Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

BUSINESS IDENTITY

 

The current Terms of Use lay down –inter alia- the terms and conditions of our website www.vericoco.gr. Where reference is made herein in the term “www.vericoco.gr”, it shall mean either separately or/and jointly the ‘ATHANASIOS LIOLIOS’ business trading under the domain name of the e-shop “www.vericoco.gr” with a Trade Register Number of XXXXXX and a Tax Identification Number (T.I.N.) 140828311 of the Public Tax Office of KALAMARIA, having its principal operating office in Trilofo Thessaloniki, P.Mela 39 Street, as well as any other legal entity related to the aforementioned e-shop, that may be established in the future.

 

The www.vericoco.gr is the online store created by the Company ‘ATHANASIOS LIOLIOS’. The head office of the e-shop is based in Trilofo Thessaloniki, P.Mela 39 Street. The online store operates in the electronic address www.vericoco.gr under the terms and conditions laid down herein.

 

The e-shop www.vericoco.gr has set as a primary goal the best possible customer service for the clients, who visit the website www.vericoco.gr by establishing a climate of trust among them.

 

It is crucial that the clients of the e-shop www.vericoco.gr be informed and safeguarded, and for that reason it is of utmost importance that the online visitors/clients of the e-shop be informed about the following terms of use.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

The use of the online store www.vericoco.gr is governed by the present terms and conditions, which the users are invited to read carefully and to comply with them. The e-shop www.vericoco.gr considers that the users have read carefully and are aware of the terms of use before visiting www.vericoco.gr. With the users’ entrance in this website and the use of www.vericoco.gr online store it is presumed that you have read the terms of use, accepted the terms, and waived any claim that may arise from visiting www.vericoco.gr, since the use of www.vericoco.gr implies the explicit and unconditional consent and agreement to these specific terms and conditions. All transactions made through www.vericoco.gr are

governed by the Law of the Hellenic Republic and European Law regarding e-commerce, as well as by the Law of Consumer Protection (Law 2251/1994) regarding distance sales.

 

The lawful proprietor of the e-shop www.vericoco.gr reserves the right to modify or update transactions terms and conditions without any notice, undertaking the obligation to inform consumers via online store’s website www.vericoco.gr or/ and via any other proper means,

for any change, modification or addition.

 

The nullity of any certain terms herein does not invalidate the rest of the terms and conditions herein. The non exercise by the lawful proprietor of the e-shop www.vericoco.gr of the present terms of their rights does not mean that they waive them. The lawful proprietor of the e-shop is not liable for breach of these terms due to reasons of force majeure, such as extreme weather, earthquakes, floods, fires, emergency situations, etc.

 

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

 

The protection of your Personal Data is very important to the lawful proprietor of the e-shop www.vericoco.gr that is the reason why the aforementioned e-shop conforms to the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”) of the European Union. The aim is the protection of the personal data that are to be collected and processed. The e-shop www.vericoco.gr understands and shares your concerns related to your personal data.

 

The Company’s object is the wholesale and retail trade of underwear, swimwear, clothing, accessories, bags and sensual items via our e-shop www.vericoco.gr. Moreover, this Privacy Statement, describes the types of data which are subjected to Processing by the e-shop www.vericoco.gr, the way the said data are processed, as well as the purpose of the said processing. Additionally, in this privacy statement, you can find information and details regarding your Personal Data processing related with specific offered services. The current privacy statement, governs every interaction with our Company.

 

Personal data is data that can be used for the identification of a natural person.

 

You may be asked to provide personal data in the context of any contact, transaction and -generally- every interaction with the e-shop www.vericoco.gr and/or with a related legal entity of this e-shop. The e-shop, and its affiliates, may share your personal information with each other and use them in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The e shop www.vericoco.gr, may exchange with its related legal entities your personal information and use them pursuant to the current Privacy Policy. They also may combine them with other information, in order to provide and improve our products and services as well as the content of the said services and/or the advertisement of our business activity.

 

The Company collects data from you, through your interaction with the e-shop. Our intention is to collect only the absolutely necessary Data, which are specific and appropriate for the intended purpose of the collection.

 

The collection and -generally- the processing are conducted for different purposes which are described below. Among these goals is the effective operation of the e-shop www.vericoco.gr by providing its clients with the best experiences with its products and services. Certain data are provided directly from you, for example when you create an account in the www.vericoco.gr e-shop, or when you buy a product or contact the e-shop.

