Terms Of Use - Adv Cosmetics

Owner and operator of this website is the company “ADV COSMETICS”, located at 50 17-19 Komotinis Str., GR 115 26, Athens.

1. Introduction

For any questions, queries, or clarifications regarding the terms and conditions of this contract, or for comments and complaints about our website, please contact us at 17-19 Komotinis Str., 115 26, Athens, or +30 210 77 11615.

The use of the services of advcosmetics.gr by the visitor / user implies its unconditional agreement with the following terms of use (hereinafter Terms), which apply to the entire content of the website. Therefore, the visitor / user must read these Terms carefully before using the services of the site and if he does not agree, he must not use the services and the content of the website. The visitor / user is kindly requested to check the content of the Terms of use for possible changes. The continued use of advcosmetics.gr, even after any changes, means the unconditional acceptance by the visitor / user of these Terms. In case any visitor / user disagrees with these Terms, he is hereby invited not to use this site.

Advcosmetics.gr reserves the right at any time and without notice to revise, modify or remove these Terms unilaterally, at its sole discretion, of course updating this text at the time of any change or addition. It reserves the right to establish special Terms of use, which are considered as addition in these General Terms of Use. In case of conflict between them, the special terms of use are those to be used. The cancellation of these Terms does not imply the invalidity of the rest Terms. Failure by advcosmetics.gr to make use of the rights deriving from these Terms does not imply the waiver of such rights, nor does it constitute a waiver of the Terms. Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any breach of these terms due to force majeure, such as indicative earthquakes, fires, damage, extreme weather conditions, strikes, etc.

Each user / visitor uses this website at its sole responsibility and its content may in no way be considered as giving advice or prompting, either directly or indirectly, to users / visitors to take any action.

2. General Info

Use of this site shall be for legal purposes only and in a manner that does not interfere with its use by third parties, and the visitor / user is obliged to use it in accordance with the law, good practices and these Terms and commits acts or omissions that may cause harm or malfunction to it (the Website), or affect or jeopardize the provision of services by advcosmetics.gr through it.

This website and the services offered through it are solely for adults. Minors are prohibited from using or visiting advcosmetics.gr as well as entering into transactions.

Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any visit to this site and its use by minors, as it cannot control the identity of incoming users / visitors.

Advcosmetics.gr strives to maintain and ensure the availability of its website and content. Regardless of these efforts, the availability of this site depends on various factors such as the technical equipment of the users, the number of users attempting to connect simultaneously to this site or the Internet, etc. Advcosmetics.gr is also entitled to maintain the site, even if this results in its temporary termination.

Advcosmetics.gr reserves the right at any time and without notice to change the nature and content of this site, as well as temporarily suspend or discontinue its operation. This website may also be suspended or interrupted for reasons beyond the control or will of advcosmetics.gr.
Advcosmetics.gr makes every possible effort to ensure the accuracy, completeness, validity, and clarity of the information and content in general on this site. Advcosmetics.gr does not, however, guarantee, nor is it responsible to users / visitors for the security and content of the site. Users / visitors to this site accept Advcosmetics.gr inability to control all of its content and services offered through it. Furthermore, Advcosmetics.gr does not warrant that the use by users / visitors of the site, information or materials contained in its content does not infringe the rights of third parties.

3. Limitation of Liability

Users / visitors who do not trust Advcosmetics.gr are encouraged not to visit or make use of this website or the services offered through it. Users / visitors are also required to use antivirus software, Trojan horses, time bombs, or other harmful programs and components.

Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any side effects or damage caused by the use of ordered products due to users’ incorrect selection of products, inadvertent or incorrect use of the products, or to the fault of the manufacturer, such as fault during manufacture, incomplete information or instructions of the products, manufacturing quality, material safety and real defects. Our liability in the case of a defective product is limited to the obligation to replace it if the conditions for returning the product are met.

Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any deficiencies in product availability due to force majeure, severe weather conditions, fire, vendor strikes, illegal third-party behavior, and in general any reasons not attributable to Advcosmetics.gr.

Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any temporary or permanent failure to provide its services and for delays in the acceptance and execution of orders and delivery of ordered products for reasons not attributable to its liability, such as force majeure, severe weather conditions, disasters, emergency situations, strikes, fire, cooperative courier malfunctions, accidental deterioration or destruction of products before delivery to the user and after being shipped, malicious interference by the contractor or a third party, malfunction of the Internet Payment Processor (Bank) or the Host Provider or the Internet Service Provider (ISP) or the Access Provider or the terminal, incorrect reporting by the user and generally any incident that impedes the proper performance of its contractual obligations. The Company’s liability is limited to its contractual obligations with the consumer and will make every effort to comply with them within a reasonable time.

Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for the bad condition of the products delivered as long as it is not due to defective storage of the products by Advcosmetics.gr and if all precautionary measures taken by Advcosmetics.gr have been taken.

The information and advice on health, prevention, beauty and aesthetics provided by our experienced e-shop associates are provided exclusively for information purposes and are in no way a substitute for medical advice, diagnostics and prescriptions from professional doctors, medical providers and diagnostic centers that our service user should receive and follow to address any health and medical problems may concern him. In response to user queries, the advice and information provided by this site is completely valid and reliable, but is provided without prejudice to the accuracy, completeness and truthfulness of the information provided by the user on the matter which concerns him. In case that the user provides inaccurate and / or incomplete information, our Company is exempt from the responsibility for the validity of the advice provided to the user and the liability for damage to the user due to inappropriate information, need or / and advice.

