Every visitor or user of the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ is obligated, before visiting or using the pages, to read and carefully study the terms of use as follows. In case of disagreement, one must not use them. Otherwise, it is deemed that they explicitly and unreservedly accept the aforementioned terms of use and grant their consent. The following terms of use apply to the entirety of the content of our website.

The website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ belongs to the Municipality of Apokoronas (hereinafter Municipality). Through technologically advanced online infrastructure and open and closed-source software applications, the website can offer services of information, participation, consultation, and technological applications to everyone (hereinafter, user/visitor) under the following terms of use. The use/visit of these websites implies the unconditional acceptance of the described terms of use. Navigating and staying on these websites and archiving and/or cataloging it constitutes a practical acceptance of the following terms of use.

The website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ may contain references (links) to third-party websites solely for the purpose of informing the user/visitor. Referring to links that belong to third-party websites does not imply the adoption of their opinions and actions or the acceptance of the content they express, publish, or post. Third-party entities of the websites are legally responsible for the content of their web pages or any damage that may arise from their use when the user/visitor of the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ accesses them. The user/visitor acknowledges that by visiting third-party websites, they exit the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ and are subject to the terms of use of those websites.

USER/VISITOR OBLIGATIONS

The usage of the websites must be exclusively and solely for lawful purposes and in a way that does not restrict or hinder its use by third parties. The user/visitor of these websites is obligated to use them in accordance with the law and the present terms of use. The user/visitor of these websites must not engage in actions or omissions that may cause damage or malfunction and negatively affect or jeopardize the provision of services offered through the websites to the visitors.

The user/visitor must exercise increased care when entering their details and undertakes the obligation that the relevant entries are absolutely clear, complete, and accurate. The Municipality is not responsible for the entry of incorrect information by the user/visitor, who is solely responsible for the accuracy, completeness, and legal character of these entries.

INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

The overall content of the websites is made available to the public under the specific terms of the Greek Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY v.3.0), as detailed in the relevant License Agreement, unless stated otherwise. The license does not cover the use of any other material protected by Law 2121/93, or any other relevant law, which has been specified as the intellectual property of a third party. For the use and exploitation of material belonging to third parties, the end-user must consult with the holders of the relevant intellectual property rights to obtain the necessary usage and exploitation licenses.

The computer programs used for the development and operation of the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ and its digital services are generally free and/or open-source software. When made available, their distribution is subject to the specific terms of the European Union Public Licence (https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/software/page/eupl/licence-eupl). The particular license under which the software is available is explicitly specified on the website where the software is distributed.

NETWORK LIABILITY LIMITATION

The Municipality makes every effort to ensure that the information and content displayed on the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ are as accurate, truthful, and up-to-date as possible. Additionally, it provides the content, such as information, names, photos, illustrations, data, etc., and the services available through the website “AS THEY ARE.” The aforementioned information, as well as any other provided to the user/visitor through the website, does not constitute direct or indirect encouragement or advice to undertake any financially consequential actions. The user/visitor should examine the provided information and act based on their own discretion. In no case does the Municipality bear responsibility for any legal, civil, or criminal claims, nor for any damage, positive, special, or consequential, suffered by the user/visitor of this website.

The Municipality makes every possible effort for the smooth operation of its network, although it does not guarantee that the functions of its servers will be uninterrupted, error-free, virus-free, or free from malicious software or similar elements.

Given the nature of the Internet, the Municipality is not liable, under any circumstances, for any form of damage incurred by the user/visitor of the websites, services, options, and contents of this website. It also does not guarantee that this website or the servers and hosts through which any related service is made available to the user/visitor do not contain “viruses” or other malicious software. Furthermore, it does not guarantee the correctness, completeness, or availability of the contents, websites, services, options, or the results from their use.

COLLECTION AND USE OF INFORMATION, PERSONAL DATA, AND SECURITY

Through this website, the Municipality may collect, as the Data Controller, personal data of users/visitors, such as identification and contact details, which are necessary for the processing purpose and only to the extent that they are disclosed by the users themselves. The Municipality takes all necessary measures and ensures the fair and lawful collection and processing of personal data, as well as their secure retention, in accordance with the applicable European and national legislative and regulatory framework for data protection, specifically the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) as incorporated into Greek law (Law 4624/2019) and the specific regulatory framework for its implementation, preserving the confidentiality and confidentiality of any information disclosed.

Users/visitors, after becoming aware of these terms of use, provide their personal information on the website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ and its services, where required or requested.

Minors have access to our website only with the consent of their parents/guardians and are not obliged to disclose their personal information.

