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Privacy Policy
The independent marketing services office APOSTOLOU IOULIA – GEORGIA (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) respects the privacy concerns of every individual. This Privacy Policy describes the collection, use, and processing of personal data (PD or personal data) of users of our services while browsing our website and is implemented pursuant to Articles 12–13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
In accordance with the GDPR and Law 4624/2019, this Policy outlines the types of personal data we collect when you visit or use the services of our website, how such data is used and processed, and with whom it may be shared. It also describes the measures we take to protect your personal data, how you may exercise your rights, and how to contact us.
Please read this Policy carefully in order to fully understand its content and the rights you are entitled to.
1. Definition of Personal Data
Personal data refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as name, address, email address, telephone number, IP address, etc.
2. Method of Data Collection
Personal data is collected during your visit to our website. Emails sent to and from the Office may be retained to improve service quality and ensure proper service delivery procedures. Any personal data included in email communications with the Office is processed in accordance with the purposes and methods described in this Policy.
3. Types of Data Collected
The personal data requested by us is limited to the minimum necessary in order to provide our services.
A. Website Browsing
No personal data is collected during website browsing, except for the following log data, which is temporarily stored each time a user accesses the website:
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Browser and operating system information
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Public IP address from which the request originates
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Date and time of the server request
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Amount of data transferred
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Requested resource
Temporary storage of server log files is necessary for technical and security reasons. These data are anonymized and retained for up to six (6) months. IP addresses associated with malicious activity may be permanently stored within the website’s security system for protection and prevention purposes.
B. Contact Form
If a user chooses to use the contact form, the following data may be collected and processed:
Personal Data: Full name, email address, phone number
Purpose: Request handling / response / information provision
Legal Basis: Law 3471/2006, Article 11§1 & GDPR Article 6(1)(a) – Consent
The user provides explicit consent for each communication.
After responding to your request, we retain the relevant data for twelve (12) months and then delete it.
4. Purpose of Data Processing
In compliance with the GDPR and Law 4624/2019, the Office processes personal data lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
Data is collected:
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for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner incompatible with those purposes,
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only to the extent necessary and appropriate for the intended processing purposes.
The purpose of processing personal data is to provide services to our clients, inform them about our services, and communicate with them. Personal data is not used for any other purposes unless consent is obtained or required/permitted by law or professional standards.
The Office reserves the right to amend this Policy whenever necessary. If personal data is to be used for a new purpose not covered by this Policy, users will be informed prior to processing, and consent will be requested where required.
5. Data Recipients
Recipients of the data include website support service providers acting as data processors.
6. Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise disclose your personal data. By providing your data, you allow us to use it solely for the stated purposes.
We may share data with service providers who perform services on our behalf and strictly within the scope of this Policy. Such providers are contractually obligated to act only under our instructions and ensure data protection and security. They are not permitted to use data for their own purposes or disclose it to third parties, except where required by law.
Data may be disclosed:
(i) when required by law or court order, or
(ii) in response to lawful requests by law enforcement authorities.
7. Data Transfers
The Office collects, processes, and uses personal data exclusively within the European Union. Data is not transferred outside the EU without explicit and freely given consent. Where required, appropriate safeguards are implemented in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
8. Data Retention Period
Retention periods vary depending on the type of data and processing purpose, based on criteria such as legal obligations, disputes, intellectual property rights, contractual requirements, operational needs, and archival purposes.
Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill its purpose or comply with legal obligations. Certain data may be retained longer where required for legal compliance, dispute resolution, fraud prevention, or enforcement of terms.
9. Data Security and Integrity
The Office implements reasonable security policies and procedures to protect personal data from unauthorized loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. Absolute security cannot be guaranteed, but access to personal data is restricted to authorized personnel bound by confidentiality obligations.
Appropriate technical and organizational measures are applied to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and protection against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or unauthorized access, in accordance with applicable law and current technological standards.
10. Automated Decision-Making
Personal data is not subject to automated decision-making processes. If this changes, users will be informed accordingly.
