Privacy policy
1.1. General Information: The purpose of this is to provide you with information about the processing of your personal data when you use our Website and related trade services. Personal data, according to Article 4 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), means any information relating to natural persons whose identity is or can be determined directly or indirectly, such as name, home address, e-mail address, online identifiers (e.g. cookies, IP addresses, e-mail addresses).
For the purposes of the present, it is noted that the Responsible for the Processing of Personal Data is our company under the name KOUTSAKIS MICHAEL and the distinctive title "Athina Sandals" (hereinafter referred to as the Company), which is based in the area of Agios Nikolaos of the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos of the Lassithi Law, on 5th Merarchias Street No. 24 P.C. 72100 and has the following contact details: Tel.: 28410 24800 Email: athinasandals@gmail.com
Our Company operates as a modern company active in the trade of leather goods in Greece and is supervised by the Personal Data Protection Authority. 1.2. In the context of which services we collect and process your personal data and what they are: We collect and process your personal data that you provide to us in the context of the following legal bases.
• Legitimate interest as required for the fulfillment of the services provided.
• Legal Obligation to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Your own consent, which you can withdraw within the framework of your rights. By way of explanation and in the context of the following services provided by us, your personal data is collected and processed as set out below.
Initially, through our Website, the Company may collect and process your personal data in the context of a transaction, i.e. the sales contract concluded each time or the provision of a service. So, when you place an order for our products through our Website, we use your information to process the transaction, complete your order and provide you with the products you have ordered.
To complete your order, you provide us with a series of personal data such as your name, email, postal address, payment or credit card details, contact details, etc. We will process your data for the time necessary to manage the purchase of the products you have acquired, including any returns, withdrawals, complaints or claims related to the purchase of that product.
Some of your information that you may have allowed us to retain longer, we will retain until you tell us to stop storing it.
Our Website also provides you with the opportunity to subscribe to the newsletter in order to receive personalized information about products, services or suggestions for participation in promotional activities. Therefore, by providing your consent, we send you promotional communications and news about new products and other promotional activities conducted by the Company.
The subscription to our newsletter is done by completing an on-line application form, where personal data (such as name, e-mail address and other information) are mentioned and which are voluntarily submitted as part of the process.
The data we collect is automatically deleted after 24 months if it no longer responds to the newsletter e.g. in case of inactivity. Furthermore, you are always granted the right to unsubscribe ("unsubscribe" policy) if you no longer wish to receive newsletters. Finally, you can request either your deletion from the list of users receiving newsletters or any modification of the information you provided from the beginning during the registration process, at any time via e-mail to athinasandals@gmail.com e-mail address.
Furthermore, our Website provides you with the opportunity to contact us either through the contact form we have created for users, or by e-mail in order to provide you with various clarifying information in relation to the products put up for sale or to respond to any of your relevant requests.
The data you provide to us (such as your name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) will be retained by the Company only for the time necessary to achieve the purpose of processing the specific activity for which the communication was made. As soon as any of your requests and/or queries are served and if no contractual relationship arises between the parties, the storage of the data ceases to be necessary for the purposes set and the data are deleted.
We use data about how you use our Sites and Services to better understand consumer behavior and preferences. For example, we may use information about how visitors to www.athinasandals.gr website use the search and find products in order to better understand the best ways to organize and present product offers in the "windows" of our online store.
In addition, we may use your data to prevent or detect fraud, abuse, illegal use and violation of our terms of use, as well as to comply with court orders, government requests or applicable law.
When you interact with our Company's Website, certain data such as cookies, IP addresses, web browser identification data, etc., are automatically collected by your devices or the browser you use.
More information about these practices can be found below in the
1.7. We may also use your personal data in other ways and we will provide special notices when we collect the data, while obtaining your consent where necessary. In any case, we inform you that you are responsible for the accuracy of the data you provide to us.
1.3. Personal data security policies: Users' personal data is stored on a secure server, protected by a password and a firewall. The Company maintains appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of Personal Data (including encryption and identity verification tools) and to protect them from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access of personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed as well as to any other unlawful form of processing, as required by applicable law.
The processing of Personal Data is carried out solely by the authorized for this purpose staff of the Controller who is bound by strict confidentiality obligations.
1.4. Legal databases of data processing and retention record: As mentioned above, the Company collects and processes Personal Data having as a legal basis the observance of a legal obligation by which we are bound or the performance of a contract to which you are a party or the legitimate business interest against which the interests you have in protecting the information do not prevail and if none of the above applies, your consent (which we will ask for before processing the information);
The Company may keep a record and process users' personal data, which will be contained in its knowledge through the Website, always respecting the terms of the European GDPR Regulation and the applicable internal legislation. It does not disclose or publish personal data of users.
For the promotion, support and execution of the Company's purposes, as well as the improvement of its services and relationship with each user, third parties, associates of the Company, may be aware of the file, but always within the framework of sufficient guarantees ensured by our Company.
