The website https://www.epopspublishing.com/ (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) is provided, as is, by the company under the name “EPOPS PUBLISHING CIVIL NON-PROFIT COMPANY” and the distinctive title “EPOPS” (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) with registered offices at the Municipality of Kropia, Attica, on the 5th km Varis-Koropiou Av. 19400, under the terms and conditions set out in these General Terms of Use (hereinafter referred to as the “Terms”) and the other Policies of the Company. Those who access and use the Website declare their unconditional acceptance of the Terms and all possible modifications.


1. Visit - Use of the Website

1. Every user has the ability to freely visit the Website. The user declares and guarantees that they will use the website in accordance with these Terms, the applicable provisions of national and EU legislation, and international conventions, as well as in accordance with good morals and other Company Policies. The user is responsible for restoring any damage that may be caused to the Website or any third party, from improper use or misuse of the services or pages or any part of the Website as well as from the introduction, publication and transmission, through it, of any information, text, software or file.

2. The Company reserves the right to amend the present Terms at any time as well as the right to interrupt, suspend, amend, or modify, at any time and without notice, the services, information, and products offered to the user.

3. If the user does not agree or does not understand the Terms, in whole or in part, they must not visit and/or use the Website.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

1. The Website as well as the content and information provided therein, including but not limited to software, databases, designs and graphics, logos, trademarks, and other distinctive signs, texts, documents, images, photographs, and other related works or objects of protection, constitute intellectual (including related rights) and industrial property of the Company and are protected by the relevant provisions of the Greek, EU legislation as well as international conventions. The same applies to books, e-books, audiobooks, magazines, calendars, and other products offered for sale, subject to any more specific contractual provisions between their creators/beneficiaries and the Company.

2. It is expressly prohibited, without the prior written permission of the Company, to reproduce, republish, modify, distribute, dispose, transmit, use, and generally exploit in any way, all or part of the content of the Website and its products.

3. The Company makes every effort not to violate the intellectual property rights of third parties on its Website. If, however, you believe that any of our actions violate a relevant right, please notify us immediately (referring to the relevant data) so that we can make every effort to comply by sending an email to “epops@epopspublishing.com”.

3. Disclaimer statement/Liability

1. The Company and the Website it manages bear no responsibility for any damage caused to a user by accessing the website and using its content, services, and products. Every effort is made to provide and ensure a high level of information, products, and services through the Website. Without prejudice to any applicable mandatory law provisions, the Company is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or correctness of the information provided on the Website. It is also not responsible for any redetermination of the sale price of the offered products, as well as for any typographical or numerical errors in prices or other elements thereof.

2. The Company takes the necessary protection measures for the proper function of the Website. However, in no case does it guarantee that the contents, webpages and technical facilities and features of the Website will be provided continuously and uninterrupted, as well as without problems, nor that the website and/or the servers through which it connects to the user's computer will be provided without damaging applications, which were installed without their knowledge.

3. The Company is also not responsible for any damage caused to the user - customer by the non-fulfillment of its contractual obligations, which is due to force majeure events or outside the control of the Company (such as, indicatively, inability to provide due to network failures, weather conditions, fires, strikes, etc.).

4. Hyperlinks to other websites

1. The Website may include referral links (indicatively "links", "hyperlinks", advertising "banners") to other websites over which the Company has no control and with which it is not linked in any way. The Company bears no responsibility regarding the content, the personal data protection policy, the quality, security, legality, and accuracy of the information or services of other websites and/or pages to which it may refer through links of any form.

2. For any damage that may be caused to the user by the use and access to the aforementioned websites (or any of their pages), the sole responsibility lies with the persons who exploit or operate on the relevant websites and the user must read the terms of use of these websites in order to decide if they wish to continue navigating them.

3. Also, in case of advertisements, promotional or informational material of third parties on the Website, the responsibility for the content, legality, and validity of what they claim, advertise, or promote, lies exclusively with third parties.

5. Security Terms, Processing & Privacy (Personal Data Protection) Policy

1. The user who registers on the Website is obliged to enter personal information that is complete and true. The Company processes this data as well as the metadata regarding the user's interaction with the Website.

2. The User accepts and agrees that in order to conclude a sales contract with the Company, they are obliged to create a “user profile” (hereinafter referred to as “Account”) where it is required to enter all necessary information for the purposes of concluding and executing sales contracts with the Company.

