Privacy Policy & GDPR
Last updated: 2026-06-21
This website www.vernikoslines.gr, is operated by VERNIKOS LINES MEPE, located at N. Plastira 42, Nea Erithrea. You can contact us at info@vernikoslines.gr.
We collect and process only the personal data needed to operate this website, respond to enquiries, and understand basic website usage.
Data We Collect
When you use our contact form, we may collect your name, email address, phone number if provided, message content, and any other information you choose to send us.
We may also collect basic technical and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on the website, referring website, and approximate location. This may be collected through analytics tools such as Google Analytics.
How We Use Your Data
We use your data to:
respond to your messages or enquiries;
provide and maintain the website;
improve website content, performance, and user experience;
protect the website from spam, abuse, or security risks;
comply with legal obligations where required.
Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on the situation, we process your data on one or more of the following legal bases:
your consent, for example where you accept optional analytics cookies;
our legitimate interest in operating, improving, and securing this website;
performance of pre-contractual steps, where you contact us about services;
compliance with legal obligations.
Analytics and Tracking
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the website. Where required, analytics cookies or similar tracking technologies are used only with your consent. You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings available on the website.
Sharing of Data
We do not sell your personal data. We may share limited data with trusted service providers who help us operate the website, such as hosting providers, email providers, form-processing tools, spam-protection services, or analytics providers. These providers may process data only as needed to provide their services.
International Transfers
Some service providers may process data outside your country or outside the European Economic Area. Where this happens, we rely on appropriate safeguards where required by law.
Data Retention
We keep contact form messages only for as long as needed to respond to your enquiry and manage the relationship, unless a longer period is required for legal, accounting, or security reasons. Analytics data is retained according to the settings of the analytics provider.
Your Rights
If GDPR applies to you, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data. You may also have the right to data portability and to withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise your rights, contact us at info@vernikoslines.gr.
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data. However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page.