11. Social Media Sharing Widgets
Widgets from Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn are used on the website. When interacting with these widgets, data may be transmitted to the respective social media platform if the user clicks the widget or is logged into the platform.
12. Data Subject Rights
The Office recognizes and respects the following rights:
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Right to information
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Right of access
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Right to rectification
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Right to restriction of processing
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Right to object to processing
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Right to erasure
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Right to data portability
13. Exercising Your Rights
You may exercise your rights by submitting a request in person, by registered mail, or via email at apostolou.ioulia@gmail.com.
Requests will be addressed within one (1) month, extendable by two (2) months where necessary. If rights are violated, you may file a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA).
14. Personal Data Breach Notification
In the event of a personal data breach posing a high risk to individual rights and freedoms, affected data subjects will be promptly informed, including details of the breach and mitigation measures taken.
15. Updates and Amendments
We reserve the right to update this Policy at any time without prior notice. Users are encouraged to review it regularly. In case of significant changes, notice will be posted on the homepage, and changes will take effect fifteen (15) days after publication.
Terms of Use
Welcome to the website iouliaup.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). The Website presents and offers the independent marketing services of IOULIA–GEORGIA APOSTOLOU (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”). Your visit to and use of the Website and its services are subject to these Terms of Use and the Website’s Data Protection Policy. These Terms of Use apply to all visitors of the Website. Please read them carefully.
1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use
Your visit to and use of this Website and its services (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) is subject to acceptance of the following Terms of Use and service conditions. If you disagree with any term herein, please refrain from using the Website.
We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. You are responsible for reviewing any changes upon each visit/use, and in the event of any modification, you re-affirm your acceptance of the terms below in order to continue using the Website. Use of this Website automatically implies full acceptance of these Terms.
2. Visitor/User Obligations
In addition to accepting the Website’s terms and conditions, you are obliged to visit/use the Website in a manner that ensures compliance with all applicable rules of national, European, and international law, particularly those governing telecommunications.
In the event of unlawful or abusive use of the Website’s content and services, unfair competition practices, or any other related unlawful act or conduct contrary to commercial ethics, the Office reserves the right, without prior notice, to block future access/use and to exercise all lawful rights available to it.
3. Limitation of Liability
3.1 Liability for Website Content and Services
All information and services provided on the Website are offered “as is” and without any express or implied warranties, including, indicatively, warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and those arising from performance, usage, or trade practice.
Every effort is made to ensure that the information and the overall content of our services are accurate, clear, timely, complete, correct, and available. The Office reserves the right to delay the provision of information in cases of force majeure.
In no event, including negligence, shall the Website be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the visit to or use of its content and services. The Website does not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free provision of its services or content, nor the absence of viruses, malware, trojans, etc., whether affecting the Website itself or any other website/server through which you access its content.
3.2 Visitor/User Liability
The visitor/user is solely responsible for any submission of third-party personal data without proper authorization/consent, as well as for providing false, untrue, or inaccurate information with the intent to deceive or mislead.
The visitor/user solemnly declares that they will not use the Website to send, publish, transmit, or otherwise make available any content that may be unlawful, threatening, harassing, obscene, hateful, discriminatory (racial or otherwise), infringe any patent, trademark, copyright, or other proprietary rights of third parties, contain software viruses or any other code/files/programs designed to cause damage, destroy, or disrupt the operation of any software or computer hardware, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and generally violate applicable Greek or EU law. For any damage caused to the Office due to such improper or unfair use, the user bears sole responsibility.
If damage is caused to the Website or the network in general as a result of improper, unfair, or unlawful use of the relevant services as described above, liability rests exclusively with the user.
3.3 Links to Third-Party Websites
The Office is not responsible for the content, validity, reliability, or availability of services provided by other websites to which the Website links via links, hyperlinks, or advertising banners.
Any issues arising from visiting/using third-party websites linked through the Website fall solely within the responsibility of those websites, and you should address them accordingly. Such links are provided for user convenience and do not create any commitment or obligation of any kind.
4. Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights
All content on the Website, including indicatively and not limited to texts, graphics, photographs, diagrams, illustrations, provided services, and all kinds of files, constitutes intellectual property and is governed by national and international provisions on Intellectual and Industrial Property, except where third-party rights are explicitly recognized.
Accordingly, reproduction, republication, copying, storage, sale, transmission, distribution, publication, performance, downloading, translation, or modification in any manner, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the Website’s prior written consent.
By way of exception, individual storage and copying of parts of the content to a personal computer is permitted strictly for personal use, without any commercial or other exploitation intent, and always provided that the source is clearly acknowledged. This does not constitute, in any way, a grant of intellectual or industrial property rights. Any registered trademarks and/or intellectual property belonging to third parties remain the responsibility of those third parties and are not associated with the Website.
5. Personal Data Protection
Protection of the visitor/user’s personal data is governed by GDPR (EU) 2016/679 and, in general, the applicable national and European legal and regulatory framework for personal data protection. For more information, please refer to the Data Protection Policy.
6. Validity
These Terms prevail over any prior agreement, representation, warranty, or interpretation regarding the Website, its content, and the services provided. To the extent that anything within or related to the Website’s operation conflicts with these Terms of Use, these Terms shall take precedence and apply immediately, expressly excluding any contrary interpretation.
If any part or provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unenforceable or abusive, that part shall be considered severable and removed, without affecting the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.
Any failure or delay by the Office to enforce any term shall not be considered a waiver of its rights, nor a waiver of its future right to enforce such terms. Waiver of any part of these Terms does not prevent the Office from seeking enforcement of the same terms in the future and does not constitute a waiver of any other part or provision.
The competent courts for any disputes arising herefrom shall be the courts of Athens.
If you have identified any issues with the Website’s content involving legal or ethical matters, please notify us at apostolou.ioulia@gmail.com.
Cookies Policy
1. What Cookies and Log Files Are
Cookies are small text files that are automatically created, contain limited information, and are safely stored on a computer or any other electronic device when a user visits a website. Each cookie has a unique code that is used to recognize the user’s device every time they revisit the same website.
2. How Cookies Are Used
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the proper operation of the Website’s basic functions. These cookies allow you to browse the Website and use the features you request, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the services that enable the Website to function.
Cookies are also used to improve user experience. For this purpose, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited specific pages of the Website.
3. Third-Party Cookies
Cookie: _ga
Description: Installed by Google Analytics. It is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and to track website usage for analytics reports. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
Duration: 2 years
Type: Analytics
Cookie: _gid
Description: Installed by Google Analytics. It stores information about how visitors use the Website and helps generate analytics reports. Data collected includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages viewed, in anonymized form.
Duration: 1 day
Type: Analytics
Cookie: _gat_gtag_UA_21927144_48
Description: Used by Google to distinguish users.
Duration: 1 minute
Type: Analytics
Cookie: IDE
Description: Used by Google DoubleClick to store information about how users interact with the Website and any advertisements prior to visiting it. This is used to display ads relevant to users based on their profile.
Duration: 1 year
Type: Advertising
For more information about cookies, you may visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
4. Disabling Cookies
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Depending on the browser you use, options may include accepting all cookies, receiving a warning before cookies are stored, or refusing cookies altogether.
In the “Help” section of most browsers, you can find instructions on how to prevent the acceptance of cookies, how to be notified when a new cookie is received, and how to disable existing cookies. If you choose to disable cookies, you will still be able to visit the Website; however, certain features may be limited and the full functionality of the Website may not be available.
Please note that some partners or websites linking to this Website may use cookies. We do not have access to or control over these cookies and bear no responsibility for their use.
5. Updates and Amendments
The Independent Marketing Services Office APOSTOLOU IOULIA – GEORGIA reserves the right to modify or update this Policy at any time without prior notice. Users are encouraged to review it regularly to stay informed of any changes. In the event of significant updates, a notice will be posted on the homepage, and the changes will take effect fifteen (15) days after publication.