3. The User undertakes to declare to the Company a true e-mail address and an address for product shipment, while acknowledging that any false statement renders impossible the execution of any sales contract between the User and the Company, without prejudice to the Company's claim for compensation from the user for any positive damage they may suffer from this culpable behavior.

4. The user is solely responsible for keeping the password to the Account they will create. The process is automated and the user acknowledges that the Company cannot intervene in the process of identifying the entry to the online store of the Website, nor can it know the code/password that the user has chosen.

5. Regarding the processing of such data by the Company, the Personal Data Protection Policy is implemented and applies, as an integral part of the present. The user can refer to the above policy by following the Data Protection Policy.

6. The Company does not store any credit, debit and bank card data in general.

7. All transactions made in the online store of the Website are made using an SSL certificate and are therefore encrypted providing maximum security against interception of personal data.

8. The Company reserves at its sole discretion the right to delete a User Account if it is found that the information stated is untrue, or the User has not logged into their account in the last nine (9) months, or has never made a transaction, or uses their account abusively, or seeks to alter the Website and its identity.

6. Use of Cookies and Sending a Newsletter

1. The Company informs the user that cookies are used to personalize content and ads, provide social media features, and analyze Website traffic. The aim is to offer products and services that will meet the needs and preferences of users and make browsing interesting.

2. Cookies are small text files used by websites to make the user experience more efficient. Cookies store information that serves to personalize the user's browsing on the Website and online. Cookies are stored on your device if they are strictly necessary for the functionality of the Website. All other types of cookies require your permission, which must be explicitly given in order to proceed with their registration.

3. The user chooses during the initial visit to the Website, whether they accept the storage of the cookies mentioned in the pop-up window or may choose some of them. They may change or withdraw their consent at any time through the Cookie Statement on our Website. You can read more information about these files and how you can modify your choices at the Cookies Policy.

4. In case the user chooses to block the storage of cookies on their system through the instructions provided by the browser they use, they may -due to the application of this restriction- not be able to conclude sales contracts with the Company. If the relevant restriction is lifted, the relevant possibility will also be reinstated.

5. Especially with regard to the Company's communication with buyers-users in order to inform the latter about the products available to the Company, the Company is entitled to send informative advertising newsletters to the users' e-mail address, if they have chosen to do so and have given explicit electronic consent to this (opt-in). The same users shall also be given the opportunity to object to this in a clear and prominent manner at any time (opt-out/unsubscribe), in an easy way and without any charge through the user's Account screen, or by sending an e-mail to the address “epops@epopspublishing.com” from the e-mail address that the user has stated, stating that the user does not wish to receive information material from now on, but also through any relevant message, in case the user did not initially object to this use from the Account settings User.

6. Similarly, for newsletters, the user is asked to register their e-mail address when registering on the Website and has the option to choose whether the Company can send them newsletters, in addition to messages about the progress of their order or the management of their account. Newsletters are sent only to registered users of the Website who have specifically consented to this either during registration or by the User Profile Management (opt-in) tab. Furthermore, it is possible, in a clear and distinct manner, for each user to object at any time (opt-out / unsubscribe), easily and without any charge through the user's Account screen, or by sending an e-mail to the “epops@epopspublishing.com” address from the e-mail address that the user has stated, stating that the user does not wish to receive information material from now on,  but also through each relevant message, in case the user did not initially object to this use from the User Account settings.

7. In any case, regarding the protection of the users' personal data and their rights under the GDPR in relation to our newsletter, the provisions of the Personal Data Protection Policy of our Website apply, which you can access through the Data Protection Policy.

The Company may also offer the ability to send personalized information (e.g. in relation to the user's recent purchases or orders) based on the user's interaction options (clicks) with the Website and newsletter. The personalization of the digital marketing actions of the Company's products through the analysis of users' interaction with the Company and the newsletter takes place only after a proper assessment of the risks and impacts of the relevant processing on users' personal data and the preparation of a relevant study under Article 35 of the GDPR.

In any case, in order to activate personalized information, the explicit electronic consent of the user is required from the relevant options of their profile or through a relevant hyperlink from the body of the newsletter. In any case, it is possible for the user to deactivate at any time (opt-out / unsubscribe) the function of personalized information, easily and without any charge through the user's Account screen, or by sending an e-mail to the address “epops@epopspublishing.com” from the e-mail address that the user has stated,  indicating that the user does not wish to receive information material from now on, but also through any relevant message, in case the user did not initially object to this use from the settings of the User Account.

