Cookies policy

1. Introduction

This Cookies Policy (hereinafter, the "Policy") is an integral part of the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy of the https://amaranzero.gr website (hereinafter, the "Website") and in the application for mobile devices.

In order to facilitate navigation through the Website, we inform you that Amara Net Zero Greece, S.A. (hereinafter, "Amara"), AFM 802309246, Add: Dimitriou Gounari 96 15125 (Athens), uses data storage and recovery devices such as cookies, advertising pixels or technologies with similar functionalities (hereinafter, all of them referred to as "Cookies").  

In order to guarantee the visitor of the Website (hereinafter, the "User") all the necessary information for their correct navigation, Amara makes this Policy available to them, setting out what cookies are, as well as which and what type of cookies are used on the Website and how it is possible to configure them. 

2. What are Cookies?

Data storage and recovery devices that allow the Website owned by Amara to store and retrieve User information in order to offer a better experience in the use and navigation. 

3. What types of Cookies exist?

Cookies can be classified according to the type of: (i) technology used and (ii) purpose pursued:

• Technology used
  • Standard cookie: Small text file or device of widespread use that is downloaded to the user's computer when browsing the Website in order to store data that can be updated and retrieved by Amara as responsible for its installation to improve navigation and user experience.
  • Cookie using advertising pixels or similar technologies: It is a small piece of source code that allows the Website to transfer and / or collect information by sending a request to the server linked to this advertising pixel. The main purpose is to obtain information regarding the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, traffic generated on the Website, personalization of advertisements and their content. 
• Duration of cookies
  • Session: They are a type of Cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that only interests to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and disappear at the end of the session.
  • Persistent: They are a type of Cookies in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
• Purpose pursued
  • Technical: These are those Cookies strictly necessary for browsing the Website, as they facilitate the User's use of its features or tools such as, for example, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, carrying out the purchase process, among others.  Without these, the aforementioned functions would be disabled, being very complicated or impossible to navigate the Website.
  • Personalization: These are those Cookies that allow the Website to remember the decisions that the User makes, for example, the conservation of the User's geographical location, the User's name, the language, the type of browser through which it is accessed or other similar aspects.  The purpose of these cookies is to provide a more personalized service.
  • Security: These are those Cookies that prevent or hinder attacks against the Website or its Users.
  • Analysis: These are those Cookies that allow the person responsible for these to monitor and analyze the behavior of the Users of the Website. The information collected is used to measure the activity of the Website and to create User navigation profiles.  Its objective is to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the Users of the service.
  • Behavioral and advertising: These are those Cookies that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that the editor has included in the Website based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed. Its objective is to store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows developing a specific profile to display advertising based on this.
  • Social networks: These are those Cookies that are used so that the User can interact with the content of different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). 

4. What Cookies do we use?

The Website may contain its own Cookies inserted directly by Amara or Cookies inserted and managed by third parties other than this one.

In order to offer the User all the information to guarantee their privacy, the following are the Cookies both own and third parties used on the Website:

5. How can you manage the Cookies that you have authorized to be used by Amara?

• Cookies installed in web browsers used on computers
  • Most computers and mobile devices accept the use of Cookies automatically.
    
    The User, by accessing the Website, expressly accepts the use of the aforementioned types of Cookies on their devices.
    
    The User has the possibility to decide whether to keep Cookies enabled or not on their devices, in which case it may imply the loss of optimal functioning of the Website, deactivating some of the features or services provided by it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the User is informed that even having disabled all Cookies of the web browser and / or mobile operating system (Windows Phone, iOS, Symbian OS and / or Android) these collect certain essential information for the basic functioning of the Website.
    
    The User who wants to disable Cookies can do so from the preferences section of his Internet browser or his mobile operating system. Depending on the browser or operating system, you must follow certain steps to modify the configuration of Cookies on your device.
    
    The instructions for disabling Cookies according to the type of browser that the User uses to access the Website are as follows:
    • Internet Explorer:
      • In the tools menu, select "Internet Options".
      • Click the privacy tab.
      • You will be able to configure privacy with a cursor with six positions that allows you to control the amount of Cookies that will be installed.
    • Mozilla Firefox:  
      • At the top of the Firefox window click on the Tools menu.
      • Select Options.
      • Select the Privacy panel.
      • In the Firefox option, you can choose Use custom settings for history to configure the options.
    • Google Chrome: 
      • Click the menu on the toolbar.
      • Select Settings.
      • Click Mostar Advanced Options.
      • In the 'Privacy' section click on the Content Settings button.
      • In the 'Cookies' section you can configure the options.
    • Safari:
      • In the settings menu, select the "preferences" option.
      • Open the privacy tab.
      • Select the option you want from the "block Cookies" section.
      • Please remember that certain features and full functionality of the Site may not be available after disabling 'Cookies'.
  • If you wish not to be tracked by Cookies, Google has developed an add-on to install in your browser that you can access at the following link: Google add-on. 
• Cookies installed in web browsers used on mobile devices
  The Website also uses Cookies or other storage devices on mobile devices.
  
  As in computer browsers, the browsers of mobile devices allow you to make changes in the options or privacy settings to disable or delete Cookies.
  
  If you wish to modify your privacy options, follow the instructions specified by the developer of your mobile browser.
  
  The following links will guide you to modify the privacy options on your mobile device depending on the type of mobile operating system your device uses:
  
  IOS | Windows Phone | Chrome Mobile | Opera Mobile

6. Updates and changes to the Cookies Policy

Amara reserves the right to modify this Policy as a result of new legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt said Policy to the instructions issued by the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP). In case of any modification of this Policy, the User will be informed by means of a notice published on the Website.
Last updated: February 16th, 2024.