Cookies Policy



About Cookies Policy


 


We use cookies in
www.gap.com.gr to make the web a much better experience for you. Using Cookies helps us improve the site features, make the browser easier and the site more useful for you. This way, we can provide you with a personalized content and advertisements that are based on your interests and your needs. Furthermore, we are using cookies to count the number of visitors on the site and improve the site in order to offer you better services and a useful web experience, during your visit to our site.

In www.gap.com.gr, our first goal is to protect the data of the users and that’ s why the organization uses a very strict policy.

We recommend spending a little time to read this policy in order to understand the types of cookies that we use, the information we collect using cookies and how we use that information. By using our site, you agree to our use of cookies, according to this policy.

What are Cookies?


 


Cookies are small bits of text sent to the browser from a site you visit (usually in browsers such us Chrome, Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, Edge, etc.). Cookies can memorize information about your visit, and this can facilitate your next visit to make the site and the services that are offered more useful and relevant for you. A typical example of such information is the preferences of the users, as these are stated by the user's choices on that site (such as selecting specific "buttons", searches, advertisements etc.).

General Classification Information for Cookies


 


There are two cookies' general categories: 

  • Technical Cookies: Essential for a site to run properly and for a user to navigate. Without these cookies, users may not be able to properly view the pages or use certain services.
  • Profiling Cookies: Used to create a user profile to send promotional messages according to the preferences displayed by the user, while browsing.

Cookies, either «technical» or «profiling», can also be classified as:

  • "session" cookies, which are deleted immediately after the browser closes.
  • "permanent" cookies, which remain in the browser for a certain amount of time. These cookies are used, for example, to identify the device associated with a site facilitating, thus, user authentication procedures. 
  • "proprietary" cookies, which are created and managed directly by the operator of the site on which the user is browsing.
  • "third party" cookies, which are created and managed by parties other than the operator of the site on which the user is browsing.

Our website uses “technical” cookies and especially the following types of cookies:

 

  1. Proprietary, session, or permanent cookies required to navigate the site for internal security and system management purposes.

 

  1. Third-party cookies, permanent cookies, used by the site to send statistical information to Google Analytics, through which the Company can perform a statistical analysis of access / visits to the site. The cookies used exclusively serve statistical purposes and collect information in aggregated form. By using two cookies, permanent cookies and session cookies (expiring once the browser is closed), Google Analytics also saves a log with the hours of starting and leaving the site. You can prevent Google from collecting data through cookies and subsequent data processing by uploading and installing the plug-in for the browser from the following address: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  2. Skroutz Analytics - Our company in order to evaluate and improve constantly the quality of the services provided to the customer is using the Skroutz Analytics service, which operates with cookies. Through this service, given that you have provided your consent through the Skroutz.gr URL, statistical data of services gets forward into security routines to Skroutz. The data received from our company through these services they are covered in the privacy policy as well as int cookies policy of Skroutz.gr, in the end of which you have the right to revoke any given consent.

    Further on we would like to inform you that, being led to our e commerce store through Skroutz.gr reforming a transaction from our store, data from this particular transaction will be forwarded under security routines to Skroutz, in the context of our business partnership with Skroutz and the use of Skroutz services from your side. The sharing of this data is performed through cookies which are necessary also for the financial clearing of this business partnership, which you make use of it. Because of this necessity, the legislation allows not to ask for your consent for the sharing of this data. You may find more information in the privacy policy as well as in the cookies policy of Skroutz.gr

 

You can choose which cookies to give your consent to, by clicking here. In the case of third-party cookies, users provide or refuse to give their consent directly to the owner of that cookie, to which the Company simply refers: most third-party cookies on the site can be disabled by users in their own browser or by visiting the websites of their service providers directly using the links listed in the table below. In any case, we note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to use the site and/ or make the most of all available features and services.

 Specific Categorization of Cookies for their Operation:

 

  1. Necessary Cookies

They allow the basic features of the site, such as navigating and accessing secure sites on the site, adding products to the cart, and completing purchases. The necessary Cookies are essential for the site to work properly and serve the purpose of the user's visit (e.g., purchase completion).

 

  1. Preferences Cookies

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

 

  1. Statistics Cookies

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

 

  1. Marketing/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to provide content that best suits users and their interests. They can be used to send targeted advertising or personalized offers for the user. They also help us measure the performance of our advertising campaigns.



How to Check Cookies


 


Most Internet browsers provide you with the ability to determine whether you want to use cookies. The following pages provide instructions for configuring cookies in the most popular web browsers:

https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cookies

https://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

 

The detailed cookies table can be found at www.gap.com.gr

 

Cookie Name Provider Type Purpose
FORM_KEY https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Stores randomly generated key used to prevent forged requests.
PHPSESSID https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Your session ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Allows guests to view and edit their orders.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS A link to information about your cart and viewing history, if you have asked for this.
STF https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
MAGE-CACHE-SESSID https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-STORAGE-SECTION-INVALIDATION https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
MAGE-CACHE-TIMEOUT https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
SECTION-DATA-IDS https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
PRIVATE_CONTENT_VERSION https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster.
X-MAGENTO-VARY https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates caching of content on the server to make pages load faster.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-FILE-VERSION https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
MAGE-TRANSLATION-STORAGE https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTP Facilitates translation of content to other languages.
SKROUTZ-ANALYTICS https://www.gap.com.gr/ HTTPS Order information and usage statistics for Skroutz

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