Security

For the security of your personal data, we use an SSL security certificate

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data that appears on the comment form and also the visitor’s IP address to help detect spam.

An anonymous string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to Gravatar to see if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public within your comment.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit that website. This way, the site remembers your actions and preferences (such as language, font size and other display preferences) for a period of time, so you don’t have to enter these preferences every time you visit the site.

To ensure the proper functioning of the website, we place cookies on your computer, so-called “cookies”, like all organised websites.

Our cookies do not store any personal data, nor do they cause any damage to your device

Types of cookies

The main types of cookies that websites may use are described below

Visit cookies (session cookies)

These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser only during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser.

Μόνιμα cookies (μόνιμα cookies)

These remain in your device’s browser cookie file even after you close the browser, sometimes for a year or more (the exact retention period depends on the lifetime of each cookie). Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator may need to know who you are for more than one visit (e.g. to remember your username or your preferences regarding website configuration).

First-party cookies (First-party cookies)

These are cookies that are installed in your browser and/or on the hard drive of your device by the website you are visiting. This includes assigning a unique identifier to you for the purpose of tracking your browsing on the website. Website operators often use first-party cookies to manage visits and for identification purposes.

Third-party cookies (Third-party cookies)

These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits to the various websites on which they advertise. The site administrator has no control over these third party cookies.

Google Analytics

We use the Google Analytics statistics service to collect anonymous information that does not identify the visitor to better understand visitor needs and this helps us to provide a better navigation experience for our visitors. Read more information about the Cookies used by the service.

Cookie management

You can manage the storage of cookies on your computer and the length of time they remain on your computer through the settings in your web browser. Read more about Cookies

Security Archives

In order to control malicious activity and protect the site from specific attacks, the IP address of visitors, the user ID of logged-in users and the username of login attempts are conditionally logged. Examples of logging conditions occur between login attempts, logout requests, requests for suspicious URLs, changes to site content, and password updates. This information is kept for 14 days.