 

The e-shop www.vericoco.gr relies on various legal grounds and rights (“legal basis”) for the processing of your personal data, such as your consent, the legitimate interests of the e-shop, the necessity of concluding an agreement with you and/or performing contract obligations to you, as well as the e-shop compliance with the legal duties for various purposes described below.

 

Additionally, data from third parties may be acquired. The data received from third parties is protected in accordance with the described practices in this Notice, alongside with the possible additional restrictions enforced by the data provider. For instance, when you purchase our products through Amazon, it is possible that your data to be delivered to the e-shop www.vericoco.gr.

 

When you will be asked to provide your personal data, you can refuse. However, some of the Services and Products provides by www.vericoco.gr e-shop require certain personal data, in order to respond and provide the product or the service. If you choose not to supply your Data

which are necessary for the function and the provision of a product or service to you, you will not be able to use this specific product or service. Similarly, in case your personal data is to be collected in compliance with law or for the purposes of concluding and performing a contract

with you, and you do not provide your personal data, the contract shall not be able to be concluded and performed.

You can read more about Privacy by referring to the Personal Data Privacy Statement posted on www.vericoco.gr.

 

COOKIES

 

A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your device for data retention and they may be recalled from a web server from where it has been installed. The e-shop www.vericoco.gr use cookies and similar technologies to save and fulfil your preferences and settings to help you

sign up for its services, to prevent fraud, to analyze the competency of its products and other legitimate purposes, as it is described below. The e-shop www.vericoco.gr uses cookies as part of facilitation and function of its online services, making your next visit and browsing experience easier and more useful to you. Cookies are small pieces of text (text files) sent and stored on the user’s computer allowing websites such as www.vericoco.gr to function without any obstructs and technical failures, to collect multiple user’s preferences, to recognize regular users, to facilitate user’s log in and of course for statistical purposes, in order to determine the locations where our online shop services are useful, more popular for marketing reasons. The e-shop uses cookies to provide you with information and complete your orders.

You shall keep in mind that cookies are absolutely necessary for the effective and unobstructed function of the website www.vericoco.gr. Information stored in the website’s cookies is used exclusively from www.vericoco.gr and partner businesses e.g. Google for statistical purposes. The user may further set up rules on its browser not to store cookies, either generally or on a case by case basis, or to select automatic deletion of cookies after exiting the website.

You may read further about Cookies and similar technologies by referring to the Personal Data

Privacy Statement posted on www.vericoco.gr.

 

COPYRIGHT

 

All contents of www.vericoco.gr including images, photographs, graphics, texts and generally all records are intellectual property and trademarks of www.vericoco.gr are protected by the relevant provisions of the Hellenic Republic and European law. It is forbidden to copy, modify, alter, model, reproduce, distribute, transmit, sell, republish, send data in any way and any information (in whole or in part) provided on this website by any means or means without the prior written permission given by the lawful proprietor of the e-shop.

 

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

The pages of the online store www.vericoco.gr allow the visitor / user to use social networking tools that either refer to external pages related to the e-shop or display relevant information on the profile of the respective user in the corresponding social media networking to choose from. The use of any of the links for social networking add-ons is subject to the terms of use of the network.

 

PURCHASES

 

Buying Procedure

The e-shop www.vericoco.gr sets as its goal to serve you through a simple, fast, safe and enjoyable transaction process: Navigate to www.vericoco.gr, select the goods you are interested in and wish to buy through the large collection of www.vericoco.gr. Add them to the SHOPPING BAG by clicking on the relevant BUTTON ADD TO BAG icon which is unique for any purchase you make during a visit to www.vericoco.gr. This way you create your order. Next, follow the steps of the short payment process (CHECK OUT) to finish sending your order, after filling in the required fields. Upon completion of the ordering process you will receive from us an informative e-mail with the confirmation of receipt of your order.

 

Product Availability

If any of the goods you ordered is not immediately available, our Company shall contact you by e-mail or phone within a reasonable time from the placement of the order to let you know the possible delivery time. In this case, if you feel that this period does not satisfy you, you may request the withdrawal of the order or replace it with another commodity you wish. The remaining goods of your order can be shipped normally.

