A. Introduction

Protecting the privacy of our website’s visitors is extremely important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding it. This policy explains how we will use your personal information.

Your consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our policy terms upon your first visit to the website allows us to use cookies every time you visit our site.

B. Credits

This document was created using a template from SEQ Legal (seqlegal.com) and has been modified by StavrosTsiaras.

C. Collection of Personal Information

The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used:

• Information related to your computer, such as your IP address, geographic location, browser type and version, and operating system.
• Information about your visits and use of the website, including the referring source, duration of visits, page views, and navigation paths through the website.
• Information such as your email address, which you provide when registering on the website.
• Information you enter when creating your profile on our website—such as your name, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, personal status, interests and hobbies, education, and employment information.
• Information, such as your name and email, which you provide when setting up subscriptions and when receiving emails and/or newsletters.
• Information you provide when using services on our website.
• Information that results from using the website, such as when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it.
• Information related to your purchases, services used, and transactions on the website, including name, address, telephone number, email address, and credit card details.
• Information you share on the website with the intention of publishing it online, such as your username, profile information, and the content of your posts.
• Information contained in any communications you send to us via email or through the website, including the content of the communication and metadata.
• Any other personal information you submit to us.

Before you disclose any personal information of a third party, you must obtain that person’s consent to the disclosure and processing of their personal data in accordance with this policy.

D. Use of Your Personal Information

The personal information you submit to us is used for the purposes stated in this policy and on relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• Managing our website and business operations
• Customizing the website for your needs
• Enabling you to use the services available on our website
• Dispatching goods you purchase via the website
• Providing services you purchase via the website
• Sending transaction details, invoices, and payment reminders, and collecting payments
• Sending non-marketing communications
• Email notifications about your requests
• Sending our newsletter by email if you have requested it (you can let us know at any time if you no longer wish to receive it)
• Sending marketing communications relating to our business or those of selected third parties that we think may interest you, via post or, if you have consented, via email or similar technologies (you can opt out at any time)
• Providing statistical data about our users to third parties (who will not be able to identify any individual)
• Managing requests and complaints made by you or relating to the website
• Keeping the website secure and preventing fraud
• Checking compliance with our website’s terms and conditions (including monitoring private messages sent via our private online messaging service)
• Other uses.

If you submit personal data for publication on the website, we will publish or use it in accordance with your license to us.

Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your personal data on the website and can be adjusted via the privacy controls on the site.

We will not disclose your personal information to any third party or any third-party marketing division without your permission.

E. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may share your personal information with any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

We may share your personal information with any member of our corporate group (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company, and its subsidiaries) as necessary for those same purposes.

We may disclose your personal information:

• Where required by law
• In connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings
• To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to third parties to prevent fraud and reduce credit risk)
• To the buyer (or prospective buyer) of any business or asset we are (or are contemplating) selling
• To any person who we believe may require it in connection with any court proceedings or other competent authority where we believe disclosure is appropriate.

As stipulated in this policy, we will not share your personal information with third parties for other purposes.

F. International Data Transfers

Information that we collect may be transferred to, stored, and processed in any country where we operate, in line with this policy.

This may include countries that do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in the European Economic Area, including the USA, Russia, Japan, China, and India.

Personal data that you publish or submit for publication on the website may be available, via the internet, to users globally. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.

You expressly agree to the transfers of personal data described in this section.

G. Data Retention

Section G sets out our data retention policies designed to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal data.

Personal data processed for any purpose will not be kept longer than necessary for that purpose.

Subject to G‑2, we will normally delete personal data falling into the categories listed below on the dates/times specified:

• Personal data type will be deleted on {INSERT DATE/TIME}
• {INSERT ADDITIONAL DATE/TIME}

Despite the above, we will retain documents (including electronic documents) containing personal data:

• Where required by law
• Where we consider that the documents may be relevant to any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings
• To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including using them to prevent fraud and reduce credit risk)

H. Securing Your Personal Information

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.

All personal data you provide is stored on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.

All electronic financial transactions conducted through the website are protected by encryption technology.

You acknowledge that transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted via the internet.

It is your responsibility to keep your password confidential. We will never ask for your password except when you log into the site.

I. Policy Updates

We may update this policy occasionally by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure that you understand any changes. We may notify you of changes via email or through our private messaging service on the website.

J. Your Rights

You may request details of the personal information we hold about you; provision of this information is subject to:

• Payment of a fee (if applicable)
• Providing adequate proof of identification (e.g., certified copy of passport and a utility bill showing current address).

We may withhold personal information to the extent permitted by law.

You can also request at any time that we stop processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.

In practice, we will either obtain your explicit prior consent to the use of your personal data for direct marketing purposes or provide you with an opportunity to opt‑out.

K. Third-Party Websites

Our website includes hyperlinks to, and details of, third-party websites. We have no control over, and accept no responsibility for, the content or practices of these third parties.

L. Updating Information

Please let us know if the personal information we hold about you needs to be updated or corrected.

M. 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 and stored in your browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time your browser requests a page from it. Cookies may be either “persistent” or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie is stored by your browser and remains valid until its expiry date (unless deleted by you beforehand); a session cookie expires at the end of your browsing session when you close your browser. Cookies usually do not contain personal information, but personal data we store about you may be linked to the data stored in or obtained from cookies. {CHOOSE VERSION: We use only session cookies / only persistent cookies / both session and persistent cookies on our site.}

The names of the cookies we use on the site and their purpose are as follows:
We use Google Analytics and Adwords cookies to [INCLUDE ALL YOUR COOKIE PURPOSES: e.g. recognize a computer when a user visits the site; track users’ browsing on the site; enable shopping cart functionality; improve site performance; analyse site usage; manage the website; protect from fraud and enhance site security; personalize the site for each user; target adverts that may be relevant to certain users; describe the purposes];

Most browsers allow you to block cookies—for example:

• Internet Explorer (v10): “Tools” → “Internet Options” → “Privacy” → “Advanced.”
• Firefox (v24): “Tools” → “Options” → “Privacy” → “Use custom settings for history” → uncheck “Accept cookies from sites.”
• Chrome (v29): “Settings” → “Show advanced settings” → “Content settings…” → “Block sites from setting any data.”

You can clear cookies already stored on your computer:

• Internet Explorer (v10): manually delete the cookie files.
• Firefox (v24): “Tools” → “Options” → “Privacy” → “Show Cookies” → “Remove All Cookies.”
• Chrome (v29): “Settings” → “Show advanced settings” → “Clear browsing data” → select “Cookies and other site and plug‑in data.”

Deleting or blocking cookies may negatively affect website functionality.