Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies are used on the website athenssixstartours.com (the “Website”).

The Website is operated by:

KATSANTONIS ARGYRIS & CO. E.E.Trade name: Athens Six Star ToursRegistered office: 15 Kiprou Street, Alimos, GreeceVAT No.: 800943876Competent Tax Authority: Palaio Faliro Tax OfficeTourism Business Registry (MHTE): 0261E60000800201Telephone: +30 211 411 7676Email: info@athenssixstartours.com

This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy of Athens Six Star Tours.

Cookies are small text files or pieces of information that are stored on or accessed from a user’s device when visiting a website.

Cookies may allow a website to recognise a device, remember certain preferences, maintain essential functionality, improve security, measure Website performance or support analytics and advertising activities.

Depending on their duration, cookies may be:

Session cookies, which are deleted when the browser is closed; or

Persistent cookies, which remain on the user’s device for a specified period or until deleted.

Depending on their source, cookies may also be:

First-party cookies, set directly in connection with the Website; or

Third-party cookies, set or accessed by third-party services integrated into the Website.

In addition to traditional cookies, the Website may use similar technologies, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage and other technical mechanisms.

These technologies may perform functions similar to cookies, such as measuring interactions with the Website, maintaining preferences, supporting security or measuring advertising conversions.

For the purposes of this Policy, references to “cookies” also include similar technologies where appropriate.

The Website may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies.

When the user first visits the Website, a cookie consent mechanism may be displayed allowing the user to make choices regarding non-essential cookies and similar technologies.

Where consent is required, non-essential technologies must remain inactive until the user has provided valid consent.

The user must be able to make a genuine choice regarding optional technologies.

Accordingly, the consent mechanism should allow the user to:

• accept optional cookies;
• reject optional cookies;
• manage preferences by category where applicable;
• subsequently change those preferences;
• withdraw previously provided consent.

Continuing to browse the Website, inactivity, scrolling or simply closing the cookie banner does not by itself constitute valid consent for technologies requiring affirmative consent.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent where their use falls within the applicable legal exemption.

A cookie is not considered strictly necessary merely because it is useful to Athens Six Star Tours or improves analytics, marketing or Website performance.

Analytics, advertising, remarketing and similar tracking technologies must not be classified as strictly necessary merely for the purpose of avoiding the consent requirement.

The Website may use third-party analytics technologies to understand Website traffic, visitor interaction, booking-funnel performance and the effectiveness of digital activities.

Where services such as Google Analytics or comparable analytics platforms are implemented, their use will be subject to the user’s consent where required by applicable law.

Analytics technologies requiring consent must not be activated solely because the user visits the Website.

Athens Six Star Tours may use advertising and conversion-measurement services in connection with digital advertising campaigns.

Depending on the actual technical configuration, these may include technologies associated with platforms such as Google or Meta.

Such technologies may be used to determine, for example, whether a Website visit or completed booking followed interaction with an advertisement.

Where these technologies require consent, the relevant tags, pixels or cookies are activated only after the user has selected the corresponding consent option.

Depending on the current technical configuration of the Website, Athens Six Star Tours may use Google services for purposes such as analytics, advertising and conversion measurement.

Information processed through these services may include technical information, online identifiers, Website interaction data and conversion information.

Google-related analytics or advertising technologies that require consent will be activated only in accordance with the user’s consent choices.

The precise Google services and technologies used on the Website may change over time and should be reflected in the Website’s current cookie management mechanism.

The Website may use technologies provided by Meta or other social media platforms for advertising measurement, conversion tracking or related marketing purposes.

Where implemented, technologies such as the Meta Pixel may process information concerning Website visits and relevant Website events together with technical or online identifiers.

Such technologies are not activated before consent where prior consent is required.

The Website’s booking and payment process may involve cookies or similar technologies necessary to maintain a booking session, process user selections, protect transactions, prevent fraud or enable secure payment functionality.

Where such technology is technically necessary to complete a booking or payment expressly requested by the user, it may fall within the category of strictly necessary technology.

Payment service providers may also use their own technologies for security, fraud prevention, authentication or payment processing.

