Terms

PREAMBLE

The visitor/user of the services of the website https://www.pavlosgiannakopoulosfoundation.gr (hereinafter the "website") understands and accepts that all webpages/services are provided "as is" and the website renounces any liability related to limited duration, deletion, poor performance or inability to electronically store any user data and/or any content of personal webpages/services.

The visitor/user is responsible for accessing the services of the website and such access may require the payment of fees to third parties (e.g. internet service providers, internet time charges). The visitor/user is solely responsible for paying the relevant fees. Furthermore, the visitor/user is solely responsible for equipping himself/herself with the necessary technological means to access the services of the website.

The website is committed to ensuring the privacy of its visitors. These Terms of Use - Privacy Policy explain how the personal data of visitors/users are handled in accordance with the current legal framework [(REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), Law 4624/2019 and related legislation].

Each visitor/user is asked to accept the use of Cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy, the first time they visit the website. By using the website, and by accepting this Policy, the visitor/user accepts the website's use of Cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

 

PROTECTION OF MINORS

Visitors/users of the website who are minors are not allowed to access the services of the website that may be considered inappropriate for minors and which cannot be monitored by the website. Any section or service that may contain material that is inappropriate/offensive/immoral is subject to a warning to visitors/users. If, however, underage users voluntarily visit pages containing material that is inappropriate/offensive/immoral and which cannot be continuously monitored, the website is not liable. In any case, even for services provided through the website that are suitable for minors, the latter should always be under the supervision of a parent or guardian.

 

USER CODE OF CONDUCT 

The website must be used exclusively for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not restrict or prevent its use by third parties. The visitor/user must comply with the rules and provisions of the applicable Greek, European and international law and is obliged to use the website in accordance with the law, morals and these Terms of Use. The visitor/user is obliged to refrain from any illegal and abusive behaviour when using the Website and in relation to it, and assumes responsibility for any damage caused to the Foundation and/or a third party due to bad or improper use of the website and/or the relevant services offered through it.

 

LICENSE OF USE 

The Foundation encourages the private use of the content of the website for personal information, as well as use for educational or research purposes. Use in the context of a business, service or organization is not private use. For educational or research purposes only, the reproduction or storage of individual pages or data is permitted, provided that they are accompanied by an indication of their origin on the website and the names of the authors (if they appear on the website), and provided that the relevant industrial and intellectual property rights are not in any way affected. However, visitors/users should be aware that certain files or data may be the intellectual property of third parties (partner institutions, organisations, companies, etc.), and cannot be used without the permission of such third parties (which may be indicated on the relevant indication on the Website).

It is strictly prohibited to store, reproduce, republish, transmit or distribute any part of the content of the website for commercial purposes or for any other use not covered by the above paragraph.

The storage, reproduction, republication, transmission or distribution of the registered trademarks or service marks of the Foundation, as well as the trademarks of partner organisations appearing on the Website is strictly prohibited.

 

COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF SERVICES 

The website reserves the right to modify and/or discontinue temporarily or permanently part or all of its services with or without notice to users/members.

 

DURATION 

The user understands and accepts that the website reserves the exclusive right to discontinue the use of access code(s) to its services and/or to discontinue the availability of its content to users/members, in particular when it believes that they have violated the letter and spirit of these terms of use, as well as the services themselves.

 

COOKIES 

While browsing this website, user identification data may be collected through the use of cookies. The use of cookies makes it easier for our website to store information about the user's visit, secure search, calculate the number of visitors or facilitate registration to our services.

You can delete cookies if you choose to do so. About this see here: www.aboutcookies.org You can delete all cookies already on your computer, as well as set most browsers to not allow cookies to be installed. However, if you choose to delete or remove certain cookies, the operation of our website may be affected.

 

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - TRADE MARKS 

Apart from the expressly mentioned exceptions (copyright of third parties, partners and institutions), the website includes content that constitutes intellectual property of the Foundation, which is also the administrator of the website and is protected by the relevant provisions of Greek and European law, as well as the relevant international conventions. This content includes, without limitation, texts, images, pictures, drawings, graphics, videos, software applications and services provided, as well as logos, company names, trademarks and features belonging to the administrator and/or the persons mentioned on the website as owners of the relevant rights, all of which are protected in accordance with the applicable legislation on industrial and intellectual property.

