Privacy Policy
Privacy policy & GDPR compliance GENERAL
The use of the electronic pages and services provided to the visitor/user, from the skalkos-lpg.gr website owned by “SKALKOS” hereinafter “the company”, presupposes your unreserved agreement with the Privacy Policy Personal Data of this website. Therefore, the visitor/user must carefully read the contents of this page before using the services of our website. If you do not agree, you should leave it and NOT make any use of its services and content. This privacy policy may change from time to time in accordance with legislation or industry developments. We will not expressly notify our customers or website users of these changes. Instead, we encourage you to periodically check this page for any changes to this privacy policy. Continuing to use the skalkos-lpg.gr website even after any changes to the Privacy Policy means your unconditional acceptance of these terms.
Personal data protection We collect and process your personal data only when absolutely necessary. We will never sell, rent, distribute, or otherwise make public your personal information. If you are under 16 years of age, you MUST have your parents’ consent before using the services of this website. Relevant legislation In addition to our company’s internal IT systems, this website has been designed to comply with the following legislation/regulations regarding the protection of users’ personal data: EU Data Protection Directive 1995 ( DPD) 2018 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Personal information this website collects and why we collect it This website collects and uses personal information for the following reasons: Track website traffic Like most websites, this one uses Google Analytics (GA) to track user activity . We use this data to determine the number of people using our website, to better understand how they find and use our websites, and to see their journey through the website. Although GA records data such as your geographic location, device, web browser and operating system, none of this information makes you personally identifiable to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address, which could be used to identify you, but Google does not give us access to this. We consider Google to be a third-party data processor that is compliant with the requirements of European legislation.
Contact forms and e-mail links In the event that you choose to contact us using a contact form or a link in our e-mail, none of the data you provide will be stored by this website or transferred or processed by any third party. data processors, as defined below in the section “Our Third Party Data Processors”. Instead, this data will be sent to us in an email message via SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS (sometimes known as SSL) security protocol, which means that email content is encrypted before it is sent over the internet. Email content is decrypted by our local computers and devices.
About cookies What is a cookie?
The term “cookie” refers to a small data file consisting solely of a series of information in text form, which the website transfers to your web browser located on your computer’s hard drive, either temporarily during your visit , or sometimes for longer periods, depending on the type of cookie. Cookies perform various functions (for example, distinguishing you from other visitors to the same website or remembering certain things about you, such as your preferences) and are used by most websites to improve your user experience. Each cookie is unique to your browser and contains certain anonymous information. A cookie usually contains the name of the field where the cookie came from, the “lifetime” of the cookie and a value (usually in the form of a randomly generated unique number).
Types of cookies The main types of cookies that websites may use are described below Session cookies These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser only during your visit and are deleted when you close the program navigation. Persistent cookies These remain in the cookie file of your device’s browser even after the browser is closed, sometimes for a year or more (the exact length of stay depends on the lifetime of each cookie). Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator may need to know who you are for more than one visit (eg to remember your username or your website customization preferences).
First-party cookies These are cookies that are installed in your browser and/or on your device’s hard drive by the website you are visiting. This includes assigning a unique identifier to you for the purpose of tracking your browsing on the website. Website operators often use first-party cookies to manage visits and for identification purposes. Third-party cookies These are cookies used by third parties, such as e.g. social networks, to track your visits to the various websites on which they advertise. The website administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies on this website and how to manage them On this website, we use cookies to improve the experience of using the website by its visitors. The operation of the website will be significantly affected if you disable or do not accept the use of cookies. Here is information about the third-party cookies we use on this website, including how to disable them and how disabling them affects the functionality of the website. If you would like more information on how to manage certain types of cookies, including how to control or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org.
Google Analytics Cookies Google Analytics cookies are performance analysis/recording cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. These cookies can tell us how many visitors use the site, the time and duration of access, and also provide information about how visitors navigate through the various parts of the site. This information helps us improve the way our website works. It is anonymous information and does not contain personal data. The information collected by Google Analytics cookies about our website is transferred to and stored on Google servers in accordance with Google’s privacy policy. For more information regarding the Google Analytics service, please click https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245 You can disable tracking by Google Analytics by clicking https://tools.go ogle .com/dlpa ge/gaoptout?hl =en=GB If you disable these cookies your use of the website will not be counted, nor will it be used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through the website. Website operation will not be affected.
Cookies from video service providers (Google, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc.) These providers may place cookies on your device if you watch videos on our website that they provide to us as an external service. If you disable these cookies, you may not be able to view embedded videos from our website.
Cookies from social networks Third-party social networks may place cookies on your device if you choose to share material from our website with them by clicking one of the embedded buttons entitled “Share”. If you disable these cookies, the “Share” function will not be available.
About this website’s server All internet traffic (file transfer) between this website and your browser is encrypted and transferred via the HTTPS protocol using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
Our third party data processors We use a number of third parties to process personal data for us. These agencies have been carefully selected to comply with the legislation mentioned herein.
Data breaches For as much of your personal information as is stored in our database, all necessary measures will be taken to secure it. We will report any unlawful breach of the database of this website or the database of any third party data processor to any and all directly concerned as well as to the authorities within 72 hours of the breach, as long as it is apparent that the personal data that is stored in a recognizable format, have been stolen.