Cookies Policy
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files with information sent to the browser by the website you are visiting. According to applicable legislation, the installation of cookies is permitted only in case the user has provided his prior consent after he has been properly informed. Hence, during your first visit to the company's website, a relevant pop-up window appears where the visitor may state his consent to the installation of cookies.
2. For what purposes does the company use cookies?
Cookies enable the website to store information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other settings, so that the website is more useful to you. We use cookies and similar technologies for various reasons, such as, in order to connect with social media, to save your preferences, or to calculate the number of visitors to a webpage and the number of web pages viewed, without any direct identification of the user.
3. What are the categories of cookies?
Cookies are categorized into:
(a) "necessary cookies", which are absolutely necessary for basic functions, such as accessibility, provision of internet service, web browsing, security and network and systems management. The absolutely necessary cookies are mandatory and are installed to your device by default when you enter our website. Data controller is our company, and regarding the cookie that records the consent options GDPR tools does not process any personal data, except for theIP address temporarily while anonymizing it, and aggregated statistical data on user consents without identifying the users..
(b) "Functionality cookies", which allow the website to remember your website presentation choices and preferences such as language, in order to provide improved and personalized features. They can also be used to provide user-requested services, such as video viewing or social media use. These cookies may not track your browsing activity on other websites.
(c) "Statistic cookies", which are used for statistical purposes in order to improve the performance of the website. These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We, as data controller, use Google Analytics to perform statistical analysis of the access / visits to the website (including the number of visitors to the website, the website from which the visitors came and the pages visited) in order to improve our website, as well as our services. These cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify you and serve only statistical purposes, by collecting aggregated data. For more information about Google Analytics, see here:
• Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. (Google Analytics Terms of Service: https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html , Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en .
• Our external partners and data processors (e.g. hosting service provider) in accordance with the required purposes (to perform analyses).
• In addition, transfer to third countries is possible, where appropriate safeguards apply.
(d) "Marketing Cookies" used to track users’ preferences. Their use concerns the display of relevant ads to the user. Marketing cookies are defined by third parties, such as Facebook and Google, when there is an active marketing campaign. These companies can use them to create a profile of the user's interests, so that STONETECH-related ads appear on other websites. They do not store personal data directly, but they rely on the unique identification of the browser and the user's device, so that the ads that will be displayed are targeted.
This website also uses the extended functions of Google Analytics (Google Anayltics Advertising Features) in addition to the standard functions. The Google Analytics Advertising Features implemented on this website include:
• Remarketing with Google Analytics
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
• Integrated services that require Google Analytics to collect data for advertising purposes, including the collection of data via advertising cookies and identifiers
These cookies are usually set by our marketing and advertising partners. They may be used by them to build a profile of your interest and show you relevant ads. If you do not allow these cookies you will not experience targeted ads for your interests.