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Privacy Policy

Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

 

The protection of your personal data, especially based on the research object of our Company, is a priority for us. The Hellenic Society of Positive Psychology (EETHEPSY), to which this website belongs, is committed to users respecting your privacy and being vigilant for the proper observance and operation of its security systems in order to protect your personal data.

 

And when we mean you, we mean the user of our website, who registers on our website, obtains an account, in order to provide you with personalized information and update services by sending an informative email (Newsletter) or informative notifications, through which we inform you for any information related to your preferences, as they have been registered by you on the electronic platform of our website.

 

The purpose of this privacy policy and the personal data protection statement included in it is to inform you about the type of personal data that our Company collects from you, how we process (collection, storage, use, transmission) your personal data, how are protected, as well as the rights you have against this processing, which in any case is carried out in a reliable and transparent way.

 

Your privacy is important to us, so in order to be transparent about how we collect, use and share information, we invite you to read the following carefully:

 

  • What information we collect about you and how we use it.

  • What is the legal basis for our processing of your information.

  • How we share the information we collect.

  • Promotional messages.

  • How we store and secure the information we collect and how long we keep it.

  • What your rights are and how you can access and control your information.

  • How we transfer the information we collect internationally.

  • How we keep your information secure.

Who is the Data Protection Officer in our Company?

Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPAH)

 

General Information on the Specific Statement of Privacy and Personal Data Protection and on the Use of our Website

 

By using the websites owned by EETHEPSY you consent to the collection and use of information as stated in this Privacy Policy. You also acknowledge that EETHEPSY may periodically change, modify, add, remove or update this Privacy Policy in any way at its discretion, without prior notification to you.

We will communicate any change on this page so that you are always informed about the type of information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

 

This Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement applies to all EETHEPSY Websites. EETHEPSY websites means any websites owned and controlled by EETHEPSY. EETHEPSY may share information on the websites it owns or controls, which are always governed by the specific Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement.

 

Our website also includes hyperlinks to other websites. Once you are introduced to another website (either through an advertisement, service, or hyperlink in the content), please note that EETHEPSY is not responsible for their security and protection policies. We urge you to search and read the security and protection policies of each of the websites you visit through a hyperlink or advertisement on our website or our Newsletter.

 

We hope that reading our Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement will give you a clear picture of how we treat and manage your information.

 

While you can use many of EETHEPSY's services without registration, there are some that require it.

 

If you use our website without registration, the only information we collect is Non-Personal Data using Cookies or Web Beacons.

 

If you choose to register, in order to gain access to the additional services offered by EETHEPSY, we require you to fill in Personal Data. You are solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy and validity of the Data you enter. Inaccurate data will affect the information you receive using our website services as well as our ability to communicate with you as stated in this Privacy Policy. For example, your email address must be valid so we can contact you.

 

What information we collect about you and how we use it

 

We collect information about you when you provide it to us and in particular when you use our services by registering your details

 

  • in the online user/member registration form of our website,

  • in the online membership registration form of EETHEPSY with an annual subscription,

  • in the electronic form for registering a member of EETHEPSY in a working group,

  • in the electronic form for updating membership information of EETHEPSY,

  • in the electronic registration form for scientific events-conferences - other activities of EETHEPSY,

  • in the online contact form.

 

The term "personal data" as used herein refers to information such as name, specialty, email address, etc., which can be used to identify you. EETHEPSY will not process your personal data without your consent.

 

Depending on the services you use and the required information you fill in, respectively, in each of the above electronic forms, EETHEPSY may collect the following types of data:

 

  First Name

 Email addresses

 Home and work addresses

 Phone numbers

 Biography

 Title-Specialty-Job

 

After registration, the above data can be viewed / modified at any time by the user / member himself using his personal password or upon submission of a relevant request.

 

We need the specific personal data in order to a) provide our services to you by sending informative newsletters and alerts, b) to recognize you in order to provide you with personalized information and updates, c) to detect and prevent illegal actions, d) to ensure that you are an adult, e) to establish that you meet the criteria for registration as a member of EETHEPSY, according to its statutes (e.g. degree in Psychology).

