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EMBRYOLAND Privacy Notice
Embryoland IVF Center Athens, which is based in Athens, at 41 Kifissias
Avenue & 2-4 Argolidos, P.C. 11523 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Company", "Embryoland", "we") as the controller of
your personal data addresses the confidentiality of your personal data
responsibly and is committed to maintain the highest possible level of
protection during their processing, taking into account the European Regulation
(EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on
the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal
data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC
(General Data Protection Regulation), and for purposes of transparency, please
find hereunder some useful information on our company’s data protection policy:
1. Information we may hold and process
Individuals of whom we retain
personal data include existing or potential patients, employees, service
providers and other contracting parties (e.g. cooperating diagnostic
centers-laboratories), Internet users and any other party, with whom we have or
may have a business or professional relationship currently or in the future.
Beyond the information that Internet
users voluntarily submit or input on our website (e.g. contact details in order
to schedule an appointment), we collect various types of information about Embryoland
website visitors, such as device-related information (including browser type
and IP address) and server log information (including the content downloaded
from Embryoland website, the date and time of visit, the average time spent on
the Embryoland website and browsing activity). We use this information to
better understand what is most interested in our website users, facilitate
navigation on our website and enhance the services provided by Embryoland.
Regarding patients and/or
potential patients, we collect personal and other information in compliance
with the legal and regulatory provisions. Such information indicatively includes,
but is not limited to, inter alia, the name, telephone number, e-mail address,
permanent residence address, date of birth, marital status. Additional information may be
requested by Embryoland, so that we may be able to provide you with the medical
services requested, enhance the customer experience and comply with any legal
obligation.
2. Legal Basis for data processing
All information collected and
processed pursuant to paragraph 1 is necessary (a) for the purposes of
providing medical services to our patients, and (b) for reasons of compliance
with the applicable law (indicatively, Law 3418/2005 “Code of Medical Ethics”).
3. Purpose of data maintenance and processing
Your personal data is collected and
processed exclusively for the purpose of providing the requested medical
services.
4. How long can your data be kept
We retain your personal data only
for the period of time that is strictly necessary to fulfill the purposes set
forth in this Privacy Notice and/or in relation to the time specified in the
applicable law. In particular, pursuant to article 14 of the Law 3418/2005
(Code of Medical Ethics) it is rendered obligatory for us to maintain a medical
record for a period of 10 years after your last visit.
5. How we use "cookies"
Cookies are small data
files stored by the browser on your computer's hard drive, mobile phone, or any
other device used to access the Internet. We use cookies to customize
Embryoland website and improve your experience with the site. Cookies store
anonymous information, such as whether you have viewed the site from your
mobile device, when or from which IP address. Cookies and similar technology
tools are not necessary for the site functionality. You are not required to
accept any cookies to use this site. However, deciding not to accept cookies,
will make the use of Embryoland website more complex and less accessible.
6.
Recipients of personal data
In addition to sharing your personal
data with the competent specialized collaborators of Embryoland (examples
include doctors, biologists, midwives, nurses and other staff related to the
provision of our services), we may also share some of your personal data with
the following categories of third parties:
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Competent
local and European supervisory and judicial authorities, such as the Hellenic
Authority of Medically Assisted Reproduction and Tax Authorities, for the
purposes of ensuring legal and regulatory compliance.
·
Embryoland
uses certain third parties that help us provide, improve and protect our services.
Specifically, these are:
Α) co-operating medical companies-diagnostic laboratories
specializing in the fields of Molecular Biology and Genetics that provide us with
molecular analysis services (examinations of molecular genetics, cytogenetic and
molecular microbiology), necessary for the fulfillment of medical services provided
to you;
Β) co-operating audit & certification
company (e.g. ISO);
C) co-operating courier and postal services company;
D) co-operating
IT services provider.
These third parties will access your
information only if and when required to perform duties on our behalf and in
compliance with this Privacy Notice.
In addition to the parties listed
above, we may disclose your personal data when necessary, in order to comply
with any applicable law or regulation, or in order to respond to any legal
process or government request.
7.
Security of your data
The process of processing personal
data by Embryoland is carried out in a way that ensures their safety. We apply
appropriate technical, administrative, electronic and physical measures to
ensure, as far as possible, protection against any foreseeable loss,
unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, unauthorized modification and abusive
transmission. All network traffic is monitored and filtered in its entirety by
a reliable firewall system with antispam filters, while data is scanned by
antivirus software. Access to your personal information is provided only to
Embryoland’s employees and/or to the above third parties and their employees,
who are required to know the information for the performance of their duties and
are bound by confidentiality clauses. We insert our best effort to ensure that
third parties performing services on behalf of Embryoland also insert their
best efforts to keep your information confidential.
8.
Data subject rights
Pursuant to the current legal framework
on the protection of personal data, you are entitled to exercise the following rights:
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The
right to access, correct or update your personal data at any time;
·
The
right to revoke your consent or to request the restriction of the processing of
your personal data, provided that your personal data is not processed for
reasons of compliance with the law or contractual performance;
·
Similarly,
you are entitled to request the erasure of your personal data after the lapse
of the aforementioned decade;
·
You
have the right to data portability, according to which you may ask to receive
your personal data, so that you can transfer them to another controller;
·
In
case you are dissatisfied with how Embryoland processes your personal data you
have the right to submit a complaint before the Hellenic Data Protection
Authority (DPA). For more detailed
information you can visit the website of DPA (www.dpa.gr à My rights à Submit of a complaint).
9.
Transfer of personal data to third
countries
The processing of personal data
collected is carried out exclusively within the European Economic Area.
10. Updates to our Privacy Notice
Any changes we may make to our Privacy
Notice in the future will be posted on our website. Such modification will be
effective immediately upon posting, without prior notice. Hence, we encourage
you to periodically review this Privacy Notice to stay informed about how WE
ARE protecting the personal data we collect.
11. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns,
please contact Niki Christopoulou on
+30 210 777 99 20 or 210 691 12 00 and/or email: contact@embryoland.gr
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