Privacy Statement
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. considers your personal data a very serious matter and therefore complies with the relevant national legislation as well as with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR).
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. is committed to the full implementation of current legislation and European regulations taking into account the adoption of appropriate technical and organizational measures for the protection of personal data.
This policy applies to personal data collected and processed by the website:
Controller
Controller of your personal data for this website is the Société Anonyme under the name ETHOS MEDIA S.A., based in Piraeus (Filonos 79-81), telephone: +30 210 2109984950, Email: info@ethosmedia.eu), hereinafter referred to as “ETHOS MEDIA S.A. ”.
Purpose of this policy
The aim of our policy is to capture the following in as simple, understandable and concise a way as possible:
- What data we process about you through our website, for what purpose and on what legal basis
- How long we store your data
- Who are the recipients of your data
- What are your rights and how can you exercise them
- What legitimate interests do we pursue?
- What applies to personal data collected through cookies
- What applies to your data and Social Media
- Hyperlinks
When you need to give us your personal information
When you visit our website: (IP address, URL, Browser, OS)
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. can detect the IP address through which the computer or any other electronic device accesses the Internet and then our website. This is due to the way the internet works and aims to secure networks from malicious actions. For the same reason, this function collects information about the type of browser and the operating system (windows, android, iOS, etc.) of the user. This information cannot identify you directly and is stored for the minimum necessary period for network security. This information does not require your prior consent before downloading it, as it is necessary for the safe and proper operation of each website.
This information is kept in log files on our website server for 12 months.
The legal basis for the initial collection of this data is Article 4 para. 5c’ of Law 3471/2006, according to which technical storage or access is allowed, when the sole purpose is to carry out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network or when it is necessary for the provision of an information society service, which the user has expressly requested. The legal basis for the retention of your information is our legitimate interest in the proper and safe operation of our website. You have the right to object to the retention of this information on grounds relating to your particular situation, as long as your rights and freedoms prevail of our legitimate interests or of the necessity of collecting the data for the establishment, exercise or support of our legal claims. For how to exercise this right, see below under the heading ‘rights‘.
Information stored automatically – Cookies Policy
Cookies are small data/text files that are stored on your device’s hard drive by your browser.
Cookies are divided into several categories depending on the purpose they serve and the way they work, such as facilitating your browsing from one website to another, storing your preferences and generally improving your browsing experience.
Cookies and other similar tracking technologies are governed by e‐privacy Directive EC 2002/58, which was incorporated into Greek law by Law 3471/2006, and additionally by the EU 2016/679 European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and by Law 4624/2019.
On our website we use two categories of cookies :
- Necessary-functional:
- Name: grecaptcha Provider: gstatic.com Type: HTML Purpose: the distinction between humans and robots. Duration: indefinite.
- Name: GRECAPTCHA Provider: google.com Type: HTTP Purpose: the distinction between humans and robots. Duration: 180 days.
- Name: rc::a Provider: gstatic.com Type: HTML Purpose: the distinction between humans and robots. Duration: indefinite.
- Name: rc::b Provider: gstatic.com Type: HTML Purpose: the distinction between humans and robots. Duration: session
- Name: rc::b Provider: gstatic.com Type: HTML Purpose: the distinction between humans and robots. Duration: session
Cookies of this category do not require the prior consent of the user, as they are necessary for the operation of the website (article 4 par. 5 of Law 3471/2006).
- Preferences:
Name: pll_language Provider:ethos-group. eu Type: HTML Purpose: to store the user’s language preference. Duration: 1 year
Cookies of this category do not require prior consent of the user, as it is a service requested by the user himself (article 4 par. 5 of Law 3471/2006).
Automated decision-making
We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making that may have legal consequences or other significant consequences for you, nor do we create profiles for you based on your personal data.
What are your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
RIGHT OF ACCESS AND RECTIFICATION
You have the right to know whether your personal data have been or will be processed and in any case to demand from ETHOS MEDIA S.A. the correction of your personal data if it is inaccurate, or their completion in case of deficiencies. When updating your personal information, you may be asked to verify your identity before we can satisfy your request.
RIGHT TO PORTABILITY
You may receive your personal data in electronic form. Your right applies:
- A) if you provided them yourself
- B) either by giving your consent
- C) or to enter into a contract with us.
You will receive them in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format (i.e. in a type of electronic file widely used and easily readable by common software), as well as transmit them or request their transmission from us to another controller, provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other persons.
RIGHT TO ERASURE
Under the conditions of the law, you can request the deletion of your personal data, as well as in specific cases the restriction of the processing they undergo. Personal data that we are required to keep due to legal obligations cannot be deleted. Deletion of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract may lead to cancellation of the contract or inability to perform it.
