Privacy Policy

Effective as of 1st of May 2023 

1. Scope

This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Boutique Setters (collectively, “Boutique  Setters “we”, “us”, or “our”) in connection with the https://boutiquesetters.com / website (the  “Site”), your application to join Boutique Setters through our website, your membership with  Boutique Setters (“Membership”), any other services offered made available by us via our website, or  during your Membership (collectively, the “Services”). Boutique Setters is established in Athens,  Greece, and is represented and owned by Elena Papadonikolaki hereafter (‘’The Company’’). You can  contact us via phone: at 0030 6978484832 or via email at [email protected]. We would like  to assure you that for us, the protection of our customers’, providers’, and affiliates’ personal data is  of paramount importance. Thus, we are taking appropriate steps to protect the personal data we  process and to ensure that the processing of personal data is always carried out in accordance with  the obligations laid down by the legal framework, both by the company itself and by third parties who  process personal data on behalf of the company.  

2. Data Protection:

Along with our company’s internal IT systems, this site is designed to comply with the following  laws/regulations regarding the protection of user’s personal data: 

1. The General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679,
2. Greek Law No 4624/2019, implementing the General Data Protection Regulation, C. Law No 2472/1997 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, which implemented into the Greek legal order the Directive 95/46 /EC on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free  movement of such data, 
3. Law No 3471/2006 on the protection of personal data and privacy in electronic communications amending Law 2472/1997, implementing Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications. 
4. What personal data do we collect and process?

For providing you with our Services, we might collect the following personal data:  

– Email, name, surname, picture (when creating an online personal profile), phone number,  LinkedIn URL & other social media URL, mailing address, employer name, professional title,  images, and or video. 

– Profile data, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online  account with us  

Company details, such as name, website, address, owner’s name and surname, Company VAT Number  as well as further descriptive information & pictures or and videos.  

Before uploading any data that might include other people’s personal data, such as images, audio, and  video, you shall ensure that you have taken the appropriate measures to ensure compliance with data  protection laws in place. 

Processing of your data:  

Boutique Setters is going to process these data solely, only if we have legitimate reasons to do so.  Legal grounds for processing your personal data are: 

1. the provision of the services you appoint us for and you wish to receive from us, b. compliance with an obligation imposed by law, such as retaining data related to tax legal obligations, 
2. the consent you provide us with, under the specific conditions set out in the applicable legal framework, in order to receive updates on services, promotions etc.,
3. Who has access to your data?

Only the competent employees of Boutique Setters will access your personal information. Your  personal data will be used solely for the purpose of the executing commercial transactions,  fulfilment of contractual obligation and notifying about new products and services offered by our  Company. We are bound and we confirm that your personal data will not be published or disclosed  to third parties for other unrelated purposes. 

5. Data retention period

The data storage time is decided on the basis of the following specific criteria, as appropriate on  each case: 

When processing is required under provisions of the applicable legal framework, your personal data  will be stored for as long as required by the relevant provisions.  

When processing is done on the basis of a contractual relationship, your personal data will be stored  for as long as is necessary to perform the contract and for the foundation, exercise, and / or support  of legal claims under the contract.  

For promotional and marketing purposes, your personal data is retained until your consent is  withdrawn. This can be done by you at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the legality of  consent-based processing in the period before its revocation.  

The personal data you provide in any way are saved to our Company’s Server (on a “Server” of  Boutique Setters or the Microsoft Office 365 mail system). 

6. Information Sharing and Disclosure with 3rd parties:

We take your privacy seriously and are committed to safeguarding your personal information.  However, there may be circumstances where we need to share or disclose your information as  described in this section. By using our website, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms  and conditions regarding information sharing and disclosure: 

Service Providers: We may engage trusted third-party service providers to assist us in operating and  maintaining our website or to perform services on our behalf. These service providers may have  access to your personal information but are obligated to maintain its confidentiality and use it solely  for the purposes outlined in our agreements with them. 

