PRIVACY POLICY
The following information is provided by Gaki.gr to enable our online visitors to be fully informed of our Privacy Policies. By visiting Gaki.gr, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use and Terms and Conditions of purchase.
If you are under 16, we require that you inform a parent or guardian about Gaki.gr Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions as well as requiring their consent to the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions before registering or placing an order with Gaki.gr.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link and Gaki.gr is not responsible for any personal information you submit to third parties via our website. Please ensure that you read the Privacy Policy of such other companies or organizations before submitting your details.
DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA
"Personal data" are defined by law as "information concerning the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable natural person". This includes, for example, information such as an individual's name, address and email address, as well as any other information that can be attributed to a particular individual.
COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA
During registration for your customer account, we collect and implement your personal data in order to finalize the order process, as well as customize your personal shopping experience. Your data will be transmitted to third parties only as required to perform the contract or for billing purposes. For example, the service providers we employ in the handling of orders (e.g., carriers, payment service providers, banks) will be provided with the data necessary for completing your order.
In subscribing for a newsletter you agree that Gaki.gr may use the data you entered to inform you by email about the contents and/or products selected by you. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future, either by written notice or by email to customercare@gaki.gr. You may also unsubscribe from any newsletter via the link provided at the end of each newsletter. We transfer your data to our service providers only for data administration and hosting purposes.
Further, we collect, process and use address and order data for our own marketing purposes. You may object to any such use, processing and transfer of your personal data for marketing purposes at any time by notice via post, fax, or email to customercare@gaki.gr, in no particular format.
We also collect and use the data you submit to us when using the contact form, for the purpose of processing your inquiries.
STORAGE, CORRECTION, DELETION AND DEACTIVATION OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information held by Gaki.gr is not correct, please visit the website and, after logging into the site using the "My Account" menu on the home page, your personal information will be made available for review. Only you or, upon your request, the Customer Care department, may access your personal data from the website using your password and User ID. Information may be changed online within My Account, Shipping Details, and My Email Preferences. If you want to change your billing or shipping address while your order is still being processed, you should contact us by email at customercare@gaki.gr and we will amend your personal details. Gaki.gr does not store or save or in anyway have access to payment information, such credit card or account numbers.
SAFEGUARDING YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We will take reasonable care to maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have provided us with. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that third party business partners' to whom we transfer any data will provide sufficient protection of that personal information.
COOKIES DEFINITION
Web Cookies are small pieces of data send by a website which are stored by your browser on your computer or mobile device. They are used to improve the service on the Website or in the Online Store. Cookies do not carry viruses and cause no harm. The information stored in the cookies can, for example, be used to manage your shopping cart, to remember your username and preferences you have selected, or to recognise you when you visit the Website or Online Store again. Certain cookies may contain personal information, e.g. if you choose to check the remember me box when logging in, a cookie will store your login data (your e-mail address).
Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. Nonetheless, if you wish, you can change your browser settings to block or delete cookies. However, if you do so, some areas of the Website or Online Store may no longer function properly.
COOKIES WE USE
We use cookies to optimize the user-friendly navigation and usage of our website. Cookies are small files with text information that are stored on your hard drive while you visit our site. We need the cookies to identify and authorize you after your successful registration in the protected area, for the full duration of your visit. However, cookies also serve to track the preferences of website visitors. This helps us to better customize our website contents to your needs and to improve our offers for you. Cookies do not allow us to identify users. You may disable these cookies at any time in your browser’s system settings and delete existing cookies. All users may view our offers without having enabled the cookies. If you opt not to accept cookies, however, you may not be able to benefit from the full features of our site.
Some of the cookies we use are automatically deleted from your hard drive after the end of the browser session (session cookies). For example, we need session cookies to be able to offer you the "Basket" function throughout several pages. We also use cookies that remain on your hard drive for a certain period of time (between one day and five years, depending on the cookie) after the browser session. When you revisit our site, it will automatically recall the country and language you selected at your last visit to our website. These "persistent cookies" are stored on your hard drive and will be deleted by the browser after the given time. The cookies may also be cookies of third party providers.
If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the help and support area on your internet browser for instructions on how to locate the file or directory that stores cookies.
Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org. Please note that by deleting our cookies or disabling future cookies you may not be able to access certain areas or features of our site.
The cookies we use are:
COOKIE Name | COOKIE Description |
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CART | The association with your shopping cart. |
CATEGORY_INFO | Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly. |
COMPARE | The items that you have in the Compare Products list. |
CURRENCY | Your preferred currency |
CUSTOMER | An encrypted version of your customer id with the store. |
CUSTOMER_AUTH | An indicator if you are currently logged into the store. |
CUSTOMER_INFO | An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to. |
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS | Stores the Customer Segment ID |
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE | A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not. |
FRONTEND | You sesssion ID on the server. |
GUEST-VIEW | Allows guests to edit their orders. |
LAST_CATEGORY | The last category you visited. |
LAST_PRODUCT | The most recent product you have viewed. |
NEWMESSAGE | Indicates whether a new message has been received. |
NO_CACHE | Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache. |
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART | A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site. |
POLL | The ID of any polls you have recently voted in. |
POLLN | Information on what polls you have voted on. |
RECENTLYCOMPARED | The items that you have recently compared. |
STF | Information on products you have emailed to friends. |
STORE | The store view or language you have selected. |
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE | Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies. |
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS | The products that you have recently viewed. |
WISHLIST | An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist. |
WISHLIST_CNT | The number of items in your Wishlist. |
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
We also use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. Google Analytics is based on cookies and allows an analysis of website usage. Acting on our behalf, Google uses the data to analyze the use of the website for us, to compile website activity reports, and to render further services relating to website and internet use. Please visit (http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/learn/privacy.html) for information on Google Analytics’ data privacy policy.
The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics will not be connected with other Google data. You may prevent the storage of such cookies by adjusting your browser settings accordingly. You may also prevent the recording of the data generated by the cookie and concerning your usage of the website (including your IP address) by Google and to the processing of such data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following (link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en ).
SOCIAL PLUGINS
We use social plugins of several providers on our website in the respective standard plugin:
The Facebook "Like" button of Facebook Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. The button is marked with the Facebook logo and the addition "Like". The "+1" button of Google+ (Google Plus) of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, 94043 USA. The social plugin of Twitter, operated by Twitter, Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. The social plugin of the website Pinterest.
When you access our website containing any of the above plugins, the plugin provider may store a cookie in your browser. We have no control over the scope of the data collected by the provider by means of the plugin.
For the purpose and scope of the data collection and further processing and use of your data by the provider as well as your related rights and opt-out possibilities to protect your privacy, please see the privacy policies of Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/policy.php), of Google+(http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/) , of Twitter (https://twitter.com/privacy), and of Pinterest (https://about.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy).
QUESTIONS OR FURTHER INFORMATION
If you require further information about our Privacy and Cookie Policy, please email us to customercare@gaki.gr