With regard to the processing of such data by the Company, the Personal Data Protection Policy is implemented and applies as an integral part of the present.

7. Transmission of data to courier companies

1. The Company, for the execution-delivery of the user's order, must transmit to a third party the minimum necessary personal data for the execution of the shipment of the order.

2. The data transmitted to a third party (carrier licensed by EETT) are the name, surname, address (City, Region, street, number), and contact telephone number of the user-recipient, solely for the purpose of carrying out the transport and delivery of the order.

3. As the Company cooperates with external third-party (courier) transport service providers, this transmission of the above data is necessary for the execution of the order and cannot be excluded if the user wishes to receive the products they have ordered and purchased at their place. Otherwise, refusal of the user's consent to the above transmission, the shipment will not be able to be carried out and the order will be canceled (in case of debit of the user's account there will be a refund to his account).

4. The Company, in application of the Personal Data Protection Policy of the users of the Website, in case of a request for disclosure by a user about the identity of the cooperating third-party transport provider (business name), will respond by disclosing the details of the provider that has undertaken the execution of the specific transport, for which each request is submitted.

8. Third Party Orders – Gifts

1. In case the recipient is a different person from the user or from the billing entity, the user solemnly declares to the Company that they have the explicit consent and consent of this third natural person, for the submission and registration of the necessary personal data that will allow the execution of the order, especially the invoicing in favor of a third party, and/or the delivery of the order to their name and address (with registration and contact phone).

2. In the event that the Company is sued in any way for the processing of third-party data in the context of the above procedure, the user who responsibly declared the acceptance of these terms, as well as the consent or agreement of the subject (third party) existed, acts as a procedural guarantor of the Company and will be called upon to assume any damage that the Company may suffer due to such unauthorized use of the third party's personal data,  more reasonable legal consultants' fees, not excluding any other claim of the Company against the user, even compensation for moral damage.

9. Terms of sale

1. All transactions made through the Website are governed by the special terms of sale, as mentioned on the relevant page of the Website, which constitute a single and integral part of these terms of use, as well as by the provisions of Greek and EU legislation and international conventions on distance sales.

2. It is clarified that the user reserves the right to withdraw from the sales contract within a period of fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of receipt of the product and if there are more products in the same order, from the receipt of the last one, while when there is an obligation to receive products at regular intervals, from the receipt of the first. Withdrawal is made under the following conditions:

3. This withdrawal is unjustified and without any charge and if the product has already been delivered, the user must return it exactly in the condition in which they received it. The user must, within fourteen (14) days from the day they notified the company of their request for withdrawal, return the product(s), in accordance with the provisions of these Terms. Upon receipt of the user's withdrawal statement, the Company is obliged to reimburse the price received no later than fourteen (14) days from the receipt of the products.

4. Delivery shipping costs are not refunded, if the user had chosen a delivery method other than the cheapest standard delivery method offered by the Company. The refund to the user will be made by the same means by which the initial collection was made. The user is liable to compensate the company if they made use other than that necessary to establish the nature, characteristics, and operation of the Products in the time period leading up to the declaration of withdrawal.

5. For withdrawal, it is required to send a relevant email to the Company's contact email address (“epops@epopspublishing.com”) or to fill in and send to the Company's e-mail address the standard withdrawal form, which can be found at the following link ....................... The Company is obliged to send a confirmation of receipt of a statement of withdrawal as soon as it reaches it.

6. Defective and poorly printed books/products are replaced at the Company's expense if there is a relevant notification within a reasonable time by e-mail or other means of communication. We would kindly ask a photo to accompany the email confirming the defect.

7. The use of the pages and services of the Website by a user who is a minor is possible only with the consent of their parents/guardians.

10. Applicable Law - Jurisdiction
The present terms shall be interpreted in accordance with Greek law. For the resolution of any dispute that may arise during the interpretation-application of these terms of use as well as from the execution of electronic transactions through the Website, the Courts of Athens (Greece) are exclusively competent.

11. Communication
In case the user has any questions or needs any help in relation to the use of the Company's Website, please contact the Company at the email address “epops@epopspublishing.com”.

12. Latest Update
The Company reserves the right to amend or revise the Terms freely, whenever deemed necessary at its discretion. Users bear the responsibility to check whether amendments have been made to these Terms and the use of the Online Store after the above amendment is considered as unconditional acceptance of the new Terms, as amended and in force. If you wish to make suggestions to the Company, comments, or complaints, you can send an e-mail/message to epops@epopspublishing.com.

