Athens Medical Group | Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

Last Updated: 12/03/2025

1. Scope of the Cookie Policy

The company under the name “ATHENS MEDICAL GROUP S.A.”, having its registered office in Greece, 5-7 Distomou Street, Maroussi, Attica, Tax Identification Number (TIN) 094129169, Tax Office for Societe Anonymes in Athens (F.A.E. Athens) (hereinafter the “Company”, “we”, “us”), guarantees respect for your privacy while browsing this website [www.iatriko.gr], hereinafter referred to as the “Website”.

This Policy provides information about the types of cookies we use, the information we collect through them and how they are used by the Company when you visit the Website.

2. What are cookies

Cookies are small data files that a website you visit, such as ours, may install and store on your computer or mobile device (tablet, smartphone, laptop). Cookies allow the website to remember your actions while browsing.

The use of cookies as tracking technologies is supported by various web browsers, such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Opera, Brave, etc. If you wish, you can disable them so that they are not accepted or delete them afterwards.

3. Functions of cookies

Depending on their type, cookies perform functions such as measuring website traffic, recording the number of visitors, language, login time, geographical origin, device identifiers (e.g. operating system, screen resolution, etc.), keywords used, login attempts, etc. Some cookies constitute personal data while others do not. Certain cookies are technically necessary, while others serve commercial and advertising purposes.

4. Types of cookies

There are various types of cookies, including functional, technical, user identification, advertising and other cookies.

First-party cookies are installed by the website/webpage you visit and can only be read by that website. Where a website uses external third-party services, those services may also install their own cookies on your device, known as third-party cookies (e.g. Google Analytics, Facebook, etc.).

Persistent cookies are stored on your computer and are not automatically deleted when you close your browser.

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

Each time you visit our Website, you will be asked to accept or reject the cookies we use. If you consciously choose to accept them, our Website will remember your preferences (such as username and language) for a certain period of time. This means that you will not need to enter them again when browsing our Website during the same visit/session.

5. Legal framework governing the use and storage of cookies

The installation and use of cookies are governed by Article 4(5) of Law 3471/2006, which incorporated European Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy Directive), which is expected to be replaced by a corresponding ePrivacy Regulation, and therefore this Policy may be subject to changes.

Except for technically necessary functional cookies, a website may install other categories of cookies only if you, as a user, provide your explicit consent through a positive action (opt-in), in accordance with the provisions of GDPR 2016/679 and the Guidelines of the competent supervisory authority (Hellenic Data Protection Authority – HDPA), following clear and comprehensive information regarding such installation, its usefulness, the consequences of refusal for the user experience, the purpose of processing, the exercise of the right of access and any recipients of the data.

Such consent may be provided through appropriate settings in the web browser or through another application. For this purpose, we provide below detailed information regarding the cookies used on the FIVI Website.

6. Cookies we use

Following your consent, we use the following cookies:

Category Name Type Purpose / Function Duration Provider Status
Technically necessary and functional cookies moove_gdpr_popup HTML Records whether the user has accepted the use of cookies on the Website 150 days iatriko.gr Active
Marketing _fbp HTML Tracks visits to the Website 3 months Facebook Active
Marketing DSID HTML Stores user preferences Session cookie Google Active
Marketing NID HTML Displays Google advertisements on Google services for signed-out users Session cookie Google Active
Marketing _gid HTML Tracks visits to the Website Session cookie Google Active
Marketing gat* HTML Reads and filters requests from bots Session cookie Google Active
Marketing _gcl_au HTML Stores and tracks conversions Session cookie Google Active
Marketing _ga HTML Tracks visits to the Website Session cookie Google Active
Marketing MUID HTML Stores and tracks visits to websites Session cookie Microsoft Active
Marketing CLID HTML Identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any website using Clarity Session cookie Microsoft Active
Marketing _clck HTML Stores a unique user identifier Session cookie Microsoft Active
Marketing _clsk HTML Stores and combines page views from a user into a single session recording Session cookie Microsoft Active
Marketing Bcookie HTML Stores browser details Session cookie LinkedIn Active
Marketing Li_gc HTML Stores consent preferences Session cookie LinkedIn Active
Marketing Lidc HTML Provides load-balancing functionality Session cookie LinkedIn Active

7. Third-Party Providers

The Website displays content from external providers, such as Google Analytics, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. In order to display third-party content, you must first accept the terms and conditions established by the respective external third-party providers. These include the third parties’ policies regarding the collection of cookies, which are beyond our control. If, however, you do not display the relevant content, third-party cookies are not installed on your device.

In particular, we use social media to present the work and services of the Company through widely used and modern channels. The Company’s use of social media is specifically indicated on our Website through the corresponding plugin icons. For example, you may watch informational videos featuring healthcare professionals working at our clinics, which we post on our corporate YouTube page, and follow links from our Websites to Twitter and LinkedIn.

The Company strongly encourages users to consult the relevant policy of each third party (e.g. search engine providers, social media service providers such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.) in order to learn about their practices for protecting personal data.

Finally, the Company’s Website may display material of an advertising/informational nature. The Company assumes no liability towards visitors/users or any third parties for any unlawful act or omission, inaccuracy or failure to comply with the laws and regulations of any country or of the European Union in relation to the content of such information. The Company is not obliged to examine, and does not examine, the legality of the informational material displayed on the Website and therefore cannot be held liable in any way. Such liability rests with the advertisers, sponsors and/or creators of the advertising material displayed.

8. Obtaining Visitor/User Consent

The Company’s Website, in addition to technically necessary cookies for which your prior consent is not required, also uses Preference, Statistics and Advertising Cookies only following your prior consent.

However, acceptance of cookies is not a prerequisite for accessing and interacting with our Website. You may browse freely, controlling and accepting or rejecting, in whole or in part, the cookies used, whether our own cookies or those of third-party providers, whose use policies are determined exclusively by those third parties, without our involvement or legal responsibility.

9. Controlling and Deleting Cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies at any time according to your preferences. The Cookie Control Panel provides easy access to the acceptance button for each cookie, together with detailed information about it, as well as a link to this Website’s Cookie Policy, where each user can find all the necessary information to help them decide whether or not to consent to the installation of individual cookies. Disabling cookies and other tracking technologies is just as easy as accepting them and can be done at any time.

You can also delete all cookies already stored on your computer and configure most browsers so that they do not allow cookies to be installed. However, in this case, you may need to adjust certain preferences yourself each time you visit a website, and some services may not function properly (e.g. saved login details, website preferences, etc.).

You can find more information according to your browser by using the following links:

For more information about cookies, you may visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

You can also find further information about cookies and opt out, on a consolidated basis, from cookies used by participating providers through the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”), via the following website:

https://thenai.org/opt-out/

10. Processing of Personal Data

For more information regarding the processing of your personal data and your rights, please visit our Company’s Personal Data Processing Notice.

11. Updates

Our Company may amend and revise this Cookie Policy in order to comply with the guidelines of the Supervisory Authorities and the latest legislative and case-law developments. Updated versions of this Cookie Policy will be published on the Company’s Website with an indication of the date, so that the most recent updated version can be identified.

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