Legal

Cookies Policy

In accordance with EU Directive 2002/58/EC (ePrivacy), the GDPR (EU 2016/679), and Greek Law 4624/2019.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website you visit. They allow the site to remember your actions and preferences (such as language, items in your cart, or login state) over time, so you don't have to re-enter them every time you return or browse from one page to another.

2. Categories of Cookies We Use

Necessary cookies

Required for core functionality, the shopping cart, secure checkout, session management, language preference, and CSRF protection. These cookies are always active and cannot be disabled. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing the service you requested (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

Analytical cookies

Help us understand how visitors use the site, which pages are read, where people leave, which products draw attention. Data is aggregated and never used to identify you personally. These cookies activate <strong>only</strong> after you give explicit consent via our cookie banner (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

Marketing cookies

Used to measure the effectiveness of any advertising we may run (Instagram, TikTok, search) and to retarget visitors who left items in their cart. Like analytical cookies, they activate <strong>only</strong> after explicit consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by services we rely on to operate the store:

  • Shopify — our e-commerce platform; necessary for cart, checkout, and fraud detection.
  • Stripe / PayPal — payment processors; necessary at checkout for secure transaction handling.
  • Google (Consent Mode v2) — analytics and ads, only after consent.
  • Meta / TikTok pixels — campaign measurement and retargeting, only after consent.

Each third party operates under its own privacy policy. Their cookies are governed by their respective terms in addition to ours.

4. How to Manage Your Cookies

You can manage or revoke your consent at any time:

  • Through the <strong>"Cookie Settings"</strong> link in the footer of any page on this site (when our Consent Management Platform is enabled).
  • In your browser settings, most browsers let you view, block, or delete cookies per site. Steps differ slightly between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge; consult your browser's help.

<strong>Note:</strong> blocking necessary cookies may break parts of the site, the cart, checkout, and language selector rely on them. Blocking analytical or marketing cookies has no effect on your ability to shop.

5. Retention

  • Session cookies: deleted when you close your browser.
  • Persistent cookies: retained for up to 12 months, then automatically expire. Consent cookies are stored for up to 6 months before we ask you again.

6. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy when our tooling or legal obligations change. The current version is always published at this URL. Substantial changes will be flagged via the cookie banner so you can review and re-consent.

7. Contact

For questions about cookies or to exercise your data rights, write to us at underthecross.gr@gmail.com . See also our Privacy Policy.