 

A. Newsletters & e-mails to you

 

When you register on the EETHEPSY website, if you wish, you will receive periodic informational / promotional Newsletters via e-mail.

To be able to subscribe to such Newsletters via e-mail we need your contact details, such as your name and email address. You can unsubscribe from the Newsletter receiving lists at any time you wish. The corresponding hyperlinks are provided both on the Website and in the Newsletters themselves. Your deletion will take place within two (2) working days. If you experience difficulties with the automated deletion process, please contact the EETHEPSY Secretariat, at Paioniou 2 and Acharnon, who will undertake to carry out your deletion within three (3) working days.

In some cases, by clicking on a hyperlink or advertisement in an e-mail or Newsletter, your browser may momentarily be directed to a third-party website, which operates with the consent of EETHEPSY (see Disclosure to Service Providers and Content, below), notes or counts your response to the e-mail or Newsletter before redirecting your browser to the desired destination. This redirect process will not be visible to you.

 

B. E-mails you send to EETHEPSY

 

This Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement does not apply to the content, professional information, ideas, thoughts or scientific papers that you send to EETHEPSY by e-mail. If you wish to keep content or business information, ideas, thoughts or inventions private, proprietary or proprietary, please do not email them to EETHEPSY.

 

IP address

 

We receive your IP address when you browse our website and if you wish to share your location data with us, as well as how you use our website. We use this information for this data in order to improve our website and protect our website.

 

Investigations

 

We use your responses for research and statistical purposes.

When you participate in a survey you may be asked to enter Personal Data. This Personal Data is used to conduct the survey and in no way to solicit sales. When the survey is sponsored by a third party, Aggregate Information of the survey results is given to the sponsor. Personal Data collected through market research is used only by EETHEPSY and our partners and is not given or sold to any third party without your consent or specific reference to this Privacy Policy.

 

Note: The accuracy and truthfulness of the data you declare rests with the user himself. Your personal data is not used for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy, unless we obtain your prior consent or unless this is required or permitted by law.

 

Data Collected by Third Parties Not Acting on behalf of EETHEPSY

 

Sponsors or advertisers on EETHEPSY may use their own Cookies, Web Beacons or other online tracking technologies in their advertising listings that appear on our website and in the e-mails, special promotions or Newsletters we send you. Some advertisers use companies other than ours to serve their ads and measure user responses to them, and these companies ("Ad Servers") may collect Non-Personal Data through the use of Cookies or Web Beacons on our website. In some cases, information collection may be facilitated by momentarily redirecting your browser to the website of an Ad Server or other third party acting on behalf of the sponsor, advertiser or partner before redirecting your browser to the desired destination (e.g. ., back to our website to view the ad, or to the advertiser's website). This redirect will not be visible to you.

 

We do not control these third-party counting methods or how they manage the Non-Personal Data they collect from them. However, we require sponsors, advertisers and Ad Servers that collect information through Cookies or Web Beacons from our website to agree that they will not collect any Personal Data from users of our website without their consent. You should check the Data Protection Policies of other websites you visit through our website to understand how they use Cookies or Web Beacons on their Websites.

 

What is the legal basis for data processing?

 

We collect the personal data you share with us based on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • as required to fulfill the terms of use of our website in accordance with your consent, which you may withdraw based on your rights as detailed below at any time through your Account;

  • as required to comply with our legal obligations;

  • as required for our (or third parties') legitimate interests.

 

Therefore, your personal data is lawfully processed by EETHEPSY both at the stage of its collection and during its processing, in accordance with the current provisions on the protection of personal data and specifically, in accordance with the provisions of Law 2472/1997 (incorporation of directive 95/46/EC) and Law 3471/2006, as they apply but also of the new European General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. By registering for the services provided through our website you also consent to the storage and use of your personal data in accordance with this Statement.

