Like any other website, koolmetrix.gr uses cookies. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used to enable website functionality, efficiency or reporting. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information. These may be “session” cookies, meaning they delete themselves when you leave koolmetrix.gr, or “persistent” cookies, which do not delete themselves and help us recognise you when you return. They can be placed by the domain operating the website (first party) or by third parties. We use the following main types of cookies on koolmetrix.gr:
- Essential website cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
- Site functionality cookies, which allow you to navigate our website and use some of its features.
- Preference cookies, which will remember your preferences and details, so that your experience is more personal and streamlined (e.g. a cookie that enables us to remember your preferred language for our website).
- Statistics and website analytics cookies, which allow us to analyse how our customers use our site, in order to improve it (e.g. a Google analytics cookie of which you can always opt out via: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
- Marketing, targeting or advertising cookies: these cookies are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns Some of them may remember that you have visited one of our websites and this information is shared with other parties, including advertisers.
Some cookies are placed by us (first party cookies) whereas others may also be provided by third-parties (third party cookies). You can learn more about those parties by visiting the “Third Parties and Sharing Your Information” section of our Privacy Policy.
Currently, the following cookies will be placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. You can always review them by accessing the cookie consent tool that appears every time you access the website.
FIRST PARTY COOKIES (placed by koolmetrix.gr domain)
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | TYPE |
| CookieConsent | Essential – Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year | HTTP |
| wordpress_test_ | Essential – Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | Session | HTTP |
| _ga | Statistics – Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years | HTTP |
| _gat | Statistics – Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day | HTTP |
| _gid | Statistics – Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website | 1 day | HTTP |
| _fbp | Marketing – Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | HTTP |
| _gcl_au | Marketing – Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | 3 months | HTTP |
THIRD PARTY COOKIES (placed by other domains)
| COOKIE NAME | PURPOSE | EXPIRY | THIRD PARTY | TYPE |
| lang [x2] | Preference – Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website | Session | ads.linkedin.com
linkedin.com |
HTTP |
| BizoID | Marketing – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 29 days | ads.linkedin.com | HTTP |
| fr | Marketing – Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | 3 months | facebook.com | HTTP |
| ads/ga-audiences | Marketing – Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behaviour across websites. | Session | google.com | Pixel |
| NID | Marketing – Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads. | 6 months | google.com | HTTP |
| rc::a | Marketing – This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent | google.com | HTML |
| rc::b | Marketing – This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | google.com | HTML |
| rc::c | Marketing – This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session | google.com | HTML |
| bcookie | Marketing – Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years | linkedin.com | HTTP |
| bscookie | Marketing – Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years | linkedin.com | HTTP |
| lidc | Marketing – Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day | linkedin.com | HTTP |
| UserMatchHistory | Marketing – Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor’s preferences. | 29 days | linkedin.com | HTTP |
When using Koolmetrix we will require you to consent to us placing the aforementioned cookies on your device and accessing them when you visit the site in the future by use of the specified tool that appears on the website the first time you access it. However, please note that have the right to retract your consent and yoy can also accept, delete, block or reject cookies by modifying your browser settings accordingly. Here’s how for the most common browsers:
Microsoft explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
You can also find out how by visiting websites such as http://www.allaboutcookies.org and https://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies/ or https://www.youronlinechoices.com/
Please note that by deleting or disabling future cookies, your user experience may be affected and you might not be able to take advantage of certain functions of our website.
Will we update this privacy policy?
We may update this Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes in law, third party vendors, technologies we use etc.
Therefore, please re-visit this Policy regularly to stay informed.
Where can you get further information?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please email us at [email protected] or by post to: KOOLMETRIX, Eth. Antistaseos 26, Chalandri, Attica, GREECE, PO BOX 15232.
