Introduction
The website https://acein.aueb.gr/ uses cookies to facilitate the users and enhance the functionality of the website. Whereas the cookies we use are only intended for the seamless operation of the website and are not used for any tracing or marketing purposes, we invite you to invest some time to learn more about it, in order to feel totally secure and safe while browsing our website.
The cookies in general
The cookies are small pieces of code produced by the webpages and saved in your Internet browser. The purpose of cookies is to collect and retain user-specific information, similarly to a preferences’ file created by a software application, allowing websites to function flawlessly without technical issues.
User’s variety of choices may be collected through cookies. Cookies allow websites to recognize the regular users, making access easier for users, while they may also collect data to allow the website to enhance its content.
From a functionality point of view, cookies allow websites to retain data and information regarding the interaction of each user with the website, so as the websites will not consider them each time as new users, remembering their preferences to make the access to the website easier and faster.
In general, cookies can be divided to:
Essential cookies, allowing the execution of basic website functions, without which the seamless functionality of the website is directly compromised.
Functionality cookies, which remember the preferences of the users during the browsing period.
Performance cookies, which collect data regarding the way users use a website, without collecting information that may identify a visitor.
Analytics cookies, a subset of the functionality cookies, that allow the assessment of the performance of different functions of a website.
Moreover, cookies may be also divided to:
Session cookies are temporary cookie files, which are deleted when the users close their browser.
Persistent cookies remain in one of the subfolders of the browser, until they are deleted manually or expire.
First-party cookies are originated by the website the user is currently visiting.
Third-party cookies are originated by a different website, usually for marketing purposes.
You can read more about cookies here: https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
The cookies on our Website
Our website https://acein.aueb.gr/ is based on WordPress and follows its requirements regarding essential cookies.
First-party and session cookies that our website uses are temporarily stored in your computer’s memory. They do not gain access to any document or file from your computer and are only used to facilitate your access and ensure seamless operation. These cookies are deleted as soon as you turn off your browser.
The cookies related to language choices are functional and allow the website to remember your preferred language. Unless you delete them, they will be automatically removed after a year.
If you use the contact form, an hph id cookie will be created to enhance the service. This cookie retains the data you submitted (name, contact details, message title), stored only in your browser.
The website does not use cookies for statistical or advertising purposes, and no other data is collected through them. You may delete your cookies at any time; new ones will be created during your next visit, only to the extent necessary for functionality.
The same high security and protection measures as set out in our privacy notice apply also for the data collected from the essential and functionality cookies used by our website.
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