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COOKIE POLICY
This Cookie Policy explains how the Hot Spot website uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit and use the website.
The website is operated by:
2S STORE O.E.
Tax Identification Number (AFM): 803175317
Tax Office (DOY): KEFODE ATTIKIS
General Commercial Registry (GEMI): 191346501000
12 Fokionos Street, Athens, Postal Code 105 63
Telephone: +30 693 401 5464
Email: info@hot-spot.gr
Cookies are used in accordance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data and electronic communications, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), and the relevant requirements for user consent.
1. What are cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow the website to recognize your device and store certain information about your visit or choices.
In addition to cookies, the website may also use other similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts, SDKs, and identifiers.
These technologies do not all serve the same purpose. Some are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, while others are used for statistical analysis, advertising, remarketing, or measuring the effectiveness of advertising activities.
2. Why we use cookies
Hot Spot uses cookies and similar technologies for different purposes, such as:
- the proper and secure operation of the online store,
- retaining user choices and sessions,
- the operation of the shopping cart and checkout process,
- improving the user experience,
- measuring website traffic,
- analyzing website usage,
- measuring conversions and advertising effectiveness,
- creating statistical audiences,
- remarketing and retargeting,
- displaying advertisements through third-party advertising platforms,
- securing and protecting the website against malicious or unauthorized use.
3. Categories of cookies
The cookies used on the website can be classified into the following categories.
3.1. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website and online store.
They may be used, among other things, for:
- the operation of the shopping cart,
- the order checkout process,
- logging in and managing an account,
- retaining basic user choices,
- website security,
- managing cookie consent.
Strictly necessary cookies are not used for advertising targeting.
3.2. Functional cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember user choices and provide enhanced functionality.
They may be used, for example, for:
- retaining preferences,
- improving navigation,
- the operation of specific embedded services,
- providing additional online store features.
Disabling them may affect certain website functions.
4. Analytics and performance cookies
If enabled, analytics cookies are used to understand how visitors use the website.
They may collect information such as:
- which pages users visit,
- how long they stay on the website,
- which page they came from,
- what actions they take,
- which parts of the website are used most,
- whether an advertising or other traffic source led to a specific action.
This information is used to improve the operation and performance of the online store.
Where required by applicable law, the relevant cookies are activated only after the required consent has been given.
5. Advertising and remarketing cookies
Hot Spot intends to use digital advertising to promote its products.
For this purpose, cookies, pixels, tags, or other technologies may be used by advertising platforms, including, by way of example:
- Google Ads / Google Marketing Platform
- Meta Ads
- other digital advertising or measurement platforms.
These technologies may be used for:
- measuring advertising effectiveness,
- recording conversions,
- optimizing advertising campaigns,
- creating audiences,
- remarketing and retargeting,
- displaying advertisements to users who have previously visited or interacted with the website.
For example, a user who visited a specific page of the online store may, where permitted and where the required consent has been given, be included in an advertising audience and see a Hot Spot advertisement on another website, application, or platform.
The use of such technologies does not mean that 2S STORE O.E. knows or discloses the identity of the user to third parties.
6. Google
Google services may be used for analytics, advertising, conversion measurement, and remarketing.
Depending on the services enabled on the website, technologies such as Google Analytics, Google Ads conversion tracking, or Google remarketing may be used.
Google may process data in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.
The use of non-essential Google technologies takes place in accordance with the user’s consent choices, where consent is required.
7. Meta
Meta technologies may be used for:
- measuring advertising activities,
- conversion tracking,
- creating audiences,
- remarketing,
- retargeting,
- optimizing advertising campaigns.
Where relevant technologies, such as Meta Pixel or corresponding Meta technologies, are used, they are activated and operated in accordance with the requirements of applicable law and the user’s consent choices, where consent is required.
Meta may process the relevant data in accordance with its own privacy policy.
8. Third-party cookies
Certain cookies or technologies may be placed by third-party providers whose services are used on the website.
Third-party providers may process information about the user’s device, browser, visit, or interaction with the website.
2S STORE O.E. does not independently control all technologies used by third-party providers, and for this reason, processing by each third-party provider is also governed by its own privacy policy.
9. Consent to cookies
During your first visit to the website, where required, a cookie consent management mechanism is displayed.
You can choose which categories of cookies you wish to allow, except for those that are strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
Accepting non-essential cookies is optional.
Consent may be withdrawn at any time through the website’s Cookie Settings.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before its withdrawal.
10. Rejecting or deleting cookies through the browser
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings.
You can configure your browser to:
- block all cookies,
- accept only specific categories,
- notify you before cookies are stored,
- delete cookies when the browser closes.
Disabling some or all cookies may affect the operation of the online store, particularly functions such as the cart, user login, or order checkout.
11. Duration of cookies
Cookies may be:
Session Cookies
They are deleted when the browsing session ends or when the browser closes, depending on how they operate.
Persistent Cookies
They remain on the device for a specific period of time or until the user deletes them or they expire.
The duration of each cookie depends on its purpose and the technology that creates it.
12. Personal data and cookies
Certain cookies and similar technologies may be associated with information considered personal data or may allow a device or user to be identified in a specific context.
For this reason, 2S STORE O.E. does not consider all cookies to be “anonymous” in advance and in every case.
Data processing through cookies is carried out in accordance with applicable law and, where required, subject to consent.
13. Security
Cookies and related technologies are used in a manner intended to ensure the secure operation of the website.
2S STORE O.E. takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the data it processes.
14. Changes to the Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be amended when there are changes to:
- the technologies used on the website,
- analytics or advertising services,
- third-party service providers,
- the operation of the online store,
- applicable law.
The version in force at any given time is published on the website.
15. Contact
For any questions regarding this Cookie Policy, you may contact:
2S STORE O.E.
Tax Identification Number (AFM): 803175317
Tax Office (DOY): KEFODE ATTIKIS
General Commercial Registry (GEMI): 191346501000
12 Fokionos Street, Athens, 105 63
Telephone: +30 693 401 5464
Email: info@hot-spot.gr
Last updated: 01 October 2026