Privacy Policy
Your privacy and data security are of the utmost importance to us.
Last Updated: October 26, 2023: January 4, 2026
The controller of your personal data is Ethos Leadership Academy Hellas IKE, with its registered office at Plateia Syntagmatos, 1, 105 63 Athens, Greece ('Academy', 'we', 'us'). You can contact us regarding data protection at privacy@ethosacademy.gr.
2. Scope and Purpose of Data Processing
We process your personal data to provide our educational and consulting services. This includes:
- Account Registration and Management: We process your name, email address, and password to create and manage your account.
- Service Delivery: To enroll you in courses, provide training materials, and issue certifications.
- Communication: To send you information about your courses, service updates, and respond to your inquiries.
- Marketing: With your explicit consent, we may send you information about new programs and events. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
- Billing and Payments: To process payments for our services.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your data based on the following legal grounds under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): When you register for an account or enroll in a course.
- Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR): For compliance with financial and legal regulations.
- Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): For improving our services and for security purposes.
- Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): For marketing communications.
4. Your Rights under GDPR
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access your data.
- The right to rectification of inaccurate data.
- The right to erasure ('right to be forgotten').
- The right to restrict processing.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to object to processing.
- The right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide the services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our policies. Data for inactive accounts will be anonymized or deleted after a period of 5 years.
6. Cookies Policy
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