COOKIE POLICY

General

Cookies are small text files they are stored by your browser onto your computer or mobile device. Τhe cookie will collect information relating to your use of our sites, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data. If you are a registered user or subscriber it may also collect your name and email address.

They are widely used in order to make websites work or work in a better, more efficient way. They can do this because websites can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (e.g. by remembering your user preferences).

Use of Cookies

If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies in order to maintain the integrity of the user’s session while transacting information with a website (accessing secure areas, forms submissions etc.) and in order to protect the site against malicious attacks. We may also use cookies in order to memorize your response at the cookie popup banner.
When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page affected by your preferences.

How to manage Cookies

When visiting our website for the first time, a banner appears on the lower part of the screen which informs that our website uses cookies. The banner provides a link for further information. If the user chooses to ignore the notice and continues using the website, the ATHINA MLDC will not store a cookie on the hard disk of the user’s computer to register the choice, and upon the following visit to the website, the approval to the use of cookies will be asked again. Only in case of acceptance the banner will not appear when visiting the website again, without prejudicing the possibility of deleting the cookies at any time, changing the settings of the browser.
Also, you may change your browser’s setting to delete cookies that have already been stored and to not accept new cookies. To learn more how to do this, visit the help pages of your browser. Please note, if you do turn cookies off, this will limit the service that we are able to provide to you and may affect your user experience.