Our Company will retain your personal data for as long as you continue to interact with us and they are necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which we collected and processed them, as described in detail above, or for the period of time during which liability could arise from the processing, in accordance with the applicable legislation from time to time or if these purposes cease to exist, We are not required to keep them under a law e.g. for tax purposes.
In addition, we keep them until you ask us to delete them, or what we maintain and process in the context of your consent, until you withdraw it, or until you object to their processing by us based on our legitimate interest. In order to determine the retention period of your personal data beyond the cases mentioned above, we take into account the nature of your data, the quantity, the purpose of their processing, their security, etc.
In any case, your data is stored securely. After the end of the retention period, personal data are destroyed by the Company's physical files and information systems in an unrecoverable manner.
1.5 Rights of users regarding their personal data: As users of the Website you have the status of the Subject of Personal Data and in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation of the EU (GDPR) (articles 15 et seq.), you enjoy the following rights with regard to your personal data: You may at any time request information about the personal data stored about you by our Company, by contacting us at the e-mail address listed above.
In addition, you have the right to request at any time the update, access, correction, completion, restriction of processing or deletion of your personal data without any charge. Finally, you may at any time object to our processing of your data and receive the data provided by you. If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke it at any time.
The legality of the processing of your data is not affected by the withdrawal of consent up to the time you requested the revocation. Any request related to the modification, change and / or cancellation of your personal data processed by our company, you can send it to us by email to athinasandals@gmail.com. We kindly ask that your relevant requests be accompanied by the appropriate proof of identification of your person, with the express reservation of the Company to request the provision of additional information in order to identify and confirm your details. Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Authority (Article 77 GDPR) either in written form in its protocol (Address: Kifissias 1-3, P.C. 115 23, Athens, tel: 2106475600, contact@dpa.gr) or in electronic form (www.dpa.gr) or to another competent supervisory authority.
1.6. Transfer of your data to a third country:
Our company as Personal Data Controller does not transfer Personal Data to third countries or international organizations, for which there is no relevant decision of the European Commission, unless the conditions of the applicable legislation are met. If such a transfer takes place, you must be informed in advance.
1.7. COOKIES and Pixel Tags: The Company collects information, which may include personal data, from the web browser you use when you use our Websites. We use a variety of methods, such as cookies and pixel tags, to collect this information, which may include
(i) your IP address;
(ii) your unique cookie ID, information about your cookies, and information about whether your device has software to access certain data;
(iii) unique device identification number and device type;
(iv) domain, browser type and language;
(v) operating system and system settings;
(vi) country and time zone;
(vii) previous visits to websites;
(viii) information about your interaction with our Sites, such as number of clicks, purchases, stated preferences, and
(ix) access times and related URLs. It is also possible to collect information from third parties through Websites using cookies, third-party plugins and widget tools.
These third parties collect data directly from your web browser and the processing of such data is subject to their own privacy policies. We use cookies and pixel tags to track the use of our Sites by our customers and to understand their preferences. This allows us to provide services to our customers and improve their online experience.
We also use cookies and pixel tags to obtain aggregated data about traffic and interaction with websites, identify trends and obtain statistics so that we can improve our Sites. Generally there are three categories of cookies used on our Websites: Operation: These cookies are required for basic website functions and are therefore always enabled. They include cookies that allow our Websites to "remember" you while browsing, during a single visit or, if you request it, from one visit to another. Performance: These cookies allow us to improve the operation of our Websites by monitoring usage. In some cases, these cookies improve the speed with which we can process your requests and allow us to remember your preferences on websites.
Rejecting these cookies may lead to insufficient personalization of sentences and poor performance of websites.
Social media and ads:
Social media cookies offer you the ability to connect to the social media networks you use and share content from our Websites to social media. (Third-party) advertising cookies collect information to help better personalize ads according to your interests, both on our own Sites and on others. In some cases, these cookies involve the processing of your personal data.
Rejecting these cookies may result in the display of advertisements that are not so relevant to you or the inability to effectively connect you with Facebook, or other social media, and/or the inability to share content from you on social media. For a complete and up-to-date summary of all third parties that have access to your web browser, we recommend that you install a plugin specifically designed for this purpose.
You can also enable a notification to be sent to you from your computer each time cookies are sent, or you can choose to disable all cookies. This is done through your web browser settings on each web browser and device you use. Because each web browser is a little different, we suggest that you refer to the Help menu of your web browser to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you disable cookies, you may not have access to many elements that make our Websites and Apps more efficient, and some of our services may not function properly.
1.8. Amendments to this Privacy Statement. Our current laws and practices change over time.
If we decide to update this Privacy Statement, we will post the changes on our Websites. If we make material changes to the way we process your personal data, we will send you prior notice or, where required by law, ask for your consent to implement such changes.