Privacy Policy
GENERAL TERMS
The use of the electronic pages and services provided to visitors/users by the website
https://metropolitanfoods.gr (Metropolitan Food Culture) presupposes your unconditional acceptance of this Privacy Policy regarding the protection of personal data on this website.
Therefore, the visitor/user must carefully read the contents of this page before using the services of our website. If you do not agree with the terms, you must leave the website and NOT make any use of its services or content.
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in accordance with legislation or industry developments. We will not explicitly notify our customers or users of the website of these changes. Instead, we recommend that you periodically review this page for any updates. Continued use of https://metropolitanfoods.gr (Metropolitan Food Culture), even after any changes to this Privacy Policy, constitutes your unconditional acceptance of these terms.
Protection of Personal Data
We collect and process your personal data only when this is absolutely necessary.
We will never sell, rent, distribute, or disclose your personal data to third parties in any way.
If you are under the age of 16, you MUST have the consent of your parents or legal guardians before using the services of this website.
Applicable Legislation
In addition to our company’s internal information systems, this website has been designed to comply with the following legislation and regulations regarding the protection of users’ personal data:
EU Data Protection Directive of 1995 (DPD)
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2018
Personal Information Collected by This Website and Why We Collect It
This website collects and uses personal information for the following reasons:
1. Contact Forms and Email Links
If you choose to contact us using a contact form or an email link, none of the data you provide will be stored on this website or transferred to or processed by any third-party data processor, as defined below in the section “Our Third-Party Data Processors”.
Instead, this data will be sent to us via email using the SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). Our SMTP servers are protected by TLS security protocol (sometimes also referred to as SSL), which means that the email content is encrypted before being transmitted over the Internet. The email content is decrypted by our local computers and devices.
Submitting a message through the contact form requires your consent to this website’s Privacy Policy by selecting the relevant checkbox.
COOKIE POLICY
What Are Cookies?
The term “cookie” refers to a small data file consisting solely of a series of text information, which a website transfers to your web browser and stores on your computer’s hard drive, either temporarily for the duration of your visit or, in some cases, for longer periods, depending on the type of cookie.
Cookies perform various functions (for example, distinguishing you from other visitors to the same website or remembering certain information about you, such as your preferences) and are used by most websites to improve user experience.
Each cookie is unique to your browser and contains certain anonymous information. A cookie typically includes the name of the domain from which it originated, its “lifetime,” and a value (usually in the form of a randomly generated unique number).
Types of Cookies
The main types of cookies that websites may use are described below:
Session Cookies
These are temporary cookies that remain in your device’s browser cookie file only during your visit and are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies
These remain in your browser’s cookie file even after the browser is closed, sometimes for a year or more (the exact duration depends on the lifespan of each cookie). Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator may need to know who you are over more than one visit (for example, to remember your username or your website customization preferences).
First-Party Cookies
These are cookies placed on your browser and/or device hard drive by the website you are visiting. This includes assigning you a unique identifier in order to track your navigation on the website. Website administrators often use first-party cookies to manage visits and for identification purposes.
Third-Party Cookies
These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits across different websites on which they advertise. The website administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies Used on This Website and How to Manage Them
On this website, we use cookies to improve the user experience for our visitors. The website’s functionality will be significantly affected if you disable or do not accept the use of cookies.
Below you will find information about the third-party cookies we use on this website, including how to disable them and the effect of disabling them on the website’s functionality.
If you would like more information on how to manage certain types of cookies, including how to control or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org
Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics cookies are performance and analytics cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website.
These cookies may inform us about the number of visitors using the website, the time and duration of access, and provide information about how visitors navigate through different sections of the website. This information helps us improve the way our website functions.
All information collected is anonymous and does not contain personal data.
Our website has enabled IP anonymization in Google Analytics in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The information collected by Google Analytics cookies about our website is transferred to and stored on Google’s servers in accordance with Google’s Privacy Policy.
For more information about Google Analytics, please visit:
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can disable Google Analytics tracking by visiting:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
If you disable these cookies, your use of the website will not be included in the statistics we collect to improve our services. The website’s functionality will not be affected.
Social Media Cookies
Third-party social networks may place cookies on your device if you choose to share content from our website by clicking one of the embedded “Share” buttons.
If you disable these cookies, the “Share” functionality will not be available.
About This Website’s Server
All web traffic (file transfer) between this website and your browser is encrypted and transmitted over HTTPS using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
