This is a translation provided for convenience. In case of any discrepancy, the Greek text prevails.
The Balkan Agro & Food Summit website uses cookies and possibly similar technologies to operate properly and securely, to improve the user experience and, if the user so chooses, to gather statistics on how it is used.
Cookies are small data files stored on the user’s device when visiting a website.
Depending on their function and lifespan, they may be temporary or persistent.
Cookies may be used for the basic operation of the website, security, storing user choices, keeping consent settings, analysing traffic, improving functionality and content, integrating third-party services, and for advertising or communication purposes, where this is provided for and the required consent has been given in advance.
These cookies are needed for the proper, secure and basic operation of the website. They may be used, among other things, for security, navigation, form functionality and storing the user’s cookie choices. Prior consent is not required for cookies that are genuinely strictly necessary to provide the service.
They allow the website to remember certain user choices or preferences and to provide additional features. Where they do not fall into the strictly necessary category, they are activated only after the user makes the required choice.
They are used to gather information about how visitors use the website. This information may include, among other things, the pages visited, the length of the visit, the browsing path, the type of device and general technical characteristics of the visit.
These cookies are activated only if the user has given the required consent.
Where used by the website, they may help measure the effectiveness of communication or advertising activities and display more relevant content. These cookies are activated only after the user’s prior consent.
The website may use services from third-party providers.
Depending on the technical setup of the site, these may include services such as Google Analytics, Google Maps, YouTube, Facebook/Meta, Instagram, LinkedIn, newsletter services, online registration or booking systems, and other platforms needed to run and promote the exhibition.
These services may use their own cookies or similar technologies.
Third-party technologies that are not strictly necessary are activated only in line with the visitor’s consent choices.
On the first visit to the website, users can manage their choices through a dedicated consent mechanism, which offers the following options:
Through the “Customise” option, users choose the categories of cookies they wish to enable.
Not accepting optional cookies does not prevent basic access to the website’s content.
Users can change their choices or withdraw their consent at any time through the “Cookie settings” option, available at the bottom of every page.
Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it.
The website uses the following cookies:
| Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
bafs_consent | Balkan Agro & Food Summit | Stores the user’s cookie consent choices | Strictly necessary | 180 days |
_ga | Google, Google Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors for traffic statistics | Statistics and analytics | 2 years |
_ga_* | Google, Google Analytics | Keeps the state of the visit for statistical analysis | Statistics and analytics | 2 years |
_fbp | Meta, Meta Pixel | Measures the effectiveness of advertising campaigns | Marketing and advertising | 3 months |
_fbc | Meta, Meta Pixel | Records that the visit came from a Meta advertisement | Marketing and advertising | 3 months |
| Google Maps cookies | Displays the embedded map to the venue | Functionality | According to Google’s policy |
Google Analytics and Meta Pixel cookies are set only if the user has consented to the relevant category. The Google Maps map loads only if consent has been given for functionality cookies or the user chooses to display it.
Users can also manage or delete cookies through the settings of the browser they use.
Most browsers allow you to delete stored cookies, block specific cookies, be notified before cookies are set, and restrict third-party cookies.
Disabling certain necessary functions through the browser may affect the proper operation of some website services.
Where information collected through cookies is linked to an identifiable natural person, it is processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy of the Balkan Agro & Food Summit and applicable personal data protection law.
This Cookie Policy may be updated in response to changes in legislation, changes in the website’s technologies, the addition or removal of third-party services, or changes in the cookies used.
The current version will be available on the Balkan Agro & Food Summit website.