1 Introduction

This website (https://culinaryprofessionals.gr/) acknowledges how or use of the services provided on its website Culinary Professionals of Greece respects the right to protect the personal data of internet users, in accordance with European Regulation 2016/679 and Law 4624/2019. This privacy policy text describes the collection and processing of user data during our visit. By visiting our website, you accept the terms described in this policy.
The visitor to our website and/or user of our services must carefully read the terms and conditions of protection of his personal information mentioned here. We may modify the terms of protection of your personal data. For this reason, please check these terms regularly for any changes, since by visiting you accept these terms and their modifications.

2. Data processing controller

Responsible for the processing of your personal data is Culinary Professionals Greece.

Website: www.culinaryprofessionals.gr.

3. What is personal data

According to the law, personal data is any information that concerns an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject), such as name, e-mail address, VAT number, e-mail, etc. Identifiable is defined as a natural person whose identity can be ascertained, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification element, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (IP address, e-mail, etc.) .) or to one or more factors that characterize his physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity.

4. What is personal data processing

Processing of personal data is any act or series of acts carried out with or without the use of automated means, on personal data, such as the collection, registration, organization, structure, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, information search, use, transmission to third parties, dissemination, association, combination, restriction, deletion and destruction of personal data.

5. What personal datado we collect on our website and for what purpose

During your visit and navigation on our website we collect the following personal data:
a. Navigation data
Our website collects identification information of its users using technologies such as cookies and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address tracking. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard drive of each visitor/user and do not take notice of any document or file from their computer. In addition, information is automatically collected about the sites visited by the visitor and about the links to third-party websites that the user may choose. The processing of the above data is done in order to provide you with uninterrupted access to the information on our website.
b. Contact Form
If you use our contact form to contact us through our website, we collect your email address, with your consent, in order to contact you.

6. What personal datado we collect and process in our organization

At our organization we collect and process personal data for the processing of membership registration, such as name, passport or ID number, gender, profession, VAT number, VAT number, contact details (address, country of origin, email , phone).

7. Legal basis for processing personal data

The legal basis for processing the personal data we collect during your visit to our website is consent when visiting our website. Likewise, when filling out the contact form or sending newsletters, we ask for your consent.

8. Recipients of personal data

The personal data of visitors and/or users of our website services are not transmitted to third parties, with the exception of the case where you provide your consent for this purpose or for the establishment, exercise or support of legal claims or if this is necessary for to comply with our legal obligation under insurance and tax legislation.

9. Retention time of personal data

The personal data concerning website visitors and/or users of our electronic services are collected and kept for the absolutely necessary time and then deleted.

10. Use of cookies

When navigating this website, as mentioned above, user identification information may be collected through the use of cookies. The use of cookies makes it easier for our website to store information about the user’s visit, secure search, calculate the number of visitors or facilitate the registration of our services. You can delete cookies if you choose. See here:www.aboutcookies.org You can delete all the cookies already on your computer, as well as set most browsers so that they do not allow the installation of cookies. However, if you choose to delete or remove certain cookies, the functionality of our website may be affected.

11. Additional Social Media Tools

Our website integrates application interfaces through social networking or additional tools (plugins) of social networking services, such as the services provided by the companies Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc. With these add-ons, information may be transferred to the respective platform about you, without this being immediately noticeable. This information includes the platform usage identification number, the websites you have visited, etc. Additional tools (plugins) are governed by the data protection policy of the respective social networking service.

12. Security of personal data

To protect the personal data of our website users and visitors, we use a secure connection and data security measures to prevent the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access and disclosure of your personal information.

13. Your Rights

Regarding the protection of your personal data, you have the following rights:
a. right of access, i.e. the right to be informed if your personal data is being processed,
b. right of rectification, i.e. the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data,
c. right to erasure, i.e. the right to request the erasure of personal data concerning you,
d. right to restrict processing when the accuracy of the data is disputed, is illegal or for other reasons,
e. right to portability, i.e. the right to request to receive the data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, as well as to have said data transmitted to another controller and
f. right to object to the processing of your personal data, unless there are compelling and legitimate reasons for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms.
To exercise your rights, you can send us an email to the email address: info@culinaryprofessionals.gr.

14. Right to Terminate

In accordance with Regulation No. 679/2016, you have the right, if you believe that your rights regarding the protection of your personal data have been violated, to file a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Authority, which is based in Athens with address Kifisias 1 – 3, P.O. 115 23, Athens, Greece, and at phone +30 2106 475 600 and fax +30 2106 475 628 or at email address complaints@dpa.gr.