Effective Date: September 1st, 2020
Updated: February 18th, 2024
Who we are
Our website address is https://travelthegreekway.com (Website). Travel the Greek Way is committed to complying with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (“GDPR”). We are an officially registered company in Greece with the Reg. Num. 169951603000 (ΓΕΜΗ).
Our Contact Details
Evgenia Mataragka otherwise known online as “Travel the Greek Way”
Our email address is info@travelthegreekway.com
Our website address is https://travelthegreekway.com
The Travel the Greek Way believes very strongly in keeping your personal information confidential. The following policy describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared.
Introduction
Thank you for visiting our website and reading about our travels. All content on https://travelthegreekway.com reflects our own personal views and is for informational purposes only. Although we endeavor to make sure that our content (including travel guides, blogs, and itineraries) is well-researched, up-to-date, and informative, we make no representations or warranties as to the completeness and accuracy of the content found on https://travelthegreekway.com or the content we link to. We are not liable for errors, omissions, or changes to the availability of this information. Additionally, we do not provide professional medical, legal, or other advice, and are not responsible for any losses, injuries, or damages that arise from the display or use of this information.
By reading our website content, you agree that you are doing so of your own free will. If you try something we have written about on this site, you are doing it at your own risk.
Please read our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy below carefully. Do not continue to use the Travel the Greek Way website if you do not accept all of the stated Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy. By accessing this website you explicitly accept the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy stated here in full.
Your Data
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website, travelthegreekway.com.
What data do we collect from you
Personal data means any information capable of identifying you as an individual. It does not include anonymized data. We may process certain types of personal data about you as follows:
- Identity Data – may include your first name, maiden name, last name, username, marital status, title, date of birth, and gender.
- Contact Data – may include your email address and telephone numbers.
- Technical Data – may include your login data, internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, and version, browser plug-in types and versions, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this site.
- Usage Data – may include information about how you use our website
How we collect your data
We collect data about you through a variety of different methods, which include:
Direct Interactions – When you voluntarily fill in your personal information and data on a form on our website, when you subscribe to a newsletter or email updates, or by communicating with us via post, phone, email, or otherwise. These interactions include when you:
- Submit a contact form/newsletter subscription. Your name and email are collected through the form-fill.
- Give us feedback, or send us an email.
- Post a comment on one of our website pages. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Automated technologies or interactions – As you use our site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and usage patterns. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs, and similar technologies.
Third parties or publicly available sources – We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources, such as:
Analytics providers such as Google are based outside the EU.
How we may use your data
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.
Who do we share your data with
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, this Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies, which can be found on their respective websites.
This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
- Google Analytics – This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies. The information generated relating to this website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
How is visitor information protected?
The Travel the Greek Way website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit as safe as possible. We use regular Malware Scanning. We use an SSL certificate.
No personal information is stored on the site or its backend at any time.
How long we retain your data
We’ll only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights do you have over your data
Below you can find the rights you have related to your personal information stored by us:
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@travelthegreekway.com.
Amend – You may contact us at info@travelthegreekway.com to amend or update your personal information.
Erase – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your data. To do so, please submit a request to info@travelthegreekway.com. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Data
We do not and will never collect Sensitive Data about you. This data refers to details about your race, ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data, or criminal convictions or offenses.
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number (or social security number equivalent), information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Where do we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. ads, videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any of these third parties. If you access a third-party website from Travel the Greek Way, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of such websites.
Cookies Statement
We employ the use of cookies. By using the Travel The Greek Way website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with Travel The Greek Way’s privacy policy. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third-party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. Cookies are used in some areas of our site to enable the functionality of this area and ease of use for those individuals visiting. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.
The Travel The Greek Way uses both “session” and “persistent” cookies.
Session cookies – These are deleted from your computer as soon as you close your browser, and help us to keep track of you while you navigate our site, increase web security, and prevent fraud.
Persistent cookies – These will remain stored on your computer until you delete them, or they reach their specific expiry date. Persistent cookies help our website to recognize you when you visit and keep track of your preferences when using our website. It’s all about helping to provide you with the best user experience, tailored to you! If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Affiliate Disclaimer
The Travel The Greek Way engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Some of the links on this website are affiliate links. If you choose to purchase using these links, we receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. By using these affiliate links, you’re directly supporting the Travel The Greek Way and the running costs of maintaining the website.
Please note that we never recommend any products or services through our affiliates that we haven’t personally used, or that we don’t believe are the best quality product/service. If you do click on a link on our site, please note that you’re subject to their data collection and privacy policies, and we’re not responsible for these.
- The Travel The Greek Way is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for websites to earn commissions and advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commissions on these sales.
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete an accommodation booking using one of our Booking.com affiliate links.
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the GetYourGuide Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete a GetYourGuide booking using one of our GetYourGuide.com affiliate links
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the Viator Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete a Viator booking using one of our Viator.com affiliate links
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the Ferryscanner Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete a Viator booking using one of our Ferryscanner.com affiliate links
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the Ferryhopper Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete a Viator booking using one of our Ferryhopper.com affiliate links
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the DiscoverCars Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you complete a DiscoverCars booking using one of our DiscoverCars.com affiliate links
- The Travel The Greek Way is also a participant in the SheMedia Partner Program. We earn a small commission if you purchase an ad item displayed by SheMedia.com.
Blog Comment Policy
Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material, and data (“Comments”) in areas of the website. Comments reflect the view and opinion of the person who posts such a view or opinion. To the extent permitted by applicable laws The Travel The Greek Way shall not be responsible or liable for the Comments or any loss cost, liability, damages, or expenses caused and or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.
The Travel The Greek Way reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments that it considers in its absolute discretion to be inappropriate, offensive, or otherwise in breach of these Terms and Conditions.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that under no circumstance shall The Travel The Greek Way be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, exemplary, or any other damages arising out of your use of the Site (https://travelthegreekway.com/) or Service. Additionally, The Travel The Greek Way is not liable for damages in connection with: (i) Any failure of performance, error, omission, denial of service, attack, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, or line or system failure; (ii) loss of revenue, anticipated profits, business, savings, goodwill or data; and (iii) third party theft of, destruction of, unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of your information or property, regardless of our negligence, gross negligence, failure of an essential purpose and whether such liability arises in negligence, contract, tort, or any other theory of legal liability. The foregoing applies even if The Travel The Greek Way has been advised of the possibility of or could have foreseen the damages. In those states that do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for the damages, our liability is limited to the fullest possible extent permitted by law. In no event shall The Travel The Greek Way’s cumulative liability to you exceed the total purchase price of the Service you have purchased from The Travel The Greek Way, and if no purchase has been made by you The Travel The Greek Way’s cumulative liability to you shall not exceed $1.
Intellectual Property
You agree that all texts and photographs used on https://travelthegreekway.com are the property of https://travelthegreekway.com/ including all copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, patents, logos, and other intellectual property. You also agree that you will not reproduce or redistribute https://travelthegreekway.com’s intellectual property in any way, including electronic digital, or new trademark registrations. Photographs or text that are now owned by https://travelthegreekway.com/ is given the credit for the ownership.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the right, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.
Contacting us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us at info [at] travelthegreekway [dot] com.
Contact person: Evgenia Mataragka