's browsing of the Site, as well as read this information to provide the User with a consolidated browsing experience.
In addition, cookies help us to monitor the performance and traffic of our Site, improving its presentation and content according to the preferences of our visitors.
We use cookies on our Sites to manage login sessions, to provide personalised web pages and to tailor advertising and other content to reflect your specific needs and interests. Cookies may also be used to compile anonymous, aggregate statistics that allow us to understand how the public uses our Sites and help us to improve the structure and content of our Sites. We cannot verify your personal identity from this information. You can modify your browser settings to reject some or all cookies, except those that are strictly necessary. You should be aware that some features are only available through the use of cookies and if you choose to reject cookies, these features may not be available. In general, there are the following categories of cookies used on our Sites.
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies, otherwise known as strictly necessary cookies, are essential for the proper functioning of our Sites, allow you to browse and use their features, such as accessing secure areas or using the shopping cart. These cookies do not recognise your individual identity. Without these cookies, we cannot provide effective operation of our Sites.
Necessary cookies
Necessary, otherwise, absolutely necessary cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our Sites, allow you to browse and use their functions, such as access to secure areas or use of the shopping cart. These cookies do not recognise your individual identity. Without these cookies, we cannot provide effective operation of our Sites.
Functionality (preference) cookies
These cookies allow the Sites to remember user preferences such as username, language or region in order to provide enhanced and personalized functionality. They may also be used to provide services requested by the user, such as viewing videos or using social media. The information collected by these cookies can be made anonymous and it is not possible to track browsing activity on other websites. If you do not accept these cookies, the performance and functionality of the Sites may be affected and your access to its content may be limited.
Performance cookies (Statistics)
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Sites, for example, which pages they visit most often and whether they receive error messages from websites. These cookies collect aggregate, anonymous information that does not identify a visitor. They are used solely to improve the performance of a website.
Marketing cookies
These cookies are used to deliver content that best suits you and your interests. They may be used to send targeted advertising/offers, limit advertising views or measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. We may use these cookies to remember the websites you have visited to determine which online marketing channels are most effective and allow us to reward external websites and partners who referred you to us.
Unclassified cookies
Unclassified cookies are cookies that are in the process of being classified, together with the providers of individual cookies.
It is at your discretion to withdraw, whenever you want, your consent or object to the use of cookies on your computer or device, to control and/or delete cookies.
To process the cookies recorded during your browsing, select revoke at the bottom of the cookie settings.
You have the rights:
Access to your data
Correction or deletion of your data.
Amendment or rectification of your data, or the removal or deletion of your data
Restriction of the processing of your data
Object to the processing of your data
Withdrawing your consent to the use of some or all of the cookies and, by extension, to the processing of your data.
In order to exercise the above rights, you can submit your request to our headquarters or to our e-mail address and, if you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the applicable law on the protection of personal data, you can submit a complaint to the Personal Data Protection Authority (postal address 1-3 Kifissia Street, P.C. 115 23, Athens, tel. 210. 6475600, e-mail address contact@dpa.gr).
If you wish to contact for any issue related to the processing of your personal data and the exercise of your rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of RETAIL WORLD MONOPROSOPI S.A. at the address Nea Kifissia, Attica, 8 Thevaidos Street, P.O. Box 14564, or at the e-mail address dpo@public.gr.
Information about the protection of your personal data and your rights can be found in our Privacy Policy.
You can find more information about the general use of cookies, and methods of blocking or restricting them, at //cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies and //www.allaboutcookies.org/.
In case you wish to enable or disable the use of cookies from your browser settings, you can visit the following websites and find out what you need to do.
Internet Explorer //support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
Firefox //support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
Chrome //support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
Safari //support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Safari for iPad and iPhone //support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
This Cookies Policy may be changed at any time. For this reason, we recommend that you refer to this Policy regularly. The Cookies Policy, as modified by the most recent amendment, shall always be deemed to apply.
How do we use cookies?
The European Commission's websites mostly use "first party cookies". These are cookies set and controlled by the Commission and not by any external organisation. However, to view some of our pages, you will need to accept cookies from external organisations.
The 3 types of first party cookies we use are:
Store visitor preferences
Cookies: cookies are used to make our web pages work.
Our website's features make it work better for our visitors; they make our site's cookies work better for our customers.
Visitor preferences
These are set by us and only we can read them.
They are remembered if you have agreed (or refused) to this site's cookie policy
if you have already answered our survey pop-up (about how useful you found the site's content) - so you won't be asked again
Functional cookies
There are certain cookies that we need to include for certain websites to work. For this reason, they do not require your consent.
Specifically:
authentication cookies
technical cookies required by certain computer systems
The names of these cookies may change for technical reasons
Technical cookies
Analytics cookies
We use them purely for internal research on how we can improve the service we provide to all our users.
Cookies simply assess how you interact with our website - as an anonymous user (the data collected does not personally identify you).
Also, this data is not shared with third parties or used for any other purpose. Anonymous statistics could be shared with contractors working on communication projects under a contractual agreement with the Commission.
However, you are free to refuse these types of cookies - via the banner cookie you will see on the first page you visit
Third party cookies
Some of our pages display content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
To view this third party content, you must first accept these terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.
However, if you do not view this content, no third party cookies are installed on your device.
These third-party services are outside the Commission's control. Providers may, at any time, change the terms of service, the purpose and use of cookies, etc.
How can you manage cookies?
You can manage/delete cookies as you wish - for details, see
aboutcookies.org.
Removing a cookie from your device
You can delete all cookies already on your device by clearing your browser history. This will remove all cookies from all the websites you have visited.
Please note, however, that you may also lose some stored information (e.g. saved login details, website preferences).
Site-specific cookie management
For more detailed control of site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser
Block cookies
You can set most modern browsers to prevent cookies from being placed on your device, but then you may need to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit a website/page. And some services and features may not work properly at all (e.g. linking profiles).
Managing our cookie analytics
You can manage your cookie preferences from the cookie options graphic at the bottom of our website