The Personal Data Protection Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Policy”) applies to the conditions for the collection, use, and processing of your personal data by the Company under the corporate name “EPOPS PUBLISHING CIVIL NON-PROFIT COMPANY” and the distinctive title “EPOPS”, with registered offices in Koropi, Attica, on the 5th km. Varis – Koropiou Av., P.C. 19400, with Tax ID No. 996774878 and G.E.MI. No. 174487201000 (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), when using the services and website https://www.epopspublishing.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) of the Company. The processing of your personal data is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679), any specific national and European legislation for certain sectors, the applicable Greek legislation on the protection of personal data, as well as on the protection of personal data and private life in the electronic communications sector (indicatively Law 3471/2006, as in force) and decisions of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA). If anyone who visits or uses the Website (hereinafter referred to as “User” or “You”) does not agree with the terms of this Policy, they must refrain from registering and creating an account on the Website.
 
1. Purpose of collecting and processing personal data

1.1 Personal Data constitutes all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “Personal Data”). The Company processes your personal data, as a rule, on your own initiative and on the basis of your consent. If your consent is withdrawn and subject to the other terms hereof, any such processing will cease. Furthermore, the processing of personal data may take place for the purposes of performing the services provided by the Company, in accordance with the terms of their use and to serve the legitimate interests of the Company.
 
1.2 It is clarified that the Company is the Data Controller and collects and processes exclusively and only the personal data that You disclose to the company in the context of providing its services, selling and shipping its products to You and/or any other commercial transaction with the Company, as well as by registering to the services of the Website and by using them. The use of your personal data takes place solely to inform and support you during the operation of the services to which you subscribe, to carry out the purchase of products, to satisfy your requirements and to inform you about the promotion of new services or products.
 
1.3 From the fact of your navigation on the Website, the data collected are necessary for the management and operation of our Website, its security, as well as for its personalization in relation to the User. By navigating the Website you accept this collection and processing. Through your browser's privacy settings it is possible to customize this collection and processing. For your simple browsing on the Company's Website no other personal data are collected, other than your IP address, unless you choose to contact our Company through the electronic contact form ("Contact Form"), the use of which requires the completion of your personal information, such as name, e-mail address and telephone number. The Company has the right to store your IP address, User profile details, and the data delivery details to cooperating courier companies (such as, but not limited to, the shipping address of the products) and, if necessary, to use them in case of violation of the terms of use of its Website by You.
 
1.4 In the context of providing its services and products, the Company reserves the right to use the contact details you have provided to send informative messages about its products and services as well as relevant offers, announcements or promotional material, provided that you have granted explicit electronic consent to this effect (opt-in). In case you no longer wish your personal data to be used for sending such information by the Company, you are provided with the opportunity to object at any time to the above updates (opt-out / unsubscribe), in an easy way and without any charge, either through the user's Account screen, or by sending an e-mail to the address “epops@epopspublishing.com” from the e-mail address you have declared, stating that you do not wish to receive information material from now on, but also through any relevant message, in case you did not initially object to this use from your Account settings.
 
1.5 The Company reserves the right to use the information you disclose in such a way that it is not possible to identify or disclose the person concerned, for statistical, promotional, research, or advertising purposes, disclosing them to third parties responsible for the completion of the above purposes.
 
1.6 Your personal data will not be used for purposes other than those described in this Policy, unless we obtain your prior consent, or unless required or permitted by law.
 
2. Security and Confidentiality

2.1 The collection, use, and processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the applicable provisions on the protection of personal data, and in particular in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), the applicable Greek legislation on the protection of personal data (indicatively Law 4624/2019), as well as on the protection of personal data and private life in the electronic communications sector and the decisions of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA), the relevant laws and regulations, as well as Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of personal data.
 
2.2 The Company is committed to implementing appropriate technical and security measures in order to adequately ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal data against risks of breach.
 
2.3 The Company undertakes to protect the confidentiality of the personal data you disclose excluding their use by any third party for any purpose other than those mentioned in this Policy. Access to personal data is limited to the Company's employees, who reasonably ought to know such information for the performance of their work, or to authorized third parties (indicatively to cooperating courier companies as detailed in the general terms of use of the Website), who may be assigned to carry out the use and processing of personal data in order to enable the completion of the purpose of collection, use, and processing thereof.
 
