Privacy Policy

The protection of personal data is a key concern of the Municipality of Antiparos. 

In the context of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), this document provides information on the processing of personal data and the rights of the subjects of processing, in accordance with Article 13 of the above Regulation. This privacy statement relates to the information we collect from you when you use our website. 

In collecting this information, we act as a data controller and, by law, we are required to provide you with information about us, why and how we use your data, and your rights over it.

We invite you to read this carefully in order to be adequately informed regarding the type of data we process.

Personal Data

According to the above Regulation, Article 4 states that the following definitions shall apply:

– ‘personal data’ means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (‘data subject’); an identifiable individual is one whose identity can be established, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that person

– ‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations which is performed, with or without the use of automated means, on personal data or on sets of personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, search, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

WHO WE ARE

The Community of Antiparos was founded in 1914 and was promoted to a Municipality in 2010 with the implementation of the “Kallikrates” law, based on the principle of “every island and municipality”. It occupies an area of 35.1 square kilometres including the island of Antiparos, Despotiko and Strogilos.

You can contact the Municipality’s Data Protection Officer directly here: 

PANAGIOTIS PANTELAIOS, 6976837114, Email: [email protected]

What kind of personal data do we collect?

While browsing our website we automatically collect certain information using cookies (such as IP or preference information, device usage data), i.e. information that allows us to remember you and your preferences when using this website. We use cookies to collect this type of information. We use your IP address to record your interest and visits to our website. We also collect the information you provide yourself when completing the relevant forms or requests you submit to us for your convenience including your full name and contact details.

How do we use your personal information?

This privacy notice states how we, the Municipality of Antiparos, will collect and use your personal data to provide you our services, keep in touch with you and manage your requests or complaints. 

The Municipality of Antiparos will process (collect, store and use) the information you provide in a manner compatible with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date and not keep it for longer than necessary. The longevity of retaining certain types of personal data should may also be governed by specific business sector requirements and agreed practices.

Why do we collect data?

In order for you to navigate our website and to provide you with our services we need to collect personal data. Nonetheless, we are committed to ensuring that the information we collect and use is appropriate for that purpose and does not lead to an invasion of your privacy.

The information collected through cookies allows us to remember you and your preferences when using this website in order to provide you with a better browsing experience as well as higher quality services. 

Are you going to share my personal data?

We may share your personal data with third party service providers linked to our website and/or the Municipality of Antiparos during the course of our cooperation. Any third parties with whom we share your personal data are required to keep your information secure and only within the scope of legitimate processing purposes. The Municipality of Antiparos does not process or transfer your sensitive personal data to third parties without your explicit consent, except where there is another legitimate processing reason or obligation.

Your information is stored in the processing system of the hosting provider of our website and other internet service providers such as Google whose headquarters are located in the USA and are certified in EU – USA Privacy Security with adequate protection measures. 

The Municipality of Antiparos does not use the information you provide to make any automated decisions that may affect you.

How long do we keep your information?

We keep your browsing information usually anonymous and for the duration of your visit on our site. However it is possible to retain your data for up to 2 years at most. If you send us a request, the retention time of the data you provide us with (e.g. contact details with you) will vary depending on the time it takes to fulfil your request.

Contact via email

With your consent, we may use the information we collect to send you communication material by e-mail about the progress of a request from the request form or a request you may have made from the certificate request form. If you subscribed to one of our email newsletters, we will also send you the newsletter you requested.

Cookies and similar technologies

Our website uses “cookies” technologies to enable us to distinguish you from other visitors, to record your IP address and how you use our website.  This information is used to help us provide you with a better service by improving the design of the site and our services. A cookie is a small data file that is placed on your computer’s hard drive when you visit a website and helps us improve our website by figuring out which areas are of most interest to users. You have the option to turn off cookies or other similar technologies at any time through your browser options, but if you do so you may not be able to access certain features and services that make your experience on the site more efficient and enjoyable. For details about cookies, you can refer to the cookie policy posted on this website.

Your rights

As far as the protection of your personal data is concerned, you have the ability to exercise the following rights by submitting a request to the Municipality :

-right of access, i.e. the right to be informed about your personal data held in our records and to obtain copies,

-right of rectification, i.e. the right to request the correction of inaccuracies and errors in your personal data held in our records,

-the right to erasure, i.e. the right to request that your personal data held in our records be erased or cease to be used, subject to the more specific restrictions set out in the General Data Protection Regulation,

-right to restrict the processing of your personal data, again subject to the conditions laid down in the General Regulation,

-right of portability, i.e. the right to request the Municipality to transmit your personal data directly to the organisation you indicate, provided that they are technically structured in accordance with the relevant legislation.

-Right to object-opposition, to the processing of your personal data unless there are compelling and legitimate reasons for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or support of legal claims of the Municipality.

Your right to copmplaints

Finally, you also have the right to file a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Hellenic Data Protection Authority) [1-3 Kifissias Street, P.K. 115 23, Athens, tel: +30 2106475600, email: [email protected]] if you believe that your rights regarding the protection of your personal data are violated.

For more information please visit the website:

http://www.dpa.gr/portal/page?_pageid=33,211532&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Updates in the present privacy policy

We make continuous efforts to improve our services and processes and to protect your rights regarding your personal data. As a result, we may update this Privacy policy statement from time to time. We therefore encourage you to review this statement on a regular basis.

