PREAMBLE

The visitor/user of the services of this website (hereinafter the “website”) understands and accepts that all pages/services are provided “as is” and the website disclaims any liability regarding the limited duration, deletion, poor performance, or inability to electronically store any user data and/or any content of personal pages/services.

The visitor/user is responsible for accessing the website’s services, and such access may require the payment of fees to third parties (e.g., internet service providers, charges for time spent online). The visitor/user is solely responsible for paying the relevant fees. Furthermore, the visitor/user is solely responsible for equipping themselves with the necessary technological means to access the website’s services.

The website is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors. These Terms of Use – Privacy Policy explain how visitors’/users’ personal data is managed, in accordance with the applicable legal framework [(REGULATION (EU) 2016/ 679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/ 46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and any implementing laws thereof].

Each visitor/user is required to accept the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy the first time they visit the website. By using the website and accepting this Policy, the visitor/user consents to the website’s use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

PROTECTION OF MINORS

Visitors/users of the website who are minors are not permitted to access website’s services that may be considered inappropriate for minors and which cannot be controlled by the website. If, however, minors voluntarily visit pages containing material that is inappropriate, offensive, or immoral and which cannot be continuously monitored, the website bears no responsibility.

USER CONDUCT

It is mutually accepted and understood that all information, data, text, graphics, photographs, images, music files, videos, messages, and all content, whether posted publicly or transferred privately, remain the sole responsibility of the natural or legal person from whom the content originates. This means that the user is solely responsible for all and any content they upload, post, send, transfer, or otherwise make available through the website’s services. Due to its volume, the website is unable to monitor all content posted by its users/members; therefore, it does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, legality, or quality of such content. Under no circumstances shall the website be held liable for any errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage that may arise from the use of any content posted, sent, transmitted, or otherwise made available by users/members on the website’s services. Users/members agree not to use the website’s services and accept full and exclusive responsibility regarding the following:

  1. Posting, publishing, sending, transmitting, or using any other method to upload content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, damaging, defamatory, vulgar, violent, abusive, racist, or otherwise objectionable, infringes upon the privacy and personal data of others, any intellectual property rights of any entity, and incites hatred, and/or constitutes any other criminal offense, and any other form of unsolicited content promotion, as well as content containing digital viruses or any other electronic code, files or programs designed to interfere with, destroy, or restrict the operation of any software or computer or telecommunications equipment.
  2. Causing harm to minors in any way.
  3. Impersonating any legal or natural person, making a false statement regarding the user’s/member’s identity, or making a misleading statement regarding the user’s/member’s relationship and/or collaboration with another legal or natural person.
  4. Falsification or other alteration of user/member identifiers, with the intent to mislead regarding the origin of content transmitted through the website’s services.
  5. Posting, publishing, sending, transferring, or using any other method to distribute content by a person who is not authorized to make such content available under the law or under a fiduciary relationship.
  6. Interfering with or disrupting the services, servers, or networks connected to the website’s services, or violating the terms, procedures, and rules of use for such networks.
  7. Violation, whether intentional or not, of any local, national, European, or international law and/or any rule having the force of law that pertains to and/or covers any service of the website.
  8. Harassment in any way of the privacy and individual and social rights of other users (such as the collection and/or storage of other users’/members’ personal data).

The user understands and accepts that the website does not perform a preliminary review of the content, but that the website and its authorized partners reserve the right (and not the obligation) to exclusively decide to refuse to post/publish, move, or delete any content made available through its services. Furthermore, the website and its authorized partners reserve the right to remove, without notice, any content that violates these Terms of Use.

START – SUSPENSION OF SERVICES

The website reserves the right to modify and/or suspend, temporarily or permanently, part or all of its services, with or without notice to users/members.

TERM

The user understands and accepts that the website reserves the exclusive right to suspend their use, particularly when it believes that they have violated the letter and spirit of these terms of use, as well as the services themselves.