The Municipality may process part or all of the information disclosed by users/visitors, indicatively for statistical purposes and improvement of the services and information provided. Also, the Municipality may process the above information to inform users/visitors about announcements/news or new services of the Municipality, provided they give their explicit consent for this purpose. In this case, users/visitors have the right to withdraw their consent at any time, without affecting the legality of the processing based on the consent given before its withdrawal.

These data may be transmitted within the legal operation of the website to third parties cooperating with the Municipality to the extent necessary for the proper operation and maintenance of the website and its services.

Finally, users/visitors have the right to access their personal data, request the correction of any inaccurate data or the completion of such data, and, if the conditions of the regulatory framework are met, exercise the rights of erasure, processing restriction, data portability, objection to processing, as well as ensuring human intervention in automated processes. To exercise these rights, users/visitors can submit their request to the Municipality at info@apokoronas.gov.gr. In case they believe that the protection of their personal data is compromised, users/visitors may, if they wish, also appeal to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

Through this website, non-personal identification information of users of the website may be collected using corresponding technologies, such as cookies and/or monitoring of protocol addresses, and other similar information resulting from the interaction of the web browser program with the server. Cookies are small text files stored on the hard drive of each user/visitor and do not access any document or file from their computer, nor do they lead to the identification of their computer by any person. They are used to facilitate the user/visitor’s access to specific services and/or pages of the website, for statistical reasons, and to determine the areas that are useful or popular.

Non-personal information may also include the type of web browser program used by the user/visitor, the type of computer, the operating system, the internet service provider (ISP), and other such information.

Through this website, forms of communication, bulletin boards, and interactive areas may be posted. The use of the above implies that the user/visitor bears exclusive responsibility for the communication made and the consequences arising from the publication of this communication. The Municipality is not responsible for the accuracy, precision, or reliability of the material published in any interactive area, or for the consequences of communication in interactive areas, or for the consequences arising from the use of the website. In no case can the Municipality be considered to accept or endorse in any way the ideas, perceptions, and actions expressed by the user/visitor as a result of communication. The Municipality may control, correct, or even delete the content of user/visitor communication and participation.

The user/visitor of this website can configure their web browser program for navigation in such a way that it either warns them about the use of “cookies” in specific services or does not allow the acceptance of the use of “cookies” under any circumstances. For this purpose, they can refer to the instructions of their network browser or the help screen to learn more about these functions. In case the user/visitor of specific services and pages does not wish to use “cookies” for their recognition, they may have limited access to some of the services, uses, or functions provided by this website. The collection of all data falling under the category of personal data that the Municipality receives through this website, either sent by users on a case-by-case basis or collected during navigation and use of the website by users, is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the applicable European and national legislative and regulatory framework on the protection of personal data, specifically the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) as incorporated into Greek law (Law 4624/2019) and the specific regulatory framework for its implementation.

VOTES/POLLS

The website https://apokoronas.gov.gr/ can provide the user/visitor with the opportunity for participatory processes and public consultations on current issues presented in the form of questions. The user/visitor’s responses to this process are recorded, analyzed, and generally taken into account for drawing conclusions regarding the subject under consideration, which is placed for public consultation through a participatory process. The specific terms of this participatory process and public consultation are always determined by the Municipality.

The Municipality retains the exclusive right to collect and exploit all this information data, as well as the conclusions derived from it, which are made available to citizens through this website. The user/visitor of the website accepts the transfer of all intellectual or mental property rights arising from his participation in public consultation, as described above, to the Municipality.

THE APPLICABLE LAW AND OTHER TERMS

The terms and conditions of use of this website, as well as any modification or change by the Municipality, are governed and supplemented by national and community law and relevant international treaties. Any provision of the above terms found to be contrary to the above legal framework or rendered void ceases automatically to be valid and is removed from this, without affecting the validity of the remaining terms.

The terms and conditions of use of this website constitute the comprehensive agreement between the Municipality and the user/visitor of the website and bind only them. No modification of these terms of use is taken into account and becomes part of this agreement unless expressed in writing and incorporated into these terms of use. Unless otherwise specified, the terms of use on this website are immediately effective in their entirety. The Municipality unilaterally reserves the right to modify, add, or change the content or services of the website, as well as its terms of use, whenever it deems it necessary, without prior notice, through this website, always within the existing or possibly new legal framework. Following the above, users/visitors of the website are kindly requested to regularly check the content, services, and terms for any changes, as continuous use of the website implies acceptance of all possible modifications.

The competent courts for any emerging disputes arising from this agreement are the Courts of Athens.

If you have noticed any issues in the content of the website related to legal or ethical matters, please inform us at info@apokoronas.gov.gr so that we can promptly address them.