Responsible for Processing is the Single Member limited liability company with the name “POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES Single Member Limited Liability Company” and the distinctive title “POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES – SMART CITIES SOLUTIONS” (hereinafter “POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES“), with VAT number. 800416959, based in Agioi Anargyroi, Attica, on Nikolaou Plastira Street no. 172 and by email www.politistechnologies.gr (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”). This means that POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES manages the website and determines the purposes and manner of processing of your personal data, in accordance with generally applicable law. As Head of Personal Data Processing, in the framework of the General Regulation of Data Protection (EU) 2016/679 which has entered into force on 25.05.2018 (GDPR), the national legislation (Law 4624/2019) and the relevant instructions of the Personal Data Protection Authority, as applicable, is committed to protecting the personal data of visitors to its website and users of its online services, which are processed by authorized persons of POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES, for reasons arising from the relevant transactional relations, the legal obligations, or the respective legal interest of POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES. This Privacy Policy is addressed to all natural persons, who enter and navigate the website of POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES.

In order to be transparent about the collection, use and storage of your personal data, POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES encourages website visitors to read this Privacy Policy in order to obtain the following information and to have a complete update on the processing of their personal data:

  1. What personal data do we process and how do we use it

We receive and store any information you provide to us knowingly and not from third party sources, when a) you browse our website as a regular visitor / user, i.e. your email address and b) fill in the electronic form with the indication “Communication Form” on the Website, in which the information you enter includes the email address, name and surname, telephone number, the name of the Company – Agency or other personal information that you wish to share with us through the “Message” field on our Website. You are invited to provide us with as much information as possible related to the service we provide, so that you can take advantage of the features of the Website.

Additionally, when you visit the Website, our servers automatically record the information sent by your browser. This information may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type and version, operating system type and version, language preferences or pages of our Website you visit, time spent on these pages, information you are looking for on our Website, access times and dates and other statistics.

2. Subject rights

In any case, you have control over the processing of your personal data. In particular, in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR, as a subject of personal data processing, you retain the following rights:

  • Right to transparent information, communication and arrangements for the exercise of your rights (article 12, 13, 14 GDPR), concerning your right to be informed about how your personal data is used (as detailed in this Privacy Policy).
  • Right of access to the personal data that concern you and if they are processed by POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES, as Head of Processing, its purposes, the categories of data and the recipients or the categories of their recipients (article 15 GDPR). Please note that POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES will provide you with a copy of your personal data upon your request, but reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee for any additional copies.
  • Right to correct inaccurate data, as well as to fill in incomplete data (article 16 GDPR).
  • Right to delete your personal data (“right to be forgotten”), subject to the obligations and legal rights of POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES for their retention in accordance with applicable laws and regulations (article 17 GDPR).
  • Right to restrict the processing of your personal data if either the accuracy of the data is disputed, the processing is illegal, or the purpose of the processing was missing and provided that there is no legal reason for their retention (article 18 GDPR).
  • Right of portability of your personal data to another controller, provided that the processing is based on your consent and is carried out by automated means. The satisfaction of this right is subject to the legal rights and obligations of POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES for the retention of data and the fulfillment of its duty in the public interest (article 20 GDPR).
  • Right of objection for reasons relating to your particular situation where your personal data is being processed in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority conferred on POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES or for the purposes of the sought by POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES or a third party.
  • Right to withdraw your already given consent (article 17 GDPR), which concerns the possibility to withdraw your consent at any time, for processing based on consent. The legality of the processing of your data is not affected by the withdrawal of consent, until the time at which you requested the revocation.

3. Purposes of processing

We may process Personal Data relating to you for the user’s communication with POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES, through the entry of personal and identifying data, contact information and data that the user communicates with us for this purpose. This processing is necessary for the purposes of the legal interests pursued by the Company and specifically to serve the request of users. In addition, the processing of this data by POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES will take place for statistical or historical purposes, as well as for reasons of improvement of the services provided by it.

We will not use your personal data to make automated decisions that affect you or to create a profile other than those described above.

For each category of personal data, POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES determines the retention time of personal data, in accordance with the provisions of the law for each category of personal data.

      4. How to exercise these rights

Any requests for exercise of user rights may be addressed to POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be made free of charge and will be settled by POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES as soon as possible and always within one (1) month.

5. Who are the recipients of personal data

We may share your personal data with service providers – external partners (called data processors) inside or outside POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES at home, such as digital service providers (IT) providers, including cloud services, who have been instructed to process personal data on our behalf, for Permitted Purposes, strictly in accordance with our instructions. POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES does not transmit your personal data to a third country or international organization.

POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES retains control and remains solely responsible for your personal data and will use appropriate protection measures, as required by applicable law, to ensure the integrity and security of your personal data, as well as the protection of accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, alteration, prohibited dissemination or access and any other form of unlawful processing.

In any other case, we will disclose your personal data only upon your order or with your consent, when we are obliged to do so under applicable law or regulation or at the request of a court or official, or when we suspect fraudulent or criminal acts.

6. Links to other sites

Our Website contains links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites or third parties. We encourage you to know when you leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of any website that may collect Personal Information.

7. Data breach

If we become aware that the security of the Website has been compromised or that users’ personal information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including, for example, security attacks or fraud, we reserve the right to take reasonable appropriate action, including: indicatively, research and reporting, as well as notification and cooperation with law enforcement authorities. In the event of a data breach, we will make reasonable efforts to notify those affected if we believe there is a reasonable risk of harm to the user as a result of the breach or if the alert is otherwise required by law. When we do, we will post a notice on the Website, send you an e-mail and contact you by phone.

8. Cookies

The website may use cookies to identify the visitor / ordinary user of certain services. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard drive of each visitor / user and do not receive knowledge of any document or file from his computer. They are used to facilitate the access of the visitor / ordinary user regarding the use of specific services of the website, for statistical purposes in order to determine the areas in which the services of the website are useful or popular or for marketing purposes . The visitor / ordinary user of the website can configure his server in such a way as to either warn him about the use of cookies in specific services of the website, or not to allow the acceptance of the use of cookies in any case. In case the visitor / ordinary user of the specific services and pages of the website does not wish the use of cookies for his / her identification, he / she cannot have further access to these services.

9. Changes and modifications

POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES states that, as part of the applicable legal and regulatory framework, it may revise or amend this Privacy Policy, which will always be available on our website as an update. The Privacy Policy is always considered valid, as formulated by the most recent amendment.

10. Accept this policy

You acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to all of its terms and conditions. By using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its services.

11. Useful contact information

If you have any questions about your rights or have any specific requests regarding your personal data, please contact POLITIS TECHNOLOGIES at: www.politistechnologies.gr

This document was last updated on 13.05.2022.