 

How we share the information we collect

 

The information we receive from you is important. In no way will we exploit your information or pass it on to third parties outside our Company without your consent, except in the cases noted in this Policy. And access to your personal data is allowed only to authorized persons - our partners who are required to have access to serve the operational needs of EETHEPSY.

 

In order to provide you with our services, we will share your personal data with certain third party companies, who act on our behalf (processors) by providing us with hosting and bulk email services in order to provide you with the best possible service ( legitimate professional purpose / business need / scientific information). EETHEPSY ensures the processing of your personal data by the partners-third companies with contractual clauses limiting the purpose of processing and compliance with the GDPR technical and organizational measures for the correct and safe processing of your personal data. However, the Affiliated Companies will always respect your choices about who can access your data and provide adequate guarantees regarding the protection of personal data. Those of the above who have access to your data are obliged to observe their confidentiality.

In the event that the disclosure of personal data to a third party is deemed necessary for any reason, EETHEPSY will make every effort to ensure that the data is processed in accordance with the purposes and within the limits for which the data collection took place in the first place.

 

How we store and secure the information we collect

 

Information storage and security

 

We use data hosting service providers to host the information we collect and also use technical measures to secure your data.

 

Renewal of your Data and Communication through our website

 

A. Updating Your Personal Information

 

The tools on our website that collect and store the data you enter automatically allow you to view, correct and update the information you have entered by entering your profile and clicking on the corresponding hyperlink to view and edit your data.

 

B. Deletion of Your Personal Data

 

In the event that in order to access some of the services and content of EETHEPSY's websites, users are asked to enter their personal data, they  have the right to be assured that, in any case, their personal data is always up to date. Users have the legal right to request their correction or deletion. In addition, they can at any time request that we stop contact and communication with them.

If you wish to get in touch with us in order to be informed about the use of your personal data, you can contact us at the following address EETHEPSY (Paioniou 2 & Acharnon). When contacting us, please state the name of the website where you provided your data, as well as what specific information you would like corrected, amended or deleted. Your requests will be dealt with promptly and correctly. Requests for data deletion are subject to all relevant legal and ethical provisions regarding reporting or retention or storage obligations imposed on EETHEPSY.

It is clarified that in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, you must send proof of your identity with your request and you will receive a response within thirty  (30) days of receiving the request.

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C. Restrictions on Updating or Deleting Personal Data

 

If you request to be deleted, your Personal Data will be deleted from our active databases as well as backups where possible. You should keep in mind that it is not technologically possible to delete each individual element of the information you have provided to EETHEPSY from our servers.

 

Retention of data

 

How long we keep the information we collect from you depends on the type of information. The information deemed necessary during your registration is retained throughout the period of time that your registration as a user-member of our website continues. In each use, we will make every effort to ensure that your information remains secure, having already taken all the necessary technical and organizational measures for this purpose.

 

If deemed necessary to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our terms and conditions of use, we may retain some of your data as required, even if the account is closed or no longer exists need to provide services to you.

 

What are your rights and how to access and control your information

 

In any case, you have control over the processing of your personal data. In particular, with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 of the European Union, your following rights are recognized and guaranteed:

 

  • Right to transparent information, announcement and arrangements for the exercise of your rights (Article 12, 13, 14 GDPR), i.e. your right to be informed about how your personal data is used (as detailed in this Privacy Policy) .

  • Right of access (Article 15 GDPR) to the personal data we have collected from you.

  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR) of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.

  • Right to deletion ("right to be forgotten") (Article 17 GDPR) of the Member - User account and the information we have about you.

  • Right to restrict the processing of your personal data (Article 18 GDPR).

  • Right to portability of your data (Article 20 GDPR), i.e. the right to transfer your data either to you or to another service provider.

  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR) to the processing of your personal data.

  • Right to withdraw your already given consent (Article 7 GDPR), i.e. to withdraw your consent at any time for processing based on consent. The lawfulness of the processing of your data is not affected by the withdrawal of consent until the point at which you requested the withdrawal.

