Cookies Policy

1. In order to ensure the optimum function of the webpage www.shisan.gr and to provide the best browsing experience to it, small data files are used/placed on your computer or your mobile device, referred to as "cookies".

In this section, we generally use the term "cookies" as a collective term to describe techniques such as cookies, Flashcookies and web-beacons.

2. “Cookies” are small pieces of e-text, sent to the web browser used by your computer or portable device from a website you are visiting while you are browsing the internet.

“Cookies”  facilitate the website you are visiting to memorize information about your visit, such as your preferred language settings, the font size and font type and other display settings in order to make your next visit easier and make the website more effective and user-friendly to you as you do not have to import these preferences again each time you visit the website.

In addition, cookies are used for many other purposes, such as to memorize your secure search preferences, to offer relevant advertisements, to calculate the number of visitors of a webpage, to facilitate the registration to online services and to protect your data.

“Cookies” can also be used to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how the public uses our website and help us improve its structure and content by offering you a pleasant and comfortable browsing experience.

However, we are NOT in any way able to verify your personal identity from this information.

Kindly be aware that some online features are only available through using cookies, and if you choose to opt out these cookies, these online features may not be available.

3. Depending on their use and function, cookies are divided into:

a) "website cookies" or "session cookies" which are cookies placed on your computer or your mobile device by the website you are visiting while you are browsing. They can only be read by this website and remain on your device until you leave our website.

In addition, the website may use external services, which also place their own cookies, referred to as “third party cookies".

b) "permanent cookies" or "persistent cookies" which are cookies stored on your computer or your portable device and are not automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser, unlike session cookies, which are deleted as soon as you close your web browser, they remain on your device for a longer period or until you delete them yourself. The total amount of time they remain on your device depends on the lifespan of that specific cookie and your web browser settings.

4. Which cookies are used on this website?

We use cookies to manage logins, to project personalized websites and to customize advertising, promoting and other content in order to reflect your particular needs and interests.

Cookies can also be used to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how the public uses this website and help us to improve its structure and content.

We cannot verify your personal identity from this information.

You can modify your browser settings to reject some or even all the cookies, except the necessary ones.

Kindly be aware that some features are available only through the use of cookies, and if you choose to decline/op-out cookies, these features may not be available.

In general, there are the following categories of cookies used on this website.

Strictly Necessary Cookies Some of the cookies we use are necessary and essential ("absolutely necessary cookies"). These cookies are essential for the proper operation of the website and allow you to browse and fully make use of its features. They are usually designated as an answer to actions you perform. The strictly necessary cookies do not recognize your individual identity and they are not capable to store any kind of information or data which could be used to identify you. Without them, however, we cannot provide efficient operation of our website.

You can set your browser to block cookies or notify you about them, but then some parts of the present website will not operate properly.

Functionality Cookies Functionality cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. These cookies allow the website to "remember" the user's choices such as a nickname, the preferred language, or the region you’re visiting from in order to provide enhanced and personalized features. They can also be used to provide services requested by the user, such as video streaming and viewing or social media content. The information collected by these cookies may be anonymous and it is not possible to track the browsing activity on other websites or applications. They can be appointed by us or by third party providers whose services have been added to our webpage. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all these services may not operate properly.

Performance Cookies These "cookies" collect information about how visitors use the website, for example, which webpages are often visited and whether the users receive error messages while browsing the webpages. These "cookies" collect aggregated, anonymous information that do not identify a user/visitor. They are used exclusively to improve the technical performance of a website

Analytics Cookies Analytics cookies enable us to measure traffic and resources to our website so that we can improve its performance by evaluating the way you interact with our website - as an anonymous user/visitor (data collected do not personally identify you). They also help us know which pages are popular (or less popular) and monitor how visitors navigate through the website. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. This data is not disclosed to third parties or used for any other purpose. However, the anonymous statistics can be disclosed to communication contractors who have entered into a contractual agreement with the Company. If you do not allow cookies to be active, you will not know when you visited our website and you will not be able to monitor its performance.

Advertising Cookies Advertising cookies are set and enabled on our website by third parties. They can be used by these companies to create a profile of your interests so that we can show you relevant advertisements from other websites. They do not store personal data directly but are based on the unique identification of your browser and the device with which you connect to the Internet. If you do not allow these cookies, the advertisements you will see will be less targeted.

Third-Party Cookies Some third parties also place cookies on your device when you visit our website. With these cookies they collect data on the performance of the advertisements and your interaction with our website. They also can promote content from external providers, e.g. YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. To view third-party content, you must first accept the terms and conditions set by them. These include their cookie policy, which is beyond our control. These third parties act as independent processors and provide information on how personal data and cookies are processed on their websites. However, if you do not display the specific content, no third-party cookies are placed on your device. Third party providers on this website (indicatively and not restrictively) are YouTube, Internet Archive, Google Maps, Twitter, Vimeo, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, Google, LinkedIn, Livestream, SoundCloud etc. These third- party services are beyond the control of the Company. Providers may at any time change the terms of use, purpose and use of cookies etc.

Unclassified Cookies Unclassified cookies are cookies that are in the process of being classified, together with individual cookie providers.

Cookie Related Technologies

Our website uses web beacons in conjunction with cookies to collect data that help us to better understand how visitors navigate from page to page within our website.

Web beacons are electronic files that mark the display of a web page, advertisement, video, other content, e-mail, or newsletter.

5. The cookies we use are intended to store the preferences of visitors, to improve the functionality of our website, to collect analytical data (on user behavior), to determine whether the present policy for cookies of this website was accepted or rejected.

Cookies can NOT be run as passwords or used to transmit viruses and can NOT grant us access to your hard drive. We can NOT "read" any information from your hard drive even if we store "cookies" every time you visit the website or browse its pages.

7. Cookies play an important role in the web browsing experience. Without them, the use of the web would be a much more complex experience. If the event that the visitor/user of the specific services and webpages does not want to use cookies for his/her recognition, he/she cannot have access to these services.

By gaining access to www.shisan.gr you also accept the use of cookies.

If you do not accept these "cookies", the performance and functionality of this website may be affected and your access to its content may be limited.

If you continue to use this website, this will constitute your consent to the use of cookies.

You can manage, control and/or delete the "cookies" that are already on your computer or your portable device, as well as configure most web browsers in a way that do not allow the installation of "cookies" according to your wishes.

Note, however, that in this case, you may have to manually adjust some preferences yourself each time you visit a site, and some services may also not function properly.

8. Manage and delete cookies from your device

You can delete all cookies already existing on your device by clearing your browser's browsing history. This will delete all cookies from all the websites you have visited.

However, be aware that some saved datafiles may be lost (eg saved logins, site preferences etc).

For a more detailed check of site-specific cookies, check your cookie and privacy settings in your default web browser. Most updated web browsers allow you to configure them to prevent cookies from being placed on your device. In this case, however, you may need to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit a website. Additionally, some services and features may not function at all.

More information on the general use of cookies, as well as the methods of excluding or restricting them, can be found at www.cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies   and www.allaboutcookies.org

9. Amendements to the Cookies Policy.

This Cookies Policy is subject to amendments at any time. For this reason, we consider it appropriate to refer to this Policy regularly by time to time. In case of modification the date on which it took place shall be indicated. The Cookies Policy is always considered valid, as stipulated by the most recent amendment.

The following is a list of the types of cookies we use on our website.