3. Your Rights

3.1 According to the GDPR (Articles 12-22) you have the following rights:
• Request a copy of your personal data.
• Withdraw your consent when this constitutes the legal basis on which the processing of your personal data is based.
• Request that your personal data be corrected if it is inaccurate.
• Request the deletion of the personal data you have provided, under the conditions set by law.
• Request the restriction of processing carried out by the Company, under the conditions set by law.
• Request portability of your personal data if you have provided us with the data and their processing is based on consent or on the performance of a contract as well as on automated means.
• Object to some form of processing of your personal data by the Company.
 
3.2 To exercise any of the above rights, you can contact us via e-mail at epops@epopspublishing.com from the contact email address you have stated, attaching a copy of your identity card. We will take all possible steps to satisfy your request within a reasonable time, no later than one (1) month from the submission of the request and receipt of proof of your identity.  This time period may be extended by two (2) more months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of requests. Note that the absolutely necessary user data may be retained in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of the Company.
 
3.3 The Company does not engage in automated individual decision-making. In any case, however, and if in the future the Company proceeds to automated individual decision-making, you have the right to object to a decision taken solely on the basis of automated processing, including profiling, when such a decision produces legal effects concerning or significantly affecting you.
 
3.4. Each user has the right to submit a request to the Company to ask how the Company processes and protects your personal data and if you consider that your rights are violated, you have the right to file a complaint on the website of the Data Protection Authority by filling in the appropriate form depending on the subject of the complaint to the  
4. Links to other websites and social media

4.1 This Policy applies only to the Website of the Company excluding web pages or websites belonging to any third party. The Company may provide links to other websites, which do not belong to the Company but may be of interest to the User. However, the Company does not guarantee nor is responsible for the level of protection of personal data of websites that do not belong to it.
 
4.2 The Company also has a presence in the following social media:
·       LinkedIn
·       Instagram
You can visit us there by clicking on the relevant links (Social Plug-ins Buttons) located on our Website. Through these links, you are transferred to other Websites, which collect personal data based on their own policy for which the Company is not responsible. It is your responsibility to be informed about their Privacy Policy.
 
5. Cookies 

5.1. Our Website may use cookies in order to improve the experience of the user while browsing and to improve the overall quality of its services. Cookies are small text files that are sent to a user's computer when they visit a website. Cookies are stored on the visitor's hard drive but do not receive knowledge of any document or file from the computer. They may be used to facilitate the User's access to specific services of the Company, for statistical purposes in order to determine the areas in which these services are useful or popular or for marketing purposes. The User of the Website may configure their browser in such a way as to prohibit the receipt of all cookies or to be notified about the use of cookies in specific services of the pages. However, the User of the Website should be aware that certain features or services of the Website may not work or function normally without cookies.
 
5.2. For more information regarding cookies please visit our cookies policy.
 
6. Minors
The Company does not collect information on users under the age of 15. The content and services of this Website are not intended for persons under the age of 15 and no personal data should be submitted to the Company through the Website by users under the age of 15. If we become aware that a user under the age of 15 has registered and provided personal data without the express consent of their parent or legal guardian, we will immediately delete, upon receipt of such information or requests, the relevant data in accordance with the applicable Company Policy.
 
7. Retention of Data
We retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary and for the purposes for which they have been collected, in compliance with legal, tax, or judicial obligations or for the establishment/documentation or exercise of legal claims by the Company or defense of legal claims against the Company.
 
8. Transmission of Data
We do not transfer your data to third countries. The Personal Data we collect is processed on servers located in the EU or EEA.
 
9. Amendment to the present Policy
9.1 The Company reserves the right to modify this Policy by posting the latest version on its Website https://www.epopspublishing.com. Please check the effective date at the top of the Policy to see when it was last revised.
 
9.2 If we make essential changes to this Policy that expand our rights to use Personal Data we have already collected from you, we will notify you and provide you with a choice about the future use of that data.

The Data Controller is the company under the corporate name "EPOPS PUBLISHING CIVIL NON-PROFIT COMPANY" and the distinctive title "EPOPS" with registered offices at Koropi, Attica, on the 5th km. Varis-Koropiou Av., P.C. 19400.

1. What are “cookies”?
Many websites use cookies. A "cookie" is a small text file that a website stores on a computer or mobile device when a user visits the website. It allows the website to operate smoothly and without technical issues, collect multiple user choices, remember users' actions and preferences for a period of time, and facilitate their access to the website, while improving the content of the website. A user can choose to set the browser to disable or delete cookies, but it is possible that parts of the website will not be functional. By using our website, you accept the use of these cookies.

