GDPR is the new General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679), which applies from May 25. In namastudio.yoga we take the confidentiality of your data seriously. We realize that by giving your personal details to us you’re trusting us with your information. We have created this policy to provide you with access and transparent and clear information about what information we collect from you, why we collect this information how we use it. We must also ensure that you understand your rights in relation to your personal data.

1. What information we collect:

We collect, receive, store and process in general the following information about you:

  • information you provide through our website, including information you provide when you create a website account (eg. name, surname, phone number, e-mail),
  • information about your computer, your visits to and use of the website, such as your IP address, date and time of your visit to the website, web browser type and operating system, referring source which sent you to the website, duration of your visit, pages you have viewed and the course of your navigation of the website.
  • information about any other transaction you make through the website (including name, address, phone number, e-mail address and your transaction history). Your card details are not stored and payments are completed in the secure environment provided by the bank.
  • information included in or relating to any kind of communication between you and us, either directly or through our website (including the content of such communication and the metadata relating to it),
  • information we obtain from private social media companies(see below), including companies outside the European Union, in relation to your interests and preferences,
  • information as that described in detail below, under “Cookies and similar technologies”.

2. How we use the information we collect:

We process your personal data in order to conclude orders and maintain contact with you, inform you about our news, events and offers and to improve our services. We collect the personal data you provide to us either at our location or through our website. In particular, we use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • to receive, process and deliver orders,
  • to manage our website,
  • to manage and run contests or offers,
  • to address any of your questions or requests for additional information and contact you about the website.
  • to provide information you have expressly requested or have been asked by us whether you wanted to receive,
  • to occasionally inform you about various actions we think you might be interested in by e-mail / telephone / text message (SMS) following your consent (see in detail below under 4. Information on NEWSLETTERS)
  • for internal research and statistical analysis, to identify how our website is used and understand how we can improve it,
  • to address questions and complaints filed by you or in relation to you pertaining to us and our Website,
  • to maintain security of the Website and our systems and prevent frauds,
  • to comply with legal requirements, regulatory authorities and compliance regulations (where applicable),
  • to establish, exercise or defend legal claims (where applicable),
  • to monitor and analyse the use of each account in order to prevent, investigate and/or report security breaches or a crime,
  • to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website, the computers and the devices installed at our premises,
  • to protect the rights, the property and security of our company, our customers or any other third party,
  • to understand your interests and preferences to be able to adjust content, offers and other actions advertised on our website in a way that better responds to your interests and preferences (-see also the section titled “Cookies”).
  • to understand and identify the characteristics of our users so as to have a wider picture and target our advertisements more accurately (eg. to address similar audiences in social media).

We may correlate information we collect about you through transactions, off-line interaction or our e-mail and text communication with your stored user profile information. In this way, we will be able to adjust our future communication and communication channels so that they respond better to your interests and preferences and to provide you a better user experience.

We also use personal information we obtain from social media websites, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, for survey and statistical analysis purposes. Where appropriate and in line with each website’s privacy policy, we may correlate information from these websites in order to better understand and improve the experience of our users. This includes posts or other information publicly posted or obtained by us when you use hashtags or tags related to us. Information from these websites may include data kept outside the European Union.

3. How we disclose your data:

We disclose or transfer personal information to the following other parties:

  • third-party service providers who carry out work on our behalf in relation to the website and the purposes described in this Policy (for example, website hosting, social media analysis service providers, e-mail marketing service providers, data analysts, website designers),
  • multimedia companies and their advertising partners, in order to carry out targeted marketing actions,
  • the courier service provider during processing and delivery of your order,
  • if we must make public or disclose your personal data in order to comply with legal obligations or in the scope of the exercise and application of our terms and conditions or other agreements pertaining to the protection of the rights, the property and security of the business, our clients or any third party,
  • governmental authorities or other third parties when required by government or law enforcement authorities or, otherwise, when so permitted or required by law, including, among others, our response to court judgments and witness summons. We also disclose user information when we believe in good faith that someone harms or intervenes in our rights or property, the rights or property of other users of our website or any other third party who could be harmed by these actions. We also cooperate in investigations of law enforcement authorities or other third parties who enforce the law, intellectual property and other rights.

4. Data retention period

We collect, store and generally process personal data for the period during which you are in a contractual relationship with us. If this is for any reason terminated, we will retain the data for as long as it is necessary until the period required by law or the limitation period of any relevant claims and tax obligations expires. As regards personal information used to send newsletters, we will retain them for as long as you have authorized us. When your authorization no longer exists (eg. in case you unsubscribe from the newsletter or you withdraw your consent) or if the data we keep are no longer valid (eg. the e-mail address we have is invalid), we will erase the personal information kept in our database.

5. Information on sending NEWSLETTERS

In line with Data Protection rules, we must have your explicit consent in order to keep your details for the purpose of communicating with you in various ways and means (e-mail, phone call etc). This consent must be given after you have been informed about our data protection policy and your rights according to the GDPR. In particular:

GDPR is the new General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) which applies from May 25. In namastudio.yoga, Fokidos 26 Ampelokipoi, Athens namayoga.athens@gmail.com +30 6973381749 , we take the confidentiality of your data seriously and we realize that by providing us your personal details you’re trusting us with your information. For this reason, namastudio.yoga, as a Data Controller, requests your consent to send you information material (newsletters) at your e-mail address.

Your e-mail address will be used only by us and it will not be disclosed to third-parties, even if the newsletters concern third-party products and/or services.

6. Your Rights according to the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679):

You can read them here.

7. Security measures

The security of your data is paramount to us. To achieve this, we apply all appropriate technical and organisational measures for the purposes of processing and we regularly check the efficiency of these measures. However, please take into account that, although we take all reasonable steps to protect your data, no website, internet transmission, computer system or wireless connection is totally secure.