 

Order Cancellation

If for any reason you wish to cancel your order after registering and completing it on www.vericoco.gr you should contact the customer service of the e-shop at

www.vericoco.gr via e-mail at info@vericoco.gr

 

Change Policy

 

A special mention is made that in view of the provision of Article 3b of Law 2251/1994, returns/replacements and changes shall not be accepted and the consumer has no withdrawal rights(s) from the sale of goods that are not suitable for return, for reasons related to health protection and / or for reasons of hygiene, such as (indicatively and not restrictively) underwear, socks, tights, tights, suspenders, bras, bodysuits, nightgowns.

 

PRIVACY STATEMENT

 

Effective date – Amendments

Version 1.0 Published in DATE 22.6.2023.

 

This Privacy Statement describes – inter allia- the use, disclosure and protection of your Personal data, your available options regarding your Personal Data and of how you can contact us. Where in this statement a reference is made in the term “the Company”, it shall mean the company trading under the nameATHANASIOS LIOLIOS’ business trading under the domain name of the e-shop “www.vericoco.gr” with a Trade Register Number of XXXXXX and a Tax Identification Number (T.I.N.) 140828311 of the Public Tax Office of KALAMARIA, having its principal operating office in Trilofo Thessaloniki, P.Mela 39 Street, as well as its subsidiary/related Companies, as well as any other legal entity related to the aforementioned Companies, that may be established in the future.

 

 

The protection of your Personal Data is very important to us. Recently, we conducted a series of changes, reflecting the growing demands of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as “GDPR”) of the European Union. Our aim is to be as honest and transparent as possible regarding the personal data that we collect, as well as the means of processing of the said Data. Our Company understands and shares your concerns related to your personal data.

 

 

Our company deals with the wholesale and retail trade of underwear, clothing, footwear, accessories, bags and sensual items via our e-shop www.vericoco.gr. This Privacy Statement describes the types of data which are subjected to Processing by our Company, the way the said data are processed, as well as the purpose of the said processing. Additionally, in this privacy statement, you can find information and details regarding your Personal Data processing related with specific offered services for which,

additional and related information are offered. The current privacy statement governs every interaction with the Company.

 

Personal Data We Collect

 

Personal data is described as the Data which can be used for the identification of a natural person.

 

You may be asked to provide personal data in the context of any contact, transaction and -generally- every interaction with our Company of our business and/or with a related legal entity of our Company. Our company may exchange with its related legal entities your personal information and use them pursuant to the current Privacy Policy. They also may combine them with other information, in order to provide and improve our products and services as well as the content of the said services and/or the advertisement

of our business activity.

 

Our Company collects data from you, through your interaction with us. Our intention is to collect only the absolutely necessary Data, which are specific and appropriate for the intended purpose of the collection.

 

The collection and -generally- the processing is conducted for different purposes which are described below. One of the said purposes is to conduct our business in an effective manner and to provide you the best experience with our products and services. Certain data is provided directly from you, for example when you create an account in our e-shop, or when you buy a product or contact us.

 

We rely on various legal grounds and rights (“legal basis”) for the processing of your personal data, such as your consent, our legitimate interests, the necessity of concluding an agreement with you and/or performing our contract obligations to you, as well as our compliance with our legal duties for various purposes described below.

 

Additionally, we may acquire data from third parties. We protect the data we receive from third parties in accordance with the described practices in this Notice, alongside with the possible additional restrictions enforced by the data provider. For instance, when you purchase our products through Amazon, it is possible that your data is delivered to us.

 

When you will be asked to provide your personal data, you can refuse. However, some of our Services and Products, require certain personal data in order to respond and provide the product or the service. If you choose not to

supply your Data which are necessary for the function and the provision of a product or service to you, you will not be able to use this specific product or service. Similarly, in case we are obliged to collect your personal data by law

or for the purposes of concluding and performing a contract with you, and you do not provide your personal data, we will be unable to conclude and perform the contract.

 

Among the data we collect, the following may be included:

 

Name and Contact Details. Your name and surname, email address, postal address, phone number and other similar contact details. In case you express your interest to work for the company we may collect the data of your curriculum vitae such as educational data, e.g. Academics, skills, knowledge of foreign languages, working experience etc.

