PRIVACY POLICY
COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA
The website codeforum.gr collects personal data:
(a) when the visitor/user registers for its services,
(b) when using its products and/or services,
(c) when visiting its pages and/or participating in its promotional/advertising programs, and
(d) when participating in competitions.
The mandatory personal data collected are: First Name – Last Name – Email – Phone – Address – Postal Code – City – Country – Profession – Age.
The following types of personal data may also be collected, stored, and used:
(α) πληροφορίες σχετικές με τον υπολογιστή του χρήστη, καθώς και με τις επισκέψεις του, και τη δραστηριότητά του, σε αυτόν τον ιστότοπο ή σε συνδεόμενες εφαρμογές (συμπεριλαμβανομένων [της δικής του διεύθυνσης IP, της γεωγραφικής του θέσης, του είδους και της έκδοσης του πλοηγού του, του λειτουργικού του συστήματος, της πηγής παραπομπής του, της διάρκειας της επίσκεψής του, των σελίδων που ανέγνωσε και των διαδρόμων πλοήγησης στον ιστότοπό ή σε συνδεόμενες εφαρμογές].
(b) Information provided when registering on the website or related applications (including email address).
(c) Information provided when completing a profile on the website or related applications (including name, profile photos, gender, date of birth, marital status, interests and hobbies, educational details, and professional background).
(d) Information provided to subscribe to updates and newsletters of the website and/or other websites commercially operated by the same company and/or group via email (including name and email address).
(e) Information provided when using services available on the website or related applications (including timing, frequency, and manner of use).
(f) Information relating to purchases of products/services through the website or related applications, or other transactions (including name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card details).
(g) Information posted/published on the website or related applications for publication on the internet (including username, profile photos, and post content).
(h) Information contained in or relating to any communication sent to the website or through the website or related applications (including communication content and metadata).
(i) Any other personal information voluntarily sent to the website.
(j) Details relating to other collected information.
Before disclosing personal data of a third party to the website, the user must obtain that person’s consent for both disclosure and processing in accordance with this Policy.
Personal data provided through the website or related applications will be used for the purposes specified in this Policy or on relevant pages of the website or related applications.
The website may use personal data to:
(a) administer the website and related applications and activities
(b) personalize the website and related applications
(c) enable use of services provided
(d) deliver purchased products
(e) send statements, invoices, payment reminders, and collect payments
(f) send non-promotional commercial communications
(g) send notifications specifically requested
(h) send newsletters (with option to unsubscribe at any time)
(i) send promotional information related to its activities (or carefully selected third parties), by mail or email if consented (with option to opt out at any time)
(j) provide anonymized statistical information to third parties
(k) manage inquiries and complaints
(l) maintain website security and prevent fraud
(m) verify compliance with terms of use (including monitoring private messages sent via the website or related applications).
If the user submits personal information for publication, it will be published and used in accordance with the permission granted.
Privacy settings may be used to restrict publication of user information and can be adjusted within the website or related applications.
Without explicit consent, the website will not provide personal data to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
All financial transactions are processed through its payment service provider […..]. The provider’s Privacy Policy is available at [URL]. Only necessary data for payment processing, refunds, and related complaints will be shared.
CORRECTION AND/OR DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA
Users may delete, correct, update personal data, or deactivate their registration at any time by sending an email to the website.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
The website commits not to sell, rent, publish, or otherwise disclose personal data to third parties.
Personal data may be disclosed only if:
• It has the explicit consent of visitors/users for the transmission of personal data, which is presumed to be granted when the user registers as a member on the website and does not submit an objection request, as described above.
• The transmission of personal data to legal entities and/or natural persons cooperating with the website is necessary for the fulfillment of users’ wishes and/or orders. The legal and natural persons collaborating with the website have the right to process the personal data submitted by the website’s users/members only to the extent that is strictly necessary to provide support to the website.
• It is required for compliance with the relevant provisions of the law and only towards the competent authorities.
The website may disclose users’ personal information to any employee, executive, insurer, professional advisor, agent, supplier, or subcontractor, to the extent that it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.
The website may disclose users’ personal information to any member of the group of companies to which it belongs (i.e., its subsidiaries, its parent company, and all of its subsidiaries), to the extent that it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.
The website may disclose users’ personal information:
(a) to the extent that it is required by law
(b) in connection with any existing or prospective legal proceedings
(c) to establish, exercise, or defend its legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and mitigate credit risk)
(d) to the buyer (or prospective buyer) of any business or assets it intends (or is considering) selling
(e) to any person who it reasonably believes may apply to a court or other competent authority for the disclosure of personal information, where, in the reasonable judgment of the website’s officials, that court or competent authority would be reasonably likely to order the disclosure of such personal information.
