Privacy Policy

1.1 DISCOVERING CORFU is incorporated in Corfu, Greece, (hereinafter “We” or “the Company”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy (together with our Terms of Use, the Cookies Policy, and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. The Company is committed to preserving the privacy of all visitors to [www.discoveringcorfu.com] (the “Website”) and to protecting any personal information that you may provide to us. We provide this Privacy to help you understand what we may do with any personal information that we obtain from you. By providing your personal information to us, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy and agree that we may collect, use, and disclose your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Notice, please do not provide your personal details to us. What is personal information? Personal information is information about an identifiable individual, as defined by applicable law, such as name, e-mail address and telephone number, etc.

The data controller is Discovering Corfu.

 

2. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT

2.1 We may collect personal information about you when you use our website, and otherwise, interact with us. The information we collect falls into three categories:

(a) information you provide us; and

(b) information we collect through automated methods, and

(c) information we collect from other sources.

2.2 We may combine the information you provide us, with information that is collected through automated methods, and with information, we receive from other sources.

2.3 We collect the information you provide to us. You may provide the following information to us:

(a) Personal details, such as your name, postal and email addresses, phone number, date of birth and other contact information, when you register with our Website or contact us by phone or through our online services;

(b) Profile information, including products and services you like

(c) Other personal information you choose to give us when you interact with us.

2.4 We collect information through automated methods

(a) We may use automated technology to collect information from your computer system or mobile device when you visit our website, use our online services. Automated technology may include cookies, local shared objects, and web beacons. There is more information below about cookies and other technologies.

2.5 We may collect information about your:

(a) Internet protocol (IP) address;

(b) Computer or mobile-device operating system and browser type;

(c) Advertising identifiers (for example, IDFAs and IFAs) or similar identifiers;

(d) Referring website (a site that has led you to ours) or application;

(e) Online activity on other websites, applications, or social media;

(f) Communications to us or regarding us on social media; and

(g) Activity related to how you use our online services, such as the pages you visit on our sites or in our mobile apps.

2.6 We collect information from other sources we may collect information about you from other companies and organizations. We may also collect information that is publicly available. For example, we may collect information about you when you interact with us through social media.

 

3. TYPES OF CLIENTS’ PERSONAL DATA

(a) Information relating to you (for example, first name, date of birth, age)

(b) Information related to your purchase history

(c) Information related to the purchase and receipt of products or services

(d) Transaction and billing information, such as your payment card number and other card information

(e) Guest preferences

(f) Marketing and communication preferences

(g) And other types of information that you choose to provide to us or that we may obtain about you.

 

4. COOKIES

4.1 We may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalized service. Some of the cookies we use are essential for the site to operate. Please note that our advertisers may also use cookies, over which we have no control. For more information on the way, we use cookies; please refer to our Cookies Policy.

 

5. USES MADE OF THE INFORMATION

5.1 We use information held about you in the following ways:

(a) To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer

(b) Meeting our obligations to our customers

(c) Managing your orders

(d) Improving our service, especially processing your personal data in our customer marketing program in order to carry out marketing operations, understand better your wishes, adapt our products and services to better meet your requirements, customize commercial offers and the promotional messages we send to you, inform you of special offers and any new services of our e-shop

(f) Managing our relationship with you as a customer before, during, and after your purchase, especially: developing statistics and carrying out reporting; identifying and managing preferences of our customers; directly communicating with you for marketing purposes (newsletters, promotions, offers) satisfaction surveys; managing requests to unsubscribe from receiving communication from us; managing the data subjects’ requests with regard to the processing of their personal data; analysing your Personal Data, in order to determine your interests and your customer profile, and to allow us to send you personalized offers

(g) Conforming to local legislation (for example, storing of accounting documents).

5.2 We may also use your data, or permit selected third parties to use your data, to provide you with information about goods and services which may be of interest to you and we or they may contact you about these. We do not disclose information about identifiable individuals to our advertisers, but we may provide them with aggregate information about our users. We may make use of the personal data we have collected from you to enable us to comply with our advertisers’ wishes by displaying their advertisements to that target audience.

 

6. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

6.1 If you have agreed to receive marketing communications from us, you can later opt-out by following the opt-out instructions in the marketing communications we send you. You can also opt-out by contacting us at the address, phone number, or email address below. If you do opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us, we may still send communications to you about your transactions, any accounts you have with us, and any contests, competitions, prize draws, or sweepstakes you have entered. Opting out of one form of communication does not mean you have opted out of other forms as well. For example, if you opt out of receiving marketing emails, you may still receive marketing text messages if you have opted into receiving them.

6.2 We do not share your Personal Data with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless you give us permission to do so. When we give you notice, and your consent, we will share your Personal Data as you direct us to.

6.3 We keep your information for the length of time needed to carry out the purposes outlined in this privacy statement and to adhere to our policies on keeping records (unless a longer period is needed by law).

6.4 If at any time you would like to correct the personal information, we have about you, please contact us at the address, phone number, or email address below (see par. 14 below).

 

7. WHERE WE STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

7.1 The data that we collect from you shall not be transferred to and stored at, a destination outside the European Union.

7.2 All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted.

 

8. INFORMATION SECURITY

8.1 Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

 

9. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

9.1 We retain personal information for the period of time necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

 

10. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

10.1 We will only share your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

10.2 We may share your information with vendors who provide services to us, such as fulfilling orders, providing data processing and other information technology services, managing promotions, contests, carrying out research and analysis, and personalizing individual customer experiences. We do not allow these vendors to use this information or to share it for any purpose other than to provide services on our behalf.

10.3 There may be times where we may share information when it does not directly identify you. For example, we may share anonymous, aggregated statistics about your use of our website. Or we may combine information about you with other customers and share the information in a way that does not identify you.

10.4 We have the right to use or share information as necessary to keep to any law, regulation or legal request or requests of any embassy regarding your purchase from our website, to protect our Website, to bring or defend legal claims, to protect the rights, interests, safety, and security of our organization and our employees, or users of the Website, or in connection with investigating fraud or other crime, or violations of our policies.

 

11. YOUR RIGHTS

11.1 Under the applicable legislation, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, i.e. to be informed upon your request whether your personal data are subject to processing and to receive further information on such processing, including information on eventual transfers of personal data outside the EU and the appropriate or suitable safeguards we have in place for such transfer.

11.2 As long as the requirements under the applicable legislation are met, you may also, request the correction of any inaccurate information we hold about you or the deletion of the same or restriction of the processing concerning your personal data. If such a request place us or our affiliates in breach of its obligations under applicable laws, regulations, or codes of practice, then we may not be able to comply with your request, but you may still be able to request that we block the use of your personal information for further processing. You may also have a right to data portability to another data controller under certain circumstances.

11.3 You may withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

11.4 You may also lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Supervisory Authority, if you feel that the processing contravenes the law.

11.5 If you would like to exercise your rights above or if you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy please contact: info@discoverincorfu.com

 

12. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA

12.1 Our Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, and advertisers. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

12.2 We may also have providers of other apps, tools, widgets, and plug-ins on our online services, such as Facebook “Like” buttons, which may also use automated methods to collect information about how you use these features. These organizations may use your information in line with their own policies.

 

13. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

13.1 This Privacy Policy is in effect as of the date noted at the top of the statement. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will post the revised version here and change the “last updated date” at the top of the statement. You should check here regularly for the most up-to-date version of the statement.

13.2 Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page.

 

14. HOW TO CONTACT US

14.1 If you want to contact us about this Privacy Policy as well as for the exercise of your rights, you can reach us at info@discoverincorfu.com