  • Right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, Personal Data Protection Authority (1-3 Kifisias Street, Athens, P.O. 115 23, +30 210 6475600, contact@dpa.gr).

Personal Information and Children

 

a. Most of the information offered by EETHEPSY's websites is aimed at people aged 18 and over. In the event that minor users voluntarily visit pages with inappropriate / offensive / immoral material and which cannot be controlled continuously, EETHEPSY bears no responsibility.

 

b. EETHEPSY will not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal data from minors under the age of 18, without first obtaining the consent of their parent or guardian. For our part,  we provide the guardian: j) notice about the specific type of personal data collected from the minor and ii) the opportunity to object to further collection, use or storage of such information kind of.

 

c. EETHEPSY does not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 18. If it finds that it has collected any personal information from a minor under the age of 18 without prior parental consent, it will delete the information from its database as soon as possible.

 

d. EETHEPSY complies with the legislation on the protection of minors and any relevant provision of the law.

 

Disclosure of Your Data

 

Except as stated below or as agreed by you, EETHEPSY will not disclose any Personal Data it collects from you through the Website.

 

We may disclose Personal Data to third parties only: (1) to comply with applicable legal requirements such as laws, regulations, warrants, subpoenas or court orders, or (2) in special circumstances, such as in response to a physical danger to you or others, to the protection of property or the defense or assertion of legal rights. In the event that we are legally required to disclose Personal Data to a third party, we will attempt to contact you unless doing so would violate the law or a court order. In addition, we may disclose Personal Data as described below.

 

A. Disclosure to Operation and Maintenance Partners

 

Our website operation and maintenance partners sometimes have limited access to your Personal Data in the context of providing products or services to EETHEPSY. These partners include suppliers who provide us with technology, services and/or content for the operation and maintenance of our Website. Unless you are registered with our website member services, these partners may have access to your email address to send you newsletters or special offers or for market research purposes acting on our behalf. Access to your Personal Data by these partners is limited to the necessary information required for the partner to carry out the functions assigned to him by EETHEPSY. We also require our website technology infrastructure and maintenance partners to 1) protect your Personal Data as set forth in this Privacy Policy, and 2) not to use or disclose your Personal Data for any reason other than the products offered to us and services.

 

B. Disclosure on Third Party Affiliate Sites

 

Certain content and services provided to you by your website are provided through or on other websites and are controlled by other companies ("Third Party Websites"). EETHEPSY does not disclose your Personal Data to these Third Party Partner Sites without your consent, but you should be aware that any information you disclose to them is not subject to this Privacy Policy. EETHEPSY does not endorse or is responsible for the security practices of these Third Party Affiliate Websites. You should review the privacy policy on those websites to understand how each Third Party Partner's Website collects and uses your Personal Data.

 

C. Disclosure to Other Websites

 

In addition to Third Party Affiliate Websites, our website also offers hyperlinks to other third party websites operated by companies that have nothing to do with EETHEPSY and that do not have collaboration contracts for the provision of content or services with it. These hyperlinks may be found in advertisements, referenced in content, or placed next to sponsor names or logos. EETHEPSY does not disclose your Personal Data to these third party websites without your consent. EETHEPSY does not endorse and is not responsible for the security practices of these websites. If you choose to click on any of these hyperlinks, you should review the privacy policy on those websites to understand how they collect and use your Personal Data.

 

D. Disclosure of Aggregate Information

 

EETHEPSY may provide Aggregated Information to third parties. For example, we may inform third parties regarding the number of users of our Website as well as the actions they carry out during their visit.

 

How we keep your information secure

 

We use the necessary technical and organizational measures under the GDPR to ensure that your personal data is secure throughout its processing and we constantly make every effort to keep it secure.

 

Internal Security and Privacy Management

 

Below are some of the security procedures used by EETHEPSY to protect your Personal Data:

 

  • It requires both e-mail and a password for users to access their Personal Data.

