Cookie Notice
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What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by the websites that you visit. Cookies are used to make the website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website and on occasion to other third parties engaged in marketing and advertising. Such information may be used to provide a more personalized and responsive service. Cookies may be either first party cookies set directly by us to your device, or third-party cookies set by a third-party provider on our behalf. When you use this Website, information may be collected through cookies and other technologies.
Please note that this Cookie Notice is part of our Privacy Policy.
Cookies we may use and why?
When we use cookies, we classify them into any one of the following categories:
“Strictly necessary” cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
“Analytics and Performance” cookies allow to track analytics by counting visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of the Website. They may be set up by us or by third party providers to help us to know which pages or videos are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website.
“Functional” cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization based on your interaction with the Website. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
“Advertising and Targeting” cookies may be set through the website by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites.
The table below sets out the cookies used by the Website:
| Name | Definition | Expires | Type |
| USN_Notification | This cookie is set to show the notification panel on the very first website load, once you accept it the message will be hidden for the next 365 days. | 365 days | Permanent |
| ai_user | Detects how many people used the app and its features. Users are counted using anonymous IDs. This cookie allows collection of website performance data to ensure it is operating efficiently. The service is provided by Application Insights and the data stored allows us to identify and resolve performance issues should they occur on the site. The cookie holds an anonymous id value which is used to identify a user’s journey across pages on the website. The cookie contains no personally identifiable information. Any data stored at Application Insights is anonymised. | 365 days | Permanent |
| ai_session | Detects how many sessions of user activity have included certain pages and features of the app. As per the ‘ai_user’ cookie, the ‘ai_session’ cookie supports the monitoring of the website’s performance via Application Insights. The cookie holds a unique value for the user’s browser session which allows the monitoring of the website’s performance more effectively. The cookie contains no personally identifiable information. Any data stored at Application Insights is anonymised. | 30 minutes | Session |
How long will cookies remain on my device?
The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.
How can I control cookies?
You can control and manage cookies in several ways. Please keep in mind, removing or disabling cookies may impact your user experience and parts of this Website may no longer be fully functional.
Where cookies are not strictly necessary for the provision of our Website, we will ask you to consent to our use of cookies when you first visit our Website. Consent can be provided or revoked by clicking on “Manage cookie preferences” at the top of this page.
You may also be able to change your browser settings to manage and control cookies.
Any consent to accept or to decline cookies is limited to the site for which this Cookie Notice is posted and not to other sites or any other pages, which may be hyperlinked to our Website. For more information on cookies used by those websites, please refer to the specific privacy or cookie notice on those websites.
Additional module - allows the deactivation of Google Analytics.
Changes to this Cookie Notice
We may modify or amend this Cookie Notice at our discretion. When we make changes to this notice, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page, and such modified or amended Cookie Notice shall be effective as to you and your information as of that revision date.
We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Notice to be informed about how we are using cookies.
IGB Project
Gas Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria is co-financed by the European Union's
European Energy Programme for Recovery programme.
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