Website Identity

This Website belongs to the organization “Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace”, headquartered at 1 G. Kakoulidi St., 69132 Komotini, Greece.  

The organization complies with the national and European regulatory framework on the protection of personal data [Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of personal data (GDPR)].

Terms of use

The use of this Website is subject to the conditions listed below. By using the Website, a visitor/user shall be presumed to have reviewed, understood and accepted all the terms of use of the Website. If a visitor/user does not agree with these terms of use, he/she must not use the services and content of the Website.

These terms of use may be revised and updated at any time and without notice. Please check the terms of use of the Website regularly, as carrying on using the Website implies that you have accepted these changes.

Copyright

All the contents of the Website, apart from any expressly stated exceptions (third-party copyrights), including inter alia texts, graphics, images, photographs, drawings, videos, sounds, etc. (hereinafter referred to as “content”), are the intellectual property, registered marks and service marks of the owner of this Website and, as the case may be, of the Hellenic State and are protected by applicable national, community and international law.

The Municipality retains all copyright of use of, and title to, the contents and all copies created on the basis thereof, as well as all copyrights and other property rights related thereto.

The Website content is made available to its visitors/users for personal use. The content is subject to change without notice, at the discretion of the Website administrator. Subject to acceptance of the terms of use, non-commercial use and reproduction thereof, in whole or in part, is permitted, provided that the reproduced product is then made freely available on the Internet or another suitable medium and is accompanied by a clear and easy-to-see reference to its original source. Any other use shall require the express written permission of the owner or copyright holder.

Any other products or services referred to on the online pages of this Website and bearing the marks of the respective organizations, companies, partner bodies, associations or publications, are the intellectual and industrial property of those entities, and therefore the latter shall bear the relevant responsibility.

If you have any questions regarding the rights to reproduce any part of the content of this Website, as well as any requests for permission to reproduce that content, please feel free to contact us here.

Protection of personal data

The management and protection of the personal data of Website visitors/users are subject to the terms of this communication, as well as to the provisions of national, community and international law on the protection of individuals from the management of personal data, as in force from time to time.

Should there by any future arrangement in that respect, it will be discussed in this communication. In any event , the administrator reserves the right to modify the terms of protection of personal data, in accordance with the relevant legal framework in force from time to time.

Accordingly, these terms of protection of personal data may be revised and updated at any time and without notice. Website users are requested to check for changes in these terms regularly, as carrying on using the Website implies that they have accepted all possible modifications thereof.

The Website administrator will collect the personal data visitors/users only if the latter provide those data voluntarily. Personal information is information that can be used to identify or contact an individual as well as other information relating to that individual.

The Website administrator shall not make available for sale or otherwise transfer or make public personal information of Website visitors/users to third parties, which (information) is unrelated to the Website administrator, without consent from the visitor/user, except with a view to complying with relevant legal orders and providing that information to competent authorities only.

The administrator may process part or all of the data sent by visitors/users for statistical purposes and to improve the services/information provided.

A visitor/user may contact the Website administrator with a view to verifying the existence of his/her personal file, or having it corrected, modified or deleted.

This Website contains links to other websites which are subject to the responsibility of third parties (natural or legal persons). The Website administrator is under no circumstances responsible for the terms of protection of personal data used by those websites.

What are your rights in connection with your data?

If you have created an account or left comments on this Website, you may request an extracted file of the personal data that we hold on you, including any data you have provided to us. You may also request that we delete the personal data that we hold on you. This does not include any data that we are required to hold for administrative, legal or security reasons. Following are your rights in a nutshell:

• Withdrawal of consent
• Access request
• Correction of personal data
• Deletion of personal data
• Restriction of the processing of personal data
• Personal data portability request
• Challenging of the processing of personal data
• Request regarding automated decision-making and profiling

Use of interactive areas

The Website administrator is able to provide communication forms, bulletin boards and other interactive areas on the Website. Use of any of the interaction areas implies that the visitor/user bears sole responsibility for the communication he/she makes and the consequences arising from publishing such communication.

The visitor/user hereby accepts and undertakes not to:

• use an interaction area for any purpose whatsoever in breach of applicable law;
• publish material that infringes third-party intellectual property rights or third-party privacy or disclosure rights;
• publish material that is illegal, obscene, defamatory, threatening, annoying or abusive, or material that causes displeasure to third parties (natural or legal persons), as determined by the Website administrator, at his/her discretion;
• publish material that includes “viruses” and/or “malicious” code which can damage or destroy the files or programs of the Website administrator or users;
• publish advertisements or other commercial material;
• falsify his/her identity,
• take any other action that restricts or prevents another person from using the interaction areas and the Website in general or an action that, at the discretion of the Website administrator, exposes him/her or any of its users to legal liability or to situations that are harmful to them.

Cookies

We use small text files called cookies that are necessary to organize and improve the user experience you get from the Website. By using these files, we may uniquely identify you each time you visit our website. You can very easily delete them on the browser you use by following the instructions of each manufacturer. We display a special warning on the use of cookies, to each new visitor, at the bottom of the page.

Traffic analysis services

We use Website traffic analysis services, which record and store data about your visits in accordance with the applicable terms of protection of the personal data they publish. You may ask about the services we use each time so you can contact them for more information. We do not use these services to identify you in a unique way, but only to have a general data display of the degree and rate of visits of all visitors to our website.

Limitation of the Municipality’s liability - Disclaimer

The content of the Website is made available on an “as is” basis, and the Municipality does not provide any guarantee, whether express or implied, regarding the completeness, correctness, timeliness, commerciality, non-infringement or suitability of that content  for any use, application or purpose.

The Municipality shall, under no circumstances, including in case of negligence, be held liable for any form of damage sustained by a visitor/user of the pages, services, options and contents of the Website, which he/she visits/uses on his/her own initiative and being aware of the present terms. Also, the Municipality does not guarantee that the pages, services, options and contents will be provided without interruption or errors, or that the errors will be corrected or that all questions addressed to it will be answered. Similarly, the Municipality does not guarantee that the Website or any other related website or the servers used to make the content available to visitors/users are free from “viruses” or other harmful elements. The cost of any corrections or services shall be borne by the visitor/user and under no circumstances by the Municipality.

Use of links to third-party websites

The Website provides access to third-party websites via appropriate links. These links have been placed solely for the convenience of Website visitors/users, while the websites to which the links refer are subject to the respective terms of use of those websites. The placement of links does not constitute endorsement or acceptance of the content of the respective websites by the Website administrator, the latter not being responsible for their content or for the privacy practices thereof, or for the accuracy of the material contained therein. If a visitor/user of the Website decides to use, through its links, one of the third-party websites, he agrees to do so at his/her own risk.

Applicable law and other terms

The above terms and conditions of use of the Website, as well as any amendment, modification or alteration thereto/thereof are governed and supplemented by national law, Community law and the relevant international treaties. Should any of the above clauses be found to be contrary to the aforementioned legal framework or therefore become ineffective, it shall automatically cease to apply and be removed herefrom, without in any way affecting the validity of the other clauses. This constitutes the overall agreement between the Website administrator and a visitor/user of its pages and services and is binding only on them. No modification of these terms shall be taken into account and be part hereof unless made in writing and incorporated herein.

It is hereby expressly agreed that a visitor/user of the Website agrees that any claims, disputes or other disagreements concerning or arising from the application of these terms and the overall use of the Website by him/her shall, if not resolved amicably, be subject to jurisdiction of the Courts.

If you have identified any problems with the content of the site relating to legal or ethical issues, especially regarding its reproduction and the use of intellectual property rights, as well as regarding any other matter, please send an email to dmo@dms-pamth.gr