1. Introduction

This cookie policy is designed to help you understand more about how cookies work and how we use them.The policy uses the term “Cookies” to refer to cookies and similar technologies covered by the law (for example, Local Shared Objects – commonly referred to as “flash cookies”, web beacons or bugs, including transparent clear gifs). The information gathered by our website, concerns data that allows us to identify web users/visitors by associating and processing them with other data kept by third parties (for example, the IP address, domain and registration numbers of the computers and all mobile devices used by people connecting to the website). This data is used and processed for statistical purposes only.

The  information provided in this Policy complies with the provisions set out by the:

• e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC (as amended);
• EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”); and
• any other related national and European data protection and data privacy laws and regulations including any relevant guidelines and opinions issued by local data protection authorities.

As such, this Cookies Policy should be read as an inseparable part of APU Global Ε.Π.Ε’s Privacy Policy . We therefore suggest that you also read our Privacy policy in order to learn more about APU Global Ε.Π.Ε. commitment to data protection.

This cookie statement is designed to help you understand more about how cookies work and how we use them.

2. Cookies Explained

Cookies are small file containing a line of text that is sent and stored on your computer when you visit a web site. Cookies help to provide a better and faster experience by helping a website remember information about your visit to make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

3. Our Cookies

The types of cookies we use all fall into one of four categories:

1. Strictly Necessary and Functional: You need these cookies for our websites to work properly. They are essential to help your devices download or stream the information, or so you can move around the websites and use its features. Without these cookies, content, products or services cannot be provided. If you delete or block these cookies, some of the features on our site may not work effectively or at all.
2. Improving performance and your browsing experience: These cookies allow us to understand how our visitors engage with our websites and apps, for example count the total amount of page visits and sources of traffic so that we can measure and improve the performance of our sites and apps. They also enable us to understand how users without personally identifying visitors, on an anonymised aggregated basis, use our sites.
3. Analytics:  We like to keep track of what websites, information and links are popular and which ones do not get used so much, to help us keep our information relevant and up to date. Our applications, web locations, websites and communications you get from us contain small invisible images known as ‘web beacons’ or ‘pixels’. These are used to manage the interaction between you and the online information or email and allow us to assess the effectiveness of the communication.
4. Personalisation and Advertising: These cookies allow us to provide a high-quality experience by customising the content that we offer you across our sites. We might use the information collected by these cookies to highlight articles or site services that we think will be of interest to you based on other content you have viewed when visiting our website. They enable us to deliver to you relevant advertising (our own and that of our Partners) on our websites and in our mobile apps. We use these cookies to inform us when we have shown you an advert, to ensure we do not show you the same content too often. We also use these cookies to measure the effectiveness of the advertising that you see or hear on our services.
5. Cookie Choices
   • When you first visit this site, or the first time you visit after you have deleted our cookies from your device, you will be presented with a notice informing you that our sites use cookies.
   • When you first visit this site, or the first time you visit after you have deleted our cookies from your device, you will be presented with a notice informing you that our sites use cookies. This notice gives you the option to manage preferences or consent using a cookie manager tool which will allow you to choose what cookies you want to allow us to use and to turn off those that you don’t. You can see the whole list of cookies we use on the tool.
   • Essential cookies that make the site work will be turned on by default but you can choose to turn other cookies such as analytics cookies and advertising cookies on and off. We recommend that you turn on performance and analytics cookies though as this helps us deliver a better service to you.
   • By clicking the consent button you agree to use our websites, content, products or services and our processing as well as the cookies described in this notice. You should be aware that when you access or use our, or our Partners’, content, products and services, we may collect information from the devices you use by using ‘cookies’. We, and our Partners, also collect such information from third party websites, mobile sites and from apps where we show our own adverts, using cookies and related ad technology.
   • Some or all of the cookies identified below may be stored in your browser, depending on your preferences.
   • If you continue to use the site after being presented with that notice, we will assume that you are happy with our use of cookies as described here unless you opt-out.

5. How other companies’ Cookies are used

Some of our websites and platforms will contain links to other companies’ sites. If you follow one of these links a cookie might be used to tell the other site that you came from one of our sites. That other site may then pay us a small amount for the successful referral. For more information, see the Internet Advertising Bureau’s guide about how affiliate marketing works. Note that when you visit those other companies’ sites, they will have their own privacy notices which set out what personal data they collect and how they will use it.

6. Disabling or blocking Cookies

If you want to learn how to disable cookies generally without using our tool or if you want more information on cookies, please click here www.allaboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies at any time using your internet browser settings and you can also set your browser so that cookies are automatically blocked and prevented from being set.

7. Managing Cookies

All browser technologies enable you to see and manage the cookies. This means that you can either delete cookies from your cookie folder once you have finished your visit at our website or you can set your preferences with regard to the use of cookies before you begin browsing our website.

8. How to remove Cookies via a Browser

You can find out further information at:

• Google
• Firefox
• Windows
• Safari

9. Cookies that we use
10. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off on our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You are able to set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, however some parts of the site may not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
11. Google Analytics: Google Analytics uses “cookies”, in the form of text files placed on your computer and/or mobile devices. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to, and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. Google use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog (if applicable), where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

 However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

For more details on how Google processes your data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout compatible with Chrome, Internet Explorer 8–11, Safari, Firefox and Opera).

10. ​Changes to Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy and we would encourage you to review the policy from time to time to stay informed of how we utilise cookies. This Cookies Policy was last updated in September 2020.