Privacy & Cookies Policy - GDPR Compliance
Your personal data protection is of primary importance to us. We take therefore appropriate measures to protect the personal data we process and to ensure that the processing of personal data is always carried out in accordance with the obligations set by the legal framework, both by us and by any third parties that potentially process personal data on our behalf.
We do not intend to sell, rent, or otherwise distribute or make public your personal information.
Our Privacy Policy was last updated and published in February 2023.
What is GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulatory framework of the European Union (EU). The law objective is to establish the conditions for the processing of personal data, aiming to the rights and freedoms of natural persons protection and in particular the right to the protection of personal data.
Data Process Manager
Manager of this website is Dr. Efthymis Lekkas, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Dynamic Tectonics Applied Geology, Zografou University, 15784 Athens. For any issue regarding the processing of personal data, you can contact the following:
Personal data we process
We process the personal data you provide us only for specific reasons and in any case we ask you EXCLUSIVELY for the absolute necessary information.
Reasons for collecting and processing your personal data:
(α) Application for expression of interest to attend the Postgraduate Program. In this form you provide us with your name, contact details (e-mail & telephone number), qualifications and identity details. If you wish, you consent to the use of your email for sending informational newsletters regarding the Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster, and Crisis Management Strategies", news related to the subject of study, as well as the developments in the scientific community. The above data are requested in order to carry out the necessary identification of data and to verify the coverage of the legal conditions for attending the courses in accordance with the current legislation and the Official Operation Regulation of the Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster, and Crisis Management Strategies"
(b) Application for tuition waiver in accordance with Law 4957/2022, in which financial and family status data and corresponding supporting documents are requested, in accordance with the current Legislation, in order to evaluate and select postgraduate students, who meet the conditions and the criteria for tuition waiver.
(c) Application for attending educational activities such as seminars, field trips, etc. within the framework of the Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies". In this form you provide us with your name, contact information (email & telephone number) and any other information deemed appropriate according to the nature of the planned activity. If you wish, you consent to the use of your e-mail for the sending of informative newsletters regarding the Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies", the news related to the subject of study as well as the developments in the scientific community.
(d) Registration in the list of recipients of the e-newsletter. In this case, you provide us with your name and contact e-mail, in order for us to be able to send you e-mails.
(e) Complaint or Objection submission in the corresponding form by our students.
STATEMENT
By giving your consent, you responsibly declare that you are over 16 years old. If you are under 16 years, you may use our website only with the participation and approval of a parent or guardian.
Where could your data be shared:
The Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies" transmits the personal data provided by natural persons to third-party companies, which offer automation services for the purpose of sending bulk electronic messages (currently SendGrid - Privacy Policy). You have the right to delete your e-mail from the bulk e-mail recipient list at any time. This feature is incorporated into every e-mail sent to you in this way, in accordance with current legislation. You have the right to delete your e-mail from the bulk e-mailing list at any time. This feature is embed into every e-mail we sent to you in this way, in accordance with current legislation.
We reserve the right to store the information we collect and process the information you provide about yourself for statistical or research purposes. By submitting your application to us, you agree to this transfer, storage and processing of your personal data.
The e-learning process sometimes requires the digital presence of the participants in the Postgraduate Program, as well as the posting of the recorded material in a special area of the educational platform. Access to this recorded material is provided exclusively to those registered in the Program, with the exception of the cases of "open lectures", the openness of which is announced before they take place. Enrollment in the Postgraduate Program constitutes at the same time the consent of the participants to the limited (or no) range of screening of the recorded teleconference lectures, where they appear.
Events such as Hellenic Risk Reduction Forum, special Lectures, graduation ceremonies, Field Exercises, Field Research Activities etc. subject to photography and filming. Selected moments from the visual material are made public for the purpose of communicating the action of the Program. Your presence (physical or digital) in them, implies your consent to the publication of visual material on the website, social media, Postgraduate Program publications, or press releases.
Storage Period
The period of data storage is decided based on the following specific criteria depending on the case:
- For enrolled and graduated students, personal data will be stored for as long as the relevant provisions require.
- For communication purposes (electronic information), personal data is kept until you withdraw your consent. This can be done by you at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing that was based on the consent during the period before its withdrawal.
To withdraw your consent you can contact the following details:
You can also use the unsubscribe options by following (clicking) on the corresponding link, present in our electronic communications, according the legislation.
Your rights in relation to your personal data
Every natural person whose data is processed by the Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster and Crisis Management Strategies" enjoys the following rights:
Right of access
You have the right to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of the processing. Therefore, you have the right to access the data and receive additional information about its processing.
Right of editing
You have the right to study, correct, update or modify your personal data
Right to erasure
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data when we process it based on your consent. In all other cases (such as indicatively when there is an obligation to process personal data imposed by law, public interest), the said right is subject to specific limitations or does not exist depending on the case.
Right to process restriction
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in the following cases: (a) when the accuracy of the personal data is disputed and until verification is made, (b) when you object to the deletion of personal data and request the restriction of its use instead of deletion, (c) when the personal data is not needed for the purposes of processing, but is nevertheless necessary for the establishment, exercise, support of legal claims, and (d) when you object to the processing and until it is verified that there are legitimate reasons that concern us and override the reasons for which you object to the processing.
Right to object to processing
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data in cases where this is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us as managers, as well as to processing for the purposes of direct marketing and consumer profiling.
Right to portability
You have the right to receive your personal data free of charge in a format that will allow you to access, use, and process them, using commonly used processing methods. You also have the right to ask us, if technically possible, to transfer the data directly to another data manager. This right of yours exists for the data you have provided to us and their processing is carried out by automated means based on your consent or in execution of a relevant contract.
Right to withdraw consent
Where the processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it freely, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing based on your consent, before you withdraw it. To withdraw your consent, you can use the unsubscribe options, by following (clicking) on the corresponding link (link), present in our electronic communications. To exercise any of your above rights you can contact the following details:
Right to be forgotten
Unless we are required by law to retain the data we hold relating to you, you have the right to ask us to delete them.
Right of complaint
You have the right to submit a complaint to the Personal Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr): Telephone Center: +30 210 6475600, Fax: +30 210 6475628, Email:
Security of Personal Data
The Postgraduate Program "Environmental, Disaster, and Crisis Management Strategies" implements appropriate technical and organizational measures aimed at the safe processing of personal data and the prevention of accidental loss or destruction and unauthorized and/or illegal access to them, use, modification or disclosure. In any case, the way the internet works and the fact that it is free to anyone, does not allow us to provide guarantees that unauthorized third parties will never gain the possibility to violate the applied technical and organizational measures, gaining access and possibly using personal data for unauthorized and/or illegal purposes.
In any case we will report any illegal data breach within 72 hours of the event, if it is apparent that personal data stored in an identifiable format has been stolen.
Changes to our privacy policy
This privacy policy may change from time to time in accordance with legislation or industry developments. We will not expressly notify our customers or website users of these changes. Instead, we encourage you to periodically check this webpage for any policy changes.