 

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY – VALIDITY 

The Foundation makes every effort to ensure that all content and information appearing on the website is, as far as possible, accurate, clear, correct, complete, up-to-date and available, but does not guarantee that the pages, services, options and contents will be provided without interruption and without errors, as well as that errors will be corrected. Also, the Foundation does not guarantee that the same or any other related website or the servers ("servers") through which they are made available to the visitor/user are provided free of "viruses" or other harmful components. The Foundation does not guarantee under any circumstances the correctness, completeness or availability of the contents, pages, services, options or their results. The Foundation shall not be liable for any form of damage suffered by the visitor/user of the pages, services, options and contents of the website which he/she enters on his/her own initiative and with knowledge of the Terms of Use.

Each visitor/user must take all appropriate security measures (e.g. anti-virus programs, etc.) before any "loading" from the website. The cost of any corrections or repairs shall be borne by the visitor/user, the Foundation not incurring any liability or charge. The visitor/user is responsible for accessing the services of the website and such access may require the payment of fees to third parties (e.g. internet service providers, internet time charges). The visitor/user is solely responsible for paying the relevant fees. Furthermore, the visitor/user is solely responsible for equipping himself/herself with the necessary technological means to access the services of the website.

 

LINKS TO OTHER SITES 

The website or associated applications have hyperlinks to, and details of, third party websites or associated applications. The site does not control and is not responsible for the availability, content, privacy and data protection policy, quality and completeness of the services of other websites and pages to which it refers through hyperlinks or advertising banners. The website should not be considered as endorsing or accepting the content or services of the websites and pages to which it links or otherwise being linked to them.

 

SERVICES AND PAGES OF A PERSONAL NATURE AND CONTENT 

The user understands and accepts that the website may adopt new terms of use for its services, including time limits that will be maintained on the website services, e-mails, forums, user pages, and/or any other content posted and/or published by the user/member. Users/members understand and agree that the website reserves the right to deactivate e-mail accounts at any time and without charge. In this case, they will be notified in order to receive their stored data within a specified period of time. This notification will be made both by e-mail and by posting on the website. If you do not exercise this right, these data will be securely and permanently deleted.

COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA

The website collects personal data a) when the visitor/user registers to its services b) when using its products and/or services c) when visiting its pages and/or entering its promotional/advertising programs and d) when participating in competitions. The personal data that may be collected for the use of the above services are the following: First name - Surname - - Email – Telephone Number - Address - Postal code - City - Country - Occupation - Age.

The following types of personal data may also be collected, stored and used:

(a) information relating to the user’s computer, as well as to his/her visits and activity on this website or in connected applications (including his/her own IP address, geographical location, type and version of his/her browser, operating system, referral source, duration of the user’s visit, pages read and navigation paths on the website or in connected applications).

(b) information provided by the user when registering on the website or connected applications (including his/her own e-mail address).

(c) the information provided by the user when filling in his/her profile on the website or in connected applications (including: his/her name, profile photos, gender, date of birth, marital status, interests and occupations, details of education and professional background).

(d) the information the user provides to the website for the purpose of subscribing to the website's updates and newsletters by email (including the user’s name and email address).

(e) the information the user provides to the website using the services available on the website or in connected applications (including the time, frequency and manner of use of the services).

(f) the information related to purchases the user makes of products and/or services on the website or other transactions the user makes through the website or through connected applications (including the user’s name, address, telephone number, email address and credit card details).

(g) the information the user posts/uploads on the website or linked applications for the purpose of publishing it online (including the user’s username, profile photos and the content of the user’s posts).

(h) the information contained in, or associated with, any communication that it promotes on the website, or that it promotes via the website or via connected applications (including the content of the communication and the metadata associated with that communication).

(i) any other personal information that the user chooses to send to the website; and

(j) provision of details related to other information collected.

Before disclosing any third party's personal information to the website, the user must first obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and processing of their personal information in accordance with this Policy.

Personal data provided through the website, or related applications, will be used for the purposes stated in this Policy or on the relevant pages of the website or related applications.

