Terms of use & personal data privacy policy

Apart from the exceptions that are explicitly referred to herein (copyrights of third parties, associates and institutions), the Website includes content that constitutes property of the Company, which also serves as administrator of the Website, and is protected in accordance to the Greek and European copyright laws, as well as to relevant international conventions. This content entails, without limitation, texts, visuals, designs, graphics, videos, applications, videos and services as well as logos, brand names, trademarks and features that pertain to the administrator and/or the parties which are identified in the Website as owners of the particular rights, which are all being subject to the protection of the applicable intellectual and industrial property legislation.

The Company encourages the private use of the content of the Website for personal briefing, as well as its use for educational or research purposes. The use within the context of a corporation or service or organization is not considered as private use. The reproduction or storage of isolated webpages or data is permitted only for educational and research purposes, provided that their origin from the Website is clearly specified, the names of the creators (given that these are disclosed in the Website) are mentioned and, as long as any related intellectual and industrial property rights are not in any way infringed. However, visitors/users shall be aware that certain files or data may be intellectual property of third parties (associates, institutions, organizations, corporations etc.) and cannot be used without the permission of the related third parties (as may be displayed in the specific note of the Website).

The storage, reproduction, republication, transmission or distribution of any part of the content of the Website for commercial purposes or any other use that is not included in the above paragraph is strictly forbidden. The storage, reproduction, republication, transmission or distribution of registered trademarks or service trademarks of the Company, as well as of collaborating entities that appear on the Website is strictly forbidden.

The Website shall be used exclusively for lawful purposes and in a way that will not restrict or prevent its use by third parties. Each visitor/user shall abide by the rules and provisions of the applicable Greek, European and international law and shall use the Website in compliance with the law, ethics and present Terms. Each visitor/user is obliged to refrain from any illegal and abusive behavior throughout the use of the Website and in relation to it and assumes all responsibility for any damages that may be caused to the Company and/or third party from any inadequate or illicit use of the Website or/and the related services provided via it.

The Website may contain links to websites of third parties or/and give access, now or in the future, to websites of third parties via links, hyperlinks and/or advertising banners created by other individuals or entities.

Such links are provided in order to facilitate users and offer them additional useful information. Use of any of these links shall be realized at the sole risk and responsibility of the visitor/user of the Website, while the corresponding websites of third parties are subject to their own terms of use, for which the Company bears no responsibility or association.

The Company assumes no responsibility and makes no representation neither for the content, the privacy policy, the accuracy, lawfulness, comprehensiveness, timeliness or/and accuracy or service quality and safety of other websites that are interconnected with the Website via such links, nor for the servers via which the Website and the websites of third parties are made available to the visitor/user. The Company cannot be held liable for any deficiencies or malfunction of the websites of third parties, as well as for any damages incurred on visitors/users arising from the access and use of any information, services and products provided through such websites.

The Company makes every effort to ensure that all the content and information in this Website are characterized, as far as possible, by accuracy, clarity, comprehensiveness, timeliness and availability. However, the Company does not in any way guarantee that the webpages, services, selections or content will be provided without interruptions or deficiencies nor that all deficiencies may be rectified. In addition, the Company does not make any representation or warranty that the Website or any affiliate website or the servers, via which these are made available to the user/visitor, will be provided without “viruses” or other harmful elements. The Company does not in any way guarantee the accuracy, comprehensiveness or availability of the content, webpages, services, selections or their results. The Company assumes no responsibility for any kind of damages that the visitor/user may suffer from the use of the webpages, services, selections and content of the Website, that he/she is accessing on his/her own initiative and aware of the Terms.

Each visitor/user shall take all appropriate security measures (firewalls etc.) prior to any download from the Website. The visitor/user undertakes the cost of any corrections or repairs, while the Company is in no way liable for such costs. The visitor/user is responsible for his/her access to the Website, which may be subject to payment of third parties’ fees (e.g. internet service providers, fees for duration of internet use). The visitor/user is exclusively responsible to pay the relevant fees. Moreover, the visitor/user is exclusively responsible for his/her personal equipment and necessary technological means that allow him/her to access the services of the Website.

