Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy is governed by the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and complies with the applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines relating to the protection of personal data.

This Policy forms an integral part of the Company’s General Terms of Use and constitutes a unified whole with them.

Below, we describe and explain why we collect your personal data, how we use and process it, and under what circumstances we may share it with others.

Your data is retained for a period corresponding to the operation of the Company and the completion of the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes, such as compliance with our legal or tax obligations, dispute resolution, and enforcement of our agreements. As part of these various activities, retention periods may vary significantly.

To protect your personal data, we take all appropriate security measures and follow best practices. Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to and receive details regarding the personal information we hold about you, to update and correct inaccuracies in your personal data, to request the blocking or deletion of your data, the restriction or cessation of its processing, or even its portability, as applicable.

For any question, suggestion, or statement relating to the above matters, please contact us at info@sportcarstech.gr. At any time, the user retains the right to be informed and/or to object to the further processing of their data in accordance with the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data.

Collection of Personal Data

For simple browsing of our online store, the Company does not require you to provide any personal data.

When registering on the Website, with your consent, we collect the following personal data: your first name, last name, email address, gender, and date of birth.

When completing an order, in addition to the information collected during registration, we also collect your address (delivery and billing address, where different) and your telephone number (landline and mobile number).

The data we collect that is necessary in order to respond to your requests or complete your order is marked with an asterisk in the relevant data collection forms. If you do not complete the mandatory fields, we will not be able to complete the transaction.

Purpose of Processing and Use of Personal Data

We process your personal data only where at least one of the following conditions applies:

We have obtained your consent.

The processing of your personal data is necessary for the performance or conclusion of a contract between us.

The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Your information will be used exclusively for the following purposes:

Providing services and information relating to our products.

Responding to your requests or complaints.

Personalising the services we offer to you so that they better reflect your preferences based on your purchases.

Enabling your participation in promotional activities, such as sending emails containing general information or advertising content (newsletters) relating to the Company, its products and services, and offers that we believe may be of interest to you, always in compliance with the applicable legal requirements regarding consent. You may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time in order to stop receiving promotional material.

Statistical purposes: if you do not wish us to use your data for statistical purposes, you may simply choose not to grant your consent through the online forms by which we collect such information.

Detecting online fraud and fraud relating to modern means of payment, preventing and managing payment-related incidents (including non-payment), and safeguarding the Company’s rights in connection with its commercial activity.

Information We Collect by Automated Means

We may obtain your personal information from various sources. We may collect such information through your browsing activity on our Website, on our social media platforms, or during your visit to any of our other business operations.

When you visit this Website, we also collect certain information by automated means, using technologies such as cookies and web server logs.

In addition, when you request pages on the Website, the Company’s servers automatically recognise your computer’s IP address.

We may use third-party web analytics services on this Website or on our social media pages. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs, and web beacons to help us analyse how visitors use the Website. The information collected through these means, including the IP address, is disclosed to these service providers, who use the information to evaluate the use of the Website.

We may also engage third-party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information through the use of cookies, web server logs, and web beacons on our websites, in our emails, and on third-party websites. These providers use this information to display advertisements for products and services tailored to your interests, including products and services offered by companies not controlled by us. You may see these advertisements on our websites and on other websites. This process also helps us manage and monitor the effectiveness of our marketing activities.

How We Use Information Collected by Automated Means

We may use information collected by automated means on this Website to deliver personalised content, conduct market research, perform data analytics, and for system administration purposes, in order to determine whether you have visited us before or whether you are a new visitor to the Website. We may also use this information to comply with our legal obligations, policies, and procedures, including compliance with and enforcement of our Terms and Conditions. We may also use such information in other ways for which specific notice will be provided at the time of collection.

With Whom We Share Your Personal Data

For organisational and operational requirements related to the provision of products and services through sportcarstech.gr, the Company may transfer your personal information for the purpose of supporting, promoting, and executing your transactional relationship with it, always under conditions ensuring that your personal data is not subject to any unlawful processing or to any processing other than for the purposes of such transfer as described above.

