Protecting your personal data is important to us. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in compliance with the GDPR.
Data Collection: When you register for a seminar or our newsletter, we collect personal data such as your name, email, and other information you provide. Data collection is based on your consent or legitimate interest.
Data Use: We use your data to inform you about seminars and activities of Homo Happiens. Data is used exclusively for the purposes stated at the time of collection.
Data Sharing: We do not share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except as required by law. We do not transfer data outside the European Union without appropriate safeguards.
Data Retention: We retain your data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. You can request the deletion of your data at any time.
User Rights (GDPR): You have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict the processing of your data. You can also request the transfer of your data or object to its processing. For any request, contact us at info@homohappiens.gr.
Security: We take technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access or misuse.
This policy aims to explain how and why we use your personal data when you navigate the website https://www.homohappiens.gr/gr, especially in relation to your communication with us, when sending emails to the website's email address info@homohappiens.gr for information, clarifications, or any potential transactions with the Business. It also explains your related rights and options.
To ensure transparency in the collection, use, and storage of your personal data, the Business encourages visitors/users of the website and any interested parties to read this Data Processing Policy to receive the following information:
1. Who is responsible for your personal data?
The sole proprietorship "Pavlos Dritsas," hereafter referred to as the "Business," will be the primary Data Controller for your personal data, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), which came into effect on 25.05.2018, national legislation (Law 4624/2019), and the relevant guidelines of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA). Additionally, other collaborating businesses or professionals, such as those providing digital or IT services, may process your personal data to the extent permitted by law, your consent, and the purpose of processing, which is to communicate with you.
2. What personal data do we process and how do we use it?
Our Business informs visitors/users of its website that through https://www.homohappiens.gr/gr, it may collect information about you, but only if you provide it. The minimum personal data processed includes:
This data collection is essential for initiating, maintaining, and executing business relationships with you. If you oppose the provision or processing of your personal data, we may not be able to initiate or continue our relationship with you or respond to your inquiries.
3. Purposes and legal basis for processing
We process your personal data to fulfill your requests, particularly for:
The legal basis for this processing is compliance with current law, the execution of a service contract, or your consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
4. Withdrawal of consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by sending a simple written or electronic statement. In such cases, we will only process your data further if there is another legal basis for doing so.
5. Data subject rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
6. Who are the recipients of your personal data?
We may share your personal data with service providers – external partners (data processors) within or outside the Business, such as IT or cloud services, strictly following our instructions. We maintain control over your data and use appropriate protective measures as required.
7. Data Retention Period
The Company retains your personal data for as long as is required by each processing purpose and as provided on a case-by-case basis by the applicable legal and regulatory framework, as well as for the entire duration of our transactional relationship. However, in any case, data is retained for a period of five (5) years from the last calendar day of the year in which your transactional relationship with the Company ends, especially in the case of any type of claim, and for as long as the claim persists. After this period, the data will be securely and irretrievably deleted.
Regarding the information deemed necessary for your registration to our services, such as your email address, it will be retained for as long as your membership in the website’s newsletter service remains active or our transactional relationship continues.
In the case of legal disputes, your personal data will be retained until the resolution of the legal process, even if it exceeds the aforementioned five (5) year period.
8. Exercise of Your Rights and Filing Complaints
Any request related to your personal data and the exercise of your rights should be directed to the Company via telephone.
The Company reserves the right, after reviewing your request, to address it within thirty (30) days, or longer in the case of a justified delay, provided that the request is lawful and valid. Before providing personal data upon your request, we may ask for proof of identity via a legal document and sufficient information about your transactions with us to locate your personal data.
If the Company refuses or unjustifiably delays addressing your requests in the exercise of your rights, you have the right to appeal to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, which is the competent supervisory authority for GDPR enforcement.
In any case, you retain the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe your personal data is being processed in violation of the applicable laws. For more information, you can visit www.dpa.gr.
If you decide to unsubscribe from a particular service or communication, we will make every effort to delete your data as soon as possible, though it may take some time or additional information before we can process your request. The Company reserves the right to retain your personal data in cases where there is a legal obligation, the exercise of claims, or the fulfillment of its contractual obligations.
9. Technical and Organizational Measures
Our Company, prioritizing the security and protection of your personal data, takes care to implement sufficient and necessary technical and organizational measures to safeguard both technological and physical security in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR (e.g., encryption, regular testing, restricted access, CCTV in designated areas, special codes for authorized individuals to access our databases, etc.) and adheres to the processing principles outlined by the GDPR, namely the principles of lawfulness, objectivity, and transparency; purpose limitation; data minimization; accuracy; storage limitation; and integrity and confidentiality (Article 5 of the GDPR).
To safeguard your privacy, we apply best practices for ensuring the security of your personal data by implementing the necessary technical and organizational measures required by the GDPR. The data is protected against loss of availability, integrity, and confidentiality.
Finally, our Company applies the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol with strong encryption on its website, ensuring the confidentiality and inviolability of user transactions and personal data.
The Company informs you that it is in continuous compliance with the terms of General Regulation (EU) 2016/679 regarding the protection of individuals against the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data and continuously strives to comply with it.
10. Special Declarations of Our Company
● Our Company declares that, based on its current data protection policy and the applicable legal and regulatory framework, it may revise or modify this Policy, which will always be available in its updated version on our website. The currently valid Policy is always the one formed by the most recent amendment.
● We inform you that the Company uses “cookies” on its website to improve your online experience. For details about cookies, you can refer to the Cookie Policy, which you can access here.
● By reading this document, the user/visitor of the website acknowledges the aforementioned processing, which complies with Regulation 2016/679 and its considerations, exclusively for the purposes stated above and for purposes compatible with those.
11. Useful Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding your rights or specific requests about your personal data, please contact the Company at the email address: info@homohappiens.gr or via our call center at 2107221668.
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