What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file downloaded on your computer or mobile phone when you access a certain website. Thus, cookies allow sites to recognize your actions and preferences for a period of time, so you do not have to enter these preferences whenever you visit the site or browse its pages. A cookie does not collect information in isolation, but when read by a server via a web browser, it can give information to facilitate a more user-friendly service.
What type of cookies www.ihu.edu.gr uses?
The types of cookies used by https://www.ihu.gr/ are persistent cookies and session cookies.
- The session cookies used by the website are deleted after the end of browsing and/or after the browser is closed.
The website does not use persistent cookies.
Moreover, when you visit our site some cookies – called third party cookies – are placed by our partners on our behalf. These cookies collect data on ad performance and your interaction with our website.
These data may be used by our partners to extract statistical conclusions and improve your visitor ad experience.
Which cookies are used on our website and what information they collect
The https://www.ihu.edu.gr/ website uses cookies for different purposes depending on their function:
Essential Cookies. Essential cookies are absolutely essential for proper operation of the website. They allow you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas or using the shopping basket. These cookies do not identify you. Without these cookies, our website cannot operate effectively.
Functionality Cookies. Functionality cookies help the website remember choices you make, such as your user name, language and the region you are in and thus we can provide enhanced and personalized features. Moreover, they help us provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or using social media. They do not enable us to track your browsing activity on other websites.
We inform you that some of our providers place third-party cookies on our behalf. We ask for your consent for the installation of third-party cookies.
Targeting/advertising and usage statistics cookies. These cookies are used to provide content that best suits you and your interests. They can be used to send targeted ads/offers, limit ad impressions or measure the effectiveness of an ad campaign. They can also be used to keep track of the website you have visited to determine which online marketing channels are more effective and allow us to reward external websites and partners that promoted our website. Moreover, in order to improve our website, we use cookies to collect information on the length of time spent on the site, the pages clicked, the ads and the services offered by the website. They can also provide information about the number of times the visitor viewed a product or service and whether they shared it on a social media networking platform. The user can either give consent or block the cookies on the first visit to a website.
How to manage cookies
Cookies are stored on your computer or device, after you are informed about your privacy settings and giving your consent for each of these categories with the exception of essential cookies, functionality cookies and traffic data processing cookies for which explicit consent is not required. Unless you accept cookies or certain cookies categories, some features of our website may not be fully available, but under no circumstances will you be denied access to our website.
It is at your discretion, whenever you wish, to withdraw your consent or object to the use of cookies on your computer or device as well as to manage and/or delete the cookies.
- It is at your discretion, whenever you wish, to withdraw your consent or object to the use of cookies on your computer or device as well as to manage and/or delete the cookies.
- You can also change the settings in your browser so that you are notified about the use of cookies in certain services provided by webpages or enable you to block the use of cookies in all cases.
What your rights are
You have the right of requesting information on the processing of your data, access to your data, correction and addition to your data. Furthermore you have the right of deletion of your data, restriction of the processing or withdrawal of your consent for the use of some or all the cookies and by extension to the processing of your data.
To exercise these rights, you may submit your request to the IHU via: https://e-services.ihu.edu.gr/node/886
Where to find more information about personal data collected by cookies
You can find information on the protection of your data privacy, as well as your data privacy rights in the IHU Data Privacy Policy.
Where to find more information about the use of cookies
You can find more information about cookies and how you can limit or block them on http://cookiepedia.co.uk/all-about-cookies and http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Cookies Policy Changes and Updates
We reserve the right to amend this Cookies Policy from time to time. For this reason, we recommend to review it frequently. In case of revision the date will be indicated. Only the most recently revised version of the Cookie Policy is valid.