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.
- Your consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our policy on your first visit to the website allows us to use cookies each time you visit our website.
B. Collection of personal information
The following types of personal information may be collected, stored and used:
- Information about your computer including your IP address, your geographical location, your browser type and version and your operating system.
- Information about your visits and use of the website including the external source, the duration of the visit, the page views and the navigation path on the website
- Information such as your email address, which you enter when registering on the website.
- Information you enter when creating your profile on our website—for example, your name, profile photos, gender, date of birth, personal status, interests and hobbies, information about your education, and information about your employment.
- Information, such as your name and email, that you enter when setting up your subscriptions and for sending emails and/or newsletters.
- Information you enter when using services on our website.
- Information that arises when using the website, such as when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
- Information that you share with the website with the intention of publishing online, which includes your username, your profile information, and the content of your posts.
- Information contained in any communication you have with us by email or through the website, including the content of the communication and metadata.
- Any other personal information you send us.
Before you disclose any personal information of a third party, you must have that person's consent to the sharing and processing of their personal information in accordance with this policy.
C. Use of your personal information
The personal information submitted to us is used for the purposes set out in this policy on the relevant pages of the website. We may use the personal information for the following purposes:
- managing our website and business
- personalizing the website for you
- enabling you to use the services available on our website
- providing services you purchase through our website
- sending you email notifications about your requests
- sending you our newsletter by email if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter)
- sending you marketing communications, related to your business or the businesses of certain third parties that we believe may be of interest to you, by means of notifications or, if you have agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer wish to receive marketing communications)
- managing your requests and complaints or those related to your website
- maintaining the security of the website and preventing any fraud
- confirming compliance with the terms and conditions of provision of the our website (including monitoring personal messages sent through our private online messaging service) and
other uses.
If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish or use that information in accordance with your authorization.
Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website and can be configured using the privacy controls on the website.
We will not share your personal information without your consent with any third party or any commercial division of a third party.
D. Sharing personal information
We will not share your personal information with anyone other than through our online contact form to the business owners you choose to contact.
We may share our personal information:
- to the extent required by law
- in connection with any current or future legal process
- to any judicial or other competent authority we reasonably believe may be required to disclose information in the event that we believe that the relevant authority will require the disclosure of the personal information in question.
Also, as stated in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
E. Security of your personal data
- We will take the necessary precautions at a technical and organizational level to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal data.
- We will store all personal data you provide on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
- All electronic financial transactions carried out on our website are protected by our encryption technology.
- You accept that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted 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).
F. Changes
We may update our policy from time to time by posting a new version on our website from time to time.
You should occasionally check the page to make sure you understand any changes to our policy.
We may notify you of changes to our policy by email or through a private messaging system on our website.
G. Your rights
You may request that we provide you with any information we hold about you; the provision of such information is subject to the following:
- providing sufficient identification (a notarized copy of your passport or ID card and a copy of a utility bill showing your current address)
H. Third Party Websites
Our website includes hyperlinks to, and information from, third party websites. We cannot control, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
I. Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a server and stored in the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies can be either “persistent” or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie is stored in a browser and remains valid until its expiration date unless deleted earlier by the user; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user’s session when the browser is closed. Cookies do not usually contain information that can identify the user, but the personal data we hold about you may be linked to data stored or retrieved by cookies.
We only use session cookies
- ΤThe names of the cookies we use on our website and the purpose of their use are defined below:
- We use Google Analytics and Adwords on our website to recognize a computer when a user visits the website in order to improve the functionality of the website and to analyze the use of the website.
- Most browsers allow you to opt out of cookies—for example:
- In Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies using the cookie settings found by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy” and “Advanced”
- in Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Options,” “Privacy,” selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the menu and unchecking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
- In Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by going to the “Customize and control” menu and clicking “Settings”, “Show advanced settings”, and “Content settings” and selecting “Block sites from data” under the “Cookies” heading.
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact on the functionality of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features of your website.
- You can delete cookies already stored on your computer—for example:
- in Internet Explorer (version 10), you will need to manually delete the cookie files (you can find instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 );
- in Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Options,” and “Privacy,” then selecting “Use custom settings for history,” clicking “View Cookies,” and “Remove All Cookies,” and
- in Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by going to the “Customize and control” menu, and clicking “Settings,” “View Custom Settings,” and “Clear browsing data,” and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site data” before clicking “Clear browsing data.”
- Deleting all cookies will have a negative impact on the functionality of many websites.