Cookie Policy

1Our Approach to Cookies

This personal portfolio website of Konstantinos Anyfantis is built with a privacy-by-design philosophy at its core. As explicitly stated throughout the site, it collects no personal data and uses no tracking tools of any kind. This means no analytics services, no advertising networks, no heatmap tools, and no cross-site tracking cookies are in use. The result is a browsing experience that is fast, private, and fully respectful of your digital rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive.

2Cookies Used on This Site

• Essential / Functional Cookies only: A minimal set of cookies strictly necessary for the website to function correctly — such as maintaining browser session state and ensuring stable, secure page loads. These cookies do not track you and are deleted when you close your browser.
• No analytics cookies: This site does not use Google Analytics, Hotjar, Mixpanel, Plausible, Fathom, or any other visitor tracking or behavioural analytics service. Your browsing patterns on this site are never recorded or transmitted to third parties.
• No advertising cookies: There are no advertising, retargeting, remarketing, or programmatic marketing cookies of any kind deployed on this site. No ad network has any visibility into your visit.
• No preference cookies: The site does not store user display preferences, language choices, or personalisation data via cookies — each visit loads the same experience for everyone.
• No social tracking pixels: There are no Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Twitter/X tracking tags, or similar social-media tracking scripts embedded on this site.

3Third-Party Cookies

• Credly (credly.com): This portfolio links to professional certification badges hosted on Credly's platform. Clicking these links takes you directly to Credly's website, which operates under its own Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Credly may set its own cookies on their domain once you navigate there.
• LinkedIn: Several links on this site point to a LinkedIn profile. Interacting with LinkedIn is governed entirely by LinkedIn's Cookie Policy and User Agreement. LinkedIn may use cookies for authentication and analytics on their own platform.
• Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): The hosting infrastructure and CDN services used to deliver the assets of this website (fonts, scripts, stylesheets) may set minimal technical or performance cookies. These are infrastructure-level cookies that do not identify you personally.
• Important: I have no control over cookies set by third-party platforms once you navigate to them. I strongly recommend reviewing each platform's own cookie and privacy policy before providing any personal information.

4Your Cookie Choices

• Browser-level control: You can manage, block, or delete all cookies at any time through your browser's settings. Most modern browsers provide granular control over which types of cookies are accepted. Navigate to: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
• Incognito / Private mode: Browsing this site in a private or incognito window ensures that no cookies or session data persist after you close the window.
• Third-party cookie blocking: Since this site sets no analytics or tracking cookies, blocking third-party cookies in your browser will not degrade your experience here in any way. All core functionality remains intact.
• No consent banners: Because this site uses only technically necessary session cookies — and no profiling, analytics, or marketing cookies — no cookie consent banner or pop-up is required under GDPR Article 5(3) / ePrivacy Directive recital 66.

5GDPR Compliance

This Cookie Policy is designed in full compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR — Regulation 2016/679), the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC as amended), and the Greek Law 4624/2019 on personal data protection. Because this site neither processes personal data nor deploys non-essential cookies, the privacy risk to visitors is minimal by design. No Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) is required under Article 35 GDPR for this site's current operation. Should the technical infrastructure change in a way that introduces data processing, this policy and any required legal basis will be updated immediately.

6Frequently Asked Questions About Cookies

• What is a cookie? A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device. Cookies serve various purposes — from keeping you logged in to a service, to tracking your behaviour across websites for advertising purposes. Not all cookies are equal: some are essential for a website to work, others are entirely optional.
• Does this site track me? No. This site uses no analytics tools, no advertising networks, and no behavioural tracking of any kind. Your visit is not recorded, profiled, or shared with any third party by this website.
• Do I need to accept cookies to use this site? No cookie consent is required because this site does not set any non-essential cookies. You can browse freely without agreeing to anything.
• What happens if I delete cookies from this site? Nothing significant. Since this site only uses session-level technical cookies, deleting them will not cause any loss of functionality or preferences. The next visit will be identical to the first.
• Is this policy compliant with GDPR? Yes. The policy reflects a privacy-by-design approach: minimal data collection, no profiling, and full transparency about the limited technical cookies that are in use.

7Policy Updates

This Cookie Policy may be updated if the site's technical infrastructure, third-party integrations, or applicable law changes in a way that affects cookie usage. Any material changes will be reflected immediately in the content above, and the "Last updated" date will be revised accordingly. Users are encouraged to review this page periodically. Continued use of the site after any update constitutes acknowledgement of the revised policy.