What are cookies?

“Cookies” are small files of information that a website (specifically the web server – Web Server) stores on a user’s computer, so that every time the user connects to the website, the latter retrieves the information in question and offers the user relevant information with these services. A typical example of such information is the user’s preferences on a website, as indicated by the choices the user makes on the specific website (e.g. selection of specific “buttons”, searches, advertisements, etc.).

information. The “cookies” that are exempt from the obligation to obtain the user’s consent are essentially those that are considered technically necessary for the connection to the website or for the provision of the internet service.

When you enter the website www.afis.gr you have the possibility to choose the cookies you wish to be used during your navigation. In particular you can choose:

  • “Accept cookies” to activate all cookies or
  • “Do not accept cookies” to activate only absolutely necessary cookies or
  • “More information” to see detailed descriptions of cookie types and choose whether to accept certain cookies or not

The cookies we use are the following:

Necessary cookies: Necessary cookies help make a website usable, allowing basic functions such as navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies for the purpose of statistical analysis (web analytics): Statistics cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with the pages by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Marketing Cookies: Marketing cookies are used to track visitors through the websites. Intent is ads that are relevant and engaging to users and therefore more valuable to third-party publishers and advertisers. This applies both to display cookies installed by the provider of the website the user is visiting (first-party cookies), and to cookies installed by others (e.g. advertising networks) through the provider of the website (third party cookies).

We don’t use:

Preference cookies: Preference cookies allow a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in.

Unclassified Cookies: These are the cookies that are in the classification stage, together with the providers of individual cookies.

AFIS may modify this Cookies policy from time to time for reasons of compliance with regulatory changes or in order to meet the needs of its operation and its legal obligations.