Last updated: August 2026
The GENESTIA website uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper and secure operation of the website, remember user preferences and, where applicable and subject to consent, understand how visitors use the website.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which categories of cookies we may use, why we use them and how you can manage your choices.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your device when you visit a website. They allow a website to recognise your device or browser and remember certain information about your visit.
Cookies may be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
2. Why We Use Cookies
GENESTIA may use cookies to:
- Ensure the proper and secure operation of the website
- Remember user choices and preferences
- Remember language preferences
- Protect the website against malicious or unwanted activity
- Understand website usage and performance where analytics tools are used
- Provide functionality or content delivered through third-party services where such services are enabled
Non-essential cookies are activated only where you have provided your consent when such consent is required under applicable law.
3. Categories of Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the basic operation and security of the website and cannot be disabled through the consent mechanism where they are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the user.
They are not used for advertising purposes.
Functional Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your language or other preferences, in order to provide a more appropriate browsing experience.
Analytics and Statistics Cookies
Where used, these cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website, for example which pages are visited most frequently and how users navigate through the website.
Where required, these cookies are activated only after you have provided your consent.
Third-Party Cookies
Some website functionality may be provided through external services, such as embedded maps, videos, newsletter services or other online functionality.
These services may place their own cookies or process certain technical information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
Where required by applicable law, such services and their associated cookies will not be activated before you provide your consent.
4. Cookie Consent
When you first visit the website, a consent management mechanism may be displayed allowing you to accept or reject optional categories of cookies.
Providing consent is voluntary. You may withdraw your consent or change your preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on the website.
Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent you from accessing the website's basic content.
5. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies and restrict their use.
Disabling certain strictly necessary cookies through your browser may affect the proper functioning of some parts of the website.
6. Cookie Retention
The length of time for which a cookie is stored depends on its purpose and type.
Some cookies are deleted when your browsing session ends, while others may remain on your device for a specified period.
Further information about the specific cookies used, their providers, purposes and retention periods may be provided through the website's cookie management mechanism.
7. Personal Data
To the extent that information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, it is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and applicable Greek and European data protection legislation.
For more information about how we process personal data, please refer to the GENESTIA Privacy Policy.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the technologies used by the website, third-party services or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on this page together with the date of the most recent update.
9. Contact
If you have any questions regarding our use of cookies or the protection of your personal data, please contact:
CulturePolis AMKE / GENESTIA
Corfu, Greece
Email: secretariat@culturepolis.org
