Policy for Cookies/ Trackers
This website (papathanasioulaw.com) uses cookies and related technologies to provide an enhanced user’s experience and to improve its functions.
(1) General information about cookies
Cookies are small text files used by websites to make user experience more effective. Cookies perform various tasks, such as assisting a website to function properly, remembering user preferences, and enhancing online experience.
In general cookies can be categorized as follows:
(a) First party cookies
First-party cookies are used mainly for streamlining the users’ experience on a website and are small data packets that the user’s web browser generates and exchanges with a dedicated web server. In return, only this server has access to its own cookie due to being the “first party.” How a first-party cookie is stored on the user’s computer depends on his/her web browser. These cookies allow website owners to collect analytics data, remember language settings, and perform other useful functions that provide an optimal user experience. A first-party cookie is characterized by the fact that it can only be created and viewed by the website owner whose page the user is visiting.
(b) Third party cookies
Third-party cookies are created by parties other than the website owner. Such are mainly used for tracking and online-advertising purposes. They also allow website owners to provide certain services, such as live chats.
(c) Technically necessary cookies
Third-party cookies are created by parties other than the website owner. Such are mainly used for tracking and online-advertising purposes. They also allow website owners to provide certain services, such as live chats.
(d) Performance & Analytics cookies
Performance/analytics cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of a website and how visitors interact with the latter, thus assisting which helps in delivering a better user experience for users.
For example, those cookies provide information on the frequency of traffic and the number of those who return to the website, the keywords used in the search field, the user’s location, i.e. country and region, etc. In addition, they record the pages the user visits, the time spent on them and the points of interest.
(e) Functional cookies
Those cookies allow a website to “remember” the user’s choices in order to provide them with improved and personalized features. In addition, they can be used when the user selects some of the features of a website, such as sharing website content on social media or viewing a video.
(f) Advertisement Cookies
Those cookies allow a website to receive information about the interest the user has shown in any of the advertised products and services. These cookies are used to display personalized advertisements, depending on the preferences the user has shown in products and services of the website.
(h) Social Media Cookies
The posts, images and videos a user sees on a website could be shared via social media buttons. These cookies enable these buttons to work so they can recognize when the user wants to share a post or a video. Please note that a website cannot influence how social networks may use a user’s personal data. For more information about the cookies set up by social networks and the possible information they collect, please refer to their respective policy.
(i) Other tools
Furthermore, in order to personalize the content and advertisements of a website, provide social media functions and analyze its traffic, specialized tools (such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Facebook pixel, etc.) may be used.
(2) Categories based on storage period (Session/ Persistent)
While a user is active on a website, session cookies are temporarily stored in his/her computer’s memory and are deleted when he/she logs out or are deactivated as soon as the session ends automatically. Persistent cookies remain stored in the user’s equipment until the completion of a predetermined duration (see relevant table in section 5 below).
(3) Which cookies require user’s consent
The user, when first visiting the Website, is informed about the use of cookies by virtue of a relevant pop-up window/ banner, about the use of cookies. The installation of cookies as well as the use of related technologies is only permitted following the provision of appropriate information and subject to the user’s consent. Cookies that do not require prior consent are only those that are considered technically necessary for the connection to the Website or for the provision of the online service (see relevant category above). The user has the right to withdraw his/her consent by changing his personalized cookie settings.
In order to modify your consent status or withdraw your consent please click on the Consent Preferences at the bottom of the website.
If cookies are not installed, there may be a significant impact on both the functionality of the Website as well as the ability to receive information or services. In order to modify the cookie settings in the various web browsers, a search is required in the information provided by the specific software.
(4) What types of cookies do we use
Our website uses the following categories of cookies:
- First Party
- Third Party
- Technically Necessary
- Analytics
- Session
- Persistent
(5) What cookies do we use
Please find below a table of all the cookies that our Website uses, accompanied by relevant explanations and characteristics of each cookie.
| Cookie id | Domain | Storage Duration | Description/ purpose | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | cookieyes-consent | papathanasioulaw.com | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. | Technically necessary |
| 2. | elementor | papathanasioulaw.com | never | The website’s WordPress theme uses this cookie. It allows the website owner to implement or change the website’s content in real-time. | Technically necessary |
| 3. | wpEmojiSettingsSupports | papathanasioulaw.com | session | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | Technically necessary |
| 4. | _GRECAPTCHA | google.com | 6 months | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Technically necessary |
| 5. | rc::a | google.com | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Technically necessary |
| 6. | rc::f | google.com | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Technically necessary |
| 7. | rc::c | google.com | Session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Technically necessary |
| 8. | rc::b | google.com | Session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. | Technically necessary |
| 9. | sbjs_migrations | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 10. | sbjs_current_add | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 11. | sbjs_first_add | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 12. | sbjs_current | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 13. | sbjs_first | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 14. | sbjs_udata | papathanasioulaw.com | Session | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 15. | sbjs_session | papathanasioulaw.com | 1 hour | Sourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website. | Analytics |
| 16. | _ga_* | papathanasioulaw.com | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | Analytics |
| 17. | _ga | papathanasioulaw.com | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | Analytics |
(6) More about Google Analytics
Google Analytics cookies are performance analysis/logging cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our Website. These cookies can inform us how many visitors use the Website, the time and duration of access, and also provide information about how visitors navigate through the various parts of the site. This information helps us improve the way our website works. It is anonymous information and does not contain any personal data.
The information collected by Google Analytics cookies about our Website is transferred to and stored on Google servers in accordance with Google’s privacy policy.
For more information regarding the Google Analytics service, please click on https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics by clicking https://tools.google.com/dlpa ge/gaoptout?hl=en=GB
If you disable these cookies your use of the Website will not be counted, nor will it be used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through the website. Website operation will not be affected.
(7) Amendments
We may modify this Policy from time to time so that it is always in line with legal requirements and the way we run our Website. In order to be informed of the latest version of the Policy, please check the Website regularly.