Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and Information Notice on Processing of Personal Data

This Privacy Policy explains how VARANGIS FURNITURE & INTERIORS S.A. (“we”, “us”, or “our”), with registered seat at Kifisias Avenue 38, Marousi Attikis, 15125, may collect, use, disclose or otherwise process information that you provide us, while using our website, sub-domains, and any associated web-based and mobile applications (collectively, “Website”). 
We wish to hereby inform you that we comply with the protection framework for natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data, as established by the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament. We respect the privacy of every individual who visits our Properties and/or uses of our Website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect and use information that you provide us, and your rights in relation to that information.
By using our online services and/or providing your information to us you acknowledge the terms of this Privacy Policy and you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. Please do not reveal and/or send us any of your information if you do not want it to be used and/or processed in the ways described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information we collect 
a) Voluntary information
We will collect and process information about you if you voluntarily provide us with such information in the following ways:

• filling in a form/ request on our website;
• filling in a physical registration card;
• contacting us by telephone or face to face;
• sending us a letter, e-mail or social media message;
• subscribing to receive a service from us (e.g., a newsletter, blog or by following us on social media);
• requesting promotional information from us (e.g., information about any of our goods or services including gift cards);
• participating in a survey, competition or prize draw; or
• contributing content to us

The types of information we may obtain include:

• your name, surname, gender, home and/or work address, contact details, business title, e-mail address, telephone number,
• payment information, Tax ID number, Tax Office;   
• purchase history of our products or services;
• reviews and opinions about our brand, products and services;

We do not collect “sensitive information” (e.g., information on racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background or trade union membership) unless you volunteer and choose to provide us with such information.

b) Automated information
When you visit our website, we may also collect certain information through the use of “cookies” and other automated means (e.g. web beacons). Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Such information may comprise the following:

• Date and time;
• Originating IP address;
• Domain name;
• Type of browser and operating system used (if provided by the browser);
• URL of the referring page (if provided by the browser);
• Object requested;
• Completion status of the request;
• Geographic location;
• Language preferences.

In general, we do not associate IP addresses with any other data held by third parties. We do not link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a device user.

2. Purposes of using and processing your information
We use and process your information to:

• provide the products or services you request from us;
• help us create content that is relevant for you;
• make improvements to our websites and social media pages and ensure that content on these is presented in the most effective manner for you;
• provide you with information that you request from us or which we feel may interest you;
• assess and help us understand general trends and patterns relating to our business;
• provide for the safety and security of our guests and visitors;
• manage general record keeping;
• enable us to compile anonymous, aggregated statistics that allow us to understand how users use our websites and to help us improve the structure of our websites;
• enable you to buy gift cards and make payments;
• meet any legal and/or regulatory requirements;
• cover our legitimate interests, provided that such interests are not overridden by your interests, rights and freedoms in relation to your personal data
• improve our products and services and to ensure our products and services are of interest to you.

We may process your personal information by both automated and manual means. We may use your information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
 
3. Legal basis for the use of your information
Consent: To process your information as described above, we rely on your consent.  You can withdraw your consent anytime by contacting us at the details mentioned at the end of this Privacy Policy or, if applicable, by clicking the unsubscribe button at the bottom of the e-mails received from us. Your withdrawal of consent to process certain personal data about you may limit our ability to provide benefits and services to you and does not affect the lawfulness of our processing activities based on your consent before its withdrawal.
Contract: We may use your personal data in case processing of your data is necessary for the performance of a contract concluded between us with the object of providing our products and/or services to you.
Legal obligation: We may use your personal data if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of this information is reasonably necessary to: meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, enforceable governmental request or investigation of potential violations, and/or to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or other technical issues.

4. Sharing information
We do not sell, otherwise disclose, or share information we collect about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Service providers: We may share information with service providers who perform functions and services on our behalf. Such third parties will be appointed as data processors and will be provided only with information necessary to perform the services on our behalf and are not authorised to use such information for any other purposes. These services may include e-mail distribution, other related customer service, marketing assistance, transport services and technical support of our system and services. All service providers enter into contract with us that protects your personal data and are also subject to written declarations of confidentiality and secrecy and present adequate assurances for the safety of your personal data.
Public authorities: We may also disclose information about you, if we are required to do so by law or pursuant to legal process, or in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials.
Other third parties: We reserve the right to transfer information about you to third parties in the event that we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets, in accordance with applicable law. Should such a sale or transfer occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy. Following such a sale or transfer, you may contact the entity to which we transferred your information with any inquiries concerning the processing of that information.

5. Your rights
You have the following rights concerning the use of your personal data, as expressly provided for by applicable law:

• Right of access: You can ask us whether we are processing your personal data. You may also access your personal data. 
• Right to rectification: You can review and update any inaccurate personal data. You may also ask for any addition to incomplete personal data. 
• Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): You can ask us to erase any of your personal data that is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or in cases where you have withdrawn your consent. 
• Right to withdraw your consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. For instance, you have the right to request that we cease sending marketing communications, whether by email or otherwise, to you.
• Right to restriction of processing: You can ask us to restrict the use of your personal data if such use is unlawful, or you deem that we no longer need your personal data for the above purposes.
• Right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and you can ask us to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us.
• Right to object: You have the right to object, on any legitimate grounds, at any time to processing of your personal data.