Except in the cases provided for in this Policy, the website will not disclose users’ personal information to third parties.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
The information collected by the website may be stored, processed in, and transferred to any of the countries in which it operates in order to facilitate the use of such information in accordance with this Policy.
Information collected by the website may also be transferred to the following countries, which do not implement data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China, and India.
Personal information that users post on the website or on connected applications, or submit for posting on the website or connected applications, may become available worldwide via the Internet. The website cannot prevent the use, or misuse, of this information by other persons.
The user expressly consents to the transfer of personal information as described above.
RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA
This Section sets out the policies and procedures for the retention of personal data, designed to ensure that the website complies with its legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal information.
The personal information processed by the website for any reason or reasons will not be retained for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.
Subject to all the provisions set out in these terms, the website will generally delete personal data falling into the following categories on the date/time specified below:
(a) [Type of personal data] will be deleted on (date/time)
(b) [Repeat as necessary.]
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, the website will retain documents (including electronic documents) that contain personal data:
(a) To the extent required by law
(b) If the website’s officials determine that such documents are relevant to any existing or potential legal/judicial proceedings
(c) To establish, exercise, or defend its legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and mitigate credit risk)
PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The website will take all organizational and technological precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of users’ personal information.
Ο ιστότοπος θα αποθηκεύει το σύνολο των προσωπικών στοιχείων που παρέχονται από τους χρήστες σε ασφαλείς διακομιστές (προστατευόμενους από κωδικούς και τείχη προστασίας [firewall]).
All electronic financial transactions conducted through the website or connected applications will be protected by encryption technology.
The user acknowledges that transmitting information over the Internet involves inherent security risks and, consequently, the website cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted through it.
The user is responsible for keeping the password they use to access the website or connected applications confidential. The website will not ask the user to disclose this password (except when the user logs in to the website or connected applications).
USER RIGHTS
The user may request the website to provide any personal information it holds about them. This provision is subject to:
(a) a fixed fee may be charged; and
(b) the provision of appropriate proof of identity (for this purpose, the website official will typically accept a notarized photocopy of the user’s ID card, as well as an original utility bill showing the current address).
The website may retain personal data requested by the user to the extent permitted by law.
The user may at any time request the website not to process their data for commercial purposes.
In practice, the user will either explicitly and in advance consent to the processing of their personal information for commercial purposes, or will be given the option to opt out of the processing of their personal information for commercial purposes.
RIGHT OF OBJECTION
The visitor/user has the right to object by submitting a request to the website and to request the correction or deletion of their personal data, as well as their removal as a member, via an electronic message through the website’s contact form and in accordance with the provisions set out in these terms – privacy policy.
“Dear Sir / Madam, please, in accordance with Law 2472/1997, Article 13, correct as follows (…) or delete my personal data that you hold in your records.”
APPLICABLE LAW AND OTHER TERMS
The above terms and conditions of use of the website, as well as any modifications thereto, are governed and supplemented by Greek law, European Union law, and the relevant international treaties. The competent courts for the resolution of any dispute are the Courts of Athens. Any provision of the above terms that is found to be contrary to the law shall automatically cease to apply, without, in any case, affecting the validity of the remaining terms.
This constitutes the entire agreement between the website and the visitor/user of its pages and services and binds only them. No modification of these terms will be considered or form part of this agreement unless it is made in writing and incorporated into it. These terms of use prevail over any other terms and apply to all services and applications of the website without the need for any additional specific terms. A user who uses this website and its services is presumed to unreservedly accept these terms if no objection is submitted.
The website may update this Policy from time to time by publishing the new version on the website or on connected applications.
The user should regularly check this page to ensure they are aware of and agree with any changes to the terms of this Policy.
The website may notify users of changes to this Policy (either via email or through the website’s or connected applications’ private messaging service).
The management and protection of the personal data of the visitor/user of the website’s services is subject to the terms of this section, as well as the relevant provisions of Greek law (Law 2472/1997 on the protection of individuals and personal data, as supplemented by the decisions of the President of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Presidential Decrees 207/1998 and 79/2000, Article 8 of Law 2819/2000, and Law 2774/1999) and European law (Directives 95/46/EC and 97/66/EC). These terms are formulated taking into account both the rapid development of technology, particularly the Internet, and the existing—though not fully developed—framework of legal regulations on these matters. Within this context, any future relevant regulation will be incorporated into this section. In any case, the website reserves the right to change the terms of personal data protection after notifying visitors/users and within the existing or any future legal framework.
If a visitor/user does not agree with the personal data protection terms set out herein, they must not use the website’s services and, in particular, must refuse to register as a member.
Given the nature and scope of the Internet, under any circumstances, including in cases of negligence, the website is not liable for any form of damage suffered by the visitor/user of its pages, services, options, and content, when accessed on their own initiative and with knowledge of the terms set forth herein.
