Privacy policy

1. Information on personal data concerns the processing by controller: Εrgonomichairs
2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of their use

a) When you visit the website
When you visit our website www.ergonomichairs.eu, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected and stored there without your intervention until its automated deletion:
- IP address of your computer,
- Date and time of access,
- The name and URL of the downloaded file,
- Uniform Resource Locator used to access the website (URL),
- The browser you are using and, if applicable, your computer's operating system and the name of your access provider.

We process this data for the following purposes:
- To ensure a smooth connection to our website,
- To ensure the convenient use of our website,
- To assess the security and stability of our system; and
- For further organisational purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR. Our legitimate interest derives from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances shall we use the data collected to draw conclusions about you.
In addition, we use cookies and analytics services when you visit our website. More details can be found in sections 4 and 5 of the privacy policy.

b) When you contact us
In our contact form and only if you have given your explicit consent, you send us your full name, your telephone number, and your email. We store this data for as long as necessary to pursue our legitimate interests.


3. Data disclosure
Your personal data is not disclosed to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We only disclose your personal data with third parties if:
You have given your explicit consent in accordance with Article 6 para. 1a GDPR.
The disclosure is, according to Art. 1 f GDPR, necessary for the exercise, assertion or defense of our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that there is an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.
In case that the disclosure is necessary legal obligation, in accordance with Article 6 par. 1 c GDPR.

The disclosure is required to perform a contract with you, in accordance to Art. 1 b GDPR.


4. Cookies

To ensure the proper functioning of the website, we place small files on your computer, so-called "cookies". Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. Cookies do not harm your device, do not contain viruses or other malware.
Cookies store information associated to the specific terminal you are using. However, this does not mean that we know your identity.
Cookies are used to make the use of our internet services more enjoyable. For example, we use so-called "session cookies" to recognise that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our site.
Furthermore, to improve the user-friendliness, we use "temporary cookies" that are stored on your device for a specific amount of time. When you visit our site again, it will automatically recognise that you have already been with us and what settings you have made, so you don't have to enter them again.
In addition, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it in order to optimise our services (see Section 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognise when you visit our site again that you have already been with us. These cookies are automatically deleted after a specified time.
Data processed by cookies are necessary, in accordance with Article 6 par. 1 f GDPR, to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties.
Most browsers enable cookies by default. However, you can configure your browser so that there are no cookies are stored on your computer, or that a hint is always displayed before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

5. Analysis tools
a) Tracking tools
The Tracking-Tools listed below and used by us are based on Article 6 (1) f GDPR. With Tracking-Tools, we want to ensure a design based on the needs of our website and its continuous optimisation. We also use Tracking-Tools to statistically record the use of our website and evaluate it, to optimise our services for you. Those interests should be considered justified within the meaning of the abovementioned provision.
Data processing objectives and processed data categories are displayed in Tracking-Tools.
aa) Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (https://www.google.com, Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, hereinafter "Google"). We use it in order to continuously customise and optimise our pages. In this context, pseudonymous user profiles are created, and cookies are used (see section 4 above). The information generated by cookies about the use of this website, such as:
- Browser type/version,
- the operating system used,
- Referral URL (the page you visited previously),
- The computer's host (IP address),
is transmitted to a Google server in the US and stored there. This information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, to provide other services related to website activity and to use the internet for market research and web design purposes. This information may be disclosed to third parties if required by law or if third parties process this data. Under no circumstances will your IP address be linked to other data stored by Google. IP addresses are anonymous, so that it is not possible to match them with a natural person or legal entity (IP masking).
You can prevent the installation of cookies by adjusting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that in this case it is not possible to take full advantage of all the features of this website.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by cookies related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https: //tools. google. com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). For more information about the personal data protection related to Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics Help Center: https://support. google. com/analytics/?hl=en#topic=3544906
ab) Google Adwords Conversion Tracking
In order to statistically record our website and evaluate it to further optimise it, we also use Google Adwords Conversion Tracking. Google Adwords places a cookie (see section 4) on your computer if you have visited our website through a Google ad.
These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords client's website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the client can recognise that the user has visited this advertisement and has been redirected to this page.
Each Adwords client receives a different cookie. Cookies cannot be tracked through the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected by use of the "Conversion-cookie" is used to create statistics for Adwords customers who have chosen to use Conversion-Tracking. Adwords clients are informed of the total number of users who visited their ad and were redirected to a page containing a Conversion-Tracking-Tag. However, they do not receive any information that could personally identify users.
If you do not want to participate in the tracking process, you can refuse to accept the cookie - for example, through a browser setting that generally disables the automatic setting of cookies. You can also disable cookies for Conversion Tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the Domain: www.googleadservices.com. See. Google's privacy protection regarding Conversion Tracking at
 https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html