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS – TRADEMARKS

Except for the expressly stated exceptions (copyrights of third parties, partners, and entities), all content on the website, including videos, images, graphics, photographs, drawings, texts, the services provided, and generally all files on this website, constitute intellectual property, registered trademarks, designs, distinctive features, and service marks of the site and are protected by the relevant provisions of Greek law, European law, and international conventions and treaties. Consequently, none of these may be, in whole or in part, sold, copied, modified, reproduced, republished, or “downloaded,” transmitted, or distributed in any manner. The products or services mentioned on the web pages of this site and bearing the trademarks of the respective organizations, companies, partner organizations, associations, or publications, constitute their own intellectual and industrial property, and therefore these entities bear the relevant responsibility. The user understands and accepts that they are not granted the right to reproduce, copy, sell, resell, and/or commercially exploit in any way all or part of the website’s content. If they do so, they accept that they are solely liable for compensation for the above.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Given the nature and scope of the Internet, under any circumstances, including cases of negligence, the website shall not be liable for any form of damage suffered by the visitor/user of its pages, services, options, and content, which the visitor/user accesses on their own initiative. Its content is provided “as is” without any warranty, express or implied, of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

The website does not guarantee that the pages, services, features, and content will be provided without interruption or error, or that errors will be corrected. Furthermore, it does not guarantee that this site or any other affiliated site, or the servers through which they are made available to users, are free of “viruses” or other harmful components. The website does not guarantee in any way the accuracy, completeness, or availability of the content, pages, services, options, or their results. The cost of any corrections or services shall be borne solely by the visitor/user and under no circumstances by this website or the company that manages or commercially operates it.

The website is an informational site intended to provide accurate and timely information to its visitors. The news and information posted daily are derived from news reports by its editors and contributors.

The website, its management, and its editors are not responsible for posts made by named contributors, whose columns are hosted on the website as part of a collaboration.

“BLOGS” CATEGORY

The website hosts “BLOGS/ARTICLES” by various named and unnamed bloggers on its site. In these “BLOGS,” responsibility for the posts and their content lies exclusively with their named authors, and the website expressly disclaims any liability in this regard. The same applies to comments posted by users on the site.

DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION/ADVICE

The content and information contained on this website constitute an offer to the visitor/user and, more generally, to the online community, and cannot be construed as authoritative information and/or advice, nor do they imply any recommendation to undertake or refrain from specific actions. The website undertakes the collection, processing, and distribution of its content, without, however, in any way guaranteeing its accuracy, completeness, adequacy, and general suitability thereof, nor the absence of potential errors, particularly given the large volume of content, as well as the involvement of third parties (natural or legal persons) in its initial production and collection. Consequently, visitors/users of the website, by using its services on their own initiative, assume the responsibility for verifying the information provided.
Some of the information on the website is provided by third parties. The website is unable to verify this information and does not guarantee its accuracy.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

The website or associated applications contain hyperlinks to, and details regarding, third-party websites or related applications. The website does not control and assumes no responsibility for the availability, content, privacy and data protection policies, quality, or completeness of the services of other websites and pages to which it refers via “links,” hyperlinks, or advertising banners. The website should not be considered to endorse or accept the content or services of the websites and pages to which it links, or to be associated with them in any other way.

E-COMMERCE

The website may provide its visitors/users with the option to purchase services through e-commerce applications, in accordance with the specific terms it sets forth and ensuring the protection of the personal data they submit for the use of these services. The website is not responsible for the quality of goods purchased through e-commerce applications, and the transaction is binding solely between the visitor/user and the company providing the goods or services. Consequently, under no circumstances may the website be involved in any legal dispute arising from such a transaction. The user, as a prudent consumer, is obligated to verify the services provided to them in each case, at their own sole responsibility and not that of this website.

In cases where e-commerce transactions take place between users/members and the website, the website is required to comply with Decision Z1-496/2000 on distance sales and the provisions of Law 2251/1994 on Consumer Protection. Thus, the website is required to inform its prospective customers regarding a) the essential characteristics of the services it offers, b) the price, c) the quantity, d) the value-added tax if not included in the price, e) the method of payment, f) the method of performance, g) the validity period of the price, and h) the right of cancellation (with or without payment of cancellation fees)

With your consent, the website may use and process the data collected during user transactions in order to record the user’s purchasing interests and make new offers. Users/members of these services may request that such offers not be made by revoking their consent at any time.

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION

Purchases made through the website are processed by a third-party provider, a banking institution, or a payment service provider legally licensed by the Bank of Greece. The payment process is conducted in accordance with the terms of the relevant service provider, on the provider’s website/secure area/secure banking environment, to which a secure redirect (redirect) is made. The credit card that the visitor/user will use to pay for the website’s services/subscriptions is charged only once and only for that specific transaction, unless the visitor/user has opted for automatic billing of their credit card each time their subscription or the service they are subscribed to is renewed. The website is not responsible for the terms governing the processing of these transactions or the terms of use of personal data adopted by the aforementioned providers with whom it collaborates to complete commercial transactions.