I. Introduction
The protection of your privacy is a top priority for us. Therefore, we have to inform you, that the website www.athenslegal.gr uses cookies, in order to work properly, and to provide the most relevant content to its visitors. The use of cookies helps us in offering you a better experience when using our website and allows us to work on its improvement by learning about its performance. By continuing your use of our website you consent to the use of cookies.
II. Who is responsible for your personal data?
In the context of this Cookie Policy, the terms “TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU”, “Law Firm”, “Firm”. “us”, “we”, “ours” refer to the entity with the name TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU LAW FIRM with the following contact information:
Neofytou Vamva 1, 10674
Athens, Attica, Greece
Tel:+30 210 3647528,
Fax: +30 210 3632576,
Email: info@athenslegal.gr
www.athenslegal.gr
III. What are cookies and how do they work?
A cookie is a small file consisting of text and numbers that a website saves on your computer or mobile device or browser when you visit the website, if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transmitted to your computer/device, allowing its identification the next time you visit our website.
The way cookies work is simple. When you visit a website, that uses cookies, for the first time, a cookie is place in your computer/device. The next time you visit the same website, your computer/device will check to see if the relevant cookie is available and if it does locate it, it will send back to the originating website the information contained in the cookie. The website then recognizes that you have visited it in the past and in certain instances, it will adapt what appears on your screen. Cookies, may also record how long you stay on each page of a website, what links you click on, even your preferences regarding the appearance of the website and its colours.
Cookies usually contain the following information:
- The name of the website and the unique user number
- The frequency and duration of the cookie
- A random number
Generally speaking, cookies cannot be used in order to reveal personal information about you, such as your name, address, age, etc.
Cookies on this site may be delivered in a first-party (set by our website) or third-party (set by another website) context and may also be set in association with emails you receive from us.
IV. Which Cookies are used on this website
We use cookies in order to make our website friendlier towards users. Cookies help us enhance your experience when using the website. Some parts of our website may require that the used browser can be identified even after you have moved to another website. However, in such context we do not collect personal data.
We use the following cookies on this website
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are cookies that are essential for the functioning of our website, such as cookies that enable you to connect to secure parts of the website, parts that maintain your language choice etc. Such cookies do not identify you, are deleted automatically once you shut your browser and are necessary for the effective functioning of the website.
Here we use the following strictly necessary cookies:
| Cookie name | Source | Type | Term | Function |
| fullcss = StandardCookieVariable | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 1 day | They upload the CSS file to the browser in the context of an update
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| Cookie–agreed | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 100 days | It is used in order to show the information message regarding the use and acceptance of cookies as well as the storing of the user’s preference. |
B. Preference Cookies
Preference cookies allow a website to remember information that chance the way in which a website behaves or appears, such as e.g. the preferred language, or the area in which you are located. Our website uses the following preference cookies:
| Cookie name | Source | Type | Term | Function |
| _icl_current_language | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 1 day | Saves the user’s preferred language on the website.
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| wpml_referer_url | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 1 day | Necessary for maintaining language-settings across subpages on the website. |
C. Statistics Cookies
We use Google Analytics cookies in order to collect information about how the website’s visitors use it. The IP addresses are anonymized in the context of the Google Analytics service and the anonymized data are then transmitted to and stored by Google in its servers in the USA.
Google may further transmit such information to third parties where this is required by law or where such third parties process such information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with other data it maintains. The below list contains additional information regarding such cookies.
| Cookie name | Source | Type | Term | Function |
| _at.hist.#
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TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTML | Persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis to store the user’s usage history of the AddThis sharing widg et
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| Google Analytics cookies | Such cookies are used for the collection of information about how users use
www.athenslegal.gr. We then use the information collected in order to improve our website through statistical data (e.g. number of visitors of the website and their origin) |
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| _ga | Google Analytics | HTTP | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website
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| _gat | Google Analytics | HTTP | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate
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| _gid | Google Analytics | HTTP | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
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You may block the aforementioned cookies by opening the management tool of your consent and changing the setting or by deleting the cookies through your browser’s settings.
Google Analytics is a service offered by the company Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-135 USA. For more information regarding the processing of your personal data through Google Analytics cookies follow the link https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
You may install a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on by going here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
D. Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
| Cookie name | Source | Type | Term | Function |
| __atuvc | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 13 months | Updates the counter of a website’s social sharing features. |
| __atuvs | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | 1 day | Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis. |
| _at.cww | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HTTP | Persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| ads/ga-audiences | Pixel | Session duration | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | |
| at-lojson-cache-# | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HMTL | Persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| at-rand | TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU | HMTL | Persistent | Used by the social sharing platform AddThis |
| loc | addthis.com | HTTP | Persistent | Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each othe r are geographically located (state level). |
| uvc
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addthis.com | HTTP | 13 months | Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user. |
| xtc | addthis.com | HTTP | 13months | Registers the user’s sharing of content via social media. |
V. Your options regarding the cookies that we use
The first category of cookies (strictly necessary cookies) is absolutely necessary for the functioning of our website and your service while you are browsing it. Therefore, you cannot disagree with their use in the pop-up window that appeared when you first visited our website.
VI. Term for which cookies are stored
The duration for which each cookie is stored is mentioned above, in the respective tables.
Cookies are stored in your computer/device and from there are transmitted back to our website. Therefore, you have full control regarding their use. By changing your browser settings you may deactivate or limit the transmission of cookies.
Cookies already stored on your computer/device may be deleted at any time. This may also occur automatically. Should you disable cookies coming from our website, it is possible that you may not be able to use the full set of its functionalities.
VII. More information regarding cookies
You may change the settings of the browser you use, in order to control how cookies are accepted or stored by your browser or computer or device. You can block cookies, should you desire so, by activating in your browser the setting that allows you to deny the installation of all or some cookies or by choosing the method “opt-out” that is available. Please note, that if you deactivate or limit the use of cookies, some parts of our website may no longer be accessible by you or may not function properly.
In any event, regarding the information collected about you that constitute personal data and have been gathered in accordance to your cookie choices, you have the same rights that are provided for, as for any other of your personal data. More information are available on the section Privacy Notice.
The website www.aboutcookies.org is very useful as it contains information concerning how different browsers use and manage cookies. Should you desire to learn more about cookies and advertising you may also visit the website www.youronlinechoices.com/gr/ that contains extensive information on the topic.
TSIMIKALIS KALONAROU is an independent law firm which was founded in 1911.
