Cookie Policy
COOKIE POLICY
Last updated: 5 August 2026
1. Purpose
This Cookie Policy explains how https://www.azsportscholarships.com/ uses cookies and similar technologies, which providers may be involved and how you can manage your choices.
The Website is operated by Aris Zafeiratos, trading as AZ SPORT SCHOLARSHIPS, 31 Charitonidou Street, 11525 Athens, Greece, email contact@azsportscholarships.com, telephone +30 698 918 1203.
2. What cookies and similar technologies are
Cookies are small files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include pixels, tags, local storage and device identifiers. They may be:
first-party, set by our Website,
third-party, set or read by an external provider,
session cookies, deleted when your browser closes,
persistent cookies, retained until they expire or you delete them.
3. Legal basis and consent choices
Strictly necessary cookies are used because they are required for operation, security and storage of your cookie choices. They do not require consent.
Preference, analytics, advertising and external-content cookies are used only after consent through the banner, in accordance with Article 4(5) of Greek Law 3471/2006 and the GDPR.
The banner must allow you to:
accept all optional cookies,
reject all optional cookies just as easily,
choose by category,
change or withdraw your choice at any time through the permanently accessible “Manage consent” option.
Rejecting optional cookies must not prevent access to the Website’s core content.
4. Cookie categories
4.1 Strictly necessary
These support essential operation, security and storage of cookie choices. They are not used for advertising targeting.
4.2 Preferences
These remember choices such as language. The pll_language cookie is used to remember the selected language and is normally retained for one year.
4.3 Analytics
These help us understand in aggregate how the Website is used. The Website uses Google Analytics 4, Measurement ID G-FB7XSZ2BGF. Analytics must be enabled only after consent.
4.4 Advertising and measurement
These are used to measure campaign outcomes, attribute conversions and, where selected, retarget advertising. The Website uses Google Ads and Meta Pixel ID 2019920051640030. They must not be enabled before marketing consent and must not receive names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, school information or health data in plain text.
4.5 External content
The Website uses Google Maps on the contact page and may include third-party links or content. Maps, videos or social-media embeds may allow third parties to collect technical information or set cookies. Where not strictly necessary, they must remain blocked until you select the relevant category.
5. Cookie and service register
| Category | Cookie / technology | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary | cmplz_functional, cmplz_preferences, cmplz_statistics, cmplz_marketing | AZ Sport Scholarships / Complianz | Store consent choices by category | 365 days |
| Necessary | cmplz_consented_services, cmplz_banner-status, cmplz_policy_id, where set | AZ Sport Scholarships / Complianz | Store approved services, banner status and policy version | Up to 365 days |
| Preferences | pll_language | AZ Sport Scholarships / Polylang | Store the selected language | 1 year |
| Analytics | Google Analytics 4 identifiers - complete from final scan | Statistical analysis of Website traffic and use | Confirm technically | |
| Marketing | Google Ads identifiers - complete from final scan | Conversion measurement and advertising attribution | Confirm technically | |
| Marketing | Meta Pixel identifiers - complete from final scan | Meta | Measure visits, leads and advertising outcomes | Confirm technically |
| External content | Google Maps identifiers - complete from final scan | Display maps, service security and settings | Confirm technically |
The following register includes services confirmed during the technical review. The exact final cookie list must be produced by a new clean-browser scan before publication. Assumptions must not be published as a factual cookie inventory.
The current automated Complianz text describing services as “Miscellaneous / purpose pending investigation” and “not synced yet” is not an adequate register and must be replaced after the scan.
6. Google Consent Mode
The Website uses Google Consent Mode v2 to communicate your consent status to Google services. Before consent, analytics_storage, ad_storage, ad_user_data and ad_personalization must default to “denied”. After your choice, the status is updated accordingly.
Consent Mode does not replace the banner or consent. The technical setup must ensure that optional cookies are not read or written before the relevant choice.
7. Information third parties may receive
Depending on your consent, providers may receive IP address, browser/device information, page URL and referrer, visit time, interactions, cookie identifiers and campaign-attribution information. Health information or personal details from form fields must not be sent to analytics or advertising tools as plain text.
Google and Meta may process data outside the EEA. Transfers must rely on a valid mechanism for the specific legal entity and service. See our Privacy Policy and the providers’ policies:
Google Privacy & Terms
Google cookie information
Meta Privacy Policy
Meta Cookies Policy
8. Changing your choices
You can open “Manage consent” at the bottom of the Website at any time to change or withdraw consent. Withdrawal applies to future processing.
You can also delete or block cookies in browser settings. General blocking may affect certain functions. Deleting cookies may also erase the saved consent choice, causing the banner to appear again.
9. Updates
This Policy is updated when tags, plugins, embeds or purposes change. The last-updated date appears at the beginning. A cookie scan should be repeated regularly and after every material technical change.