6. Social Media Plug-ins
On our website we place, in accordance with article 6 par. 1 f GDPR, social Plug-ins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, in order to make our website more popular. This commercial purpose must be considered as a legitimate interest under the provision of the GDPR. The responsibility for this privacy data operation should be ensured by the respective providers. The integration of plug-ins is done through the so-called "double-click" method for the best possible protection of our website visitors.
On our website, Facebook plugins are used to personalise their use. That's why we use the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button. This is an offer from Facebook.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Facebook's servers. The content of the plugins is transferred from Facebook directly to your internet browser and is integrated into our website.
By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser accesses on the respective page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not logged in to Facebook. This information (including the IP address) is transmitted from your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.
If you are logged into Facebook, Facebook may link your visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button, the respective information is transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information will also be published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.
Facebook may use this information for the purposes of advertising, market research and personalized Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates user profiles, in relation to interests, relationships etc., to evaluate for example the use of our website in relation to the advertisements displayed on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users regarding your activities on our website and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.
If you do not want Facebook to link the data collected from our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.
For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as the relevant rights and settings regarding the protection of your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy.
(https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
b) Twitter
Our website incorporates short message network plugins of the Twitter Inc. (Twitter). Twitter plugins (tweet button) can be identified by the Twitter logo on our website. An overview of the tweet buttons can be found here (https://about. twitter. com/resources/buttons).
When you visit a page on our website that contains such an add-on, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter receives the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you click the Twitter "tweet" button while logged into your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to link your visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that as providers of our websites we are not aware of the content of the transferred data and their use by Twitter.
If you do not want Twitter to link your visit to our pages, log out of your Twitter account.
More information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy(https://twitter.com/privacy).
c) Instagram
Our website uses Instagram social network, plugins of the company Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America ("Instagram").
Plugins are marked with the Instagram logo, for example in the form of an Instagram camera.
When you visit a page on our website that contains such an add-on, your internet browser connects directly to Instagram's servers. The content of the plugins is transmitted from Instagram directly to your browser and embedded on our page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser accesses on the respective page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not logged in to Instagram.
This information (including the IP address) is transferred by the browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are connected to Instagram, Instagram can directly link your visit to our website with your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by clicking the "Instagram" button, this information is transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there.
The information will be registered in your Instagram account and will appear in your contacts.
If you do not want the information collected from our website to be directly linked to your Instagram account, you should log out of Instagram before visiting our website.
For more information, please see Instagram's privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).

7. Personal data rights
You have the right:

• according to the Article 15 of the GDPR, to request information regarding your personal data that we process. More specifically, you have the right to request to provide you with information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been disclosed or the envisaged storage time, the rights to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing or the opposition to the processing of such data.

• according to the Article 16 of the GDPR, to demand the immediate rectification of the incorrect personal data we have stored about you.

• according to the Art. 17 GDPR, to require us to delete stored personal data, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the practice, establishment, or defense of a right before a court.

• according to the Art. 18 GDPR to restrict the processing of your personal data where it is inaccurate, the processing is unlawful, the processing is no longer necessary, but is required for the establishment, practice or legal claims support or you have objected to the processing according to the Article 21 par.1 GDPR.
• according to the Article 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format or to request their transfer to other data controllers.
• according to the Article 7 par. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent of your data processing. As a result, we will not be allowed to continue processing data based on this consent in the future.
• according to the Article 77 of the GDPR to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can contact the national supervisory authority.

8. Right to object

If the processing of your personal data is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests according to the Article 6 par. 1f GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing according to the Article 21 GDPR, under the condition that there are reasons arising from this particular situation or that the objection is directed against marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we apply without the need to specify a particular situation.
If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, please send an email to info@ergonomichairs.eu.

9. Data security
We use the popular SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method for visiting our website combined with the highest level of encryption supported by the internet browser. This is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we will use 128-bit v3 technology. The encryption of a page of our website is indicated by the closed representation of the key or lock icon in the bottom status bar of the browser.
We also take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction, or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are constantly being improved in line with technological developments.
10. Update and change of the temporary data privacy policy
This temporary data privacy policy is valid from 25 May 2018.
As a result of further development of our website and its services or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, our privacy policy may change. The current privacy policy can be viewed and printed by you at any time.