Cookie Notice
In order for this website to function properly and to enable us to make further improvements to the website, in order to improve your browsing experience, this website must store a small amount of information (cookies) on your computer. Over 90% of all websites use this practice. In accordance with the new personal data protection regulation, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation, we are obliged to inform you about the use of cookies.
By using the website, you agree to the use of cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of our website in order to enable certain technical features and thus ensure a positive user experience. For the use of cookies that are not necessary for the functioning of the website, but improve the service we provide to you, we will ask for your consent. If you do not give your consent to the use of certain cookies, you can still browse the site, but some of its features will not be available to you.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is information stored on your computer by a website you visit. Cookies usually store your preferences, settings for a website, such as your preferred language or address. Later, when you open the same website again, your browser sends back cookies that belong to that website. This allows the website to display information tailored to your needs because cookies allow the website to remember your actions and settings over a period of time. Each time a user opens a page, the web server can read the values that it previously stored in the cookies.
Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personal information (such as your name or email address). However, this information will only be used by cookies if you have given your consent – websites cannot access information that you have not given them and cannot access other files on your computer. The default cookie saving and sending activities are not visible to you. However, you can change your browser settings to allow or deny cookie requests, delete saved cookies automatically when you close your browser, and so on. Also, if you give your consent to the use of cookies, you can withdraw it at any time.
There are various types of cookies, and they are usually classified by duration, domain they belong to, and purpose:
- Temporary (session) cookies are deleted after the user closes their browser. Persistent cookies remain stored on the user’s device for a certain period of time.
- First-party cookies are set by the server of the domain being visited. Third-party cookies are set by a domain different from the one the user is visiting.
- Depending on the purpose, cookies may be necessary if they support basic technical features of the website, functional to improve user experience, analytical to analyze site usage, and marketing to track the interests of individual users.
What cookies does 3stripes.gr use and why?
- Session cookies – these are temporary cookies that expire (and are automatically deleted) when you close your browser. We use session cookies to enable access to content and to enable commenting (things you have to do when you log in with your details to the website).
- Persistent cookies – these cookies usually have an expiration date far into the future and will remain in your browser until they expire, or until you manually delete them. We use persistent cookies for features such as the “Stay logged in” tickbox, which makes it easier for users to log in as a registered user. We also use persistent cookies to better understand user habits, so that we can improve the website according to your habits. This information is anonymous – we do not see individual user data. The cookie used is site_cookie_info and is stored for one year.
- Necessary cookies – We use PHPSESSID cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of our website to enable certain technical features and thus ensure a positive user experience.
- Analytical cookies – these are cookies that we use to enable web analytics, i.e. analysis of the use of our sites and measurement of traffic, which we conduct in order to improve the quality and content of the services offered. For this, we use the Google Analytics system and the _gat, _ga and _gid cookies. We will use these cookies only if you give us your consent.
- Marketing cookies – used to show users relevant ads. we use Google Analytics cookies ads/ga-audiences and collect.
We do not use cookies or similar technologies to track your interests and send you marketing materials.
Are there third-party cookies on 3stripes.gr?
There are several external services that store limited cookies for the user. These cookies are not set by this website, but some are used for the normal functioning of certain features that make it easier for users to access content. We currently provide:
- Attendance measurement
we use the traffic measurement service, Google Analytics.
If you want to prevent the aforementioned service from storing cookies for you, you can prohibit it at the following link: Google Analytics – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
How to disable cookies
When you first access the site, we will ask for your consent to use cookies that are not necessary (e.g. functional or analytical cookies).
You can disable cookies that are not necessary at any time and they will not be stored on your computer. Cookie settings can be controlled and configured in your web browser. For information about cookie settings, select the web browser you are using. • Chrome • Firefox • Internet Explorer 9 • Internet Explorer 7 and 8 • Opera (English page) • Safari (English page) If you disable cookies, you will not be able to use some of the functionalities on the website.
Additional information about disabling cookies
There are currently several websites for disabling cookie storage for various services.
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