Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy / Cookie Policy

1. Our company places particular importance on protecting the privacy and personal data of visitors/users. It should be noted that personal data, as defined by the relevant legislation (General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679/EU), refers only to information relating to an identified or - based on certain characteristics - identifiable natural person (data subject). Information concerning legal entities and groups of persons or statistical information, from which it is not possible to identify a specific natural person, does not fall into this category and is excluded from the scope of the relevant legislation.

2. This Privacy Policy is fully compliant with the European Regulation for the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data (EU/2016/679) and Greek Law.

3. Our company may modify this policy at any time without notice, announcing any such modification through our website. By browsing and using our website, visitors/users acknowledge that they have read, understood, and unconditionally accepted this Privacy Policy.

4. In the following terms, you will find important information regarding the type, purpose of use of your personal data, their protection, and your rights as data subjects. For any clarification, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@thebiohackproject.com.

5. Responsible entity: The controller of personal data is The BioHack Project AE.

6. Personal Data We Collect

6.1.1. During registration

• Subscriber details (first and last name, father's and mother's name).
• Date of birth (note that registration is only permitted for adults. Registration of minors as members, as well as renewal, transfer of subscription, and purchase of special programs outside the basic subscription, is only possible by the person exercising custody or in person by a minor provided a Responsible Declaration is submitted by the person exercising custody, regarding their consent for the minor's registration as a member).
• Full residential address.
• Home or work telephone number (landline/mobile).
• Email address.
• In the case of interbank transactions, we may collect, with your notification or on behalf of financial institutions, additional details of your credit card or bank account.

6.1.2. During your visit and browsing our website

When visiting our website, you are not required to provide personal information. The cases where we request personal data are:

6.1.2.α. To use the online services of our website for payment of the service package you choose. Specifically, we will ask you for the following Personal Information:

• Your full name
• Your mobile and/or landline phone number
• Your email address

6.1.2.β. During the submission form for participation in any competitions, where the user/visitor may voluntarily provide some personal data:

• Full name
• Email address
• Phone number

6.1.2.γ. During the electronic form for finding a professional:

• Full name
• Contact phone
• Postal address
• Email address

6.1.2.δ. When subscribing to our Newsletter, where the user/visitor may voluntarily provide some personal data. The interested party may unsubscribe from the Newsletter recipient list whenever they wish, and the data recorded for this purpose will be deleted. In this case, we only ask for your email address.

6.1.2.ε. When visiting our website, information such as the IP address of your computer may be automatically collected. For more information, you can see our cookie policy below.

6.1.2.στ. Our company has pages on social networking platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and LinkedIn, where, however, it does not process any personal data. There is the possibility of communication with the administrators of each of our company's pages by sending a message. In the event that the administrator of each page receives messages containing personal data of natural persons, these are absolutely confidential and their use serves exclusively the purpose of communication with us, and after fulfilling the purpose for which they were collected, they are deleted.

7. Purpose and Principles of Personal Data Collection

Our company collects and processes the personal data of visitors/users of our website exclusively within the framework of fulfilling its purposes and functions, and more specifically for serving communication with you and within the framework of service provision and marketing purposes. Processing is limited to personal data that is necessary and appropriate for the fulfillment of the node's purposes and functions.

The personal data we collect from the communication platform on our website, as well as any other data that may be sent to us through the profiles we have on various social networking systems, are used only for the needs of communication with you and for better service. Cookies, when browsing the website, are used only to analyze website traffic. No further processing, forwarding, or exchange of this data takes place. In any case, for the above use of your personal data, your prior consent is requested.

8. Cookie Policy

When browsing this website, our company may collect user identification data using corresponding technologies, such as cookies and/or tracking of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Cookies are small pieces of text sent to the browser by a website the user visits. The use of cookies helps the website remember information about the user's visit, such as preferred language, remembering preferences regarding safe search, calculating the number of visitors, or facilitating registration for our services.

How to control cookies: You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. Details can be found at aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies already on your computer, as well as set most browsers not to allow their installation. However, in this case, you may need to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit a website.

9. Transfer/Disclosure of Data to Third Parties

The personal data collected may be disclosed or transferred to third parties, if required for the fulfillment of legal obligations or is necessary for the fulfillment of the website's purposes and functions, as well as the fulfillment of the service contract purposes with our service and depending on its content, in compliance with the guarantees of the relevant legislation. We may assign natural or legal persons to carry out certain services and functions of the website. Only the personal data necessary for the fulfillment of the assigned services are transferred to these persons, and they are bound to confidentiality and secure processing of personal data.

10. Your Rights Regarding Data Processing

According to the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016/EU, you have the right, both during the collection phase and later, to be informed about any processing of data concerning you, its purpose, as well as disclosure/transfer to third parties and their identity (right to information and access).

You also have the right to request the correction, update, or deletion of the personal data we hold. You also have the right to restrict processing, the right to data portability, as well as the right to object to their processing.

For information and exercise of your rights, you may contact the Data Protection Officer at dpo@thebiohackproject.com. Also, under the Regulation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Authority.

11. Data Retention

As a general rule, all personal data of data subjects is deleted/destroyed upon termination of our contractual relationship, unless explicit consent has been obtained from data subjects for retention for a specific or indefinite period. The retention period is also determined by the retention obligation imposed by the current legislative framework governing the contractual and tax obligations of our company.

Exceptionally, it is possible to extend the retention period for the purposes of proving before the courts the fulfillment of contractual obligations by the company or in case required by a rule of law or compliance with instructions from Public or Independent Authorities.

12. Modification of This Policy

This privacy policy may change whenever required and in compliance with national and European law. For this reason, you are invited to visit this page regularly for your information. By browsing and using our website, visitors/users acknowledge that they have read, understood, and unconditionally accepted this Privacy Policy.

13. Contact

For any question regarding this privacy policy or if you believe there are ambiguities and incompatibility with this policy on our part, you can notify the Data Protection Officer at dpo@thebiohackproject.com. We will respond to requests, questions, or concerns within thirty (30) days.