Effective Date: September 1st, 2020
Updated: September 23rd, 2026
Who we are
Our website address is https://travelthegreekway.com. Travel the Greek Way is committed to protecting your privacy and processing personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and applicable Greek data protection laws.
Travel the Greek Way is a business registered in Greece with G.E.MI. Registration Number 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
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 expert advice, and we are not responsible for any losses, injuries, or damages that may 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, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, and applicable disclosures carefully. Your use of this Website is subject to these Terms and Conditions. Where your consent is required for the processing of personal data or the use of non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will request that consent separately through the appropriate consent mechanism.
Your Data
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use and share it, how long we retain it, and the rights available to you. This Privacy Policy applies to travelthegreekway.com.
What data do we collect from you?
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. It does not include information that has been rendered anonymous so that an individual is no longer identifiable. We may process certain types of personal data about you as follows:
- Identity Data – may include your name or username when you voluntarily provide it, for example when submitting a form or comment.
- Contact Data – may include your email address and any other contact information you voluntarily provide to us.
- Technical Data – may include your IP address, browser type and version, device information, operating system, referring website, and other technical information associated with your use of the Website.
- Usage Data – may include information about how you use and interact with the Website, where such information is collected in accordance with applicable consent requirements.
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 when you communicate with us through a contact form, email, comments, 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 with spam detection.
Automated technologies or interactions – As you use our Website, certain Technical Data may be collected automatically through server logs, cookies, and similar technologies. This may include information such as your IP address, browser and device information, referring website, pages visited, and dates and times of access. Where consent is required for cookies or similar technologies, such information is collected only after the required consent has been obtained.
Third parties or publicly available sources – We may receive information about the use of our Website from third-party service providers, such as analytics providers, where such processing is permitted by applicable law and, where required, you have provided consent. Some third-party service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area, as explained in the “Where do we send your data?” section below.
Providing personal data through our contact forms, newsletter subscription, or comments is voluntary. However, if you do not provide information that is necessary for a particular request or service, we may not be able to respond to your inquiry, process your subscription, publish your comment, or provide the requested service.
Automated Decision-Making
We do not use personal data collected through this Website to make solely automated decisions that produce legal effects or similarly significantly affect you.
How we may use your data
We process personal data only where we have a lawful basis to do so. Depending on the circumstances, these bases may include your consent, the performance of a contract or steps taken at your request, compliance with a legal obligation, and our legitimate interests in operating, maintaining, and protecting the Website.
Where consent is required for analytics, marketing, or other non-essential cookies or technologies, we process the relevant information only after consent has been obtained. You may withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie preference tool.
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
- To operate, maintain, and secure the Website;
- To respond to your comments, messages, or inquiries;
- To provide services or information you request;
- To send administrative communications where necessary;
- To understand how visitors use the Website and measure Website performance, where the required consent has been obtained;
- To support affiliate tracking and other monetization activities, where applicable and subject to the required consent;
- To detect, prevent, and investigate spam, fraud, security threats, unauthorized access, or other illegal activity;
Who do we share your data with?
We may use third-party service providers to operate, secure, analyze, monetize, and provide functionality for this Website. Depending on how you interact with the Website, these providers may process certain information about your device, browser, IP address, or use of the Website.
Third-party providers process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable data protection laws. We do not sell your personal information.
We may also share information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to do so or when disclosure is permitted or required by law.
Third-party services and technologies used by or accessible through this Website may include:
- Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Website, including information such as pages visited, referring sources, and interactions with the Website. Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies, subject to your cookie consent choices where required by law.
- Wordfence Security – We use Wordfence to help protect the Website against malicious traffic, unauthorized access, malware, and other security threats. In providing these security functions, technical information such as IP addresses and information about Website requests may be processed.
- Antispam Bee – We use Antispam Bee to help identify and prevent spam submitted through Website comments and related features. Information associated with comments may be processed for spam-prevention purposes.
- WPForms – We use WPForms for forms available on the Website. Information you voluntarily submit through a form, such as your name, email address, and message, may be processed for the purpose of receiving and responding to your request.
