Privacy Policy
The Public Law Legal Entity under the name Athens War Museum (hereinafter: P.L.L.E.) with headquarters in Athens Rizari 2), is committed to protecting your privacy. This Policy sets out the framework in which we process the personal data we keep about you, as well as the cookies we use for your user-friendly navigation on our website, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR – 2016/679) of the European Union, Law 4624/2019 and, in general, all national and European legislation relating to the protection of personal data and is applicable herein. Personal data means any information relating to an identifiable person, such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, tax identification number, etc.
Name and Address of the Controller
Controller for the purposes of the GDPR, or any other law related to data protection is:
Athens War Museum
Rizari 2
Tel.: 210 721 5035
email: it@warmuseum.gr
Personal data we collect
Visitors to our website are not required to provide us with their personal data in order to access any area of our website. We clarify that we do not collect personal data of website users by automated means, with the exception of statistical data through which, however, users are not identifiable. However, we may collect information that you provide to us using the website’s email hyperlinks. We may also collect information that is publicly available.
Purposes for which we use your personal data
We use the personal data we hold about you to provide you with the services or information you have requested. In addition, we use this information for internal customer management, and to send you material relating to us or P.L.L.E. updates.
Disclosure of your personal data
We assure you that we do not disclose your personal data to any third party unless we are fulfilling a legal obligation or where necessary to bring or defend legal claims against our P.L.L.E., to protect our rights or in connection with the investigation of fraud or other crime. We only share personal data with our IT service provider. We clarify that it only acts as a data processor under our P.L.L.E. instructions and for purposes specified by our P.L.L.E. It does not control your personal data under any circumstances and is committed to our P.L.L.E. to comply with all technical and organisational measures necessary to protect your personal data.
Maintenance
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in point 2 of this policy, unless otherwise required or permitted by law.
Children’s data
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 16 years old. Nor do we knowingly collect information from them. In case we find out that we have collected personal information from a child without appropriate and verified parental consent, we will try our best to delete that information as soon as possible.
Security
The security of your personal data is very important to our P.L.L.E. We are committed to implementing the highest technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, destruction or loss. However, unfortunately, the transmission of information over the internet is not completely secure, and as a result we cannot guarantee the security of data transmitted to us when using the internet.
Your rights
You have the right to request a copy of all your personal data that we hold about you. In addition, you have the right to request the deletion or correction of your personal data.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be modified at any time. Please review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
This Policy shall be effective from 1/10/2024.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed by your browser on your computer or your mobile. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular website. Cookies allow web applications to tailor their operations to your needs by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
The following sets out the P.L.L.E.’s policy on the use of cookies on emuseum.warmuseum.gr, enabling visitors/users to manage their preferences in relation to cookies, and related information.
Why we use cookies
We use cookies to ensure that your visit to our website is as safe and pleasant as possible, as well as to analyse our website’s traffic and to select and display any advertising content.
What are cookies
Cookies are small text files used by websites to make the user experience more effective on a website you have already visited. This assumes that you are using the same terminal device and browser. If so, cookies will remember your preferences, know how you use the site and tailor the content they show you in order to be more relevant to your personal interests and needs. Cookies help us to analyse our traffic and improve our website. We also use them to select and display products and services tailored to the user’s interests and preferences.
Types of Cookies
A. Cookies depending on the time they remain stored on your device are divided into:
- “Session cookies” which are stored on your device at the time you visit the website and are automatically deleted after you close your web browser and
- “Persistent cookies” which are stored on your device at the time you visit the website and remain stored after you close your web browser. “Persistent cookies” will be automatically reactivated when you open your browser and browse the internet.
B. Cookies depending on the website or domain that installs the cookie are divided into:
- “First-party cookies” are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them.
- “Third-party cookies” are cookies installed by a website other than the one visited by the user.
C. Cookies depending on the cause they are used are classified as per below.
- Strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for the optimal operation of the website, allow you to browse and use its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot offer effective operation of our website, so they are pre-selected by default. Necessary cookies do not individually identify you.
- Functionality cookies which enable a website to remember information that change the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region that you are located. Such cookies are saved for as long as your browsing session lasts. For example, we can determine the frequency of users’ web traffic by collecting information such as the number of people visiting our website as well as which specific links were used, the number of users returned to it, the keywords used in the search field. In this regard we evaluate the effectiveness of the various functions of the website, to discover errors and to develop new functions.
- Statistical analysis and performance cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with our wibesite by collecting and reporting information anonymously to improve the website. These cookies are placed by us or third parties on our behalf.
- Advertising (Targeting) Cookies are cookies that are specifically designed to gather information from you in order to display specific content that is tailored to you based on your interests.
- Unclassified cookies are cookies that are analyzed but not yet classified into a category according to their type and purpose.
Cookies we use
Below you can find information regarding the type of cookies used, their categorization and the duration of their storage. From the following categories of cookies, you can choose which ones you will have enabled or disabled on each visit to our website. These settings can be altered, and your consent can be withdrawn at any time.
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
Uncategorized
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
Management of Cookies
When you visit our website for the first time, a banner appears at the bottom of your screen informing you that our website uses cookies. If the user chooses to ignore the notice and continues to use the website without accepting any cookies, the website will not be able to register any preference option, resulting in your next visit on our website, approval for the use of cookies will be requested again. If you agree to the use of all additional Cookies select “Accept All”, if you do not wish to install additional Cookies select “Reject”, otherwise select “Customize” to select the cookies you wish to accept from the more detailed pop-up banner that appears on the website. In case of acceptance, the banner will not appear when you visit the site again, without affecting the ability of you to delete cookies -at any time- through your device’s browser settings.
Apart from the technically necessary cookies, which are mandatory, all the other categories require your consent prior to use. Thus, these categories are not pre-selected and you can freely choose any category you wish. Accepting each separate type of non-mandatory cookies does not in any way automatically imply the acceptance of the others. In any case, you can at any time change the settings for accepting, rejecting or deleting cookies from your browser settings. For more information about cookies you can visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.
Please note that this policy may be subject to change from time to time. Changes will be displayed here. Before any changes are made to this policy, we will notify you and you will have the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our services and products.
Links to websites provided by others
If you follow a link from our website to another website that is not owned and related to the P.L.L.E., then this Cookie Policy ceases to apply, since the corresponding policies of the new website you are visiting will apply. We recommend that you read these Policies, as we are not responsible for how cookies work on this new website that is not associated to us.
Your rights
You have the rights set out in Articles 12-22 GDPR.:
- Access to your data
- Rectification or deletion of your data
- Portability of your data
- Restriction of processing your data
- Opposition to the processing of your data
- Withdrawing your consent to the use of some or all of the cookies and, by extension, to the processing of your data.
To exercise your above rights, you may submit your request via post by sending it at the Company’s headquarters at the postal address Rizari 2, or to the email address it@warmuseum.gr, as well as, in case you consider that the processing of your personal data violates the applicable law on the protection of personal data submit a complaint to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (postal address Kifisias 1-3, P.C. 115 23, Athens, tel. 210. 6475600, email address contact@dpa.gr).
Changes to our Cookie Policy
Our Policies and procedures are subject to constant review. We reserve the right to update our Cookie Policy from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on this page.
Last updated: 1/10/2024
Contact Details
Feel free to contact us for any issue relating to the processing of your personal data, or to submit a complaint or exercise your legal rights:
Athens War Museum
Rizari 2
Tel.: 210 721 5035
email: it@warmuseum.gr