Terms of Use
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not liable for any damages to users resulting from the use of this website, access to it, or use of the information contained on this site.
The information available through this website is intended solely as a guide for interested parties, and significant effort is made to keep the content updated and accurate.
Documents provided through this website are for informational purposes. In cases where they are compared with official documents directly provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the official documents are considered valid.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not responsible for the content or updates of content found on third-party websites to which links are provided through this site.
Privacy Policy
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is obligated to comply with the applicable international, EU and national regulatory and legislative framework regarding the protection of the individual from the processing of personal data. In accordance with the General Regulation of Personal Data 2016 / 679 (GDPR) and the specific regulatory framework for its implementation, the purpose of this clause is to inform you, as prospective or existing visitors/users of the “GREEK NEWS AGENDA” website, about the processing of your personal data within the scope of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ operations.
The information provided on this website is subject to the rules for the protection of personal data, disclaimer and copyright notices.
Personal Data
Use of the website “Greek News Agenda”
The management and protection of data of the visitor/user of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ website “Greek News Agenda” are subject to the conditions of this notice as well as to the provisions of national, European Union and international law on the person’s protection in the processing of personal data as applicable from time to time.
Any relevant regulation that may occur in the future shall be included in this notice. In any case the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reserves its right to change its policies of personal data protection in accordance with the relevant law as applicable from time to time.
Therefore, these personal data protection policies may be revised and updated at all times without prior notice. The WP’s users are requested to check periodically the policies in question for any changes as continuous use of the website implies acceptance of all amendments thereto if any.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs collects personal data of the WP’s visitors/users only when the latter provide such -data willingly in view of obtaining the electronically available services. The term personal data includes any data capable of being used for the identification of or communication with a person as well as any other information in respect of such person. For the registration of the visitor / user in the mailing lists of the Newsletters, the following information is mandatory to be provided: E-mail address and user name.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall not market or otherwise transmit or disclose to any third parties the website’s visitors/users’ personal data not relating to itself without the visitor’s/user’s consent except in compliance with the relevant legal requirements and to the relevant authorities only.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs may process in whole or in part the data provided by visitors/users for statistical purposes or in order to improve its services – information offered.
The visitor/user may contact the WP controller from time to time in order to verify the existence of his/her personal file or to rectify, modify or delete the same (greeknewsagenda@mfa.gr).
Cookies
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs may collect data for the identification of the website users using appropriate technologies such as cookies or/and Internet Protocol (IP) address monitoring. Cookies are small text files stored in the hard disc of each visitor/user that do not have access to any document or file from the computer thereof. They are used to facilitate the visitor’s/user’s access as regards the use of specific services or/and pages of the website, for statistical purposes and in order to determine areas which are useful or popular. Such information may also include the type of the browser used by the visitor/user, the computer’s type, its operating system, the Internet service providers and other information of the kind. Furthermore, the WP information system collects automatically information regarding the sites visited by its visitor/user and regarding the links in third-party websites that the same may choose when using the website.
The Website visitor/user may regulate his/her web browser so that either it warns him/her about the use of cookies in some services or it does not allow acceptance of the use of cookies at all times. In the case the visitor/user of these specific services and pages does not wish the use of cookies for his/her identification then he/she shall not have further access to such services.
This website includes links to other websites that are under the control of third parties (whether natural or legal persons). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs waives any responsibility for the personal data protection policies applied by such websites.
Statement of Non-Endorsement
The objective of this website is to provide news, content, and information on the country’s cultural, educational, and economic landscape to the public and journalists, highlighting modern Greek language, history and the country’s comparative advantages.
To support this goal, the website includes information and references to organizations specifically or generally related to the cultural, economic, and educational sectors, providing information on their activities, as well as interviews with academics, public intellectuals, and policymakers.
The Ministry declares that the information and references do not constitute endorsement or promotion of these entities, nor do they necessarily imply the Ministry’s approval. They are provided as part of the informative content. Similarly, the views expressed in interviews represent only those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Ministry nor imply any form of endorsement.
Disclaimer
The purpose of this website is to provide accurate and up-to-date information and support mainly to businesses, services of the Ministry, other public bodies, the Media and citizens on economic, commercial and business conditions and generally opportunities for cooperation with other countries. The Ministry undertakes every effort to ensure the validity as well as the accuracy of the data; however, it does not bear any responsibility for its content.
The visitor / user is requested to check the content of the specific pages for possible changes. The continued use of the pages and / or services of the website even after any changes, means the unconditional acceptance by the visitor / user of these terms.
Intellectual and industrial property rights
Unless expressly permitted (copyrights of third parties, affiliates and operators), all content on the Website, including images, graphics, photographs, drawings, texts, services and in general all files on this Website, is copyrighted, Trademarks and service marks of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs are protected under the relevant provisions of Greek law, European law and international conventions. Therefore, none of them may be sold, copied, modified, reproduced, republished or “uploaded”, transmitted or distributed in any way in whole or in part.
The exception is the case of individual storage of a single copy of the content on a simple personal computer for personal, not public or commercial use and without deleting the indication of their origin from this website, without being affected by any related intellectual and industrial property rights.
Intellectual Property Rights (Copyright)
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All information contained in the website is available to visitors of the node for personal use and is subject to change without notice.
Its use and reproduction online is allowed, in whole, in part or in summary, provided that the reproduced product is freely available on the Internet and that there is a clear and distinct reference to the source. Any other use requires the written permission of the copyright owner or holder.
The other products or services mentioned in the web pages of this website and bear the marks of the respective organizations, companies, partners, associations or publications, are their own intellectual and industrial property and therefore these bodies bear the relevant responsibility.
For any question regarding the reproduction rights of any material of the website, as well as for applications for approval of reproduction of material, you can contact greeknewsagenda@mfa.gr.
If you have found any use of material reproduced by the website which is inconsistent with the terms set forth on this page, please let us know at greeknewsagenda@mfa.gr.