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law,  regulation, legal process, or governmental request. We may also disclose your information to  protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others, without notice.  

Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your  personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you via email or a  prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or the transfer of your personal  information. 

Anonymized Data: We may aggregate and anonymize your personal information with that of other  users to create statistical or analytical reports. These reports do not identify individual users and  may be shared with third parties for various purposes, including research, marketing, or improving  our services.

While we take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee  the security of any information transmitted over the internet. Therefore, you understand and accept  the inherent risks associated with the sharing and disclosure of your information. 

7. LINKS: 

Our website may include links to third-party websites, applications, or services that are not owned  or controlled by us. We provide these links solely for your convenience and do not endorse,  guarantee, or assume responsibility for the accuracy, relevance, or quality of the content, products,  or services provided by these third parties. By accessing and using these third-party links or services,  you acknowledge and agree that you do so at your own risk. 

We strongly advise you to review the terms and conditions, privacy policies, and practices of any  third-party websites, applications, or services that you visit through our website. We shall not be  held liable for any damages or losses incurred as a result of your interaction with such third-party  links or services. 

It is important to note that any personal information you provide to these third parties is subject to  their respective privacy policies and practices. We recommend exercising caution and conducting  your own due diligence before engaging in any transactions or sharing personal information with  third-party entities. 

We reserve the right to modify or remove any third-party links or services on our website without  prior notice. However, we do not assume any obligation to update or review these links or services.  Your use of any third-party links or services is subject to your own discretion and responsibility. 

8. Your rights with respect to personal data

Any natural person whose data is being processed by us enjoys the following rights:  

Right of Access: 

You have the right to be aware and verify the legitimacy of the processing. So, you have the right to  access the data and get additional information about how your date is processed.  

Right to Rectification: 

You have the right to study, correct, update or modify your personal data by contacting us at the above  contact details.  

Right to Erasure (“Right to be forgotten”):  

You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data when we process it based on your  consent or in order to protect our legitimate interests. In all other cases (such as, for example, where  there is a contract, due to an obligation to process personal data required by law, for reasons of public  interest), this right is subject to specific restrictions or and may not apply, depending on the case. 

Right to Restriction of Processing: 

You have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data in the following  cases: (a) when the accuracy of the personal data is questioned and until such accuracy is verified; (b)  when you oppose the erasure of personal data and request (instead of erasure) the limitation of its  use; c) when personal data is not needed for processing purposes, but is, however, indispensable for  the foundation, exercise, support of legal claims; and (d) when you object to the processing and until  it is verified that there are legitimate reasons that concern us and supersede the reasons for which  you oppose processing.  

Right to Oppose Processing:  

You have the right to oppose at any time the processing of your personal data where, as described  above, such processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests we seek as processors, as  well as in cases of processing for direct marketing and consumer profiling.  

Right to Data Portability:  

You have the right to receive your personal data free of charge in a format that allows you to access,  use, and edit them, using commonly used editing methods. You also have the right to ask us, if  technically feasible, to pass the data directly to another processor. This right exists for the data you  have provided to us and it is processed by automated means based on your consent or for the  performance of a relevant contract.  

In order to exercise any of the above-mentioned rights you may refer to us via email:  [email protected]. We wll revert back to you within thirty (30) days.  

Right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority  

You have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr) through the  portal https://eservices.dpa.gr/.  

9. Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit and can be  removed at any time. They can help us identify your computer the next time you visit our site or to  activate some features on our web pages. Our site and our partners use cookies to enhance your  experience, analyse traffic and for ad personalisation and measurement. 

Boutique setters use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site, provide you with a good  experience when you browse our site, linking and moving to pages and also allows us to improve our  site. Cookies allow you to enjoy some features, use social sharing, as well as personalizing messages  and displaying ads according to your interests.

If you visit our Web Site to browse, read, or download information, we collect and store some “visitor  information” from you, such as the name of the domain and host from which you access the  Internet, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you are using, the date and time you  access our Web Site, and the Internet addresses of the web sites from which you linked directly to our  Web Site. We use this information to measure the traffic on our Web Site and to help us make our  Web Site more useful. We delete this information after some time. If you do not wish us to collect this  information, you should not visit our Web Site. 

