PREMISE
The data controllers are:
- KIREAS Advanced Technologies P.C. with registered office in 40 Ag. Konstantinou str. Marousi (151 24) Athens, Greece
- SERVITECNO, with registered office in Via Francesco Koristka 10,(20154) Milan, Italy
- General Electric Company, with registered office in 5 Necco Street, Boston, MA 02210, United States
(hereinafter “Data Controllers”, “us” “our/s”) provide to the users all information about cookies set up on the site https://blog.kireas.gr/ (hereinafter, the “User” and the “Site”) and the indications for managing their own preferences on them. For more information about the data and the methods of processing, the categories of recipients, the rights of the data subject and the procedures for their exercise, please consult the privacy policy of the Site.
1. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIE
1.1 Definition
Cookies are small text files which the Site visited by user sends to the user’s terminal, where they are memorised in order to be sent back later to the Site during subsequent visits by the user. Cookies are used for many purposes, they have different features and they can be used both by the Data Controller of the Site which the user is visiting and by third parties. The main categories in which cookies can be divided are the following:
- session and persistent cookies;
- technical and profiling cookies;
- first party and third party cookies.
1.2 Session and persistent cookies
Cookies can be erased at the end of a session with the browser (the time period between opening and closing of web browser by the user) or can be stored for a longer term. Session cookies are those allowing the web sites to link users’ actions during a browser session. Session cookies expire when the browser session ends. Persistent cookies are stored in the user’s hard drive among browser’s subfolders for variable period of time and allow to record user’s preference and actions in relation to a web site.
1.3 Technical and profiling cookies
Technical cookies are those used by the Data Controller of a web site for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication on an electronic communications network or, as strictly necessary, for sending to the provider of a service of a company the information explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to deliver that service. For the installation of such technical cookies, the prior consent of the person involved is not required where used directly from the site manager.
Profiling cookies are used to create profiles relating to the user and to send advertising messages in line with the preferences expressed by the user in the context of browsing the net. Due to particular invasiveness which such cookies can have within the ambit of users’ privacy, European and Italian legislation provides that the user must be adequately informed about their use by a banner and detailed note on the site and must give his/her own explicit consent to this extent the first time visiting the site and, subsequently, every 6 months, or when one or more processing conditions change significantly or, also, when it is impossible for the website operator to be aware of the fact that a cookie has already been previously stored on the device in order to be transmitted again, during a subsequent visit by the same user, to the site that generated it. Such consent can be expressed by interacting with the banner on the home page of the site and following the instructions indicated therein, or can be given or refused in selective manner by way of the following instructions. This consent is then stored to be used over the next visits. However, the user has always the possibility to withdraw totally or partially his/her consent already expressed.
1.4 First party and third party cookies
Cookies can be first party (so called “first party cookie”) or third party (so called “third party cookie”) in relation to the web site or domain where they come from.
First party cookies are set up and managed by the Data Controller of the site.
Third party cookies are set up by a different domain from that one visited by the user.
2. USE OF COOKIE BY THE SITE
2.1 Third party cookies
On this Site the Data Controller uses third party cookies (third party cookies). Hereinafter, the Data Controller provides to the users some indications about the categories and sub-categories of third party cookies divided according to their function, as well as a description of the individual cookies and the links to the third parties privacy policies.
2.1.1 Strictly necessary
These cookies are strictly necessary to ensure the operation and provision of the service that the User requests, therefore, do not require User’s consent.
Anti-spam protection: these cookies analyse Site traffic with the aim of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content recognised as SPAM.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration | Place |
| _GRECAPTCHA | technical | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and robots. This is useful for the website in order to make valid reports about the usage of the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy | User browsing session | Ireland/United States |
| rc::a | technical | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and robots. This is useful for the website in order to make valid reports about the usage of the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy | Persistent | Ireland/United States |
| rc::b | Technical | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and robots. This is useful for the website in order to make valid reports about the usage of the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy | User browsing session | Ireland/United States |
| rc::c | technical | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and robots. This is useful for the website in order to make valid reports about the usage of the website. https://policies.google.com/privacy | User browsing session | Ireland/United States |
2.1.2 Basic interactions & functionalities
These cookies allow the Site to perform basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features and facilitating the User’s communication with the Data Controller.
2.1.3 Experience enhancement
These cookies allow the Site to offer a personalized experience to the User, improving the management of settings and allowing interaction with external networks and platforms.
