Cookie Policy
You came to this page because you seem to want to know more details about the message about cookies that you noticed on our website, and according to EU Directive 2009/136 / EC – Article 5 (3) we are obliged to display it to all visitors.
The purpose of the cookies policy is to explain what they are, what they are used for but also to provide guidance on the action of refusing or deleting cookies generated by this website, if you wish.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone when you visit a website. By generating them, the website will remember your visits. and how you used it every time you came back here. The cookie is completely “passive”, in the sense that it does not contain software and can not access in any way the information stored on the user’s hard drive.
The cookies on the website www.greekdestination.com do not retain personal information, because to view all available information (text, photos or video) you are not required to log in with your username / password and you are not required to you provide us with personal information.
Third party cookies
The www.greekdestination.com website uses third-party cookies (Google Adsense, Google Analytics, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc.) to personalize the content and ads displayed, to provide social media functions and to analyze the traffic generated by website.
The advertising you find on this website belongs to third parties. Some of these parties use their own anonymous cookies to analyze how many people watched an ad, or to see how many people viewed the same ad multiple times. The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies, and the website www.greekdestination.com does not have access to read or write those cookies.
For example, when you share an article using the social media buttons (facebook, google + or twitter) available on this site, those social networks will record your activity each time.
Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies are the focal point of the efficient operation of the Internet, helping to ensure a friendly browsing experience, tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies may make it impossible to use certain websites. Rejecting or disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising. This will cause the ad that is shown to you to no longer take into account your preferences and interests, which are highlighted by your browsing behavior.
Examples of uses of cookies:
• services adapted to the user’s preferences: news, weather, sports, maps, public services, government services, travel services.
• language preferences, for example displaying search results in Romanian.
• retention of child protection filters on Internet content (options such as “family mode” or “safe search” functions).
• limiting the number of impressions of an ad for a specific user on a website.
• providing advertising that is more relevant to a particular user.
• measurement, optimization and analytics features – such as confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is viewed and how a user gets to a website (through search engines, directly from links from other websites etc).
To ensure greater transparency, we have selected a few web addresses below so that you can learn more about the management of cookies by third parties:
Security and privacy issues
Cookies are NOT viruses, spyware or malware! They use plain text formats. They are not made up of pieces of programming language code, so they cannot be executed or self-executed, they cannot be duplicated or reproduced on other networks to run or reproduce again. Because they cannot perform these functions, cookies cannot infect your system / device.
How can I stop cookies?
Attention! Disabling and refusing to receive cookies can make certain sites impossible or difficult to visit and use! Also, refusing to accept cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive or view online advertising.
All modern browsers offer the ability to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” section or in the “preferences” menu of the browsers used. Use the Help option of each browser to find out more details.
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer: Tools->Internet Options->Privacy
Cookie settings in Firefox: Tools->Options->Privacy->Cookies
Cookie settings in Chrome: Tools->Advanced->Content settings->Cookies
Cookie settings in Opera: Settings->Preferences->Advanced->Cookies
