A. Introduction
- The privacy of our website visitors is very important to us, and we are committed to protecting it. Our policy explains how we will use your personal information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- Your consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our policy on your first visit to the website allows us to use cookies until you withdraw or fail to renew your consent.
B. Credits
This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (seqlegal.com) and was modified by Website Planet (www.websiteplanet.com).
C. Data Controller
The non-profit association under the name “PROUD SENIORS GREECE – SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ+ INDIVIDUALS 50 & OVER”, based in Athens, with the contact email address proudseniorsgreece@gmail.com, acts as the controller for the processing of your personal data within the context of browsing our website. You may also contact us via the website’s contact form.
D. Collection of Personal Information
The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used during the use of our website:
- Information related to your computer, including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system.
- Information about your visits and use of the website, including the referral source, duration of visit, page views, and website navigation paths.
- Information such as your email address, which you enter during registration on the website.
- Information you enter when creating your profile on our website—for example, your name, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, personal status, interests and hobbies, educational background, and employment details.
- Information, such as your name and email, which you enter while setting up your subscriptions and for the purpose of sending emails and/or newsletters.
- Information you enter while using services on our website.
- Information generated while using the website, such as when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
- Information related to your purchases, services used, and transactions made on the website, which include your name, address, phone number, email address, and credit card details.
- Information you post on the website with the intention of publishing it on the internet, which includes your username, profile information, and the content of your posts.
- Information contained in any communication with us via email or the website, including the communication content and metadata.
- Any other personal information you send to us.
Note: Before disclosing the personal information of a third party, you must obtain that person’s consent regarding both the disclosure and the processing of their personal information.
E. Use of Your Personal Information
Personal information submitted to us is used for the purposes specified in this policy. We may use your personal information for the following:
- Administration of our website.
- Personalization of the website for you.
- Enabling your use of available services on our website.
- Sending non-marketing communications.
- Sending email notifications regarding your requests.
- Sending our email newsletter if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive it).
- Providing third parties with statistical information about our users (these third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from this information).
- Managing inquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website.
- Maintaining website security and preventing fraud.
- Verifying compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our private messaging service).
If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish or use that information in accordance with the license you grant us. Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website and can be adjusted using privacy controls on the site.
Legal Basis: The legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent for information you choose to provide of your own initiative. We rely on our legitimate interest for the effective and secure management and operation of our website regarding information collected automatically during navigation. We will not disclose your personal information to any third party for their or any other third party’s direct marketing without your express consent.
F. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information to any of our members for the purposes set out in this policy. We may also disclose your personal information:
- To the extent required by law.
- In connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings.
- To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing risk).
- To any person we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure.
Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
G. International Data Transfers
- Information we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
- Information we collect may be transferred to the following countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area (EEA): USA, Russia, Japan, China, and India. In any case, we will not transfer your personal data outside the EEA unless one of the conditions provided by the GDPR is met, such as: (a) an adequacy decision by the European Commission, (b) appropriate safeguards (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses), or (c) specific derogations for explicit consent, necessity for a contract, or legal claims.
- Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication may be available via the internet around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
H. Retention of Personal Data
This Section sets out our data retention policies and procedures, designed to ensure compliance with our legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal data.
- Personal data processed for any purpose shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
- In any case, your personal data will be deleted after 3 years, or alternatively, once you withdraw or choose not to renew your consent.
- Notwithstanding the above, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:
- To the extent required by law.
- If we believe the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings.
- To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.
I. Security of Your Personal Data
- We will take reasonable technical and organizational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal data.
- We will store all personal data you provide on our secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
- You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of data sent over the internet.
- You are responsible for keeping the password you use confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).
J. Amendments
We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you understand any changes. We may notify you of changes via email or the private messaging system on our website.
K. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to be informed about the processing of your data, to request access, rectification, or deletion of your data, and the restriction of or objection to processing. Where applicable, you have the right to data portability. When processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. You also have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling.
To exercise your rights, please contact us using the details provided in this policy. We will respond within one (1) month. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Supervisory Authority.
L. Third-Party Websites
Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third-party websites. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
M. Updating Information
Please let us know if the personal information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
N. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. We use only session cookies on our website.
- We use Google Analytics and Adwords to recognize a computer when a user visits the website, track users, improve usability, analyze usage, and prevent fraud.
- Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies (e.g., via “Internet Options” in IE, “Privacy” settings in Firefox, or “Content settings” in Chrome). Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.
- You can delete cookies already stored on your computer through your browser settings. Deleting cookies will also have a negative impact on the functionality of many websites.