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Cookies policy statement

 

Processing of personal data

The Cookies Policy of www.principalline.gr website (hereinafter “Website”) has been drafted in the simplest way possible, so that it can be easily understood by all its users. If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please contact info@principalline.gr.

By browsing the Website, the user agrees to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy and the privacy policy of the Website. This written informative notice is an extension of the information banner for the use of cookies that appears when users first visit the homepage. The Cookies Policy is part of the terms of use of the Website and may be modified from time to time. We recommend that you check the Cookies Policy regularly to be informed of any changes.

The Cookies Policy, which is published on our Website, is the one that is valid at all times. The “LAST AMENDMENT” section at the bottom of this page describes when this Policy was last modified. No modification of the Cookies Policy is valid if it is not published on our Website. If there is any substantial change in our Cookies Policy, we will notify you with a new message when you enter the Website. If we make any substantial changes to our Cookies Policy, we will ask you to accept it again.

 

What are the cookies?

“Cookies” are small pieces of files in the form of text, which are stored in the browser of the user when visiting a Website. The information stored on the User’s computer may contain information such as which pages the user has visited, the date and time of the visit as well as a random and unique user ID. In no case do cookies contain personal information or information, which will allow anyone to communicate with the visitor of the website, by phone, e-mail, etc. In addition, using cookies there is no access to your computer’s documents or files.

Categories of cookies

  1. Depending on how long they remain stored on your device, cookies are divided into “session cookies” and “persistent cookies”:

  • “Session cookies” are stored on your device when you visit the Website and are automatically deleted after you close the browser (e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, DuckDuckGo, etc.).

  • “Persistent cookies” are stored on your device at the time you visit the Website and remain stored even after closing the browser. The “persistent cookies” will be activated again automatically when you open the browser and browse the internet.

  1. They can also be distinguished into first-party and third-party cookies. Depending on the Website or the website (domain) that installs the cookie, cookies are characterized as “first” or “third” party.

  • First-party cookies in general are cookies that are installed from the website that the user visits (in our case they are the cookies that our website installs).

  • Third-party cookies are cookies that are installed from a website (domain) different from the one visited by the user. If the user visits a website and a different company installs a cookie through that website, this cookie will be third party (such as Facebook, Twitter and other social networks).

 

Which Cookies do we use and why?

We use cookies to give you the best possible browsing experience. Some cookies are technically necessary for the proper use of the Website, while other cookies are used to perform functions such as advertising, obtaining statistics (i.e. how many visitors visited specific pages on our Website or saw our ads when using other websites) and facilitating your interaction via social media. Obtaining statistics and our interaction with social media helps us to better design our Website and to constantly improve it to offer you the best possible experience when using it.

We, and / or third parties that provide services on our behalf, categorize cookies as it is described below. You can either select or exclude each of the categories of cookies separately (except for the absolutely necessary cookies) at any time. Let’s see them below:

 

Absolutely Necessary Cookies

These cookies are absolutely necessary to enable you to visit our Website and use its features properly. Basic functions, such as the following, are based on these important cookies:

  • Stay connected to the Website;

  • Recognize your personal information, which you enter on the Website at the time of your interaction with it;

  • Generally, to provide you with services and information upon your request.

 

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how users use the Website in order to be able to improve the Website itself and your experience as visitors. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you. Such cookies may collect information about:

  • Pages you visit most often,

  • Products and services that attract the greatest interest of users,

  • Ads or offers you have seen,

  • Links you have selected,

  • Error messages that you may receive while browsing the Website.

Our website uses the following performance cookies:

  • _UA is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, that sets unique identity number of the account or website it relates to and its retention period is for a session.

Targeting Cookies/ Advertising

These Cookies store your online activities, including your visits to the Internet, the pages you visit, as well as the links and ads you select. One of our purposes is to make the content of our Website more relevant to your preferences. Another purpose is to be able to provide you with ads or other communications designed to be more relevant to your obvious interests.

Providing ads based on your interests may include us, our service providers, and our partners, such as advertisers, data management platforms, and demand-driven platforms. We, our service providers and partners may also add other data to information collected by these cookies, including information obtained from third parties. We may also share this information with third parties to send ads to you.

 

How you may control Cookies

The Website has only the absolutely necessary cookies activated. When you visit the Website for the first time, a box (cookies banner) appears which informs you about the use of cookies by the Website. This box gives you the following options:

 

  • Accept the installation of all cookies, used by our Website, on your device.

  • Select the “Learn More” to choose which cookies will be installed on your device. In this case, you do not have the ability to disable the absolutely necessary cookies.

  • Visit and read this Cookies Policy.

You can change your settings at any time by clicking on the button that appears down on the left hand side of your screen.

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but they do provide controls that allow you to block or delete cookies. You can enable or disable the installation of cookies on your device by changing the settings of your browser at any time. You can also configure the browser you use to notify you before a cookie is installed on your device, or follow the browser instructions to delete any cookies that are already installed. If you use multiple devices, you need to configure your browser to suit each of your devices.

If you choose to disable all cookies, you may not be able to fully enjoy the interactive features of our Website or receive our services via our Website.

