COOKIES POLICY

1. Introduction

The Center of Excellence – Biobank and Biomedical Research website, biobank.cy (“Biobank”), (hereinafter: ‘website’) uses cookies. Cookies are also placed by third parties which we will use. In the following document we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

Biobank uses cookies in accordance with the Cypriot legislation governing electronic communications and postal services Law Ν.112 (I) 2004. Regarding the processing of personal data by Biobank, we suggest you read the Privacy Policy of Biobank (https://biobank.cy/privacy-notice) for more information.

A cookie is a small file that is sent along with the pages of this website and is stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored there may be transferred to our servers or to related third party servers during a subsequent visit.

The script is a piece of code used for the proper functioning and interactivity of our website. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

A beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to track website traffic. To do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

2. Types of cookies

Cookies can be either “persistent” or “session” cookies.

A persistent cookie consists of a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, which will be stored by the web browser and remain valid until its expiration date (unless deleted). by the user before the expiry date.

A session cookie will expire at the end of the user’s session when the web browser is closed.

3. Cookies we use:

3.1 Absolutely necessary cookies

These are the necessary cookies for the website operation. These cookies enable basic functions of security, network management and accessibility.

They are usually set to actions that you take, which correspond to a request for services, such as the selection of your preferences for the use of cookies. These cookies do not store personal data of the user.

On our website these cookies are enabled by default and your consent is not required.

3.2 Technical or Functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your users’ preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our site.

By choosing to accept the use of functional cookies, you consent to the processing of the above-mentioned options.

3.3 Analytical cookies

These cookies are optional and are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, for example which pages they visit most often, if they receive error messages and how they came to our site, with the sole purpose of improving usage. of our site by our visitors. These cookies are sometimes placed by thirdparty providers of web traffic and analysis services (e.g., Google).

All information collected by these cookies relates to aggregates and / or statistics, so they do not directly identify visitors. In addition, Biobank has configured the settings of the Google Analytics tool so that the IP address that your device uses to connect to our website is subject to further anonymization. Therefore, it is not allowed to store complete IP address information. Anonymizing / masking IP addresses takes place immediately after receiving data from the Google Analytics Collection Network, before saving or editing.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law, or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. By using our website and choosing to accept the use of analytics cookies, you consent to the processing of the above-mentioned anonymous data by Google in the manner and for the purposes mentioned above. For more information visit this address.

By choosing to accept the use of these cookies, you consent to the processing of the above-mentioned options.

3.4 Promotional / Marketing Cookies & Cookies via social networks buttons

Promotional / Marketing cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles for displaying advertisements or to register the user on this website or on various websites for similar marketing purposes.

By choosing to accept the use of these cookies, you consent to the processing of the above-mentioned options.

On our site we have included buttons for promoting web pages (eg “I like it”, “pin / save”) or sharing (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks. This code places cookies. These social media buttons can also store and edit some information so that you can see a personalized advertisement.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which may change regularly) to understand what they do with your personal data which is processed using these cookies.

These social media cookies allow these buttons to work so that they recognize when you want to share a post or a video. Please note that Biobank does not affect the way in which social networks may use your personal data. For more information on cookies set by social networks and possible information they collect, please refer to their respective policies.

Clicking on these icons will interact with social networks and other external platforms. The interactions and information obtained by our site are in any case subject to the privacy settings of each user associated with each social network or external platform. We have no influence on the amount of data collected by social networks and external platforms through these buttons.

If you want to know more about cookies and other data that may be collected by these social networks and other external platforms, you can read the relevant privacy policies available at the following links:

• • Facebook
  • Youtube
  • Instagram

By disconnecting from the pages of your social networks and external platforms and deleting the cookies that have been set, you can prevent them from collecting information about you during your visit to our website.

By choosing to accept the use of these cookies, you consent to the processing of the above-mentioned options.

4. Consent

We will use analytical, functional cookies and promotional / marketing cookies & social network buttons, provided that you have given your consent to the use of this type of cookie through the tool of our website.

Your consent is valid for the website biobank.cy. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website by selecting ” Cookie settings – Ρυθμίσεις”

Cookie Settings - Ρυθμίσεις

Alternatively, you can follow the links below to change your settings:

• • Google Chrome
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Apple Safari
  • Opera
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer

In the table below we record more details about the use of cookies by our website, such as the type of cookies used on our website. and the corresponding legal basis.

5. Contact:

For questions and / or comments regarding our Cookies Policy and this statement, please contact us using the following contact details:

Phone: +357 22 892815

Email: [email protected]