Cookies Policy
Here is the translation of the text into English:
Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy
Like most websites, we use cookies and similar technologies when you access and browse the Website located at https://sbie.edu.gr (hereinafter referred to as "Website").
We use these technologies to ensure your browsing experience is comfortable and efficient, to provide you with a range of functions such as sharing our pages on social media, and to gather certain information regarding your browsing activities.
Cookies are small text files stored on the hard drive of the computer or other electronic device with which you access the website. Cookies are unique to each web browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, etc.) and contain anonymized information related to the websites you visit and the devices you use.
The Website is developed with the CMS WordPress, which uses cookies for its proper functioning.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are related to storing information or accessing already stored information on your device, solely for the purpose of conducting a communication transmission via electronic communication networks or, to the extent absolutely necessary for the provision of an information society service explicitly requested by the user or subscriber.
For these cookies, you do not have the option to reject them, as providing services by the Website would be impossible.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies are not essential, but they improve your experience on the Website by providing a range of useful features.
Information on Third-Party Functionality Cookies
YouTube
Our Website integrates YouTube videos, using Google’s enhanced data protection mode. This means that Google will only store your data once you press play on the video. The data Google collects when viewing a video includes:
Your IP address
The specific URL of our page from which you accessed
The name of your browser
The date and time of access
Existing cookies that may clearly identify your browser
We would like to emphasize that Google may collect additional data via cookies already stored by other websites you've visited. We have no influence over how or to what extent Google uses this data, as Google is solely responsible for this processing.
Google Web Fonts
Our Website uses Google Web Fonts for the fonts it employs. Google Fonts is designed to limit the collection, storage, and processing of your data to what is absolutely necessary for the optimal provision of the fonts.
According to its statement, Google takes a series of technical measures to ensure the protection of your data. Google does not require visitor identification for the use of its fonts, and no cookies are sent from Website visitors to the Google Fonts service. Requests to Google Fonts’ API are made through domain names associated with the specific service, such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com, ensuring that your requests for fonts are separate and do not contain credentials sent to google.com via other Google services you are logged into, such as Gmail.
Google Maps
Our Website uses the Google Maps service (API) to display geographic information. When using Google Maps, Google collects, processes, and handles visitor data related to the map's usage. However, if you visit a map via Google Maps while logged into your Google account, your browsing habits may be personalized. To avoid this, you should log out of your Google account beforehand.
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use the Website, such as the pages you visit most frequently, the page from which your visit originated, and more. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous statistical information that cannot be used to identify visitors. They are used solely for analyzing traffic and improving the Website’s performance.
Information on the Google Analytics Service
The Website uses the Google Analytics service (with anonymization) to measure its traffic. Google Analytics is the most popular traffic measurement service, relying on the use of cookies. The service collects and analyzes data regarding visitor behavior on the Website, such as the IP address, referral source, and sub-pages visited.
The purpose of using Google Analytics is to process anonymous data to optimize the Website, for example, determining which page needs improvement and how to make it more user-friendly, and for conducting cost-benefit analysis for advertising.
As part of the Google Analytics service, the Website uses the “Anonymize IP” feature provided by Google. This feature restricts and anonymizes your IP address when you access the Website. To access traffic data, we allow Google Analytics to place a cookie on your device’s hard drive. Every time you visit a different page within the Website, your browser automatically submits encrypted, anonymized data to Google Analytics.
The cookie is used to store information such as the time of access, location of access, and the frequency of visits to the Website. Each visit transmits data like your IP address to Google’s servers in the United States.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics’ data collection by installing the opt-out plugin for your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Information on Targeting/Advertising Technologies
As part of regular internet practices, our Website uses two of the most popular targeting and advertising services (from Facebook and Google), while taking all possible measures to ensure the protection of your data.
Facebook Pixel
The Website uses the Facebook pixel, a service from Facebook Inc. (1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA). It is essentially a small piece of Javascript code embedded on the Website.
This piece of code provides various functionalities to send specific visitor data to Facebook. We use this service to record information about how visitors use the Website.
This pixel records and provides Facebook with information about the visitor’s browser settings, a hashed version of the Facebook ID, and the URL visited.
As a result, each Facebook user gets a unique Facebook ID, regardless of the device used, allowing us to retarget visitors for advertising purposes via Facebook ads.
This information is retained for a maximum period of 180 days. After this period, the information is deleted unless the visitor visits the Website again. The Website cannot identify users, as only anonymized statistics are provided by Facebook.
We cannot know what information Facebook provides via cookies and other technologies used by Facebook itself. Please refer to Facebook’s privacy policies for data protection, ad preferences, and how Facebook Pixel works.
DoubleClick
The Website uses DoubleClick, a service from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). DoubleClick uses cookies to display ads tailored to users' preferences.
The cookies recognize which ad has already been viewed in your browser and whether you accessed a website via an ad. These cookies do not collect personal information and cannot be linked to such information.
You can generally prevent the storage of the cookie required for this process by adjusting your browser settings.
You can also choose the types of Google ads you see and turn off ads based on your interests through ad settings.
How You Can Control Cookies via Browser
You can configure the installation of cookies (e.g., delete cookies already set or uninstall certain categories) at any time through your browser settings.
Most browsers default to automatically accept cookies. However, you can change the settings to block cookies or only allow certain categories. In some cases, failing to install cookies may make certain features of a website unusable.
To manage and disable cookies, follow the relevant instructions for your browser or alternatively visit www.aboutcookies.org (external link), which contains extensive information on how to control cookies in a wide variety of browsers.
Log Files
Due to the nature and operation of the internet, as soon as you visit our website, our server logs the IP address, which constitutes personal data, even if we cannot identify you solely based on this information.
Additionally, our log files help us record the type of browser and operating system you use, as well as other information about your online visit, such as the URL from which you arrived at our website, the date and time of your visit.
This information is stored only for the necessary period to ensure the security of networks, information, and services against accidental events or unlawful or malicious actions that may compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality of stored or transmitted data (e.g., denial-of-service attacks).
