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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 November 2026

The VITSENTZOS KORNAROS Cultural Center respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect through our website, why we collect it, how long we keep it and what rights you have, in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and Greek law.

1. Who we are

The data controller is the VITSENTZOS KORNAROS Cultural Center.

2. What data we collect and why

Newsletter signup

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your first name, last name and email address so we can send you updates about our events, programs and news. If you are already in our contact list, we update your entry so that you receive the newsletter.

Contact form

When you send us a message, we collect your first name, last name, email address, and the subject and content of your message so we can reply.

Proposals and sponsorship requests

When you submit a book presentation or exhibition proposal, or a sponsorship or support request, we collect the details you enter in the form, such as your full name or organization, capacity, email address, phone number and the information about your proposal, so we can review it and contact you.

Browsing the website

When you visit, our servers record technical data such as your IP address and browser type, to run and protect the website. If you accept, we also collect usage statistics through Google Analytics (see section 4).

3. Legal basis

  • Newsletter and statistics: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.
  • Contact form, proposals and requests: our legitimate interest in replying to people who contact us and, where relevant, taking steps before a possible collaboration.
  • Technical data and security: our legitimate interest in running the website safely.
  • Tax or other legal obligations: where the law requires us to keep information.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. Necessary cookies are needed for the website to work. All others are used only with your consent, which you can change at any time.

CookieProviderPurposeDurationType
wp-wpml_current_languageThis websiteRemembers your chosen languageUp to 1 dayNecessary
theme-modeThis websiteRemembers the website’s display settingUp to 1 yearNecessary
_ga, _ga_NRFGCFHH6JGoogle AnalyticsVisitor statisticsUp to 2 yearsStatistics, with consent

Our forms may use Google reCAPTCHA to protect against spam, and our contact page shows a Google map. These services, as well as Google Fonts, receive your IP address when they load.

5. Who we share your data with

We do not sell your data. We share it only with partners who help us run our website and communications, and who act on our instructions:

  • Hostinger, for website hosting.
  • Google, for storing our contact list and proposals (Google Workspace), for statistics (Google Analytics) and for the services in section 4.
  • The technical partners who maintain the website and our email sending system.

We may also share data with authorities when the law requires it.

6. Transfers outside the European Union

Some providers, such as Google, may process data outside the European Economic Area, including in the United States. In these cases, transfers rely on appropriate safeguards, such as a European Commission adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses.

7. How long we keep your data

  • Newsletter: until you unsubscribe or withdraw your consent.
  • Contact messages: up to 2 years from our last contact.
  • Proposals and requests: up to 2 years from submission, or for as long as a collaboration lasts.
  • Statistics: according to our Google Analytics retention settings and, for cookies, as shown in section 4.

Information we must keep by law is retained for the period the law requires.

8. Your rights

You have the right to:

  • ask for access to your data,
  • ask us to correct or delete it,
  • ask us to restrict how we use it,
  • object to processing based on legitimate interest,
  • receive your data in a portable format,
  • withdraw your consent at any time.

You can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link at the bottom of each email, or by emailing info@vitsentzoskornaros.org. For any other request, contact us at the same address. We will reply within one month at the latest.

You also have the right to complain to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Kifissias 1-3, 115 23 Athens, tel. +30 210 6475600, www.dpa.gr).

9. Children

Our newsletter is not intended for children under 15. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has given us personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.

10. Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, such as an encrypted connection to the website and limited access to our contact lists.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our services or the law change. The current version is always on this page, with the date of the last update.