2. How do we use “cookies”?

2.1. Purposes
Our website uses cookies mainly for the following purposes:
·      to personalize content and ads;
·      to provide social media features; and
·      to analyze the traffic of the Website
We will not use cookies for purposes other than those stated herein. You can set your browser to reject cookies, but in this case, you may not be able to use certain features of our website.

3. The Privacy Policy of our website
The Privacy Policy (also “Personal Data Protection Policy”) of the Website available on our website informs users about the personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us through the website and how it is expected to be processed by us. The Website Privacy Policy is a separate information disclosure from the Cookies Policy, which contains information about all data collected through our website, including cookies. The Privacy Policy of the Website is easily accessible on our website via the following link ........
Through the above Privacy Policy, data subjects are provided with information about identification data, what kind of personal data we process, for what purposes and for what reasons, if personal data is disclosed to others, indicating them on a case-by-case basis, information about the transfer of data abroad, for how long we store your personal data,  the security of data processing, the refusal of processing and its consequences, as well as the rights of data subjects with regard to the processing of personal data.

4. Types of “cookies”
There are several types of cookies. Indicatively, the following are listed:
·      Necessary/Essential cookies: These cookies are necessary to enable you to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, some services, such as language preferences, cannot be provided.
·      Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for example, which pages visitors visit most often and whether they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. They are only used to improve the way a website works.
·      Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
·      Cookies Analytics: They are a subset of functionality cookies and enable us to evaluate the effectiveness of the various functions of our website, thus constantly improving the experience we offer you.
·      Targeting or advertising cookies: These cookies are used to serve ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the permission of the site administrator. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations, such as advertisers. Very often, targeting or advertising cookies are linked to website functions provided by the other Organization.
·      Third-party cookies: Based on the type of cookies used by the relevant third party, the information these cookies collect may include personal data.

5. Use of “cookies” from our website
On our website we use the following types of cookies:

Α. NECESSARY
The necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the proper functioning of the website. This category only includes cookies that ensure basic functions and security features of the website. These cookies do not store personal information.

Β. ANALYTICAL
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information about the measurements of the number of visitors, the rate of return to the website, the source of traffic, etc.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a website analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), which helps the website analyze how users use the website. Google Analytics is owned by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351. The European Commission has agreed with the USA on the 'EU-US Data Privacy Framework' (https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en). On that basis, the adequacy decision concludes that the United States ensures an adequate level of protection of personal data transferred from the EU to companies participating in the EU-US Data Privacy framework. With the adoption of the adequacy decision, European entities are able to transfer personal data to participating companies in the United States without having to put in place additional data protection safeguards. Google complies with the EU-US (https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?hl=en-US) framework. Google cookies are used to store certain information, such as the duration of the visit to our website, the type of browser used, the location from which the visit originated and the frequency of the visit. In order to obtain this data, we allow Google Analytics to place cookies on the hard drive of the visitor's computer or other electronic device. 

Every time you visit a different page within our website, your browser sends in an automatic, encrypted and anonymized method, data to the Google Analytics platform. Within the Google Analytics service, our website uses the “Anonymize IP” feature. With this feature, your IP address is limited by Google and anonymized when accessing the website.

For more information about Google's data processing policy, Google's privacy policy and the use of cookies in the context of Analytics can be found here (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage https://policies.google.com/), while technical information about Google Analytics cookies is available here (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage). You have the possibility to deactivate the Google Analytics cookies through the cookies consent banner, by selecting the “Reject” option, or by following the guidelines in section “Manage cookie preferences”.  You can also totally block your data collection through Google Analytics by installing in your browser the add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. Manage “cookie” preferences

Cookie settings
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the button above. This will allow you to revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent immediately.
Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline and delete them whenever they like. You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
You may block/deactivate cookies in your browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website, as these may be strictly necessary for the website to function.
Our users have the ability to change the settings in their browser in relation to cookies and their acceptance. In this way the user can delete our cookies and withdraw their acceptance.
To manage and disable cookies, follow the instructions for each browser:
Internet Explorer (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer)
Mozilla Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences)
Google Chrome (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en)
Safari (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265)
Opera (https://help.opera.com/en/latest/)
For more details, please visit the “AllAboutCookies.org” website.
Every time our website introduces a new cookie, either managed by our company or by a third party, you will receive a notification on the website, including a link to this policy, also providing you with the option to deactivate the respective cookie.