The website may use the user's personal data to:

(a) administer the website and related applications and activities

(b) personalize the website and the connected applications for the user

(c) enable the user to use the services provided through the website or connected applications

(d) ship products purchased through the website or connected applications to the user

(e) forward bills, invoices and payment reminders as well as to collect payments from the user from the website

(f) send the user commercial, non-promotional, updates

(g) send the user notifications that the user has specifically requested to receive

(h) send the user newsletters by e-mail, if he/she has opted in (the user may at any time inform the website that he/she no longer wishes to subscribe to the newsletter)

(i) inform of promotions related to the website’s activity (or the activities of carefully selected third parties) that may be of interest to the user, by mail or, if the user has consented to this, by e-mail or related technology (the user may at any time inform the website that he/she does not wish to receive promotional notifications)

(j) provide third parties with statistical information relating to users (but without the recipients of this information being able to personalise any user through it)

(k) deal with queries and complaints from, or relating to, users of the website or connected applications

(l) keep the website and connected applications secure and to prevent fraud

(m) verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website or connected applications (including the control of personal messages sent through the website or the personal messaging service of connected applications).

If a user submits personal information for publication on the website or linked applications, such information will be published and used in accordance with the permission granted by the user.

Privacy Settings can be used to restrict the publication of the user's information on the website or in connected applications, and can be adjusted using the privacy settings on the website or in connected applications.

Without the user's prior expressed consent, the website will not make the user's personal information available to any third party for the direct marketing purposes of the user or any other third party.

The website will only disclose to the payment service provider the information necessary to process payments made by the user through the website or connected applications, to process refunds and to handle complaints and queries related to these payments and refunds.

 

NEWSLETTER 

By subscribing to the website's newsletter, the user accepts to receive exclusive information about the most important news of the Foundation.

 

CORRECTION AND/OR DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA 

The website gives users the right to delete their personal data, correct and/or update their personal data and/or deactivate their registration at any time by sending an e-mail to the website.

TRANSFER AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

The website undertakes not to sell, rent or in any way publish and/or disclose the personal data of visitors/users/members of the website to any third party.

The website can only transfer personal data of its visitors/users/members to third legal and/or natural persons if:

• It has obtained the prior express consent of the visitors/users for the transfer of personal data
• The transfer of personal data to legal and/or natural persons cooperating with the website becomes necessary for the implementation of the users' wishes and/or orders. The legal and natural persons cooperating with the website have the right to process the personal data that the users/members of the website submit to them only to the extent strictly necessary to provide support to the website.
• It is required due to compliance with the relevant provisions of the law and to the competent authorities only.

The Site may disclose users' personal information to any employee, director, insurer, professional advisor, agent, vendor or subcontractor to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes set forth in this Policy.

The Site may disclose users' personal information to any member of the group of companies to which it belongs (i.e. subsidiaries, the parent company and all of its subsidiaries) to the extent reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.

The website may disclose the personal information of users:

(a) to the extent required by law

(b) in connection with existing or potential legal proceedings

(c) to establish, exercise or protect its legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and mitigate credit risk)

(d) to the purchaser (or potential purchaser) of any business or asset it intends (or is considering) selling

(e) to any person who reasonably believes that he or she may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of the personal information where, in the reasonable opinion of the website's officers, such court or competent authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of such personal information.

Except as provided in this Policy, the Site will not make users' personal information available to third parties.

 

RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA 

This Section sets out the policies and procedure for the retention of personal data, which are designed to ensure that the website complies with its legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal information.

Personal information processed by the website for any purpose or purposes will not be retained for longer than the time required for that purpose or purposes.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the Site will retain documents (including electronic documents) that contain personal information:

(a) to the extent required by law,

(b) in connection with existing or contemplated legal proceedings,

(c) to establish, exercise or protect its legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and mitigate credit risk)

 

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 

The website will take every organizational and technological precaution to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of users' personal information.

The website will store all personal information provided by users on secure servers (protected by passwords and firewalls).

All electronic financial transactions carried out through the website or connected applications will be protected by encryption technology.

The user acknowledges that sending information over the Internet presents inherent security problems and therefore the site cannot guarantee the security of the data transmitted through it.

The user is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password used to access the website or connected applications. You will not be asked by the website to disclose this password (except when the user logs in to the website or connected applications).