Last update: 24/06/2019

GENERAL INFORMATION

This policy describes how our website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and allows us to make it better. This cookie policy provides information about the cookies we use and the purposes we use them for. 

PROVISION OF CONSENT

Please read this policy carefully for more details about the information we collect when you use this website.

WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

If you have given us your consent to the use of cookies, we will install a cookie on your computer or device to be remembered on your next visit. Periodically the cookie will expire. If you wish to withdraw your consent earlier, you can select “Settings” to specify which cookies you accept and which you do not. To delete existing cookies you can use your web browser settings. For more information on how to delete cookies, see below.

WHAT ARE COOKIES

“Cookies” are small pieces of text files that are stored in the User’s browser when visiting a website. The information stored on the User’s computer may contain details such as which pages the User has visited, the date and time of the visit, and a random and unique number identifying the User. Under no circumstances do cookies contain personal information or information that would allow anyone to contact the website visitor by telephone, e-mail, etc. In addition, by using cookies there is no access to documents or files on your computer.

With this use, the website is able to store useful information about the User’s browsing of the website, as well as read this information in order to provide the User with a unified browsing experience.

In addition, cookies help us to see the performance and traffic of our website, improving its format and content according to the preferences of our visitors.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE ON OUR WEBSITE

We use cookies on our Sites to manage login sessions, provide personalized web pages, and tailor advertising and other content to reflect your specific needs and interests. Cookies may also be used to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how the public uses our Sites and help us to improve the structure and content of our Sites. We cannot verify your personal identity from this information. You can modify your browser settings to reject some or all cookies, except those that are strictly necessary. You should be aware that some features are only available through the use of cookies and if you choose to reject cookies, these features may not be available. In general, the following categories of cookies are used on our Sites.

Performance Cookies (Statistics)

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Sites, for example, which pages they visit most often and whether they receive error messages from websites. These cookies collect aggregated, anonymous information that does not identify a visitor. They are used solely to improve the performance of a website.

Marketing cookies (Marketing)

These cookies are used to provide content that best suits you and your interests. They may be used to send targeted advertising/offers, limit advertising views or measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.  These cookies may be used to remember the websites you have visited to determine which online marketing channels are most effective and allow us to reward external websites and partners who directed you to us.

Session Cookies

Session cookies allow users to be identified while browsing a website so that their various choices can be stored and transferred from sub-page to sub-page. 

Our site stores a session cookie: It is used to send data to Google Analytics about the device and user behavior. It tracks the visitor through devices and marketing channels. The session cookie is automatically deleted from the user’s computer after the end of their session, which occurs fifteen minutes after their last action within the page. 

Universal Analytics Cookies

Google Universal Analytics uses cookies to report on user interactions on Google Analytics client sites. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable information. The Google Analytics cookies, stored via our website on the user’s terminal equipment, are as follows:

The cookie called “_ga” is used to identify unique visitors to our website and has a lifetime of two years from the last visit to the website.

The cookie named “_gat” serves to anonymously monitor the visitor’s behavior while browsing the website and has a lifetime of ten minutes from the user’s visit to the website. Indicatively, it tracks the subpage of the visitor’s entry and exit from the website, the time spent on each subpage, etc.

Please note that the lifetime of the above cookies may be changed by Google without prior notice.

Third-party cookies

Some cookies are set by third parties whose services we use. Accordingly, when you visit a page that incorporates content from third parties, cookies may be installed by these parties over which we have no control. For example, if you choose to watch a video within our site or choose to share content on our site by clicking one of the relevant social media buttons within the site, cookies will be set by the third parties that we do not control whose services we use and who have their own privacy policies. Our website may also contain links to websites that we do not have any control over and which are not covered by our privacy policy. So, when you visit such a page on our site, third-party sites may collect information that they will use in accordance with their own privacy policy.

HOW TO BLOCK OR REMOVE COOKIES

Cookies give you the opportunity to get the most out of our website. However, if you wish to disable our cookies, you can follow the instructions below.

Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, it is possible that some sections of our website may not work as expected.

You can remove any cookies stored on your computer or device via your web browser. More information can be found at the following links:

CookiesettingsinFirefox
CookiesettingsinChrome
CookiesettingsinSafari

CookiesettingsinInternetExplorer

You can also prevent cookies from being stored by activating the settings in your internet browser. However, if you use your browser to prevent the storage of all cookies (even those that are strictly necessary) you may not be able to visit all sections of our website. If you use different devices in different locations you should ensure that all browsers are set up in a way that is consistent with your cookie preferences.

REMARKETING

Our website and third parties whose services we use may make use of technologies called “pixels” that send information from your device to a server. Pixels may be embedded in web content, videos and emails allowing the server to read certain information from your device. Pixels can be embedded to identify when you viewed certain content or email and the IP address of your device. Pixels are used by our site and third parties for a variety of purposes, such as analyzing the use of the services we offer (in association with the cookies we install) and displaying content and advertisements that match your preferences.

CHANGES IN COOKIE POLICY

We reserve the right to make changes to this cookie policy in the future. Any changes will be posted on this website. It is therefore recommended that you consult this page regularly when visiting the site.

CONTACT US

Municipality of Antiparos

Tel: 22840 61570, 22840 28261

Fax: 22840 61218

Last update: 30/05/2019