Website: olivesvillas.com
Effective date: 5 August 2026
Last updated: 5 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how Olives Villas (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit olivesvillas.com.
Under Greek Law 3471/2006, cookies that are not strictly necessary may be placed on a visitor’s device only after clear information has been provided and valid consent has been obtained. Strictly necessary cookies may be used without consent where they are required to provide a service expressly requested by the visitor.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device, remember your preferences and understand how visitors interact with the website.
Cookies may be:

• First-party cookies, placed directly by olivesvillas.com.

• Third-party cookies, placed by external service providers.

• Session cookies, deleted when you close your browser.

• Persistent cookies, retained for a specified period or until you delete them.

2. Why we use cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• ensure that the website operates correctly and securely;

• remember your cookie and language preferences;

• process enquiries submitted through website forms;

• understand how visitors use the website;

• improve the website’s content, design and performance;

• display maps, videos, social-media content or other external services;

• measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, where you have consented.

3. Categories of cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function properly. They may support website security, contact forms, navigation and the storage of your cookie preferences.
Strictly necessary cookies cannot normally be disabled through our consent tool because the website may not function correctly without them.
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices such as your preferred language, region or display settings.
These cookies are activated only after you provide consent, unless they are strictly necessary to provide a feature specifically requested by you.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, including which pages are visited, how visitors reach the website and whether technical errors occur.
Information collected through analytics cookies may include:

• approximate location;

• browser and device type;

• pages visited;

• time spent on the website;

• referring website;

• interactions with website content.

Analytics cookies will not be activated before you provide consent.
These cookies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, limit how often advertisements appear and show advertising that may be more relevant to your interests.
They may be placed by third-party advertising platforms and may track activity across different websites. They will be used only after you provide specific consent.
Pages on olivesvillas.com may contain services supplied by third parties, such as:

• Google Maps;

• YouTube or Vimeo videos;

• social-media content;

• booking or enquiry tools;

• virtual tours;

• property-location maps.

These providers may place cookies or collect information about your device when their content is activated. Where consent is required, the external content should remain blocked until you accept the relevant cookie category.
4. Cookies used on olivesvillas.com
The following table must reflect the cookies actually detected on the live website:

Cookie or technology	Provider	Purpose	Category	Duration
Cookie-consent preference	Olives Villas	Records whether you accepted or rejected cookie categories	Strictly necessary	Up to 12 months
Website session cookie	Olives Villas/hosting provider	Maintains website security and essential session functions	Strictly necessary	Session
Contact-form security cookie	Website/form provider	Prevents spam and protects enquiry forms	Strictly necessary	Session or provider-defined
Analytics cookies	Insert provider, where used	Measures website visits and performance	Analytics	Insert duration
Map cookies	Insert map provider, where used	Displays interactive maps and location information	Functional	Insert duration
Video cookies	Insert video provider, where used	Displays embedded video content	Functional	Insert duration
Advertising cookies	Insert advertising provider, where used	Measures campaigns and supports personalised advertising	Marketing	Insert duration

For compliance, the final website policy should identify each individual cookie by name, explain its function, identify any third-party provider and state its expiry period.
5. Cookie consent
When you first visit olivesvillas.com, you should be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to:

• Accept all cookies;

• Reject non-essential cookies; or

• Manage individual cookie categories.

Non-essential cookies must remain disabled unless and until you provide consent. Refusing cookies should be as easy as accepting them, and the accept and reject options should be presented without design choices that unfairly encourage acceptance.
Your consent is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time.
6. Changing or withdrawing your consent
You can change your preferences at any time by selecting the “Cookie Settings” link displayed in the website footer.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
You may also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may prevent some parts of the website from functioning correctly.
7. Third-party providers
Where third-party services are used, those providers may process information under their own privacy and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing the relevant provider’s policy before activating external content.
We do not control the duration or subsequent use of cookies placed directly by third parties. However, where legally required, we will prevent those services from placing cookies before you provide consent.
8. Personal data
Some cookies and tracking technologies may process information that constitutes personal data, such as online identifiers, IP addresses or information about your device.
Further information about how we collect, use, retain and protect personal data is available in our Privacy Policy.
Strictly necessary cookies
Functional cookies
Analytics cookies
Advertising and marketing cookies
Third-party content cookies
9. Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• cookies or third-party services are added or removed;

• the way the website operates changes;

• legal or regulatory requirements change.

The date shown at the beginning of this policy identifies the latest revision.