For the above purposes, the Company reserves the right to transfer your Personal Data:

to partner companies with which it cooperates in order to ensure delivery of the products you selected from our online store.

to credit card providers for the processing of payment on our behalf, in order to ensure delivery of the products you selected from our Website.

to third parties, whether natural or legal persons, who may provide promotional and marketing services on behalf of the Company in relation both to the Company itself and to its products or services.

to third-party partners providing technical services, such as hosting and technical support services.

to social media platforms, if you choose to connect with us through them.

We may also disclose information relating to you:

if we are required to do so by law or legal process.

to law enforcement authorities or other government officials.

where we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity.

The Company retains your personal information only for as long as is strictly necessary to achieve the above processing purposes. In particular, the personal information you provide through your subscription to the newsletter will be retained for as long as you remain a registered subscriber, that is, until you decide to unsubscribe.

Information provided on the basis of one or more of the above legal grounds shall be retained for as long as required for the relevant processing purpose, expressly subject to retention for any additional period required in order to comply with any legal obligation or to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

In any event, and regardless of the retention period of the personal data collected as described above, the Company undertakes to make every reasonable effort to protect any personal data collected by appropriate, commercially available means in order to prevent loss and theft, as well as to prevent any unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification thereof.

However, the Company informs you that no method of electronic transmission or data storage can guarantee absolute security and, therefore, despite the efforts it makes, the Company cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Children’s Personal Data

Our Website is not directed at children under the age of 18, nor do we knowingly collect information relating to them. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child without the valid and verified consent of their guardian, we will delete such information as soon as possible.

Links to Other Websites

The website sportcarstech.gr may contain links to other websites which are not controlled by us but by third parties, whether natural or legal persons. Under no circumstances shall the Company be liable for the privacy policy of any such third party.

Information About Cookies

We use cookies to facilitate your browsing on the Platform, to understand how you interact with us, and, in certain cases, to enable us to show you advertisements based on your browsing habits. Please read our Cookie Policy in order to understand in greater detail the cookies we use, their purpose, and other information that may be of interest to you.

Transfer of Your Data

If you are located outside Greece and choose to provide us with information, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Greece and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such information, constitutes your agreement to that transfer.

We take all necessary measures to ensure that your data is handled securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Your Rights

As a data subject, you have the following rights:

  • Right to transparent information, communication, and arrangements for the exercise of your rights (Articles 12, 13, and 14 GDPR), namely the right to be informed about how your personal data is used, as explained in detail in this Privacy Policy.
  • Right of access (Article 15 GDPR) to the personal data we have collected about you.
  • Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR) of inaccurate personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) (Article 17 GDPR) of your Member/User account and of the information we hold about you.
  • Right to restriction of processing of your personal data (Article 18 GDPR).
  • Right to object (Article 21 GDPR) to the processing of your personal data or, where the processing of personal data is carried out for direct marketing purposes, in accordance with applicable legislation.
  • Right to withdraw consent already given (Article 7 GDPR), namely to withdraw your consent at any time in relation to processing based on consent. The lawfulness of the processing of your data is not affected by the withdrawal of your consent up to the point in time when such withdrawal was requested.
  • Right to data portability.
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, namely the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (1-3 Kifisias Avenue, Athens, Postal Code 115 23, Greece, +30 210 6475600, contact@dpa.gr).

Please note that the above rights are subject to limitations under applicable law and may only be fulfilled by us under certain specific circumstances.

Changes to the Privacy and Cookies Policy

We may amend the information contained in this Privacy and Cookies Policy whenever we deem it necessary. The Company, in its capacity as Data Controller, may from time to time amend its Terms and Policies, including this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at its absolute discretion. Any such amendment shall take effect immediately upon publication of the amended Policy on the Website. You are therefore encouraged to review its contents periodically.

In any event, if you continue to use our Website and the services of our online store after such amendments have been made in accordance with the above, you shall be deemed to have accepted those amendments unconditionally. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, as amended from time to time, you must cease using the Website and our Online Store.

Unless otherwise stated, Technologia Sport Aftokiniton S.A. is the controller responsible for the storage and processing of the personal data we collect through the services subject to this notice.

Our full company details are as follows:

Technologia Sport Aftokiniton S.A.
299 Syngrou Avenue
17122 Nea Smyrni
Athens, Greece
VAT No. 094383621
Tax Office: FAE Piraeus