Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy
If you use the services of our company via our website, your personal data may be processed. As a rule, we only conduct such processing with the prior consent of the user on the legal basis of point (a) of Article 6(1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), with the exception of cases in which prior consent cannot be obtained for practical reasons and processing of the data is permitted by law.
This Privacy Statement explains which personal data are processed by us, the type of processing that is conducted, and the purpose of the processing. Furthermore, reference is made to the rights of the data subject.
Our company has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure that protection of the personal data processed via our websites is as complete as possible. Nevertheless, absolute security cannot be guaranteed since there may be security gaps in the transmission of data, and in particular in the online transmission of data.
The terms used in this Privacy Statement are based on the terms used in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.sailing-holidays-greece.com
The controller pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation, other national data protection laws of the Member States of the European Union, and other data protection provisions is:
Tsoukalades, 31100 Lefkada, Greece
Tel.: +306978783444
Email: privacy@sailing-holidays-greece.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Our websites collect various general data and information whenever they are accessed by a data subject or automated system. Those general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. The following data may be collected:
1. browser types and versions used,
2. the operating system used,
3. the website from which a system accesses our website,
4. the subpages that the system accessing our website navigates to,
5. the date and time of access to the website,
6. the IP address,
7. the internet service provider of the system accessing the website, and
8. other similar data and information that serve to protect our information technology systems in the case of attacks.
The collection and use of the general data and information do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the data subject. Instead, they serve the following purposes:
1. correct provision and display of the content of our website
2. optimization of the website content and advertising the website
3. ensuring the long-term functionality of our website
4. provision of the necessary information to assist law enforcement authorities in the event of a cyber-attack. The anonymous data stored in the log files are stored separately from any personal data.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Registration on the website
Our website provides users with the possibility of registering with their personal data to use our services (such as booking a house). The data are entered using a data entry form on the website and are transmitted to us and stored at the controller. The respective data entry form used for registration indicates which personal data are transmitted to us. The personal data entered by the data subject are solely collected and stored for internal use and for our own purposes. The data may be used for occasional provision of information about our services and for optimizing our services and marketing activities.
When registering, other data, such as the date and time of registration, are stored in addition to the personal data that are entered using the data entry form. The purpose of such collection and storage is to prevent abuse of our services and, if required, disclosure of the data for the investigation of any criminal offenses. These data are not disclosed to third parties as a rule, unless there is a statutory obligation to disclose the data or disclosure of the data serves the purpose of law enforcement.
Registered persons may modify the data provided by them at any time or have the data erased by us at any time, providing that this is not in conflict with any statutory retention periods.
Every data subject has the right to obtain information about the above.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Contact options
Our website contains contact forms enabling users of the website to contact our company directly and quickly and to request information. If a user contacts us using such a form, the personal data entered are automatically stored by us. The data entry form indicates which personal data are sent to us. The data are collected in order that an employee of our company or of a processor can contact or send further information to the person whose data were entered using the data entry form.
Alternatively, it is possible to contact us using the e-mail address provided. In this case, the user’s personal data that are sent by e-mail are stored for the purpose of contacting the user.
The collected data are only collected and stored for our own purposes and used for optimization of our marketing activities. The personal data may be transferred to one or more processors. The processing conducted by the processor will likewise be conducted solely for our internal use.
Newsletter
Our website offers users the possibility of subscribing to a free newsletter. When registering for the newsletter, data such as the user’s surname, first name, e-mail address, are transmitted to us via the data entry form.
As a rule, our company’s newsletter can only be received if (1) the data subject has a valid e-mail address, and (2) the data subject registers for the newsletter.
For legal reasons, before the first newsletter is sent, a confirmation e-mail is sent to the e-mail address entered by the data subject as part of a double-opt-in process. That confirmation e-mail is designed to check whether the owner of the e-mail address has authorized receipt of the newsletter.
When registering for the newsletter, the IP address, date, and time of the registration are also stored. The collection of that data is necessary in order to be able to trace (potential) abuse of the e-mail address of a data subject in the future.
The personal data collected during registration for the newsletter are used for
• sending our newsletter
• notifying the newsletter subscriber of changes to the newsletter service, or
• technical changes to the newsletter service.
Personal data collected in the scope of the newsletter service will not be shared with third parties. Users of the newsletter service may cancel their subscription at any time. Consent to the storage of the personal data required for the user to be sent the newsletter may likewise be withdrawn at any time. Each newsletter contains a link under which consent may be withdrawn.
Analytics
The Google Analytics data traffic analysis service (with anonymization) is integrated into our website.
The operator of Google Analytics is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA 94043-1351, USA.
Google Analytics collects and analyzes data about user behavior on specific websites. Such data include visits to websites and their subpages, the length of time spent on the website, and the website from which the user accessed the website that uses Google Analytics.
The purpose of web analysis using Google Analytics is to optimize our website and to perform a cost/benefit analysis for online advertising.
Google Analytics uses cookies (see the section on “Cookies”) that are stored on the user’s computer and that enable analysis of the user’s use of our website. In general, the data stored in the cookie are transmitted to a Google server and stored there.
Google Analytics is used on our website with the “anonymizelp” extension for anonymization. That anonymization function truncates the IP address of the user accessing the website once the user is recognized to be within the European Union or another signatory state to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the scope of Google Analytics is not merged with other data held by Google.
The data transmitted to Google are used on our behalf to analyze the use of our website, to compile website activity reports, and to perform further services related to website use and internet use. Any data transmitted by us that are linked with cookies, user identification (e.g. user ID), or advertising IDs are automatically erased after 14 months. The data are automatically erased once a month following expiry of their retention period.
For further information on the terms of service and privacy policy of Google Analytics, please see
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html (Great Britain)
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html (United States of America)
https://policies.google.com/?hl=en
You may prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly; however please note that if you do so you will not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent data generated by the cookie referring to your use of the website (including your IP address) from being collected by Google and processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the following add-on:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
Opt-out cookies will prevent your data from being collected when you visit
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Social Media
Components of various social media, such as Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, are integrated into our website.
If a user accesses one of our websites with such an integrated social media element, that component allows the display of components retrieved from the server of the operator of the social media components.
Furthermore, once the user visits our websites, a direct connection is created via the social media components between your browser and the server of the operator of the social media components. Each time our website or subpages of our website are accessed, the operator receives information about which specific websites and subpages are visited by the user with the corresponding IP address. Please note that we are not informed of the content of the transmitted data and the use of such data by the operator.
Once the user clicks on a link to one of the social media components, the subpage of the operator of the social media components opens in a new browser window and shows content of the controller. Please note that the websites linked to by the social media components are not operated by us, so this Privacy Statement does not apply to those websites. Furthermore, for the afore¬mentioned reason, we cannot assume any liability for the protection of personal data when accessing such websites.
For further information on the privacy policies of the integrated social media components, please see
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
The below list details the cookies used in our website.
| Cookie | Description |
|---|---|
| _ga | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gat_gtag_UA_1371335_5 | Set by Google to distinguish users. |
| _gid | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category . |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