RIGHT TO OBJECT
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of data concerning you.
This right applies to you as long as the reason for their processing by us is our legitimate interest and you have an objection due to any of your particular circumstances (for personal, professional or social reasons).
This applies to the information that is automatically collected when you browse the internet, and on our website, but also wherever else mentioned in this text.
RIGHT TO RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your data.
This will apply if you contest the accuracy of your data and until we verify it, when you consider that the processing being done is unlawful, when we no longer need it, or when you have exercised your right to object.
RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CONSENT
When we process your personal data on the basis of the consent you have given us, you have the right to withdraw it freely, at any time, without retroactive effect, and without suffering any consequence in other services we provide to you for other reasons (eg based on a contract for the sale of our products).
RIGHT TO COMPLAIN
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Authority in case you consider that your data is being unlawfully processed. The DP Authority recommends that you first contact us to submit any complaint or request. You can do this free of charge by emailing the Data Protection Officer appointed by ETHOS MEDIA S. A. at dpo@ethosmedia. eu. We will make every effort to satisfy your request. In case you are not satisfied with our response, you can submit your complaint to the Authority (1-3 Kifissias Ave., 115 23 Athens, tel. 210-6475600, www.dpa.gr, email: complaints@dpa.gr).
How to exercise the above rights:
For the exercise of your rights, as well as for any information regarding the processing of your personal data, you can submit a request to dpo@ethosmedia. eu .
We may need to ask you for your identification before responding to make sure that no one else is exercising your right.
As a general rule, your request will be complied with within one month of receipt or, if it is particularly complex, you will be informed accordingly at least within one month of the delay that may be caused by the complexity of the request.
Information and all related responses to your requests are provided free of charge, unless they are excessive or repetitive.
Retention period of your personal data
Your personal data is retained only for as long as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, according to the distinctions mentioned in the above cases of their use.
Who may be the recipients of your personal data?
- Access to the data is restricted to authorized partners of ETHOS MEDIA S.A. , whenever necessary. We may give access to your data, on a case-by-case basis, to our partners who provide their services to us (such as web hosting providers, website management providers, IT support providers, mailing providers etc) if their services are necessary for our operation and your service. All our partners are bound to us by a contract to protect your personal data and are committed not to disclose to anyone else.
In any case, your personal data will not be transmitted or disclosed to anyone for marketing purposes without your prior express consent.
Transfers to third countries
Your personal data is not transferred to third countries outside the EEA or to international organizations, which do not have been granted an adequacy decision for the protection of personal data or without the necessary guarantees provided by the GDPR. The data of our website is kept on secure servers within the EU.
Security of your personal data
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the appropriate level of security of your data against risks. However, no information system is 100% secure. In any case, ETHOS MEDIA S.A. has in place a plan to deal with any incident of violation, in order to eliminate or limit its consequences, according to which if a high risk to your rights or freedoms arises, you will be informed immediately.
Social Media and embedded third party content – Hyperlinks
Our Website may offer the possibility of sharing on Social Networks and other related tools that allow you to share publications, articles and other material of the Website with other applications, websites or mass media, and vice versa. Such sharing allows the exchange of information with your friends or the general public, depending on the settings you have specified in your personal profile on the social media you post. Also, if you follow us in the above media, or send us messages through them, we collect any information you have in them (name or nickname you use, photo or avatar, etc.), in order to provide you with information or respond to your messages.
Also, within our website you can find embedded content of third parties (eg videos from You Tube, images, articles, etc.) or hyperlinks (links) to third party websites. This embedded content or clicking on the link behaves technically exactly as if you had visited the website that contains it.
The above websites may collect data about you, use cookies, incorporate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with this embedded content. This privacy statement does not apply to the user’s access to other websites. Please consult each time the privacy policy of the website you entered.
In the event that the hyperlinks of our website or the embedded content lead to websites where protected intellectual works are presented to the public, we are not responsible for the event that these websites make a presentation without the permission of the rightsholders. In any case, ETHOS MEDIA S.A. never places hyperlinks for profit and checks such hyperlinks as far as possible with regard to the websites they lead to, so as not to display protected works without the permission of the copyright or related rights holder.
On our website there are also hyperlinks that lead to other websites of ETHOS MEDIA SA. For each of them applies the privacy policy that you will find published in them. Please refer to it for information about your personal data.
Update and amendment
ETHOS MEDIA S.A. reserves the right to modify / update individual parts of this Policy, without the obligation to inform you in advance. Please always read the Privacy Policy before using our website, in order to be informed about the current version of the Policy, in case any modifications or updates have been made.
This Policy was last updated: March 2023