 

Credentials. Passwords, suggestions of passwords as well as similar security information which are used for the authentication and access the account.

 

Payment Data. Data for handling payments, such as the number of your payment instrument (e.g. credit card number), as well as its security password which is correlated with the payment instrument. In case of payment on delivery, there is the possibility of forwarding your personal data to our collaborators e.g. couriers or/and the total amount of the transaction. When you choose to conduct payments through electronic cards and similar means of payments, we may notify your data to Financial and Banking Institutions. In case of reimbursement (e.g. for cancelled orders), especially when the cancelled order has been conducted through payment upon delivery, you may be required to disclose your personal data, such as your account details, in order to proceed to the reimbursement.

 Interactions. Data related to the use of the Company’s Services from you. For instance, we collect notes from your discussions with us, details related to possible complaints or comments you submit, details related to purchase of

our products, as well as products added to your basket or removed by it, list of products you may wish to buy (wish list), coupon redeem, websites you visit and how and when you contact us. Interests and buying preferences, which

help us to recommend you specific products and services you are interested in. Numbers of visits to our website or other websites you visited before ours Information collected from the use of cookies in your browser. The username of your social network, if you interacted with us via these channels, to help us answer your comments, questions and/or queries.

 

Video or Records. Records of events, activities in buildings, retail stores and other locations of the Company or in third party facilities. If you visit a location of the Company, such as our premises or attend a company’s event which is monitored, your image and voice message may be recorded.

 

Comments and Reviews. Information you provide to us and the content of the messages you send us, such as comments, survey data and reviews you write for a product.

 

Collection and Processing of non –personal data.

 

We also collect data in a format excluding the automated direct connection with specific person. We maintain the right to collect, use, transfer and communicate non-personal data for every purpose.

 

How we use your personal data

 

Our Company uses the collected personal data, for the purpose of providing our services and products to you. Our Company uses your personal data exclusively for the specific purposes of collection. In certain cases, and only

after providing us your explicit consent, we use your contact details for sending promotional/campaign messages. We also use your data for the conduct of our business activities, which includes the analysis of our performance (benchmarking), the fulfillment of our legal obligations, the development of our workforce and the survey conduct. For the purposes above, we combine data collected from different environments. When we process personal data related to you, we do so, after obtaining your consent or/and as it is required in order to provide you the products you use, to conduct our business operations, to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations, to safeguard our system and client security or to serve other legal interests of our business, as these are described in this section.

 

Specifically, we use the data:

 

  • To provide our products, including to inform, ensure and address problems. It also includes the notification of data, when it is necessary for the provision of services or for the conduct of the requested agreements.
  • To improve and develop our products.
  • To personalize our products and make recommendations to you.
  • For commercial and promotional purposes, which includes newsletter delivery and providing related offers.

     

    The following sections describe the data collection practices followed by our Company:

     

    Create an Account. Users may create their personal account on our website. For the registration, the completion of a form with your personal details, full

    address, user’s contact details and a password, is required.

     

    Purchases via our online shop (e-shop). Our website provides its clients with the capability to purchase its products online through our e-shop. This specific capability is offered to registered users and non-registered website

    visitors. For the completion of an order requires the following: the entry of registered users, which requires the completion of an electronic mail address (email) and a personal password. The connection via Facebook or via

    Instagram, where our Company receives public profile information and user’s email addresses. Completion of a form with invoice, payment and delivery data. In these cases, our Company processes your data, with the purpose of fulfilling its contractual relationships, to handle products’ orders or/and services, to provide customer care services, to comply with legal obligations, to dispute, raise or exercise legal claims. If we do not collect your data upon completion of your order, either from our retail shops nor online shop, we will be unable to process your order and therefore, comply with our contractual and other obligations. It may be needed to transfer your data to third parties for the supply or delivery of the product or service you ordered. Furthermore, we may retain your data for a reasonable time period, in order to fulfill our contractual obligations, such as return of products, as the relevant legislation requires.

     

    Contact us. Whereas the users of our website wish to contact us, they send their message through a form, filling additionally their full name, email and phone number. In these cases, our website uses your data to answer the

    submitted requests/questions, the reimbursement requests or/and your complaints. The information you share with us enables us to handle your requests and reply to you in the best possible way. We may also maintain record of your questions/requests in order to better respond in any future

    communication. We do this based on our contractual obligations towards you, our legal obligations and our legal interests aiming to provide the best possible service and be able to develop our services based on your personal experience.

     

    Contests. In response to your wishes, the Company might from time to time organize contests carried out mainly through our website, through social media such as Facebook, Instagram and through email. Respecting your

    rights, we ensure that we make available a personal data privacy statement which are collected in context of each contest.

     

    Newsletters. The users wishing to be informed for the news and offers of the Company’s goods, may subscribe to our Newsletter providing us their email. In an effort of personalizing the related information, users may be requested to select categories of interest before completing their registration. Upon your consent, we will use your personal data, preferences and transaction data to

    inform you via email, internet, and phone and/or via social networks for related products and services, including individualized/ personalized offers, sales etc. Of course, you may revoke your consent at any time (opt-out).

     

    Additional information in relation to the processing purposes:

     

    Protection of Rights. Protection of your account from fraud and other illegal activities: This includes the use of your data for the maintenance, update and protection of your account. We monitor the browser session with us in order to detect and resolve potential problems and protect the integrity of our websites. All the above comprise part(s) of our legal interest(s). For instance, we countercheck your password when you connect to your account and we use automated IP surveillance methods to detect possible false log-in from unexpected locations.

     

    Payment Process and Fraudulent Transactions: We do this based on our legitimate business interests. This also helps the protection of our clients from fraudulent activity.

     

    Commercial Transactions. We use data for the purpose of executing transactions. For example, we process payment data in order to provide to our clients subscriptions to products and use contact details to deliver products they buy from our e-shop.

     

    Reports and business activities. We use data to analyze our activities. This fact helps us to make well-informed decision-making and create reports for the efficiency of our business activities.

     

    Legal compliance. We use data for the purpose of legal compliance. For example, we use the age of our clients, to ensure that we perform our obligations to protect children’s personal data. We also process contact details and credentials, to help our clients to exercise their data protection rights.

     

    Why we share your personal data

     

    We share your personal data upon your consent or as it is required, for the completion of any transaction or for the supply of any product you asked for or authorize us for. When you provide us with payment data for a purchase,

    we will share your payment data with Bank Institutions or other similar entities that process payment transactions or provide other financial services, and for the prevention of fraud and for credit risk mitigation.

     

    In addition, we share your personal data with our partners, affiliates and co-operators. We also share our data with our suppliers or colleagues working for us, for the purposes as described in the current statement. In these cases, our colleagues shall comply with our personal data protection policy and safety requirements, and they are not allowed to use the personal data received from us for any other purpose.

     

    Finally, we will reserve, obtain access in, transfer, transmit and retain personal data, including their content, when we have reasons to believe in-good faith, that it is necessary for our compliance to valid legal procedure, which may also originate from national police forces or other state agencies.

     

    Our Company jointly-process your data with: a) Companies of our Group for the purposes and within the context of the terms mentioned hereinto, b)Collaborating third party Shops or/ and commercial businesses of ourCompany for the sale of products/goods e.g. franchisees, c) third party

    service providers processing personal data on behalf of the Company, for example (non-exhaustive) for the process of credit cards and payments, transfers and deliveries, hosting, management and maintenance of our database, email distribution, research and analysis, promotion management of the brand and products, Google, Facebook, as well as the management of certain services and data. When we use third party providers we conclude agreements obliging them to apply all the necessary technical and organizational measures for the protection of your personal data, d) other third bodies to the extent needed for the following purposes: (i) compliance with a state request, court decision or applicable law, (ii) prevention of unlawful use of websites and apps or breach of the Terms and Conditions of our website and apps and policies, (iii) our protection from third party claims, (iv) contribution for the prevention or investigation of fraud (e.g.counterfeiting), (d) to other third parties when you have provided your consent.

     

    To the companies above, as well as to any other third party with whom we share your data:

     

    • We provide only the necessary information for the performance of their specific services.
    • They may use your data only for the designated exact purposes laid down in our agreement with them.
    • We closely work with them in order to ensure that your confidentiality is respected at any time.
    • If we do not use their services any longer, all of your retaining data shall be deleted or anonymized.

       

      Data controllers on our behalf have been contractually agreed and bound the Company:

       

      • Treat your personal Data as strictly confidential;
      • Not to transfer personal data to third parties without the permission of our Company;
      • To impose and maintain appropriate safety measures;
      • To comply with the legal framework concerning the protection of personal data, and especially with the Regulation 979/2016/EU(GDPR).

         

        Moreover, when using certain Social Media components on our website, you may create a public profile, which will include information such as, username, profile photo and city. You may also make join use of your content with your friends or the general public, including information for your interaction with the company.

         

        Your Rights, Access and Control of your Personal Data

         

        The General Data Protection Regulation provides a series of rights and choices, which we are bound to fulfill. Based on this, you may ask us:

         

        • To inform you regarding the data we keep in relation to you and how we process them. If you wish, we may provide you with a copy of your Data without any additional charge (Right to Access)
        • To rectify inaccuracies and/or mistakes, to complete incomplete data or to update your data (Right to Rectification)
        • To erase your data, as long as there are no legitimate grounds for the processing (Right to erasure or ‘right to be forgotten’)
        • To restrict the processing when a) the accuracy of the personal data is contested, b) you consider the processing as unlawful (but you do not wish the erasure of your data), c) when your data are no longer necessary for the purposes of the processing, d) for the time period pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override those of the data subject.
        • To object at any time for your own personal reasons, to the processing of data, especially for direct marketing and profiling reasons. Your objection may relate to your compliance with a decision we made by automated means. In the latter case, you may ask us to allow you to intervene (Right to objection -Automated individual decision-making)
        • To provide your personal data in a structured, commonly used (usually machine-readable) format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller, if this is technically possible (Right to Data Portability)
        • To do not process any longer your personal data, providing you the possibility to freely revoke your consent, which has been given to us.

           

          You may address your requests to our email address: info@vericoco.gr.

           

          Our Company will satisfy all of your requests within one (1) month. Only under extreme and rare circumstances, when the satisfaction of your rights is almost impossible for us, we will directly inform you, explaining to you the reasons of our relative inability.

           

          Cookies and Similar Technologies

           

           A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your device for data retention and they may be recalled from a web server from where it has been installed. We use cookies and similar technologies to save and fulfil your preferences and

          settings to help you sing up for our services, to prevent fraud, to analyze the competency of our products and other legitimate purposes, as it is described below. Our Website uses cookies as part of facilitation and function of our online services, making your next visit and browsing experience easier and more useful to you. Cookies are small pieces of text (text files) send and stored on the user’s computer allowing websites such as our Website to function without any obstructs and technical failures, to collect multiple user’s preferences, to recognize regular users, to facilitate user’s log in and of course for statistical purposes, in order to determine the locations where our online shop services are useful, more popular for marketing reasons. We use cookies to provide you information and complete your orders. You shall keep in mind that cookies are absolutely necessary for the effective and unobstructed function of our website. Information stored in our website’s cookies are used exclusively from our Website and partner businesses e.g.

          Google for statistical purposes. The user may further set up rules on its browser to do not store cookies, either generally or on a case by case basis, or to select automatic deletion of cookies after exiting the website.

          Our Company uses cookies and similar technologies for different proposes depending the environment or product, such as:

           

          • Preferences and Settings. We use cookies to store your preferences and settings on your device and to improve yourbrowsing experience. By storing your preferences in cookies,for example your preferred language, it is no longer necessary to set your settings regularly. If you select to be exempted from advertisements based on your interest, we will save your selection to be exempted from a cookie on your device.
          • Sign in and identification. We use cookies to check your identity. When you sign in from a browser using your personal account, we store a unique identification number and the time of login in an encrypted cookie on your device. This cookie allows you to move from one web page to another, without requiring to login again in every web page.
          • Storage of provided information on a website. We usecookies, to store information you shared. When you provide our website with, such as when you add products to your shopping cart, we store that information on a cookie to remember that information.
          • Comments. The website of our business may use cookies in order to facilitate you to make a comment on a website.
          • Analysis (Performance Cookies). It is possible to use our own cookies and/or third-party cookies, as well as other identifications, to collect and evaluate usage and performance data. For example, we use cookies to count the number of single users on a website or service and to develop further statistics in relation to our products.

             

            In any case you retain the right to deactivate the use of cookies for efficiency purposes by selecting “Manage Cookies” on the pop-up window appeared during your web session on our websites. Under these circumstances it may be possible to experience delays. Furthermore, you may manage your browser settings, either completely or on a case-by-case basis or to select automatic deletion of cookies after exiting the website.

            • Advertisement. We may use our own and/or third-party cookies, as well as other identifications, to provide you personalized advertisements related to you, your preferences and interests. In any case you may deactivate the use of cookies for advertising purposes by selecting “Manage Cookies” on the pop-up window appeared on our websites during your web session. In this case, you will no longer receive advertisements related to your preferences.

            Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but they provide you monitoring choices allowing you to block or delete them. It is recommended to consult the personal data privacy policy or help documentation of your browser software to find instructions concerning the blockage or deletion of cookies in other browsers.

            Certain Company’s services depend on a cookie. If you select to block cookies, you will be unable to use these services.

            Other important personal data information

             

            Additional information concerning the protection of personal data are described below, for example, how do we ensure your data and the time period of data retention.

             

             Personal Data Security

             

            Our Company is obliged to safeguard your data. We use different technologies and security measures for the protection of your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store your personal data you provide us with in computer systems in which the access is limited and there are located in controlled installations. We use various organizational and technical protective measures for your personal data. Our Company complies with the current personal data protection legal framework, including the legislation of data breach notification. Our Website uses payment security protocols of financial institutions or/and other similar legal entities (e.g. PayPal) for secure online commercial transactions. For example your credit card data is encrypted to ensure that they cannot be deciphered or changed during their transfer through the internet. Additionally, for account identification we use two different data: Username and Password. Every

            time you fill your information, you may access your account. This specific procedure is safely achieved while transmitted to the internet and Company’s servers. To the same standards, you may change your password as frequent as you wish. After submitting the desirable password, the new password is coded and stored in our company’s systems and/or our partners’, such as the

            companies responsible for systems maintenance, systems. For this reason, you shall be the only one knowing your personal password and exclusively responsible for maintaining its secrecy from third persons.

             

            The measures mentioned above are examined and amended when it is necessary.

            Where we store and process personal data

            We do not transfer personal data outside of European Union.

            Retention of your personal data

            Our Company retains personal data for or as long as it is necessary for product supply and completion of your requested transactions or for other legitimate purposes, such as the compliance with legal obligations, dispute resolution and enforcement of its decisions. Due to the fact that those needs may vary for different types of data, in the context of interaction with you or the usage of our products from you, the actual retention period may importantly differentiate.

             

            A few examples of clients’ personal data retention:

            Orders. When you add an order, we will retain your given personal data for at least five years, in order to comply with our legal and contractual obligations.

             

            Guarantees. If guarantee was included with your order, the relevant personal data will be retained until the end of guarantee period at least.

             

            Newsletters. The statement of consent for sending newsletter is retained for the time is sent to you by our website and no more than six months after you have unsubscribed.

             

            Collection of children’s personal data

             

            We comply with the legislation and we do not allow children to register to our website, when they have not reached the age defined by law. We will request parent’s consent for children participating in our Company’s experience and

            events. Even if parent’s consent is given, we will not willingly request from children under this age limit to provide more data than necessary for the product supply.

             

            Parents may alternate or revoke previous selections of granted consent, as well as to process or delete children personal data for whom they granted their consent or approval.

             

            Changes in the current personal data privacy statement

             

            We will update this personal data privacy statement when necessary, to ensure transparency and respond to:

            • Clients’ comments, regulatory authorities, sector representatives.
            • Changes on our products.
            • Changes to the operations or personal data processing policies.

              When we publish changes to this statement, we will modify the 'last updated' date at the beginning of the privacy statement. If there are substantial changes to the statement, such as a change in the purposes of the

              processing of personal data other than the purpose for which they were originally collected, we will notify you either by posting a notice in a prominent place before the changes are made or by sending you directly this notification.

              We encourage you to read this statement on a regular basis to know how the Company protects your information.

               

              Contact us

               

              If you have any considerations, complaints or questions concerning your personal data protection that you would like to address to the Data Protection Officer of the Company, please contact us by sending your message to info@vericoco.gr. We will reply to your questions and considerations within 30 days. You may also report a consideration or submit a complaint to a data protection authority or other official and competent regulatory authorities