Any provision of these Terms of Use which fails to comply with the relevant applicable law, shall cease to apply, without in any way affecting the validity of the remaining provisions. The present constitutes the entire binding agreement between the Company and the visitor/user of the Webpage and its services.

Any amendment of the present Terms shall not be taken into consideration and shall not form part of the Terms unless it is recorded and proven in writing and incorporated in the present Terms.

The present Terms, as well as any amendment hereof, are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Greece and of the European Union, as well as with relevant international conventions. Any disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Athens, Greece.

The Company is committed to respecting and protecting the personal data of each visitor/user of its Website. The present Personal Data Privacy Policy (hereinafter “the Policy”) defines this commitment by stating the personal data that the Company may collect or edit, the way it can use such information, as well as information regarding the actions that a visitor/use may or shall take in relation to the processing of his/her personal data when visiting/using the Website.

This Policy may be amended and/or updated at any time and without prior notice. In this respect, the Company will ensure that the Privacy Policy in effect will be posted on the Website at all times in order for the visitor/user to be duly informed. By continuing to use the Website, the visitor/user is deemed to accept the amended/updated Policy or its services. Therefore, each Website visitor/user is kindly requested to check periodically the Policy.

The handling and protection of the personal data of the Website visitor/user are subject to these Terms, as well as, the relevant provisions of the applicable Greek law for the protection of the individual from the processing of personal data, as supplemented by decisions of the competent administrative authority, as well as of the European legislation (mainly EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679).

In case a visitor/user of the Website disagrees with the terms of the Policy as provided in the present section, he/she shall refrain from using the webpages/services of the Website.

1. What is the personal data we collect

Primarily, the visitor/user of the Website may use the Website in its entirety and its individual pages without having to reveal his/her identity and without having to provide the Company with any personal data. However, in order for the visitor/user to gain access to or use certain parts or services of the Website, he/she may be required to register for the acquisition of a password or/and collection and processing of personal data for specific purposes, as stated in the present Policy.

The personal data that we may collect include: Basic information (such as name, surname), contact information (such as address, phone number, email address), information that the Website visitor/user may provide, information that is legally collected by publicly available sources.

2. How do we process your personal data 

The Company is entitled to maintain a record and process the personal data of the Website visitor/user made available via the Website. The Company shall collect and process personal data only with the consent of the Website visitor/user, who shall provide such data on his/her own will with the purpose of accessing the aforementioned applications or services available via the Website.

By providing his/her data when registering in the Website, the visitor/user will be deemed to give consent to the collection, use and transfer of such data under the terms of this Policy. However, the Website visitor/user shall be asked specifically and explicitly to give his/her consent for such purposes, thus accepting the present Policy prior to the conclusion of his/her subscription procedure.

In particular, the Website visitor/user shall accept and give his/her consent so that the Company, subject to the terms of the applicable legislation, maintains in a record and processes the personal data collected via the Website in order to give the visitor/user access to the services and applications available, assist him/her, support and realize the contractual relationship between the Company and the Website visitor/user, as well as in order to collect statistical data and inform about and promote the products and services of the Company, following the specific consent of the Website visitor/user for such purposes.

It is clarified that the personal data that may be processed by the Company shall be used solely in order to ensure the operation of the respective Website service, while it is not allowed to be used by the Company or any third party without complying with the applicable laws on personal data protection. The Company acts in conformity with the applicable legislation and aims at the best possible implementation of proper practices in relation to the internet.

The personal data collected by the Company through the Website shall be safely maintained for the whole duration of registration of the Website visitor/user in any service of the Company or for as long as it is required for the particular processing purpose. The data shall be deleted upon termination for any reason of the contractual relationship between the Website visitor/user and the Company or in the event that the aforementioned reasons for processing cease to exist, by taking also into consideration any obligations of the Company under the applicable legislation.

