PRIVACY POLICY
The company AGGELAKIS S.A., with many years of experience in the field of chicken breeding and production of high-quality products, places particular importance on the protection of personal data. Specifically, our company is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to its website and treats seriously its obligation regarding the security of their personal data. The present privacy policy describes the manner in which we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website or communicate with us.
I. Cases of Data Collection
The collection of personal data is carried out only when you voluntarily provide it to us, through:
- Completion of the contact form
- Subscription to newsletters
- Submission of job or cooperation applications
- Participation in promotional activities or surveys
II. Personal Data We Collect
Personal data is any information related to you, insofar as you choose to provide it to us and it enables us to identify you, such as name, contact details, and information related to your access to our website and our electronic correspondence.
Specifically, we may collect the following categories of data:
a. Full name, address, e-mail, telephone number, curriculum vitae. These data are collected through the communication platform and through the “career opportunities” platform,
b. When you are asked to provide information during the use of the website,
c. Communications you exchange with us or direct to us through letters, e-mail, chat, calls, and social networks,
d. Location, including the geographical location of your computer or device in real time via GPS, Bluetooth, and IP address, as well as Wi-Fi hotspot locations and mobile phone towers, derived from users, in case you use location-based features and enable location services settings on your device and computer.
e. Cookies; you may read more regarding cookies here.
The website shall retain the above data only for as long as is necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which they were collected or for as long as required by the relevant legislation.
Consent for the collection of your personal data is given specifically each time the above is used.
III. Use of Data
The personal data you provide to us are used exclusively for the following purposes:
- Service of requests and response to your questions: We use your data to provide you with the services you request regarding the products or services provided through our website.
- Information regarding the products and activities of AGGELAKIS S.A. (marketing): From time to time, we contact you electronically and provide you with information regarding our offers and products. You will have the option to receive or not such communications, depending on whether or not you subscribe to our newsletter. Also, in every electronic communication we send, you will have the opportunity to declare that you no longer wish to receive direct marketing material.
- Improvement of our services and the user experience of the website: We use your data for statistical purposes and analysis of the efficiency of marketing practices or in order to satisfy any of your requirements.
- Management of job applications and communication with candidates.
We may also process your personal data for the following reasons:
- In order to comply with a legal obligation (e.g., for tax and accounting reasons).
- Because you have given us your consent to use your personal data for the specific purpose.
Only individuals aged 15 years and above may provide their own consent. For children below this age, the consent of parents or legal guardians is required.
We do not retain your data for a period longer than what is necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose for which they are processed. In order to determine the appropriate retention period, we take into account the quantity, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the purposes for which we process them, and the possibility of achieving these purposes by other means.
We also take into account the time periods during which it may be necessary to retain personal data in order to fulfill our legal obligations or to respond to complaints/enquiries and to protect our legal rights in case of the exercise of any claim.
Additionally, we shall retain your personal data for the promotion of our products, unless of course you decide to request their deletion.
When we no longer need your personal data, we delete or securely destroy them. We also take into account whether and how we may minimize over time the personal data we use, as well as whether we can keep them anonymous, so that they can no longer be associated with you. In that case, we may use them without further notice.
In case of redirection to a third-party website, the privacy policy and cookies policy of the respective third party shall apply. Moreover, the Company is not liable for the content posted on third-party websites nor for their respective privacy and cookies policy.
IV. Transfer of Data
AGGELAKIS S.A. undertakes not to disclose, transfer, or sell your personal data to third parties, unless:
- There is your explicit consent
- It is required by law or a competent authority
- It is necessary for the provision of hosting or technical support services of the website
Specifically, we may disclose your personal data to the following third parties for the purposes contained in this Privacy Policy:
a. Trusted service providers with whom we cooperate for the conduct of our business, such as providers of management services of our website or providers of marketing services.
b. Legal and other professional advisors, courts, and law enforcement authorities in all countries where we operate, in order to exercise our legal rights arising from our contract with you.
c. Social networks: Through our website or before your visit to our website, you may have access to third-party social networks. When you are registered with your account (of the social media), we shall receive the personal data you choose to share with us through those social media in accordance with their privacy settings, in order to improve and personalize the use of our website. We may use social media links on our website. This shall result in your data being disclosed to the provider of your social network and possibly appearing in your social media profile and being accessible to others in your network. Consult the privacy statement of those third-party social media providers to learn more about these practices.
d. The personal data we collect from you are not transferred nor processed outside the European Union.
When the processing of personal data is based on your consent, you have the option to withdraw your consent for the processing or to proceed with the deletion of your personal data at any time. You may do so by submitting a request through our website or through the e-mail services.
V. Security of Personal Data
Our company follows strict security procedures in storing and disclosing your personal data, as well as for protecting them from accidental loss, destruction, or damage. The data you provide to us are protected in accordance with the security policy of our company.
We may disclose your data to trusted third parties for the purposes determined in this Privacy Policy. We require all third parties to have appropriate technical and operational security measures in place to protect your personal data, in accordance with the legislation of Greece and the EU on data protection.
VI. Users’ Rights
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:
- Right of access to the data we hold about you. This enables you to receive a copy of your personal data we retain and to check whether we lawfully process them.
- Right of rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data. This enables you to correct any incomplete or inaccurate information we have about you.
- Right of erasure. This enables you to request us to delete or remove personal data where there is no need for us to continue processing them. You also have the right to request us to delete or remove your personal data where you have exercised the right to object to their processing (see below). You may delete such personal data when their use is based on your consent.
- Right to restriction of processing. This enables you to request us to suspend the processing of your personal data, for example if you wish us to establish their accuracy or the reason for processing them.
- Right to object to the use of your data. This enables you to object to the processing of your personal data, when we rely on legitimate interest (or the interest of a third party), but there is a reason in your case which reasonably justifies that you wish to object to their processing for that reason. You also have the right to object in case we process your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to data portability in electronic and structured form. This enables you to receive your data from us in an electronically usable form and to be able to transfer your data to another party in an electronically usable form.
- Right to withdraw consent. In exceptional cases, where you may have provided your consent for the collection, processing, and transfer of your personal data for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that processing at any time. Once we receive notice that you have withdrawn your consent, we will cease processing your data for the purpose or purposes for which you had initially agreed, unless we have another legal basis to lawfully do so.
To exercise your rights, you may contact the competent department at the e-mail: info@aggelakis.gr or by phone: 2221180500.