Privacy Policy

Porcelana Privacy Policy

Privacy

Respecting and protecting your personal data is a commitment. We understand and take seriously the fact that you are aware and concerned about your personal data.

This Privacy Statement describes:

the personal data Porcelana collects about you how we use and protect your personal data the choices you have about how we use that data. We recognize that the protection of personal data is an ongoing responsibility and, therefore, we will periodically update and amend this Statement. Please periodically visit our website https://www.porcelana.gr/ to ensure that you are aware of and agree with any changes.

1. Who we are

“PORCELANA – CHATZIGEORGIOU SA” (Porcelana) with its headquarters in Kalochori, Protomagia Street, Thessaloniki, has been at the side of Greek consumers since 1980 and has a rapidly growing nationwide network of stores. Our aim is to provide excellent service to our customers, offering complete ideas and solutions. Our priority is the continuous improvement and shaping of market trends, with our people as our driving force in this process.

2. What personal data we collect about you

2.1. Name / Company name. We collect the first and last names of our customers and the names of our customers’ contact persons when they express interest in our services or sign up for our newsletter or participate in our contests and promotions actions.

2.2. Email address. We collect the email address of our customers and customer contacts when they express interest in our services or when they sign up for our newsletter or participate in our contests and promotions.

2.3. Postal address. We collect our customers’ home or business address for billing purposes.

2.4. Other contact information. We collect other contact information, such as the phone number of our customers or customer contact persons, to provide our services better and faster.

2.5. Pricing details. We collect the information of our customers that is necessary for the invoicing of our services, such as, for example, the VAT number and the Tax authority.

2.6. We try to minimize the risk to your rights and freedoms by not collecting sensitive personal data about you.

3. How we collect your personal data

We collect your personal data when you express your interest in our services, when you make purchases from our stores, when we provide you with our services, when you visit our website or when you subscribe to our newsletter. We do not sell your personal data to anyone and only share it with third parties who facilitate the provision of our services to you.

4. How we use (process) your personal data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

4.1. Provision of our products and services. We provide our products and services through our nationwide network of stores.

4.2. Marketing and/or promotional actions, such as participation in contests or emails, SMS, push notifications that we send periodically to those who have subscribed to our newsletter. In the list of people we send newsletters to, we may also add those who give us their email addresses during our communication and who tell us that they wish to receive newsletters. In each newsletter, the recipient is given the opportunity to declare that he does not wish to receive any more newsletters from us, by clicking on the ‘Unsubscribe’ option.

5. Lawful basis for processing your personal data

5.1. The processing of your personal data for the provision of our products and services to you is based on the conclusion and execution of a contract or – at your request – on preparatory actions for the conclusion and execution of a contract.

5.2. The processing of your personal data for marketing and/or promotional purposes is based on your consent.

5.3. In some cases the processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests or for the purposes of our compliance with national and/or European legislation.

6. Retention time of your personal data

6.1. We keep your personal data for as long as our business relationship lasts. We retain the personal data of our customers and consumers for at least ten (10) years in order to be able to fulfill our obligation to keep accurate records for tax or other administrative authorities.

6.2. We keep the personal data of individuals who have subscribed to our newsletters (and/or our promotional activities) until they inform us that they no longer wish to receive newsletters or promotional material.

6.3. For more information regarding where and for how long your personal data is retained, please contact us at info@porcelana.gr.

7. Guarantees we take to protect your data

When you give us your personal data, we take steps to ensure that it is kept secure. In order to protect your personal data, we take physical, technical and organizational measures to protect it. We update and review the security technology we use on an ongoing basis. We limit access to your personal data to only those employees who need to know that data in order to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we educate employees on the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your personal data. Among other things, we have implemented the following technical and organizational measures and procedures to protect your personal data from any loss, alteration, illegal processing or alteration:

encryption

security breach detection and management

use of servers located in rooms with limited access and subject to regular checks

use of information systems and computer programs installed in a way that minimizes the use of the user’s personal data and/or authentication data

adopting separate procedures for maintaining personal data and securely deleting/destructing them

8. When and how we share your personal data with others

As part of our activities, we use third party providers who provide services on our behalf. Thus, we may need to share your personal data with them. However, we only share your personal data with them that is necessary to provide the services we ask them to and we require them to protect your data and not use it for other purposes. The personal data we collect from you is stored in one or more databases hosted in our facilities as well as in third parties located inside or outside the European Union. These third parties do not use or access your personal data for any purpose other than cloud storage and retrieval.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to your personal data, which we process. In addition, you have the following rights:

9.1. Right to rectification or erasure (in certain cases) of your personal data.

9.2. Right to restrict the processing or object to the processing of your personal data.

9.3. Right (subject to conditions) to obtain your personal data for use elsewhere.

9.4. In cases where we process your personal data based on your consent, you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of the processing for the period before the withdrawal of your consent.

Finally, you have the right to submit a complaint to the competent Greek independent authority, which is the Personal Data Protection Authority (http://www.dpa.gr/).

10. How to contact us

You can contact us for any question regarding the processing of your personal data or the use of cookies by us or to exercise your rights, using the online contact form on our website or by sending an email to info@porcelana.gr.

11. Release Information – Changes and Updates

This Statement was last updated on 05/24/2018.

We reserve the right to modify and update this Statement at any time, for any reason, without notice to you, other than posting the updated Statement on our website. We may send periodic emails to remind you of changes and updates to this Statement but you should check our website frequently to be informed of the current and applicable Privacy Statement.

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