You can set up your web browser in such a way that it warns you of the use of cookies and does not  allow them to be accepted under any circumstances. In this case certain services and functions may  not work. Of course, not choosing this setting is not construed as your will to accept all cookies  without exception. 

You can also delete all cookies already on your device by deleting your browser’s history. This will  delete all cookies from all websites you visited from this browser. Please note, however, that some  stored data may also be lost (e.g. stored login details, website preferences). 

To manage and disable cookies, you can follow the relevant instructions for each type of browser: 

Microsoft Edge 

Internet Explorer 

Mozilla Firefox 

Google Chrome 

Safari 

Opera 

Please find below more information on the various cookies:  

Necessary cookies: 

Also known as essential cookies, are a type of cookies that are considered essential for the  functioning of a website. These cookies are essential for the proper operation of the Boutique  Setters website. These cookies are crucial for providing services explicitly requested by the user,  such as accessing secure areas of the website, making online purchases, or remembering user  preferences for future visits. They are responsible for ensuring that the website functions properly  and smoothly and you can not reject them.  

Functional Cookies:  

These cookies are necessary for the correct operation of the website and allow you to be recognized  by our site, so that you do not have to enter data, such as language and country, each time you visit.  For registered users, these cookies allow them to be recognized and to access services in dedicated  areas. These cookies improve the quality and experience of navigation. Other technical cookies may  be used to monitor data traffic to identify fraudulent transactions. In some contexts, disabling these  

cookies may not be technically possible, since they are necessary to guarantee website operations or  in some cases, they are used by the Data Controller for fraud prevention purposes. 

These cookies collect aggregate, anonymous information that does not identify a visitor. Are also  used for useful reports to improve the site’s performance. 

Advertising Cookies:  

Are also known as marketing cookies or targeting cookies, are a type of cookies used to track users’  online activity and behavior across websites. These cookies help us deliver personalized  advertisements based on our users’ interests, preferences, and browsing history. By choosing these  cookies, you can see targeted ads on our site depending on your preferences and interests. These  ads are displayed by third parties, inside and outside of our webpage. 

Analytical Cookies:  

Are also known as performance cookies or statistics cookies and are a type of cookies that collect  information about how visitors use our website. These cookies help us understand how a visitor  interacts with our site by gathering data such as the number of visitors, the pages visited, the time  spent on each page, and the sources that brought them to our website. 

Cookies – Google Analytics 

Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how  their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and  report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main  cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie. 

In addition to reporting website usage statistics, Google Analytics can also be used, together with  some of the advertising cookies described above, to help show more relevant ads on Google  properties (like Google Search) and across the web and to measure interactions with the ads we  show. 

10. How will we secure your data?

We recognize our responsibility to protect the information you provide to us. Boutique Setters uses  a privacy policy for its employees and associates. This Privacy policy describes the principles and  procedures for the collection and handling of personal data, in full compliance to the General Data  protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the national legislation. The company uses a variety of  secure techniques to protect your information, including indicatively secure servers, systems  segregation, enhanced firewalls, access controls and encryption of application data and of your  communications with our website via the Internet.

11. Modifications

This Privacy Notice may be adjusted from time to time. We reserve the right to modify or amend this  Privacy Notice at any time. The effective date of this Privacy Notice is displayed at the beginning of  this notice. Please check back periodically, and especially before you provide any new personal  information. 

12. Contacting us

Boutique Setters, as Data Controller, collects, processes, retains transfers and finally deletes the  personal information you provide. You can submit questions concerning your personal information,  the system in which your information is kept and our Privacy Notice, request a copy of your personal  data or to delete your personal data.. Your questions can be addressed to:  

[email protected] 

If you have any questions or concerns about the use of your personal information, please feel free to  contact us and we will make every reasonable effort to address your concerns.