PRIVACY POLICY

Privacy and Data Protection Policy On the official website www.markou-law.gr we take seriously the protection of the privacy of our customers (visitors, users). Mlaw, in compliance with the provisions of the European Regulation on the Protection of Personal Data and the relevant Greek legislation (as amended and in force), manages the personal data communicated to it with the utmost care, ensuring, in any case, their protection and privacy. The user can browse the website without being asked for any personal information whatsoever. This policy concerns natural persons who carry out any transaction with us and in any capacity communicate or collaborate with us, such as prospective or active clients, consumers, website visitors, employees, suppliers, professionals, individuals, consumers or collaborating third parties. The personal data of the above individuals are collected and retained for the necessary time, for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes, are processed lawfully and fairly in a transparent manner, always in accordance with the applicable legal framework and in a manner that guarantees their integrity and confidentiality. These data are at all times appropriate, relevant, appropriate and no more than is required in view of the above purposes, are accurate and, if necessary, are updated. Please read these terms and the relevant Personal Data Protection Policy of the Company carefully. Subject This Policy sets out the Terms and Conditions observed by the Company for the general protection of the privacy of its associates, customers and other third parties. The purpose of this Policy is to inform you about how we collect, retain and process information concerning you. 1. What is Personal Data Personal data includes any information on paper or electronic media that can lead, either directly or in combination with others, to your unique identification or location as a natural person. This category includes, where applicable, information such as your name, physical and electronic addresses, landline and mobile phone numbers, calling and called phone numbers, recipients of SMS/MMS messages, computer, smartphone, tablet, your internet search history (log files, cookies, etc.) and any other information that allows your unique identification in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation. 2. What personal data do we collect from you We process in accordance with the law and protect your personal data when you contact us and/or transact directly and/or online, to receive the services provided by us. 3. Lawful processing In accordance with the above legislative framework, Mlaw will use your information for the following lawful processing purposes on a case-by-case basis, with your explicit consent which you can freely withdraw at any time. 4. Principles of collection and processing This Personal Data Protection Policy aims to inform you about the terms of collection, processing and transmission of your personal data that we may collect as Controllers or Processors. Mlaw applies the Processing Principles of GDPR 2016/679 (lawfulness, objectivity, transparency, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage time limitation, integrity and confidentiality, proportionality and accountability). Mlaw protects and ensures your rights regarding the use of your Personal Data (information, access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, portability, objection and non-automated decision-making based on profiles, as specified in Greek law). The above applies without any discrimination and applies to all processing we carry out and to all services we provide. These rights may be limited due to the obligation to apply another law, such as in the case where you request the deletion of data, while our office is obliged to retain them by law. 5. What are the ways of collecting your personal data Mlaw collects your personal data by accepting the terms of use of each of our services, such as: -when you communicate via email or fill out a contact form -when you visit our websites through which we collect, with your explicit consent, through cookies information from your terminal device, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, the operating system you use, the type and version of your browser, etc. 6. Minimization, storage and deletion of your data Mlaw will always ask you το provide the minimum legally required personal data to connect to our electronic platforms and services, to purchase services. Your personal data is retained only for as long as required by the contractual terms of each service or as provided for in the applicable legislative and regulatory framework, based on the purpose of processing, and then anonymizes or destroys it. 7. Cookies Policy Our website accepts the use of “cookies”. These are online tools for collecting and analyzing information from social networking platforms or collaborating third-party websites, in order to measure traffic, improve the operation, content and overall appearance of our website and adapt it to the needs of our customers. 8. Transfer of your data to third parties As a rule, our Mlaw does not transfer your personal data to third parties, except when we act as intermediaries and to the extent that this is necessary to fulfill your requests regarding the services provided by us. Such third parties may be official state and supervisory bodies (e.g. law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities, Prosecution of electronic crime, ΑΠΔΠΧ, ΕΕΤΤ, ADAE, supervisory authorities), when we are called upon to comply with the law and to prevent unlawful actions against us and our customers (e.g. telecommunications fraud, insults, defamation of personality, etc.). In our Company, we select reliable providers and try to impose contractual restrictions on third parties who receive your personal data, in order to ensure their lawful use. However, we cannot guarantee that they will not use or disclose this data without your permission. For this reason, we recommend that you carefully review the privacy practices of any third-party providers/suppliers whose products or services you purchase through our websites. In order to process your data, we may need to transfer your information to other countries, including countries primarily within and exceptionally outside the European Economic Area (EEA) based on EU adequacy decisions, binding corporate rules, standard contracts and approved codes of conduct. 9. Security of your personal data In any case, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data. Our goal is to ensure that your personal information is transferred, stored and processed in accordance with appropriate international security standards and procedures. Any of our partners who have access to the above information uses it exclusively to serve the above purposes. We share information that you provide to us exclusively in the ways described in this Policy and in accordance with your explicit and specific consent per type of processing, which you can at any time and freely withdraw by contacting us. 10. Display of targeted advertisements If you have given us written consent, we may use your personal data together with other information that we have collected, after human intervention by our commercial department, in order to display advertisements related to your apparent preferences, on our website or on another website. However, we do not use automated tools to identify and evaluate your consumer profile and general preferences with other personal information (such as your email address) to display advertisements or send you personalized offers. In addition, we do not share your personal information with third parties so that they can send you corresponding advertisements, unless you have expressly consented to them. If you wish us to stop sending you updates or offers, you can use the unsubscribe link at the end of any email you may have received from us. 11. Links to third-party websites Our websites may contain links to other third-party websites, independent entities, such as, but not limited to, telecommunications companies, content providers, entertainment producers, professionals, transportation service providers, payment service providers, etc., which are operated and maintained exclusively by them, and which we do not control, as mentioned above. Therefore, we bear no responsibility whatsoever for the content, actions or policies of these websites. Please read carefully the corresponding data protection policies on the websites you visit, as they may differ significantly from ours. 12. Unsolicited Commercial Communication Mlaw does not permit the use of our website or our services to transmit bulk or unsolicited commercial e-mail messages (spam). Furthermore, we do not permit the sending of messages to and from our customers that use or contain invalid or forged headers, invalid or non-existent domain names, techniques for hiding the origin of each message, false or misleading information or that violate the terms of use of websites. We do not permit in any way the collection of e-mail addresses or general information of our customers and subscribers through our website or our services. We do not permit and do not authorize any attempt to use our services in a manner that could damage, disable, burden any part of our services or hinder anyone wishing to use our services lawfully. If we believe that any of our services are being used in an unauthorized or inappropriate manner, we may, without notice, in our sole discretion, take appropriate action to block messages from a particular domain, email server, or IP address. We may immediately terminate any account using our services that, in our sole discretion, transmits or is associated with the transmission of any messages that violate this policy.