To manage cookies via your browser, select the following hyperlinks to be redirected to your browser’s instructions page:

 

Microsoft Windows Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Apple Safari

Opera

 

Mobile devices:

Android

Safari

Windows Phone

Blackberry

 

If you use another browser, you can find the cookie setup instructions in the support section of your browser.

You can find out more about cookies on the following third party websites:

AllAboutCookies: http://allaboutcookies.org/

Cookiepedia:http://cookiepedia.co.uk/

Privacy

Privacy policy statement

 

Processing of personal data

This policy applies to all personal data processed by “PRINCIPALLINE” (hereinafter called as the “Company”),  through its website www.principalline.gr.

  • What is personal data processing?

It is any operation or series of operations performed with or without the use of automated means, in personal data or in personal data sets, such as collection, registration, organization, structure, storage, adaptation or modification, retrieval, search for information, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of disposal, association or combination, restriction, deletion or destruction.

  • Which data we collect

  1. Data we collect from you

You can contact our company either electronically, by filling out the contact form (“Get Quote”) or making use of the contact details (“Contact”) we have on our website. In addition, you may freely opt for subscription to our company’s newsletter, providing us with your e-mail address on the relevant field (“sign up to get latest updates”).

In order to get in touch with you, the personal data we may collect about you is your name, telephone number, email and/ or post address and your message’s content. This data is necessary so that we can contact you as soon as possible.

We process and protect any personal data you provide to us via the completion of these fields, demonstrating the same diligence that we exercise for any of your other personal data, in accordance with this policy.

We do not transmit your personal data to any third party and we use it exclusively to contact you, responding to your request.

We maintain this data, taking all appropriate technical and organizational security measures to ensure their protection.

We retain your personal data for one (1) year from the date you submitted your request.

  1. Data we collect from you with automated means

When you use our website, your device automatically provides us with data so that we can serve and tailor our response to you. The type of information we collect through automated means generally includes technical information about your device, such as the IP address or other device ID, the type of device you are using, and the version of the operating system.

The data we collect may also include usage information and statistics about your interaction with the website. This may also include information about the URLs of the web pages you visited, the referring/ exit pages, page views, the length of stay on a page, the number of clicks, the type of platform and other information about how you used the platform.

This information is collected using Cookies and other similar tracking technologies. We encourage you to carefully read our Cookies Policy, (LINK WITH COOKIES POLICY) to learn more about Cookies, how to use them and how you can control their use.

  • Communications

The Company’s official email address is info@principalline.gr.

Any address other than this is not an official address of our company. Our company is not responsible for any data that may be exchanged with any other address claiming to belong to it. If you receive a message claiming that it comes from our company, but does not come from our official address, please let us know at info@principalline.gr.

  • Access to your personal data

Only our authorized personnel, who are bound by confidentiality clauses or a regulatory obligation of confidentiality, have access to the emails we receive at our official address or through the contact form.

We do not forward to third party emails which we receive at our official email address or through the contact form without the explicit consent of the sender.

We retain the messages we receive at our official address until the end of our contractual relationship in order to continuously provide our services to you and ensure seamless communication between us.

Exceptions may be the cases in which the forwarding to third parties or non-deletion of the electronic messages we receive is necessary for the observance of obligations of our practice deriving from the law or for the establishment, exercise or support of legal claims.

  • Website

Our website uses an encryption system (TLS ) to ensure greater security during your navigation.

Our website, especially in “News”, where we publish informative articles, may include hyperlinks, which redirect to third party websites. These websites are not subject to the control of the Company and therefore we cannot guarantee that the privacy policy of these websites is in line with ours. We encourage you to carefully read the policies and terms and conditions of use of these websites.

  • Social Media

Our company uses social media to promote its activity. Specifically, we have a page on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

This policy does not apply when you use social media to contact our company. Instead, the processing of your personal data is subject to the privacy policy of such social media. We advise you to read the social media privacy policy carefully before using them.

  • Your rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to information
You have the right to be informed about the collection and processing of your personal data.
Right to access You have the right to receive confirmation from us as to whether or not your personal data is being processed and, if so, you have the right to access your personal data in a concise, comprehensible, transparent and easily accessible form.

Right to correction
You can request and we will ensure that without undue delay we will correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data, including via a supplementary statement.

Right to erasure
You have the right to ask us to delete the personal data that concern you, without undue delay and we will proceed with the deletion, under the conditions set by the law.
Right to processing limitation
You have the right to ask us to limit processing activities to specific purposes only, subject to the conditions set by the law.

Right to object
You have the right to object, at any time and for reasons related to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you. We will no longer process personal data unless there are compelling and legitimate reasons for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms or to establish, exercise or uphold legal claims.

Right to data portability
You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided us with, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, as well as the right to request the transfer of such data to another processor without objection from us under the conditions set by the law.

Right to human interference
You have the right to not be subject to a decision made solely on the basis of automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects that concern you or significantly affect you in a similar way.

If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at info@principalline.gr.

We will respond to your request within thirty (30) days of receipt. In case an extension of the above deadline is required for the investigation and / or processing of your request, we will inform you, explaining the reasons why the extension of the deadline is necessary.

In any case, if you feel that the protection of your personal data has been violated in any way, you have the right to file a complaint to the Hellenic Personal Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr).

Enquiries

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or would like any clarification, please contact us at info@principalline.gr.

LAST AMENDMENT: 15/3/2022