To exercise these rights or to make a complaint or submit an inquiry about our privacy practices, please contact us. You will find our contact details at the end of this policy. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we may take steps to verify your identity before do any act. We will process your request within a reasonable period of time, that will not exceed the period of one (1) month.
 
6. Data transfers
We may transfer to and store your personal data in countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected, including the United States, Canada or other destinations outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Any transfer of your personal data by us to third countries (including Unites States) will take place only if the controller and/or the processor complies with the conditions laid down in the EU Reg. 2016/679 for the protection of personal data. Therefore, to the extent that international data transfers take place, we will seek and obtain assurances that any information we may transfer is safeguarded adequately and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the requirements of applicable privacy laws (including EU law when data subjects are EU residents).
By submitting your information to us, you agree to this transfer, storing and processing.
 
7. Security measures
We take the security of your information very seriously and we strive to comply with our obligations at all times. In accordance with European data protection laws, we and our service providers have taken all appropriate and reasonable security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help safeguard your personal data from unauthorized access, misuse or disclosure.
However, no web or email transmission is ever totally protected or mistake free. For example, email sent out to or from the Website may not be protected. You must take unique care in deciding what info you send to us by means of email. For your own protection, we encourage you not to include sensitive personal information, credit card or similar data in any e-mails you send us or our staff.

8.  Data Retention
We only retain your information for as long as needed to fulfil the purposes for which it is collected, unless otherwise provided by law. The length of time we keep your information will vary depending on the obligations we need to meet.
 
9. Links to other websites
Our Website may provide links to or include links from other websites for your convenience and information. These websites operate independently from us. You access such linked websites at your own risk. These websites are not subject to this Privacy Policy. Linked websites may have their own privacy policies, which we strongly suggest you review. To the extent that any linked websites you visit are not owned or controlled by us, we are not responsible for the websites’ content, any use of the websites, and/or the privacy practices of the websites.
 
10. Cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as pixels and web beacons to gather information about the visitors to our websites (as they enable us to improve our websites and deliver a better and more personalised service). When you access our Website you will receive a clear notice advising you that the website you are visiting intends to use cookies. Necessary cookies, which are required for the functionality of the website, are enabled by default automatically when you access our Services. For all other categories of cookies used, which are not necessary for the website to operate you can expressly consent on their use by clicking “accept” or “ignore” on the cookie banner which is displayed on the website. You can manage and control the cookies through your settings.
Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies from our Website, our Website will use cookies.

What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to "remember" your actions or preferences over time and generally improve the user experience. It can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. 

Cookies may be used on this website
A list of all the cookies may be used on the Website by category as set out below.
Based on their duration:
- Session Cookies:  Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These facilitate various tasks such as allowing a website to identify that a user of a particular device is navigating from page to page, supporting website security or basic functionality.
- Persistent Cookies: Persistent cookies last after you have closed your browser, until you erase them, and allow a website to remember your actions and preferences. Sometimes persistent cookies are used to provide targeted advertising based upon the browsing history of the device. We use persistent cookies to allow us to analyze customer visits to our Website. These cookies help us to understand how customers arrive at and use our Website so we can improve the overall services.
Based on their purpose:
- Essential or Necessary Cookies: Cookies essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features and ensuring the security of your experience. Without these cookies services you have asked for, such as submitting requests for products and/or managing your accounts, cannot be provided. These cookies don’t gather information about you for the purposes of marketing. 
- Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. All information these cookies collect is only used to improve how our website works, the user experience and to optimize our advertising. 
- Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username). The information these cookies collect is anonymized (i.e. it does not contain your name, address etc.) and they do not track your browsing activity across other websites.
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies collect several pieces of information about your browsing habits. They are usually placed by third party advertising networks. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations such as media publishers. These organisations do this in order to provide you with targeted adverts more relevant to you and your interests.
- Third Party Cookies: Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks, social media networks, and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. We recommend that you check the relevant third party's privacy policies for information about any cookies which may be used.

Using browser settings to manage cookies.
Most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to delete cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking "help" on your browser's menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org, www.youronlinechoices.eu.You can also disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the website of its manufacturer.

Please note that without accepting all cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all our Website features.

11.  Privacy Policy Updates
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. You should review this Privacy Policy frequently. If we make any material changes to this policy, we may notify you on our Website, by a blog post, by email, or by any method we determine. The method we chose is at our sole discretion. We will also change the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy are effective as of this Last Updated date and replace any prior Privacy Policies.
 
12. How to contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the use of cookies, if you would like us to update information we have about you or your preferences, or to exercise your rights, please contact us by email at info@varangis.gr .
You have the right to submit any complaints about how we process your personal data to:
Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA)
Postal Address: 1-3, Kifissias Ave., 115 23 Athens, Greece
Tel: +30 210 6475600
Fax: +30 210 6475628
E-mail: contact@dpa.gr
Website: http://www.dpa.gr/