Cookie Policy
1. Subject of the Cookie Policy
The Organisation for Welfare Benefits and Social Solidarity (OPEKA), with its registered office at 30 Patision Street, Athens 101 70, guarantees respect for your privacy while you browse its website. In this context, by means of this Policy we wish to provide you with information about the cookies we use, the information we collect with them and the way in which OPEKA uses them through this Website.
You can find detailed information on the management of your personal data under this Cookie Policy and on the protection of your privacy in the Personal Data Protection Policy, which is published on this website.
2. Definition
Cookies are self-installing text files with short content, which are lawfully stored on the computer or other electronic devices (e.g. mobile phones, tablets, etc.) of the user who visits a website. In this way, the website remembers your actions and preferences (e.g. language, font size and other display preferences) for a period of time, so that you do not need to enter these preferences each time you visit the website or move from one of its pages to another. Cookies help you navigate in a more user-friendly environment.
3. Types of cookies
There are two main categories of Cookies:
- Temporary cookies (session cookies), which are deleted immediately after the browsing session ends and/or after the “browser” is closed,
- Permanent cookies (persistent cookies), which remain in the browser for a certain period of time or until you delete them.
For the better management of its websites, OPEKA uses both temporary and permanent cookies.
4. Use of cookies
Each type of cookie we use serves a different purpose. When you visit our website, we may use the following cookies:
5. Types and Use of cookies by this website
This website uses the following types of cookies:
5.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the proper operation of the website; they allow you to browse it and use its features, such as access to secure areas.
| Cookie | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieyes-consent | Necessary | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences, so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this website. It does not collect or store any personal information about the website’s visitors. |
| elementor | Necessary | Always | The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to present or change the website’s content in real time. |
5.2. Functionality Cookies These cookies are used to store settings on the website (e.g. by remembering your preferences regarding safe search, or to make it easier for you to browse the website, etc.). Through these cookies, information about users may be collected, such as the type of browser, the server, the language selected by the user, their preferences, their searches and the user’s geographical location. These cookies are installed only if you give your consent.
In the case of hyperlinks (links) to other websites, the website is not responsible for the terms of management and protection of personal data that those websites follow.
| Cookie | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| _lscache_vary | Functional | 2 days | Litespeed sets this cookie to provide prevention of pages that have been stored in the cache. |
5.3. Advertising cookies (third-party): Information obtained through cookie technology is shared with third parties for the purpose of creating targeted advertising messages that may be displayed to the user when visiting third-party websites. In addition, the relevant cookie technology enables measurements relating to the user’s activity on another website that referred the user to our websites. These cookies are installed only if you give your consent.
| Cookie | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Advertising | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to record views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
| YSC | Advertising | Session | YouTube sets this cookie to record views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Advertising | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user receives the new or the old player interface. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Advertising | Never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences when using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Advertising | Never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences when using embedded YouTube videos. |
5.4. Analytics cookies (third-party) and other technologies: These cookies collect data about the website’s user and allow the way it operates to be improved. This data helps in monitoring the website’s performance, measuring visits, monitoring how the website is accessed, etc. These cookies are installed only if you give your consent.
| Cookie | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| pbid | Analytics | 6 months | PixelYourSite sets this cookie to measure the user’s activity on the website. |
| _gcl_au | Analytics | 3 months | Google Tag Manager sets the cookie to experiment with the advertising efficiency of websites using its services. |
| _ga_* | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | Analytics | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and to track website usage for the website’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| pys_session_limit | Analytics | 1 hour | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| pys_start_session | Analytics | Session | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| pys_first_visit | Analytics | 7 days | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| pysTrafficSource | Analytics | 7 days | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| pys_landing_page | Analytics | 7 days | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| last_pysTrafficSource | Analytics | 7 days | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| last_pys_landing_page | Analytics | 7 days | The PixelYourSite plugin sets this cookie to manage analytics services. |
| _fbp | Analytics | 7 days | Facebook sets this cookie to display advertisements either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting the website. |
| CONSENT | Analytics | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and records anonymous statistical data. |
5.5.Other technologies: Other technologies may be used for the same purposes as cookies, and allow us to know when the user visited the website. Through them, non-personal data (e.g. your operating system, the user’s browser) or aggregate data may be collected and used to improve the experience of using the website. The mechanisms relating to these technologies are installed only if you give your consent.
5.6. Security Cookies These cookies may also be used for security purposes (e.g. prevention of cyberattacks and any other malicious activity). These cookies are installed only if you give your consent.
5.7. Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about the use of the website, e.g. which pages you visit most often and whether you receive error messages from the website. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you, as they collect it in an aggregated way and therefore it remains anonymous. They are used only for statistical purposes that will help improve the operation of the website. These cookies are installed only if you give your consent.
| Cookie | TYPE | DURATION | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| eael_screen | Performance | 1 month | The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to present or change the website’s content in real time. |
6. How to manage cookies
If you wish to disable cookies, depending on their specific type, the website may not function properly. Please note that it is not possible to disable “necessary” cookies, as they are essential for the proper operation of the website. For all other categories of cookies used by the website, you may freely choose whether or not to accept their use on your first visit to the website, while you always retain the option to change your cookie choices by clicking the button at the bottom left of the website.
In any case, you can always change the settings in your browser to receive notifications about the use of cookies or to refuse the use of cookies. In this case, if you do not allow the use of cookies for certain services, you may no longer have access to them.
You may also withdraw your consent to the use of cookies on your computer or other device by following the procedure for deleting them from the memory of the browser you use.
You can find out more information, depending on your browser, by using the following links:
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Opera
- Adobe (flashcookies)
- For further information about the types of cookies, you can visit the website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can change your cookie choices by clicking the button at the bottom left of the website.
7. Processing of Personal Data
To find out more about the processing of your personal data and your rights, please visit the Personal Data Protection Policy, which is published on this website.
