Privacy and Cookie Statement

Effective Date: August 6, 2024

Karpathos Houses ("the Website") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy and Cookie Statement explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you visit our Website and interact with our services.

1. Personal Data We Collect
   
   We collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Contact Information: When you fill out our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you provide.
• Usage Data: We collect data about how you use our Website, including IP addresses, browser types, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This data is collected through Google Analytics.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies for analytics and advertising purposes.

2. Purposes of Data Collection

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• To Provide and Improve Our Services: Including responding to inquiries via our contact form.
• Analytics: To analyze website traffic and usage patterns through Google Analytics.
• Advertising: To display personalized advertisements via Google Adsense.
• Social Media Interaction: To enable interactions with social media platforms via social media buttons.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: For placing cookies and collecting analytics and advertising data.
• Legitimate Interests: For providing and improving our services and ensuring the security of our Website

4. Data Sharing and Third-Party Access

We may share your personal data with:

• Service Providers: Such as Google for analytics and advertising.
• Social Media Platforms: When you interact with social media buttons.

5. Retention of Data

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes stated in this policy or as required by law.

• Contact Information: Data collected through our contact form is retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and as needed for record-keeping purposes, typically not longer 2 years.
• Usage Data and Analytics: Data collected via Google Analytics is retained for 26, according to Google, after which it is automatically deleted.
• Advertising Data: Information collected through Google Adsense cookies is retained according to Google's policies.
• Social Media Interaction: Data related to interactions via social media buttons is retained according to the policies of the respective social media platforms.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Access: The right to access your personal data.
• Rectification: The right to request correction of inaccurate data.
• Erasure: The right to request the deletion of your data.
• Restriction: The right to request a restriction on the processing of your data.
• Data Portability: The right to receive your data in a structured format.
• Objection: The right to object to the processing of your data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at mail@karpathoshouses.com

7. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

8. International Transfers

As we use services provided by Google, your data may be transferred outside the European Union. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for various purposes:

• Necessary Cookies: Essential for the operation of the Website.
• Analytics Cookies: Used by Google Analytics to understand user behavior on our Website.
• Advertising Cookies: Used by Google Adsense to deliver personalized ads.
• Social Media Cookies: Allow interaction with social media platforms.

Managing Cookies: You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie banner or your browser settings. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

10. Consent Management

By using our Website, you consent to the use of cookies and the processing of your data as described in this statement. You can withdraw your consent at any time by adjusting your cookie settings or contacting us.

11. Changes to This Statement

We may update this Privacy and Cookie Statement from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

12. Contact Information

For questions or concerns regarding this statement, please contact us at: mail@karpathoshouses.com