Displaying content from external platforms: these cookies make it possible to display content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of the Site and to interact with them.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration | Place |
| PREF | profiling | This cookie allows you to store information such as your preferred page configuration and playback preferences. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 8 months | Ireland/United States |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | profiling | This cookie measures the user’s bandwidth to determine whether he receives the new player interface or the old one. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 8 months | Ireland/United States |
| YSC | profiling | This cookie is used by YouTube to store input and associate user actions. https://policies.google.com/privacy | User browsing session | Ireland/United States |
Social widgets: these services allow you to interact with social networks, or other external platforms, directly from the pages of this Site. Interactions and information acquired by this Site are in any case subject to the privacy settings of the user relating to each social network. If the User gives his/her consent to the service of interaction with social networks, it is possible that, even if the User does not use the service, it collects traffic data relating to the pages on which it is installed.
- Widget YouTube IFrame Player (Google Ireland Limited)
YouTube IFrame Player social widgets are video content display services operated by Google Ireland Limited that allow the Site to integrate such content within its pages. Data collected through YouTube IFrame Player’s social widgets may also be used to help third parties show customized advertisements based on interests.
Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland/USA – https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Widget Video YouTube (Google Ireland Limited)
YouTube is a video content visualisation service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows the Site to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data Collected: Cookies and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland/USA – https://policies.google.com/privacy
2.1.4 Measurement
These cookies allow the Data Controller to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour in order to improve the User’s experience on the Site.
Analytics: these cookies allow the Controller to monitor and analyse web traffic and may be used to track Users’ behaviour.
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration | Place |
| AMP_TOKEN | profiling | Cookie used to identify the user ID https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 hour | Ireland/United States |
| __utma | profiling | This cookie has a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an additional security measure https://policies.google.com/privacy | 2 years | Ireland/United States |
| __utmb | profiling | This cookie has a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an additional security measure. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 hour | Ireland/United States |
| __utmc | profiling | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. https://policies.google.com/privacy | User browsing session | Ireland/United States |
| __utmt | profiling | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 hour | Ireland/United States |
| __utmv | profiling | This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with your site. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 2 years | Ireland/United States |
| __utmz | profiling | This cookie stores the type of reference used by the visitor to reach your site https://policies.google.com/privacy | 7 months | Ireland/United States |
| _ga | profiling | Analyze visits. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 2 years | Ireland/United States |
| _gac | profiling | Measure customer interactions with the Sitehttps://policies.google.com/privacy | 3 months | Ireland/United States |
| _gat | profiling | Limit the frequency of requests. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 hour | Ireland/United States |
| _gid | profiling | It distinguishes users. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 day | Ireland/United States |
| test_cookie | profiling | Check if user’s browser supports cookies. https://policies.google.com/privacy | 1 hour | Ireland/United States |
2.1.5 Targeting & Advertising
These cookies allow the Site to deliver commercial content tailored to User behaviour and to manage, deliver and track advertisements.
3. MANNER OF CONTROLLING COOKIE
In addition to the possibility of disabling cookies by accessing the link where the relative privacy policy of third parties is present, the user can select and/or disable cookies at any time by using the specific area called ” Learn more and customise” available in the cookie banner shown to the user during the first access or through specific links present on the Site. This feature allows the user to access a dedicated area where he/she can select, in an analytical manner, the cookies grouped by homogeneous categories, to the use of which the user chooses to consent or disable, as well as confirm previous choices. The list of cookies grouped by homogeneous categories, as well as the list of third parties is constantly updated.
Moreover, the user can manage preference relating to the cookies directly inside his/her own browser and to stop – for example – third parties from installing one. Through browser’s preferences is also possible to erase cookies previously installed, including the cookie where the consent to install cookies from the Site is stored in case. It is important to underline that by disabling all cookies, the operation of the Site could be compromised. It is possible to find information on how to manage cookies in your browser at the following links:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=it;
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/it/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie;
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=it_IT;
Microsoft Windows Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/it-it/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies.
Visit the website www.youronlinechoices.com/it for further details.
Management of data collected by third-party cookies is governed by the respective privacy policies which you are invited to consult. Each of the third-party cookies may be deactivated via the link for each in the table above.
Further details on cookies are available on the website www.allaboutcookies.org.
4. UPDATING OF THIS COOKIE POLICY
Latest update: February 2023