  • It uses firewalls to protect the information stored on its servers.

  • It closely monitors the limited number of its employees who have access to your Personal Data.

  • It requires all EETHEPSY employees to comply with the Personal Data Protection Policy.

  • It maintains backup copies of its systems to protect the integrity of your Personal Data and Personal Information.

 

Cookies

 

Our Company often uses cookie technology in order to, for example, store settings made in your account, to connect you to the User-Member account you maintain and to check and identify your identity, in order to detect possible fraud or misuse of the services we provide, and to ensure safe navigation on our site, to allow entry through social media, to allow comments either directly on the site or through social media, to display advertisements and to to analyze and extract the relevant statistics, to ensure high performance during the operation of our site (eg, correct and continuous operation).

 

We collect Non-Personal Data about your use of our Website and the use of the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers on our Website through the use of Cookies. A different cookie is assigned to each computer that accesses our website. The information collected by Cookies (a) helps us to dynamically generate advertisements and content on the Websites or Newsletters, (b) allow us to statistically monitor the number of visitors to our website and the websites of sponsors and advertisers, (c ) show us how many recipients open our emails and (d) for what purpose these actions are taken. We may use the information from Cookies to target specific advertisements to your browser or to determine the popularity of certain content or advertisements. Cookies are also used to facilitate the user's registration, as navigation aids and to count each session.

 

Most browsers can be set to reject Cookies. If you reject our Cookies, some functions and facilities of the Website may not work properly. Nevertheless, it is not necessary to accept Cookies in order to be able to read the content of our website. We do not link Non-Personal Data from Cookies to Personal Data without your consent and we do not use Cookies to collect or store your Personal Data.

 

We may also use Web Beacons to collect Non-Personal Data about your use of our Website and your use of the websites of selected sponsors and advertisers on our Website, as well as your use of special promotions or Newsletters. The information collected by Web Beacons (a) allows us to statistically monitor the number of visitors to our website and the websites of sponsors and advertisers, (b) shows us how many recipients open our e-mails and (c) for what purpose these actions are taken. The Web Beacons we use are not used to track your actions, outside of positiveemotions.gr. We do not link Non-Personal Data from Web Beacons to Personal Data without your consent, and we do not use Web Beacons to collect or store your Personal Data.

 

Notification of the person in charge of personal data protection and exercise of the user's rights

 

If you wish to exercise your rights or to be informed about the processing of your personal data, please contact our Secretariat (2 Paioniou Street - Athens, PO Box 10440, e-mail: info@positiveemotions.gr, Tel. 210 -8251536).

EETHEPSY reserves its right, after studying your relevant request, to proceed within a reasonable period of time of two (2) months at the latest, to its satisfaction and on the condition that it is legal and valid. Before we provide you with personal data, we may ask you for proof of your identity and sufficient information about your transactions with us from which we can trace your personal data.

 

If you decide to unsubscribe from a service or communication, we will try to delete your data as soon as possible, although we may need some time and/or information before we can process your request. EETHEPSY reserves its rights to retain your personal data in those cases where it has a legal obligation or the exercise of legal claims or the fulfillment of its contractual obligations.

 

Changes to the Specific Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement

 

We will inform you appropriately, through our website, if and as long as there are significant changes to this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement regarding the extension of the license to use or disclose your Personal Data in relation to its previous version. Your continued use of our website indicates your acceptance of the changes. You can of course opt-out by stopping the use of our website. In case you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement and its renewals, please exit the Website immediately.

 

EETHEPSY may make minor changes to this Privacy and Personal Data Protection Statement which do not affect your Personal Data. In these cases, EETHEPSY may not inform the user of such minor changes.

 

Useful Contact Numbers:

 

Details of the Personal Data Protection Authority (PDPA):

 

Offices: Kifisias 1-3, P.O. 115 23, Athens Telephone Center: +30-210 6475600, Fax: +30-210 6475628, Email: contact@dpa.gr

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