Cookies policy
We use cookies to facilitate your navigation (as users) in our website (vyssos.com), understand how you interact with us, and improve security, structure and content of the website by showing tailored content and marketing material.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your computer or mobile device (e.g. hard drive, browser, such as Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Edge etc.) when you visit that website.
Apart from cookies, pixel tags are also used in our website. Tags are small code snippets which are stored to (or loaded from) a website, email, application or advertisement, which can recover particular information regarding the device and browser, as well as the way you interact with those (information about the type of device, operating system, type and version of browser, websites visited, websites that linked to our website, as well as the time of visit, IP address, if you opened an email or if you activated/selected to open an advertisement by clicking on it).
2. Data Controller
In case the data being processed through the use of cookies includes personal data, the Data Controller of the aforementioned personal data while browsing on the website vyssos.com is the the limited liability company that owns the website and online shop, i.e. "Thrakika Ekkokistiria S.A." (hereinafter the "Company"), VAT 094085630, Public Revenue Office of Komotini, seat in Komotini on the address 4th km. N.R. Komotini-Xanthi, Komotini, P.C. 69100, Tel. (+30) 2531025035, email address: info@vyssos.com.
For more information about the processing of personal data collected by cookies while browsing as well as your rights and how to exercise them, please refer to the Privacy Policy of your Personal Data in our website here.
3. What types of cookies does this website use?
The types of cookies used by vyssos.com can be categorized based on the period of time they are stored, as follows:
- Session (temporary) cookies: Cookies stored on the computer or the electronic device for as long as you are on the website; these are deleted when you close the website/browser.
- Permanent (persistent) cookies: Cookies that remain on your computer or electronic device for a longer period of time (e.g. cookies remembering the products saved on your cart, which are store for approximately 7 days).
Based on the owner, the types of cookies used by the website can be categorized as follows:
- First-party cookies: Cookies sent to the user's computer or device by a computer or domain managed by the Company.
- Third-party cookies: Cookies sent to the user's computer or device by a computer or domain managed by third parties (e.g. Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter). For example, cookies can be stored by third parties, such as Google Analytics (to send statistic information through which the Company can perform statistic analysis of the access/visits to the website). You can prevent Google from collecting data though cookies, as well as the subsequent processing of the data, by downloading and installing the browser plug-in from the following URL: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. In case you access third party websites or connect to social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram) through this website, you need to know that those third party websites or operators might install cookies, which we cannot control and which are governed by the cookies policy of the third party installing them. You should read the respective policies of those websites in order understand how to approach them.
Based on their purpose, the below cookies categories are collected:
- Necessary (technical) cookies: These cookies are essential to the proper function of the website, and allow you to access, browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site, saving your items in your cart and completing orders. The website cannot function in a secure and correct manner without those. Because technical cookies are essential, they are collected by default and thus your consent is not required for their use.
- Functionality or Preferences cookies: These cookies retain the user's preferences while browsing the website, so that he/she can access the service and platform with particular features that can differentiate the experience compared to other users', relevant to the language or number of results shown in search. Not accepting those Cookies can result to slow performance of the website or limited access to its content.
- Performance (Statistics) cookies: These cookies are usually third-party cookies (Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager) and collect information about how the website is used in order to perform statistical analysis of the users' browsing data, improve browsing experience, resolve possible issues and evaluate marketing actions we perform in a more efficient way. Information collected by those cookies cannot be used to identify the user. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized.
- Marketing cookies: These cookies store information regarding the user's activity, which is retrieved through constant observation of browsing habits and allows to show advertisements and/or offers that correspond to the user's needs. To personalize the content and advertisements of our website, social medial connectivity and visits analysis, we use tools, such as Google Analytics, Google AdWords, Facebook pixel etc. According to the above, we might share information regarding the way our website is used with third party social media, advertising and analytics providers, which might be combined with other information provided by the users or collected using those social media services.
- Social media cookies: These cookies are defined by a series of social media services, which we might have added in the website so that you can share our content with your friends and in social media. These can identify you/the user's browser in other websites and create a profile of your interests. This can affect the content and messages you see in other websites you visit. In case those cookies are not allowed, you might not be able to use or see those methods of information exchange.
4. How to manage cookies
Cookies are stored on your computer and device, after you are informed about the privacy settings and give your consent for each category, except for Strictly Necessary, which do not require your consent, as stated above. If you do not accept the cookies or some of those categories, certain functionalities of our website might not be fully available; however, you will not be ruled out of accessing our website. It lies on your discretion to revoke your consent at any time or to decline the use of cookies on your computer or device, manage and/or delete cookies.
Your Cookies preferences can be modified here.
It is pointed out that modifying Cookies Settings on the website does not entail deletion of the cookies already stored on your computer/device. You can delete the cookies from the computer or the device you are using, at any time you wish following the instructions outlined in the below links, according to the browser you are using:
The following websites provide more information regarding the general use of cookies, as well as blocking options or restrictions:
5. Amendments to Cookies Policy
The present Cookies Policy can be amended partially or in whole at any time. For that reason, it is suggested that you read the present Policy at regular intervals. The present entered into force on 01 June 2024. In case of amendment, the date of the amendment will be indicated and the Cookies Policy will be applicable as per the latest amendment. In case you continue to use our website and the services of the online shop after the aforementioned changes are implemented, it is considered that you accept those changes. In case you do not agree with the terms of the present Policy, you should cease use of this website and the services provided through it.