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This Cookie Policy explains how AWAY SYSTEMS O.E., trading as Greekaway (“Greekaway”, “we”, “us” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies in connection with the Greekaway website and its web-based booking services.
This Policy applies to visitors, customers and other users of https://www.greekaway.com.
It should be read together with our Privacy Policy & GDPR and our Terms of Use.
Cookies are small text files stored on a computer, mobile telephone, tablet or other device when a website is visited.
Cookies can be used to operate and secure a website, maintain a user session, remember choices, measure website performance, understand how visitors interact with content and measure or personalise advertising.
Greekaway may also use technologies that perform similar functions, including:
In this Policy, the term “cookies” includes cookies and all comparable storage, identification and tracking technologies.
Cookies may be:
The storage of information on a user’s device, or access to information already stored on that device, is governed by Article 4(5) of Greek Law 3471/2006 and the applicable European electronic communications and data protection framework.
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and applicable Greek data protection law also apply.
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the transmission of communications, the security of the website or the provision of a digital service expressly requested by the user may operate without prior consent.
Optional analytics, advertising, personalisation and tracking technologies are activated only after the user has provided valid consent. For the related processing of personal data, Greekaway relies on consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Consent to advertising cookies does not constitute consent to receive marketing emails, SMS messages or other direct communications. Any such communication requires a separate legal basis and, where applicable, separate consent.
Greekaway applies the following principles:
These technologies are required for the website, booking process and requested services to function securely.
They may be used to:
Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled through the Greekaway consent interface. They may be removed through browser settings, although doing so may interrupt login, booking, payment or other requested functionality.
These technologies support user-requested features and remember choices made on the website.
They may be used to:
Some functionality technologies are necessary to provide a feature expressly requested by the user. Other optional functionality technologies, particularly those provided by third parties, will be activated only where the applicable consent or user action has been obtained.
Subject to consent, Greekaway may use analytics technologies to understand how the website and booking process perform.
These technologies may be used to:
Analytics information may include online identifiers, browser and device information, approximate location, referring website or campaign, pages viewed, actions performed and the date and time of those actions.
Analytics cookies are optional and will not be activated before consent.
Subject to consent, Greekaway may use advertising technologies to promote Greekaway, individual destinations, transfers, day tours and other available services on third-party platforms.
These technologies may be used to:
Depending on the platform and configuration, advertising event information may include:
Greekaway does not intentionally provide advertising platforms with complete card details, identity documents, private passenger notes or other information that is unnecessary for campaign measurement.
Greekaway will not use information revealing health, disability, religious beliefs, political opinions or other special categories of personal data for advertising audience creation.
Marketing cookies are optional and will not be activated before consent.
The following first-party storage technologies have been identified in the current Greekaway website.
Greekaway uses a secure session mechanism when a user accesses Profile or My Bookings through a passwordless magic link.
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The session cookie is named gw_bookings_session and is a secure, HTTP-only cookie.
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Information may include pickup and destination labels and the corresponding route coordinates.
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The consent mechanism stores a strictly necessary first-party cookie named gw_consent_v1, recording:
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Acceptance and rejection will be remembered for the same period.
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Where the user grants analytics consent, Google Analytics 4 sets cookies such as _ga and _ga_[id].
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Greekaway uses Google Maps Platform and Google Places functionality to provide:
The relevant Google service is loaded when the user requests address-search or mapping functionality.
Google may receive information such as the search text, selected location, coordinates, IP address, browser and device information. Google may use cookies and similar technologies under its own terms and privacy documentation.
Greekaway uses the integration to provide mapping and booking functionality and does not use Google Maps search information itself for advertising profiling.
Any separate Google analytics or advertising service is treated independently and requires the appropriate optional consent.
More information is available in the:
Greekaway uses Stripe to process card payments and related payment operations.
When the customer proceeds to secure card payment, Stripe may use cookies and similar technologies for:
These technologies may be necessary to provide the payment service requested by the customer.
Complete card details are entered into and processed through Stripe’s secure environment. Greekaway does not store the complete card number or card security code.
Stripe controls its own technologies and retention periods in accordance with its documentation:
Stripe advertising technologies on Stripe’s own public websites are not treated as Greekaway advertising technologies merely because Greekaway uses Stripe for payment processing.
Greekaway currently uses Google Analytics 4 to measure use of the website. It is activated only after the user grants analytics consent through the cookie banner or Cookie Settings, as described in Sections 5.3 and 6.8. No optional advertising trackers are currently active on the public website.
Greekaway may later activate additional providers for analytics, campaign measurement or advertising, including services offered by:
The inclusion of a provider as an example in this Policy does not mean that the provider is currently active.
Before an optional provider is activated:
The current list shown in Cookie Settings is authoritative regarding optional providers active at that time.
Relevant provider information may be found at:
Greekaway may use server-side conversion or advertising measurement tools in addition to browser technologies.
Where server-side events are associated with cookie identifiers, advertising identifiers or a user’s consent choice, Greekaway will apply the same consent decision to that processing.
Server-side implementation will not be used to circumvent the rejection or withdrawal of optional advertising cookies.
Any use of customer contact information for audience matching, enhanced conversions or a comparable advertising function will be separately disclosed in the Privacy Policy and implemented only where an appropriate legal basis exists.
When optional technologies are available, the first consent layer will provide the following choices:
Accept All and Only Necessary will be presented at the same level and with comparable visual prominence.
Manage Preferences will allow separate control of the available optional categories.
The consent mechanism will operate as follows:
Rejecting optional cookies does not prevent the user from:
However:
Users can change their choices at any time through the permanent Cookie Settings link available in the website footer and on the Legal page.
After consent is withdrawn, Greekaway will:
Some third-party cookies may only be deleted through the browser or the provider’s own controls.
Users may also clear cookies, local storage and website data through their browser settings. Doing so may remove saved wishlists, recent searches, display preferences, authentication sessions and the recorded consent choice.
Most browsers allow users to:
Browser settings operate separately from Greekaway Cookie Settings and may affect necessary website functionality.
Information about browser controls is available through the support pages of the browser or device provider.
The duration of a cookie depends on its purpose and provider.
Greekaway will display, through Cookie Settings or the detailed cookie information connected to it:
Third-party providers may update the technical names or duration of their technologies. Greekaway will periodically review the active list and update the information where necessary.
Information derived from cookies may be retained separately from the cookie itself. The applicable personal-data retention rules will be explained in the Greekaway Privacy Policy.
Certain third-party technology providers may process information outside Greece or the European Economic Area.
Where such transfers occur, Greekaway will require the provider relationship and transfer to be governed by an applicable legal transfer mechanism and appropriate safeguards, where required by data protection law.
Further information about recipients, processors and international transfers will be provided in the Greekaway Privacy Policy and the relevant provider’s privacy documentation.
Greekaway may update this Cookie Policy when:
The latest version, effective date and last-updated date will appear at the beginning of this Policy.
Where a change materially affects an existing consent, Greekaway will request a new choice before activating the affected optional technologies.
Questions about this Cookie Policy, the use of cookies or the exercise of privacy rights may be sent to: