Terms of Use - Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

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

The visitor/user has the responsibility to access the services of the website, access which may require the payment of fees to third parties (e.g. internet service providers, charge for time surfing the internet). The visitor/user bears the sole responsibility for paying the relevant fees. Also, the visitor/user is solely responsible for his/her personal equipment with the necessary technological means that allow him/her access to the services of the website.

The site is committed to guaranteeing the privacy of its visitors. These Terms of Use – Privacy Policy explain how the personal data of visitors/users are managed, in accordance with the applicable legal framework [REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL for the protection of natural persons against personal data processing and for the unimpeded circulation of those data, as well as the abolition of Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and any applicable laws thereof].

All visitors/users are asked to accept the use of Cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy, upon the first time they visit the website. By using the website, and accepting this Policy, the visitor/user accepts the website’s use of the Cookies in accordance with the terms of this Policy.

PROTECTION FOR MINORS

Visitors/users of the site who are minors are not allowed to access the website’s services which may be considered inappropriate for minors and which cannot possibly be controlled by the website. In any section or service that may contain inappropriate/offensive/immoral content, a warning to visitor/users is displayed. If, however, minor users voluntarily visit pages with inappropriate/offensive/immoral content, which cannot possibly be constantly monitored, the website does not hold any responsibility.

MEMBER ACCOUNT

The website provides its users with member services, after completing the process of submitting their details. Once the visitor/user completes the set registration process, he/she will receive a confirmation of the password and the username that he/she chose, via a notification message from this website. Members remain solely responsible for all actions performed under their personal password, username and their user account in general. Members agree to immediately notify the website of any unauthorized use of their account and any confirmed and/or possible security breach. Members are also solely responsible for the diligent use of their account and the appropriate logging-out of their account at the end of each session. The website is not responsible for any damage or loss resulting from members’ inability to respect and follow this clause.

REGISTRATION (where required)

If the visitor/user wishes to subscribe to the service(s) of the website, he/she agrees to: a) provide true, accurate, valid and complete information on the data requested by the website in the connected applications for access to its contents/services and b) keeps and diligently updates his/her registration details so that they remain true, accurate, valid, up-to-date and complete. The registration details are necessary for the smooth provision of the services of the website to the users, as well as the maintenance/recovery of their account. Upon sending the passwords from the website, the registration process is completed, and the user/member is presumed to be aware of the present terms of use, as well as accept them. The visitor/user is kindly requested to update the website in case the personal information concerning him/her need to be corrected or updated.

DURATION

The user understands and accepts that the website reserves the exclusive right to discontinue the use of his/her passwords on its services and/or to discontinue the distribution of its content to the users/members, especially when it believes that they have violated the letter and the spirit of these terms of use, as well as the services themselves.

COOKIES

The website may use cookies to identify the visitor/user of certain services and pages. The website and the connected applications use cookies.

A cookie is a file that contains an identification code (a sequence of numbers and letters) that has been sent by a server to a browser, where it is stored. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, the identification code, too, is sent back to it.

Cookies can be either permanent (persistent cookies) or relate to a single session only (session cookies). Persistent cookies are stored by the browser and remain active either until their expiration date or until the user deletes them. Those that relate to a single session only, expire at the end of the connection, as soon as the browser is turned off.

In collaboration with our trusted partners, we use cookies for the following purposes:

Mandatory Cookies

We use these cookies to ensure optimal website functionality in the following:

Identifying users who have browsed the website at least once before, or registered site members, and provide them with a personalized version of the site.
Eliminating the need for users who have logged in to the website at least once, to re-enter information necessary for better browsing.
Contacting our website via a range of communication and information forms.

Functional Cookies

We use these cookies to examine visitors’ use of our website with the ultimate goal of optimizing it. By using web analytics provided by the Google statistics (Google Analytics), we can analyze the pages visited by users, as well as other statistics (e.g. time spent on page, website from which the visitors came, number of pages per session, etc.) and through them we can provide optimized content on the website (based on user interests). We also use the aforementioned statistics to record users’ desires and define the advertising strategy according to them.

Other websites’ Cookies and Behaviorally Targeted Advertising Cookies (Third-Party):

On some pages of the website there are cookies that are not directly related to the website but with partners, advertisers or sponsors, instead.

When you visit a page that contains data from other websites such as YouTube or Facebook, these websites use their own cookies on your used device/browser. The website does not control these cookies nor does it have access to them, according to the way cookies work (only those who created the cookies have access to them). Please check the policy of these websites for more information about these cookies.

Behaviorally Targeted Advertising Cookies store user preferences regarding the services they have browsed, to display advertisements on third-party websites, relevant to their interests.

If, for any reason, you do not wish to receive ‘cookies’, you will need to modify your browser’s settings accordingly so that it either notifies you about the use of cookies or does not allow their use at all. You should take into account that any settings that do not allow the use of ‘cookies’ may affect the manner and/or the ability to provide services, conveniences or certain functions of the website. Failure to modify your settings accordingly means that you consent to receive and store cookies by the website.

How can I manage or stop the use of cookies?

Many users find the idea of using data intrusive in their personal data, especially when these data are used by third parties. For example, you may object to the use of your data (which resulted from your browsing history on a website) to conduct an advertising campaign. If you want to prevent cookies from being used during your browsing, you can do so by following these steps, knowing that this will affect the functionality of the website.

You can delete from your hard drive any cookies created.

You can also change the preferences/settings in the web browser you are using. In some cases, you can accept cookies from specific sites and block the creation of third-party cookies. In others, you can block cookies from specific advertisers. You should be aware that deleting or blocking cookies may reduce the functionality of the website you are browsing. For more information about cookies, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org or go to the help menu in the browser used. If you encounter any problem with deleting or blocking cookies from the browser used, contact the browser provider.

In the following links you can find information on how you can prevent the use or delete cookies from your browser

Firefox 2.0+ / 3.0+ / 4.0+/8.0+
Internet Explorer (IE) 9.0+
Internet Explorer (IE) 11.0+
Google Chrome
Safari
Opera

Performance Analysis Cookies deletion.

If you wish to delete such cookies, click here: (Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout)

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS – TRADEMARKS

Apart from the explicitly stated exceptions (copyrights of third parties, partners and institutions), all contents on the website, including videos, images, graphics, photographs, drawings, texts, services provided and, in general, all files on this website, are intellectual property, registered trademarks, ornamentations, distinctive features and service marks of the website, and are protected under the relevant provisions of the Greek law, European law and international conventions and treaties. Therefore, none of them can be, in whole or in part, sold, copied, modified, reproduced, republished or “loaded”, transmitted or distributed in any way. The products or services referred to on the web pages of this node and bearing the marks of the respective organizations, companies, partner institutions, associations or publications, constitute their own intellectual and industrial property, and therefore, these bodies bear the relevant responsibility. The user understands and accepts that he/she is not given the right to reproduce, copy, sell, resell and/or commercially exploit in any way all or part of the website’s content. If he/she does so, he/she accepts that he/she bears the sole responsibility for the compensation for the above.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Given the nature and volume of the Internet, under any circumstances, including cases of negligence, the website is not responsible for any kind of harm suffered by the visitor/user of its pages, services, options and contents that he/she browses on his/her own initiative. Its contents are provided “as is” without any warranty expressed or implied in any way. To the fullest extent possible and in accordance with the law, the website denies all warranties expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, those that imply marketability and suitability for a particular purpose.

The website does not guarantee that the pages, services, options and content will be provided without interruptions and errors, as well as that any errors will be corrected. Also, it does not guarantee that the same or any other related website or servers through which they are made available to users/members, do not contain “viruses” or other harmful elements. The website does not in any way guarantee the accuracy, completeness or availability of their contents, pages, services, options or results. The cost of any corrections or services is borne by the visitor/user and in no case by this website and the company that operates or exploits it commercially.

EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION/ADVICE

The content and information contained on the website is an offer to the visitor/user and the community of internet users in general, and may not be construed as valid information and/or advice nor does it conceal any encouragement for the business or non-specific acts. The website undertakes the collection, processing and distribution of its content, but in no case guarantees its thoroughness, completeness, adequacy and general suitability, as well as the absence of any errors, mostly due to its particularly large volume, as well as the participation of third parties (natural or legal persons), too, during its primary production and collection. Therefore, the visitors/users of the website, by using its services on their own initiative, assume the relevant responsibility for cross-checking the information provided.

Some of the information on the website is provided by third parties. The website is not able to verify this information and does not guarantee its accuracy.

‘LINKS’ TO OTHER NETWORKS (WEBSITES)

The website or any connected applications have hyperlinks to, and details about, third party websites or connected applications. The website does not control or bear any responsibility for the availability, content, privacy policy and personal data protection policy, quality or completeness of the services of other websites and pages to which it leads via “links”, hyperlinks or advertising banners. The website should not be construed as endorsing or accepting the content or services of the websites and pages to which it leads or is linked to them in any other way.

E-COMMERCE

The website may enable its visitors/users to purchase services and/or products through e-commerce applications, in accordance with the specific terms set forth herein and ensuring the protection of personal data submitted for the use of these services. The website is not responsible for the quality of the goods obtained through e-commerce applications and the transaction binds exclusively the visitor/user and the company providing the goods or services. Therefore, in no case can the website be involved in a relevant legal dispute arising from this transaction. The user, as a rational consumer, must check the products and services provided to him/her in each case at their own risk. The website does not bear any responsibility on this process.

In cases where e-commerce applications are made between users/members and the website, the website is obliged to comply with the Joint Ministerial Decision Ζ1-496/2000 on distance sales, as well as the provisions of Law 2251/1994 on Consumer Protection. Therefore, the website is obliged to inform its prospective customers about a) the essential features of the good and/or services it offers, b) the price, c) the quantity and shipping costs, d) the value added tax, if it is not included in the price, e) the payment method, f) the method of delivery and execution, g) the validity period of the offer or price and h) the right of withdrawal.

Upon your consent, the website may use – process the data collected during user transactions, in order to record the buyer’s purchasing interests and make new offers. The user/member of these services may request that such offers are not made, by withdrawing his/her consent at any time.

CREDIT CARD INFORMATION

Purchases 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 based on the terms of the provider of the relevant services, on whose website a safe redirect is made. The credit card that the visitor/user will use to pay for services/subscriptions of the website, is charged only once and only for the specific transaction, unless the visitor/user has chosen the automatic charge of his/her credit card each time his/her subscription or the service in which he/she participates is renewed. The website is not responsible for the terms of completion of these transactions or the terms of use of personal data, (terms) adopted by the above providers with which it cooperates for the completion of commercial transactions.

SERVICES AND PAGES OF PERSONAL CHARACTER AND CONTENT

The user understands and accepts that the website may adopt new terms of use of its services, including the time limits for which, e- mails, fora, user pages, and/or any other content posted and/or published by the user/member, will be kept in the website’s services. Users/members understand and accept that the website reserves the right to deactivate e-mail accounts at any time and without any compensation. In this case, you will be notified in order to receive your stored data within a specified period. This decision will be communicated both by sending an e-mail and by posting it on the website. In case you do not exercise this right of yours, this data will be deleted securely and permanently.

COLLECTION AND USE OF DATA

The website collects personal data a) when the visitor/user subscribes to its services, b) when he/she uses its products and/or services, c) when he/she visits its pages and/or enroll in its promotional/advertising programs, and, d) when he/she participates in competitions. The personal data that must be collected for the use of the above services are the following: Name – Surname – E-Mail – Telephone – Address – Postal Code – City – Country – Profession – Age.

The following types of personal data may be collected, stored and used:

(a) information relating to his/her computer as well as to his/her visits and activity on this website or in the connected applications (including [his/her own IP address, geographical location, type and version of his/her browser, operating system and reference source, the duration of his/her visit, the pages he/she has read, and the browsing history on the website or on the connected applications].

(b) information provided when registering on the website or in the connected applications (including his/her own e-mail address).

(c) the information he/she provides when completing his/her profile on the website or in the connected applications (including: their name, photos of their profile, their sex, date of birth, marital status, interests and professions, as well as information on their education and professional development).

(d) the information they provide on the website in order to register as a subscriber to the website’s updates and newsletters via e-mail (including their name and e-mail address).

(e) the information they provide on the Website using the services available on the website or in connected applications (including the time, frequency and way of use of the services).

(f) information relating to purchases made on products and/or services of the website or other transactions made through the website or through the connected applications (including their name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and credit card details).

(g) the information they post/upload on the website or in the connected applications for the purpose of posting it on the Internet (including the username they have set, the photos of their profile and the content of their posts).

(h) the information contained in, or linked to, any communication they promote on the website, or which they promote through the website or through the connected applications (including the content of the communication and the metadata associated with that communication).

(i) any other personal information they choose to send to the website, and

(j) provision of details relating to other information collected.

Before the user discloses any personal data of a third party on the website, he/she must have first obtained the consent of that person, both for the disclosure as well as for the processing of his/her personal data, in accordance with this Policy.

Personal data provided through the website or the connected applications, will be used for the purposes mentioned in this Policy or on the relevant pages of the website or in the connected applications.

The website may use the user’s personal data for/to:

(a) the management of the website and the connected applications and activities

(b) personalize the website and the connected applications for the user

(d) send products purchased through the website or the connected applications to the user

(e) promote accounts, invoices and payment reminders, as well as to receive user payments through the website

(f) send commercial, non-promotional, updates to the user

(g) send the user notifications which he/she has specifically requested to receive

(h) send the user newsletters via e-mail, as long as he/she has chosen it (he/she can at any time inform the website that he/she no longer wishes to be a subscriber to the newsletter)

(i) enable the website to inform its users/subscribers of promotional activities related to its activity (or of the activities of carefully selected third-party businesses) that may be of interest to him/her, via post or, if he/she has consented to it, via e-mail or any related technology (provided that he/she is able at any time to inform the website that he/she does not wish to receive updates for promotional activities)

(j) the website to provide third parties with statistical information concerning users (but without the recipients of this information being able to identify any user through them)

(k) the website to manage questions and complaints from, or relating to, users of the website or the connected applications

(l) keep the website, as well as the connected applications, secure and fraud-free

(m) verify compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of the website or the connected applications (including the review of personal messages sent via the website or the personal messaging service of the connected applications).

If the user submits personal data for publication on the website or in the connected applications, this information will be published and used in accordance with the permission provided by the user.

Privacy Settings may be used to restrict the publication of user information on the website or the connected applications, and may be configured using the Privacy Settings on the website or in the connected applications.

Without the prior express consent of the user, the website will not disclose his/her personal information to any third party for the purposes of its own or of any other party’s direct commercial promotion.

The website will provide the payment service provider only with the information necessary to carry out the payments made by the user through the website or the connected applications, for the refund and management of complaints and queries related to these payments and refunds.

CORRECTION OR AND DELETION OF PERSONAL DATA

The Website gives users the right to delete their personal data, correct and/or update their personal data and/or inactivate their registration, at any given time, by sending a relevant email to the website.

DISTRIBUTION AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA

The website commits not to sell, rent or in any way publish and/or disclose the personal data of the visitors/users/members of the website to any third party.

The website may transmit personal data of its visitors/users/members to third-party legal and/or natural persons only if:

It has the prior express consent of the visitors/users to transmit personal data.
The transmission of personal data to legal and/or natural persons cooperating with the website is deemed necessary for the realization of the wishes and/or orders of the users. Legal and natural persons who cooperate with the website have the right to process the personal data that users/members of the website submit to it only to the extent that it is absolutely necessary to provide services to the website.
It is required due to compliance with the relevant provisions of the law and to the competent authorities only.

The website may disclose the personal information of users to any employee, executive office, insurer, business counselor, agent, supplier or subcontractor, as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.

The website may disclose users’ personal information:

(a) to the extent that it is required by law

(b) in connection with any existing or possible legal proceedings

(c) to establish, exercise or protect its legal rights (including the provision of information to third parties to avoid fraud and limit credit risk)

(d) to the buyer (or potential buyer) of any activity or asset intended (or considered) to be sold

(e) to any person who reasonably believes that he/she may appeal to the court or other competent authority for the disclosure of personal information when, in the reasonable judgment of those responsible for the website, that court or competent authority is reasonably likely to order the disclosure of that personal information.

Apart from the cases provided in this Policy, the Website will not disclose users’ personal information to third parties.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

The information collected by the website may be stored, processed, and transferred to any of the countries in which it operates in order to facilitate the use of such information in accordance with this Policy.

Information collected by the website may also be transmitted to the following countries, which do not apply personal data protection laws similar to those in the European Economic Area: United States, Russia, Japan, China and India.

Personal information posted by users on the website or in the connected applications or personal information submitted for publication on the website or in the connected applications may be made available, via the Internet, worldwide. The website may not prevent the use or misuse of such information by other persons. In any case, the transfer to third countries will be done in accordance with the conditions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and any applicable Greek implementing law and only in full compliance with what the law stipulates. The user expressly accepts the transfer of personal information as described in this Section.

RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

This Section sets out the personal data policies and procedures designed to ensure that the website complies with its legal obligations regarding the retention and deletion of personal information.

Personal information processed by the website for any reason or reasons will not be retained there for longer than it is required for this purpose or purposes. The website retains your personal information for six months after you delete it.

By way of derogation from the provisions of this Section, the website will retain documents (including electronic documents) that include personal data:

(a) to the extent required by law

(b) if the authorities of the website conclude that these documents are related to any existing or possible legal/judicial proceedings

(c) to establish, exercise or protect its legal rights (including information to third parties in order to prevent fraud and limit credit risk)

PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The website will take all organizational and technological precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of users’ personal information.

The site will store all personal data provided by users in secure servers (protected by passwords and firewalls).

All electronic financial transactions performed through the website or the connected applications will be protected by encryption technology.

The user acknowledges that sending information over the Internet has innate security issues and therefore the site cannot guarantee the security of the data transmitted through it.

The user is responsible for keeping confidential the password he/she uses to access the website or the connected applications. You will never be asked by the website to disclose this code (except when the user connects to the website or connected applications).

USERS’ RIGHTS

The user can request from the website to provide him/her with any personal information it possesses that concern him/her. This benefit is subject to:

(a) a fixed fee charge (currently set at € 25), and

(b) the provision of the appropriate proof of identity (for this purpose, the person responsible for the website usually accepts a copy of the user’s identity card, certified by a lawyer, as well as an original utility bill document indicating his/her current address).

The website may retain personal information requested by the user from the website, to the extent permitted by law.

The user may at any time request from the website not to process his/her data for commercial purposes.

In practice, either the user will expressly and in advance accept the processing of his/her personal information for commercial purposes, or he/she will be given the opportunity to be excluded from the processing of his/her personal information for commercial purposes.

RIGHTS CONCERNING THE PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED BY THE WEBSITE

We inform you that you have the right to:

Access your data,
Correct your data in case of inaccuracy,
Delete your data in specific cases,
Limit your data processing,
Object against the processing of your data,
Transfer your data to another company,
File a complaint to the Personal Data Protection Authority in case of an unfortunate incident of breach of your data.

The website will review and respond to your requests within a month of receiving them, and, exceptionally, this deadline may be extended by another 2 months, if further time is required.

We inform you that for any issue you are concerned about the security of your data regarding the website, you can contact mrs. Xenia Chronopoulou on the following phone number +30 210 428 6227, as well as at the email: info@trainingcentre.gr.

POLLS

The website provides visitors/users of its services the opportunity to vote on current issues, which it formulates in the form of questions. Voter responses are recorded, analyzed and commented on by the website to draw conclusions about the positions of the public in relation to the specific issue in question. The website reserves the exclusive right to collect and use such information, which, along with its findings, is considered its intellectual property. The website sets out the specific conditions for the participation in the poll and reserves the right to terminate the poll.

APPLICABLE LAW AND OTHER TERMS

The above terms and conditions of use of the website, as well as any modification thereof, are governed and supplemented by the Greek law, European Union law and the relevant international treaties, and the Courts responsible for resolving any dispute shall be the Courts of Athens. Should any provision of the above conditions become contrary to the law, it automatically ceases to be valid, without in any way affecting the validity of the other terms.

This constitutes the entire agreement between the website and the visitor/user of its pages and services and binds only them. No modification of these terms will be taken into account and will be part of this agreement, unless otherwise stated in writing and integrated into it. These terms of use override any other terms and apply to all, without any exceptions, services and applications on the website, without the need for other, more specific terms. The user who uses this website and its services is presumed to accept these terms unconditionally, unless he/she submits an objection request. IDEC S.A. is the managing company of this website. The website may update this Policy from time to time by posting the new version on the website or in the connected applications. The user should regularly check this page to make sure that he/she agrees to any changes to the terms of this Policy.

The website may notify users of changes to this Policy (either via email or through the personal messaging service of the website or the connected applications).

The management and protection of the personal data of the visitor/user of the services of the website is subject to the terms of this section, as well as to the relevant provisions of the Greek legislation (REGULATION (EU) 2016/679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL for the protection of natural persons against personal data processing and for the unimpeded circulation of those data, as well as the abolition of Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) and any applicable laws thereof). These terms are set by taking into account both the rapid development of technology, and in particular the internet, and the existing – albeit underdeveloped – network of legal regulations on these issues. In this context, any possible relevant regulation will be deemed as another subject matter of this section. In any case, the website reserves the right to change the personal data protection terms of protection, upon informing visitors/users and within the existing or possible legal framework.

If a visitor/user does not agree with the personal data protection terms provided herein, he/she must not use the services of the website and refuse to register as a member.