- YouTube – Some pages may contain videos embedded from YouTube. When you interact with embedded YouTube content, YouTube or Google may collect information about your device and interaction with the video and may use cookies or similar technologies, subject to applicable consent requirements.
- Affiliate Partners – The Website contains affiliate links to third-party services including Amazon, Booking.com, GetYourGuide, Viator, Ferryhopper, and DiscoverCars. When you click an affiliate link, the relevant provider or affiliate network may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to identify that you were referred by Travel the Greek Way and to attribute eligible purchases or bookings.
- Website Hosting, Backup, and Technical Services – We use hosting, backup, security, optimization, and other technical services necessary to maintain and operate the Website. These providers may process limited technical information where necessary to provide their services.
This list may be updated from time to time as the services used by the Website change.
Except where permitted or required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or disclose your email address or other personal information without your consent. We may, however, disclose or transfer personal information where required by law or in connection with a sale, merger, reorganization, or transfer of all or part of the business, subject to applicable data protection law.
How is visitor information protected?
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include the use of SSL encryption and website security and malware protection.
However, no method of transmitting information over the Internet or storing information electronically is completely secure. Therefore, while we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
How long do we retain your data
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with applicable legal, accounting, reporting, security, and record-keeping obligations.
Information submitted through contact forms or email may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.
If you subscribe to a newsletter or other email communications, relevant subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent, subject to any information we may need to retain to document or respect your opt-out request.
If you leave a comment, the comment and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely so that we can maintain the discussion, identify previously approved commenters, and manage or moderate comments.
Technical and security information may be retained for periods reasonably necessary to protect the Website, investigate security incidents, prevent abuse, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
Cookie retention periods and information about individual cookies are provided in our Cookie Policy.
What rights do you have over your data?
If the GDPR applies to the processing of your personal data, you may have the right to:
- Access – Request information about the personal data we hold about you and obtain a copy of that data.
- Correction – Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Erasure – Request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Restriction – Request that we restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Data portability – Request your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format where this right applies.
- Object – Object to certain processing of your personal data, including processing based on legitimate interests where applicable.
- Withdraw consent – Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
These rights are subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by applicable data protection law. We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request.
To exercise your data protection rights, contact us at info@travelthegreekway.com.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA), the supervisory authority for data protection in Greece.
Sensitive Data
We do not intentionally request or collect special categories of personal data through this Website, such as information concerning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data, health information, or information concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through comments, contact forms, emails, or other features of the Website unless it is necessary for your communication with us. If you voluntarily provide such information, we will handle it in accordance with applicable data protection law and this Privacy Policy.
Where do we send your data?
Some of the third-party service providers we use may process personal data outside Greece or the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards where required by applicable data protection law. These may include an adequacy decision by the European Commission, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for participating organizations, Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, or another legally recognized transfer mechanism.
Visitor comments may also be checked through automated spam-detection services.
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 had 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 use cookies and similar technologies to operate our Website, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the Website, and, where applicable, support advertising and affiliate tracking.
Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Website may be used without your consent where permitted by law. Analytics, advertising, affiliate, and other non-essential cookies are used only where the required consent has been obtained.
When you first visit the Website, you can make your cookie choices through our cookie consent banner. Where available, you can accept or reject non-essential cookies or manage your preferences by category. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through our on-site cookie preference tool.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect some Website functionality.
For detailed information about the cookies and similar technologies used on this Website, including their purposes, providers, and retention periods, please see our Cookie Policy.
Affiliate Disclaimer
Travel the Greek Way participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means that some links on this Website are affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase, reservation, or booking, Travel the Greek Way may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
When you interact with affiliate links, the relevant affiliate provider or network may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to identify referrals and attribute qualifying purchases or bookings to Travel the Greek Way. Where such technologies require consent, they are subject to your cookie consent choices.
Some products, accommodations, tours, activities, transportation services, and other travel options mentioned on this Website are based on our personal experience. Others may be included based on research, location, features, availability, reputation, or their relevance to the subject of an article. The inclusion of an affiliate link does not mean that we have personally used every product, property, tour, or service mentioned.
