1.     INTRODUCTION

The main website of Bodossaki Foundation (“the Foundation”) uses “cookies”. Cookies are small pieces of information (files) in plain text format, which are stored on users’ computers (or other devices with internet access, such as smartphones or tablets) when they visit any page on the Internet.

Cookies help collect information which is necessary to measure the effectiveness of a website, improve and upgrade its content, and adapt it to the users’ demand and needs, as well as to measure the effectiveness of the way in which website is presented and displayed on third party websites. The cookies used on the Foundation’s website do not allow the collection of information that identifies the users or the access to any document or file kept on their computers.

The data collected by the cookies may include the type of browser used by a user, the operating system of their computer, the use of links to and from the respective website and other “technical” information.

2.     CATEGORIES OF COOKIES

A) Necessary

“Necessary Cookies” help a website function properly by facilitating basic functions such as the users’ navigation and access to secure areas. A website cannot function properly without these cookies.

 

B) Preference

Preference cookies allow the website to “remember” information that changes the way in which it functions or in which the information is presented, in order to respond to each user’s preferences (e.g. preferred language).

 

C) Statistical

Statistical cookies help clarify how visitors interact with the website, by collecting information anonymously.

 

D) Marketing / Promotional

Marketing / Promotional cookies are used to record the activity of visitors to a website in order to display advertisements that are relevant and attractive to them.

3.     THE COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

The following cookies have been installed and operate on the Foundation’s website:

A) Statistical

Cookie Name Source Cookie Purpose Descriptio Expiry
_ga activecitizensfund.gr Generates a unique identifier to generate statistics about how visitors use the website. 2 years
_gat activecitizensfund.gr Used by Google Analytics to manage the rate of requests. 1 day
_gid activecitizensfund.gr Generates a unique identifier to generate statistics about how visitors use the website. 1 day
collect activecitizensfund.gr Used by Google Analytics to track the visitor’s behaviour and the device used. session

  

4.     HOW TO MANAGE AND DELETE COOKIES

Most browsers provide options on how to manage cookies. Using their browsers, users are able to allow the installation of cookies, disable / delete existing cookies or request to be notified each time they visit a website which uses cookies. Instructions for managing and deleting cookies are usually to be found within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” menus of each browser.

Users should note that rejecting or disabling the cookies of this website might impact negatively on the functionality of its webpages. Moreover, users should be aware that disabling a cookie or a category of cookies does not automatically delete the corresponding file from their browser. This has to be done by the users themselves, who must modify the internal functions of the browser that they use.

5.     AMENDMENTS TO THIS POLICY

The Foundation reserves the right to modify this Policy, in whole or in part, at its sole discretion, and to post such amendment on this website. Any amendment hereto will be effective upon posting of the amended text of the Policy on the Foundation’s main website.

6.     CONTACT DETAILS

For any query in relation to this Policy, users may contact the Foundation’s Legal Department, at legal@bodossaki.gr.