Privacy Policy & GDPR Compliance

GENERAL

The use of the web pages and services provided to the visitor/user by the website www.ektoneso.com, owned by “Anna Zaoutsou” (hereinafter referred to as “the company”), implies your unconditional agreement with this website’s Privacy Policy regarding the protection of personal data. 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 must leave the website and refrain from using any of its services or content.
This privacy policy may change from time to time in accordance with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly inform our clients or users of our website of such changes. Instead, we recommend that you periodically check this page for any changes to this privacy policy. Continued use of the website www.ektoneso.com even after any changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes 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 disclose your personal data in any way.
If you are under 16 years old, you MUST have your parents’ consent before using the services of this website.

Relevant Legislation

Along with our company’s internal IT systems, this website is designed to comply with the following data protection regulations/laws:

  1. EU Data Protection Directive 1995 (DPD)
  2. EU General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR)

Personal Information Collected by This Website and Why We Collect It

This website collects and uses personal information for the following reasons:

Website Traffic Monitoring

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 site, to better understand how they find and use our web pages, and to track their journey through the website. Although GA records data such as your geographical location, device, internet browser, and operating system, none of this information personally identifies you to us. GA also records your computer’s IP address, which could be used to identify you, but Google does not grant us access to it. We consider Google to be a third-party data processor compliant with European legislation requirements.

Contact Forms and Email Links

If you choose to contact us using a contact form or an email link, none of the data you provide will be stored on this website, transferred, or processed by any third-party data processor, as defined in the section “Our Third-Party Data Processors” below. Instead, this data will be sent to us via email through the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS security protocol (sometimes known as SSL), meaning that email content is encrypted before being sent over the internet. The email content is decrypted on our local computers and devices.

About Cookies

What is a Cookie?

The term “cookie” refers to a small data file consisting solely of a string of text information that a website transfers to the 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 site 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 web browser and contains some anonymous information. A cookie typically includes the domain name from which it originated, its “lifetime,” and a value (usually 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 your browser’s cookie file only during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser.

  • Persistent Cookies

    These remain in your browser’s cookie file even after you close the browser, sometimes for a year or longer (the exact duration depends on each cookie’s lifetime). Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator needs to recognize you for more than one visit (e.g., to remember your username or your site customization preferences).

  • First-Party Cookies

    These are cookies installed on your browser and/or hard drive by the website you are visiting. They include assigning you a unique identifier to track your browsing on the site. Website administrators often use first-party cookies to manage sessions and for identification purposes.

  • Third-Party Cookies

    These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits to various websites where they advertise. The website administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.

Cookies on This Website and How to Manage Them

We use cookies on this website to enhance visitors’ browsing experience. The website’s functionality will be significantly affected if you disable or refuse to accept cookies.
Below is information about the third-party cookies used on this website, including how to disable them and the impact of disabling them on the website’s functionality. For more details on managing certain types of cookies, including how to control or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org.

Google Analytics Cookies

Google Analytics cookies are analytics/performance cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. These cookies can inform us about how many visitors use the site, when and for how long they access it, and how they navigate through its pages. This information helps us improve our website’s functionality. It is anonymous and does not contain personal data.
The information collected by Google Analytics cookies about our website is transmitted to and stored by Google’s servers in accordance with Google’s privacy policy.
For more information about Google Analytics, please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.
You can disable Google Analytics tracking by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en=GB.
If you disable these cookies, your use of the site will not be counted or included in the statistics we collect to improve our services. The website’s functionality 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 are provided as an external service.
If you disable these cookies, you may not be able to view embedded videos on our site.

Cookies from Social Networks

Third-party social networks may place cookies on your device if you choose to share content from our website using the built-in “Share” buttons.
If you disable these cookies, the “Share” function will not be available.

About This Website’s Server

All web traffic (file transfers) between this website and your browser is encrypted and transferred via HTTPS using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).

Our Third-Party Data Processors

We use several third parties to process personal data on our behalf. These entities have been carefully selected to comply with the legislation mentioned in this document.

Data Breaches

For any personal information stored in our database, all necessary measures will be taken to ensure its security.
We will report any unlawful breach of this website’s database or the database of any of our third-party data processors to all relevant persons and authorities within 72 hours of the breach, provided it is apparent that identifiable personal data has been stolen.