 

RIGHTS OF USERS 

The user may request the website to provide him/her with any personal information held by the user and relating to him/her. Such provision may be subject to the provision of appropriate evidence of his/her identity (for this purpose, the site administrator will usually accept a photocopy of the user's identity card certified by a lawyer and an original utility bill document showing his/her current address).

The website may withhold personal information requested by the user from the website to the extent permitted by law.

The user may at any time request the website not to process his/her information for commercial purposes.

 

RIGHTS IN RELATION TO PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY THE WEBSITE 

Website users are informed that they have the right to:

            Access to their personal data, 

Correction of their data, if necessary, to rectify the inaccuracies of their data,

Deletion of their data in specific cases,

            Restriction of the processing of their data, 

            Objection to the processing of their data

Transfer of their data to another company, 

Complain to the Data Protection Authority in the event of an unfortunate incident of a breach of their data.

The website will examine and respond to the above requests of users within one month of receipt, and this deadline may be extended by 2 more months if further time is required. 

We inform users that for any issue they may have regarding the security of their data concerning the website, they can contact the following telephone number 210 3503103, as well as the email info@pavlosgiannakopoulosfoundation.gr.

Ενημερώνουμε τους χρήστες ότι για οποιοδήποτε ζήτημα τους απασχολεί σχετικά με την ασφάλεια των δεδομένων τους που αφορούν τον ιστότοπο, μπορούν να επικοινωνούν στο ακόλουθο τηλέφωνο 210 3503103, καθώς και στο email: Mr. Evangelos Desypris has been appointed Data Protection Officer.

CHATS 

The website may maintain real-time chat service areas on the Internet, according to the specific terms and conditions that it provides and offers visitors/users the possibility to develop their own message boards, while giving them the possibility to take part in the discussion of message boards created by other users by sending text messages. Visitors/users of the relevant services must observe the rules of good conduct and decency and not engage in illegal or unethical conduct.

The website can in no way be considered as accepting or endorsing in any way the personal ideas or perceptions expressed in these areas. The website reserves the right to exclude or suspend any visitor/user of the relevant services if it becomes aware of a breach of the above terms. The website may record the content of the messages sent by visitors/users of the relevant services solely for the purpose of detecting violations of the terms of use as specifically provided in the Terms of Use and for no other purpose.

APPLICABLE LAW AND OTHER CONDITIONS

The above terms and conditions of use of the website, as well as any modification thereof, are governed and supplemented by Greek law, the law of the European Union and the relevant international treaties, and the competent courts for the resolution of any dispute are the Courts of Athens. Any provision of the above terms becomes contrary to the law, shall automatically cease to apply, without in any way affecting the validity of the other terms.

The present terms constitute the overall agreement between the website and the visitor/user of its pages and services and are binding only to them. No modification of these terms will be taken into account and will form part of this agreement, unless it has been expressed in writing and incorporated herein. The present terms of use shall prevail over any other terms and shall apply to all the services and applications of the website without exception, without the need for any other specific terms. The user who uses this website and its services shall be deemed to accept these terms unconditionally if he/she does not submit an objection. The website is managed by the Institution.

The website may update this Policy from time to time, publishing the new version on the website or in connected applications. The user should check this page regularly to ensure that they are in compliance with any changes to the terms of this Policy.

The website may inform users of changes to this Policy (either by email or through the website's personal messaging service or connected applications).

The management and protection of the personal data of the visitor/user of the website services is subject to the terms of this section, as well as the relevant provisions of Greek legislation [(REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), Law 4624/2019 and related legislation]. These terms are formulated taking into account both the rapid development of technology, in particular the internet, and the existing - albeit not fully developed - legal framework on these issues. In this context, any possible relevant regulation will be the subject of this section. In any case, the website reserves the right to change the terms of protection of personal data after informing visitors/users and within the existing or potential legal framework.

If a visitor/user does not agree with the terms of protection of personal data provided herein, he/she must not use the services of the website and in particular refuse to register as a member.

Given the nature and volume of the Internet, under any circumstances, including negligence, the website is not liable for any form of damage suffered by the visitor/user of the pages, services, options and contents of the website which he/she undertakes on his/her own initiative and with knowledge of the terms hereof.