We make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information, but we do not control third-party businesses or their websites. Prices, availability, descriptions, schedules, booking conditions, cancellation and refund policies, safety requirements, and other terms are determined by the relevant third-party provider and may change without notice. You should review the provider’s current information, terms, and policies before making a purchase or booking.
When you click an affiliate link or visit a third-party website, that third party may collect and process information in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms. Travel the Greek Way is not responsible for the privacy practices, website content, availability, products, services, or policies of third-party providers.
Travel the Greek Way currently participates in affiliate programs that may include:
- Amazon Associates – 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 advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
- Booking.com Affiliate Partner Program – We may earn a commission when you complete an eligible accommodation booking through one of our Booking.com affiliate links.
- GetYourGuide Partner Program – We may earn a commission when you complete an eligible booking through one of our GetYourGuide affiliate links.
- Viator Partner Program – We may earn a commission when you complete an eligible booking through one of our Viator affiliate links.
- Ferryhopper Partner Program – We may earn a commission when you complete an eligible booking through one of our Ferryhopper affiliate links.
- DiscoverCars Partner Program – We may earn a commission when you complete an eligible booking through one of our DiscoverCars affiliate links.
Our affiliate relationships may change over time. We may add or discontinue affiliate partnerships without updating every individual page immediately.
Affiliate commissions help support the operation and maintenance of Travel the Greek Way.
Blog Comment Policy
Certain parts of this Website allow visitors to post comments and opinions (“Comments”). Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts them and do not necessarily reflect the views of Travel the Greek Way.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Travel the Greek Way is not responsible for comments posted by third parties or for losses or damages arising from third-party comments.
Travel the Greek Way reserves the right to moderate, edit, refuse, or remove comments that we consider inappropriate, offensive, abusive, defamatory, spam, promotional, unlawful, or otherwise unsuitable for publication.
Travel Information Disclaimer
The travel information published on Travel the Greek Way is provided for general informational and planning purposes. We make reasonable efforts to provide useful and accurate information based on our personal experiences, research, and information available at the time of publication or update.
Travel conditions can change without notice. Prices, opening hours, admission fees, ferry and transportation schedules, routes, road conditions, accommodation availability, restaurant information, local regulations, weather conditions, beach conditions, hiking trails, and other travel information may change after an article has been published.
You should verify important information directly with the relevant official authority, transportation company, accommodation provider, attraction, tour operator, restaurant, or other service provider before making travel arrangements or beginning an activity.
Travel, driving, hiking, swimming, boating, and other activities involve varying levels of risk. Conditions and individual abilities differ, and information on this Website should not be considered a guarantee that a destination, route, or activity is safe or suitable for every person. You are responsible for assessing your own circumstances, abilities, and travel plans and for following local laws, official warnings, signs, and instructions.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Travel the Greek Way shall not be liable for losses or damages arising from or related to your use of, or reliance on, information published on this Website or your use of third-party websites, products, services, accommodations, transportation providers, tours, or other services mentioned or linked to from this Website.
We do not guarantee that the Website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or free from errors, viruses, or other harmful components.
Travel the Greek Way is not responsible for changes, cancellations, delays, closures, price changes, accidents, injuries, losses, weather conditions, transportation disruptions, or other events caused by third parties or circumstances outside our reasonable control.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Applicable Law
These Terms and your use of this Website are governed by the laws of Greece and applicable European Union law, without prejudice to any mandatory rights or protections that may apply to you under applicable law.
Any dispute relating to these Terms or the use of this Website shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts as determined by applicable law.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the original text, photographs, videos, graphics, logos, and other original content created for Travel the Greek Way are owned by Travel the Greek Way and are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual property laws.
Content belonging to third parties, including embedded content, trademarks, logos, photographs, maps, or other materials, remains the property of its respective owners and is used or displayed in accordance with applicable licenses, permissions, terms, or law.
You may not reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, sell, or commercially exploit our original content without prior written permission, except where permitted by applicable law.
You may share links to our articles and may quote brief portions of our content for legitimate purposes provided that appropriate credit and a link to the original page on Travel the Greek Way are provided.
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