The Institute’s primary concern is to ensure all the parameters for the transparency and safe browsing of our website.
The Privacy Policy aims to clarify and inform you in detail about the purpose of collecting, processing and using your personal data.
This website is designed to meet the compliance criteria required by the following European regulations/directives as well as the applicable Greek legislation:
- General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR)
- Law 4624/2019, in which Directive (EU) 2016/680 was incorporated into national legislation
- Law 3471/2006 (Government Gazette 133/Α ́/28.6.2006), which incorporates Directive 2002/58/EC (e-Privacy Directive), as amended by Directive 2009/136/EC and is a complement and specification of the institutional framework for the protection of personal data in the field of electronic communications.
- Article F of the Treaty on European Union, Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Convention 108 of the Council of Europe and its update.
The personal data collected by the Institute are collected, processed, registered and stored confidentially by the Data Controller in accordance with the above-mentioned applicable provisions on personal data protection.
Therefore, we ask you to carefully review the following summary on how our Institute’s website works.
If, after becoming aware of it, you disagree, please leave immediately.
1.General information
The Data Controller of your personal data collected through this website is the Institute of Psychosocial Development, with the distinctive title “I.P.A.”, was founded in 2001 with the legal form of the “Civil Non-Profit Company”, which has its registered office in Larissa, 21 M. Alexandrou Street.
We are committed to you to maintaining confidentiality and respecting your personal data.
You can contact us for any questions you may have regarding this Policy, as well as any issue related to the processing of your Data and the exercise of your rights at: ipsa.larissa@gmail.com
2.Security of personal data
When you use our website or communicate with us, it is necessary to collect and process your personal data, which is necessary for the proper and secure operation of the website and always within the framework dictated by the applicable legislation, in full compliance with it. Your trust is our priority and we are committed to maintaining it in its entirety.
This Privacy Policy provides detailed information about when and for what purpose we collect your personal data, how we use and process it, and how long we keep it.
3.Personal data provided to us automatically
By visiting and browsing the website alone, certain information may be automatically collected, which can directly or indirectly identify you, such as:
- your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- browser type and operating system;
- the websites you visited immediately before and after your visit to the page;
- the speed of the connection and information about the software programs installed on the computer;
- basic server connection information, and
- information collected through HTML cookies, Flash cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies (see Cookies section below).
The Institute maintains electronic files with these data exclusively for communication, statistical and improvement of the services provided and customer management.
4.Purpose of collecting your personal data
The purpose of collecting, processing, using and storing your personal data, to the extent that it is absolutely necessary and necessary, is on the one hand the proper functioning of the website and on the other hand the best possible access to its content and your immediate, uninterrupted service.
In summary, we collect and use your personal data for the following reasons:
- Promotions (subscribe to the newsletter)
- Customer and website visitor support
- Statistical analysis of the traffic and use of our website
5.Who are the recipients of your Data
The personal data we may collect retains its personal character and is never disclosed to third parties (except where provided by the Law and the Competent Authorities and those set out below).
The Institute restricts recipients as far as possible, in order to ensure adequate protection, in accordance with the Greek and European legislation in force at the time.
The Institute never intends to sell, disclose and generally disclose to third parties your personal data collected through this website, beyond the strictly restrictive cases listed below, namely:
- To our partners for the purposes described in this text.
- To service providers who provide services on our behalf based on our instructions. We do not authorize these providers to use or disclose the information unless necessary to provide services on our behalf or to comply with legal requirements. Examples of these service providers include entities that process credit card payments, process orders, and provide network hosting and advertising services.
- To companies of technical support and software maintenance, website management, provision of electronic newsletter management software.
- To other third parties, with your consent.
We may disclose information about you(i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process,(ii) to law enforcement or other government officials, or (iii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent bodily harm or financial loss, or in cooperation with an investigation of suspicious or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. in the event of a sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets. In the event that such a sale or transfer occurs, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the assignee to use the personal information you have provided to us in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which your personal information will be transferred with any questions about the processing of such information.
The Institute has made significant efforts to take all preventive measures to maintain the confidentiality and security of personal data and to prevent their distortion, damage, destruction and accessibility by unauthorized third parties. Technical and organizational security measures include state-of-the-art technology. However, the Institute cannot control the risk associated with the operation of the Internet and therefore draws your attention to the existence of potential risks related to its use and operation.
None of your personal data, lawfully collected during your visit to our website, is sent outside the scope of the European Union.
6.Information retention time
The Institute will retain the personal data collected through the website for the time strictly necessary for the fulfillment of the above processing purposes.
If you withdraw your consent to the collection of your personal data, they are deleted from its electronic files, unless their retention becomes necessary in compliance with a legal obligation or for the exercise, establishment or defence of its rights or legitimate interests before judicial authorities.
7.Data Security
Recognizing the importance of the security of your Personal Data, we have taken all necessary organizational and technical measures to protect it, which are reviewed and amended when necessary.
We assure you that we maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide from accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.
Among other things, the data is stored on a server certified according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 27001.
8.What are your rights?
In accordance with the GDPR on the protection of personal data, you have the opportunity to exercise the following rights:
- You have the right to access your Data.
This means that you have the right to be informed by us how and what Data we process about you. You can ask to be informed about the purpose of the processing, the type of Data we hold about you, to whom we give it to, how long we store it, whether automated decision-making takes place. - You have the right to
rectification.If you find that there is an error in your Data, you may request that we correct your inaccurate Data and fill in incomplete data so that it is complete and accurate. - You have the right to delete.
You may ask us to delete your Data if it is no longer necessary for the above-mentioned processing purposes. - You have the right to restrict processing.
You can ask us to restrict the processing of your Data for as long as your processing objections are pending. - You may object at any time to the processing of your Data or withdraw your consent, where required, and we will stop processing your Data, unless there are other compelling and legitimate reasons that override your right or if they are no longer necessary for the above-mentioned processing purposes.
9.How you can exercise your rights
You can exercise your above rights either by phone or in writing by submitting an application to our company’s headquarters. In addition, you may submit your application to the following email address: ipsa.larissa@gmail.com
We are committed to responding promptly to your requests free of charge and without delay, and in any event within (1) one month from the time we receive your request.
10.Changes to the privacy and data protection policy
We update this Policy whenever necessary. If there are significant changes to the Policy or to the way we use your Data, we declare that the Institute will not inform each of the visitors/users of the website of these changes by any special action separately.
We recommend that you periodically review this Policy to be aware of how your Data is protected.
Your continued use of our website, even after any changes to the Privacy Policy, means your unconditional acceptance of these terms.