Apart from the Company, other recipients of the data may be associated legal entities or collaborating companies which intervene for the promotion, support and accommodation of the contractual relationship and only for the purpose of providing services of electronic communication or any added value services that the Website visitor/user may have requested and always subject to the terms of the applicable law. Unless it is explicitly provided in this Policy or required by law and/or the competent authorities (such as indicatively, judicial, police and other administrative authorities, upon their lawful request), the Company shall not disclose, transfer, transmit or in any way dispose any information of any Website visitor/user without the latter’s consent.

The safety of the personal data of the Website visitors/users is of utmost importance to us. The Company is committed to ensure that it takes the appropriate technical and organizational measures in order to protect the integrity, confidentiality and availability of the personal data of the Website visitors/users from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction in compliance with the applicable data protection legislation. However, despite the fact that we make every effort to protect the personal information of the Website visitor/users, the Company cannot guarantee the security of the information provided through our Website as this is made at the risk of the Website visitor/user.

3. Visitor/User rights

The Website visitor/user is entitled to exercise at any time the rights that are stipulated by the applicable data protection legislation (and primarily EU Regulation 2016/679) and under the requirements and limitations set, namely:

– The right of information regarding his/her data that we are processing

– The right of access to his/her personal data that we hold

– The right of rectification of this data

-The right of erasure of this data

– The right of restriction or objection to the processing of this data

– The right of portability of his/her data to another controller or processor

In the event that the Website visitor/user objects to the processing of his/her personal data by the Company or in case he/she wishes to withdraw his/her consent (previously granted), the Company will abide by the respective instructions according to its legal obligations, provided that these are given in writing. It must be noted that objection or withdrawal of previously given consent will result to the Company being unable to achieve the purposes set out in this Policy. The withdrawal of consent has effect only for the future and any processing based on consent prior to its withdrawal remains lawful. The Company may continue to process the data even after the withdrawal of consent only to the extent permitted by law in order to abide by its legal obligations and/or defend its rights.

In the event that a Website visitor/user wishes to exercise any of the aforementioned rights, the Company shall undertake all necessary measures to satisfy the relevant request within the timeframes set by the law, by notifying the visitor/user in writing of the satisfaction of the request or, alternatively, of the reasons that prevent the exercise of such rights or satisfaction of such request.

For the exercise of his/her rights, any Website visitor/user may address the Company by submitting his/her request in writing at the following email address: info@vamvakourevival.org to the attention of the Data Protection Officer).

Moreover, any Website visitor/user has the right to contact the competent supervisory authority (Greek Data Protection Authority), which reviews written complaints in accordance with the instructions provided for in its website (www.dpa.gr), in case he/she objects to the processing of his/her data by the Company.

In certain cases, technical information that is not personally identifiable may be collected automatically (i.e. not via registration), when a website visitor/user visits or uses the Website. Examples of such information that can be collected include browser, computer operating system, domain name of the webpage from which the connection was made, location.

We use cookies in order to enhance the operation of the Website and the browsing experience of the visitor/user, as well to better provide the services of the Company. Cookies are data files, which are transferred from one web browser to the computer of the person visiting the Website. Cookies constitute an industrial standard, are used by the majority of web locations and facilitate the repeated access of visitors/users to a particular web location and its use.

Cookies are not harmful for the computer system of the website visitor/user or his/her files and only the web location from which particular cookies were transferred may read, amend or delete such cookies. This way, the Website remembers the actions and preferences of its visitors/users for a specific time period in order to provide, for instance, personalized internet advertisements, visit analysis or any other statistical analysis and services requested. Thus, there is no need for each Website visitor/user to enter his/her preferences every time he/she visits the Website. The Company and its authorized associates have access to any information related to the cookies.

In case you do not wish for your data to be collected via cookies, you may use the settings of most browser programs on the internet, through which you may choose to delete any existing cookies and choose either for future cookies to be automatically rejected or for you to decide to reject or accept each specific cookie in your computer. It must be noted that the rejection of cookies might make the use of certain parts of the Website difficult or not possible at all.