Where a payment provider uses information for independent purposes beyond what is technically necessary for the requested transaction, its own privacy and cookie practices may apply.

Certain Website functions may rely on services provided by third parties.

Depending on the Website configuration, third-party services may include:

• booking technology providers;
• payment service providers;
• analytics providers;
• advertising platforms;
• mapping services;
• security providers;
• video or media services;
• social media platforms;
• other technical service providers.

The use of a third-party service does not automatically make its cookies strictly necessary.

Each technology must be classified according to its actual purpose and technical function.

Where consent is required, the third-party technology must remain inactive until the relevant consent has been provided.

Certain providers of analytics, advertising, cloud or other digital services may operate outside the European Economic Area or use infrastructure, affiliates or subprocessors located outside the European Economic Area.

Where the use of cookies or similar technologies results in the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards must be applied in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Depending on the circumstances, these safeguards may include an applicable adequacy decision, approved Standard Contractual Clauses and, where required, supplementary technical or organisational measures.

Further information concerning international transfers is provided in the Privacy Policy.

Cookies may have different retention periods depending on their purpose and technical configuration.

Some cookies expire at the end of the browsing session, while others remain on the device for a defined period.

The retention period of each cookie should be proportionate to its purpose.

The specific duration applicable to each active cookie or similar technology should be reflected in the Website’s current cookie management mechanism or detailed cookie list.

Users may manage their choices concerning optional cookies through the cookie settings mechanism available on the Website.

Where applicable, the settings should enable users to manage separate categories, such as:

Strictly NecessaryAlways active where technically required.

FunctionalOptional where consent is required.

Analytics / PerformanceOptional.

Advertising / MarketingOptional.

A user who has accepted optional cookies must be able to return to the cookie settings and withdraw or modify that consent without unreasonable difficulty.

Users may also manage or delete cookies through their browser settings.

Browser controls may allow users to:

• view stored cookies;
• delete existing cookies;
• block all or certain cookies;
• restrict third-party cookies;
• configure other privacy settings.

Blocking all cookies at browser level may affect essential Website and booking functionality.

Browser settings are separate from the Website’s obligation to obtain consent before using technologies for which consent is legally required.

Consent for optional cookies and similar technologies may be withdrawn at any time through the Website’s cookie settings mechanism.

Withdrawal must be as accessible as the process used to provide consent.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Following withdrawal, the relevant optional technologies should no longer be activated for future processing based on that consent.

Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may constitute personal data where it relates to an identified or identifiable individual or can be associated with an online identifier.

Where such information constitutes personal data, its processing is also governed by the Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.

The rights available to data subjects are described in the Privacy Policy.

The exact cookies, pixels, tags and similar technologies used by the Website depend on its current technical configuration.

The Website’s cookie management system should maintain an up-to-date record of the technologies actually in use.

For each relevant technology, the information made available to users should, where applicable, identify:

• cookie or technology name;
• provider;
• purpose;
• category;
• duration;
• whether it is first-party or third-party.

The list should be based on an actual technical audit of the production Website.

Cookies or tracking technologies that are not actually installed should not be listed merely as a precaution, and technologies that are actually installed should not be omitted.

Athens Six Star Tours may change the technologies used on the Website as its booking systems, analytics tools, advertising activities, payment infrastructure or other digital services develop.

Where a new technology requires prior consent, it must not be activated for the relevant purpose until the required consent has been obtained.

The cookie management mechanism and this Policy should be reviewed when material changes are made to the Website’s tracking or storage technologies.

Athens Six Star Tours may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in applicable law, regulatory requirements, Website functionality or technologies in use.

The current version will be made available on the Website and will state the date of the latest update.

Where a change requires new or renewed consent, the relevant consent will be requested before the corresponding technology is activated.

For questions concerning this Cookie Policy, privacy or the processing of personal data, please contact:

KATSANTONIS ARGYRIS & CO. E.E.Trade name: Athens Six Star ToursRegistered office: 15 Kiprou Street, Alimos, GreeceVAT No.: 800943876Competent Tax Authority: Palaio Faliro Tax OfficeTourism Business Registry (MHTE): 0261E60000800201Telephone: +30 211 411 7676Email: info@athenssixstartours.com