This online store provides the content (e.g. information, names, photos, illustrations etc.), products and services available through this site “exactly as they are”, without any warranty expressed or implied in any way whatsoever.

Also, Advcosmetics.gr does not warrant that the content of this site and the quality of the provided services will meet the needs, requirements and expectations of its users / visitors. Any direct, consequential, incidental, or indirect damages resulting from access to, or use of, this website do not constitute a responsibility for Advcosmetics.gr, its executives, employees or affiliates.

Advcosmetics.gr is in no way responsible for any legal (civil and / or criminal) claims, nor for any damages (positive, special or consequential) which are indicative and not restrictive, divisive and / or cumulative in the loss of profits, data, lost profits, pecuniary satisfaction, etc.), which occurs to users / visitors of this site, or to third parties, for reasons related to the operation or not and / or use of the site and / or failure providing services and / or information available provided through it and / or any unauthorized third party intervention in products and / or services and / or information made available through it. In addition, Advcosmetics.gr is not responsible for any damage or damage, or infection from electronic viruses and / or other malware, to the computer or other electronic means used by a user / visitor to access this site, nor is it liable for damage related to failure to perform, error, omission, interruption, fault, delay in operation or transmission or system line fall, etc.

This Website, in order to facilitate and serve its users / visitors, may, inter alia, provide links through hyperlinks or advertising banners to third-party websites. Advcosmetics.gr cannot guarantee, nor be responsible for content, privacy policy, security policy, completeness and quality of the services provided, or the terms of use. The link to these websites is of each user / visitor responsibility. The above third-party providers of such websites and webpages, also have full (civil and criminal) responsibility for the security, legality and validity of the content of their websites and webpages, excluding any responsibility of Advcosmetics.gr, such as an indication of liability for copyright or any third-party right.

Consequently, users / visitors are required to contact the above third-party providers directly for anything that may result from visiting or using their websites and web sites. Although the users / visitors of this site agree that Advcosmetics.gr is neither obligated nor able to control the security and content of both the websites and web sites and the third-party services to which it provides access, it is at any time entitled to remove, modify or discontinue any third-party service or link to third-party websites and webpages if it is found to be threatened or violated by law or these Terms.

4. Code of Conduct for Users / Visitors

Users / visitors are required to comply with all relevant Greek, European and International laws and regulations, including indicatively but not limited to laws relating to intellectual property protection, protection of personal data, competition protection etc. Also, users / visitors must make use of this website and the services offered through it in a manner consistent with good manners and these Terms.

Users / visitors agree that they will not use this site to send e-mail or otherwise, or to publish content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, offensive, annoying, defamatory, obscene, obscene, blasphemous, which violates the privacy of third parties, expresses empathy or expresses racial, ethnic or other discrimination, which may cause harm to minors in any way that is not entitled to be transmitted in accordance with the law or personal or management relationships (such as internal information, proprietary and confidential information acquired or disclosed as part of an employment relationship or covered by confidentiality agreements), or that infringes copyright or industrial property rights, or other proprietary rights of third parties, containing software viruses or other codes, files or programs designed to interrupt, cause damage, or to destroy operating equipment, software or hardware of winning computers.

Any user / visitor to this site is still obliged not to take actions or omissions that may harm or disrupt its operation and third-party access to, or which may endanger the provision of the services offered by, Advcosmetics.gr through this. Use of the Website in an unlawful manner or in a manner inconsistent with these Terms constitutes an obligation to indemnify Advcosmetics.gr for any consequential damage suffered by such conduct. It also obliges each user / visitor not to provide false information about himself, not to impersonate any other person, not to send spam or group mail, nor multiple copies of messages, nor to collect information about other users / visitors website without their consent, including financial data and email addresses.

To the extent that this Website may be used on the broader Internet, it should be done under the terms of the “Netiquette Code of Conduct”, and the use of practices that contravene this Code is expressly prohibited.

Noncompliance of any user / visitor of this site with applicable law and / or these Terms entitles Advcosmetics.gr to take any action necessary to remedy such behavior. Thus, in such cases, Advcosmetics.gr is for example entitled to block access to the services provided through this site or to delete, process or move messages, while respecting the principle of proportionality.

Any costs or indemnities that Advcosmetics.gr may be required to pay due to a user / visitor’s breach of its obligations under these Terms shall be borne by such user / visitor, who is obligated to pay immediately to Advcosmetics.gr and without the latter having to resort to the courts.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

This website and its contents, including images, graphics, photographs, drawings, texts, information materials, services and products, trademarks, brands, any form of data, software, unless otherwise stated for specific rights of third parties, are intellectual and industrial property at Advcosmetics.gr and are protected in accordance with the relevant provisions of Greek and European law and international conventions. Also, anything that is transferred, relayed or sent through this site is property of Advcosmetics.gr, provided that this is possible and legal.

Intellectual property is acquired without any further formulation and without the need for a contract or prohibition clause against its infringement.

Any copying, modification of analogue / digital recording and mechanical reproduction, distribution, transportation, downloading, processing, resale, rental, storage, printing, derivative work or misleading the public about the actual provider of the site and its content is expressly prohibited.

In any event, the display of the above on this website should in no way be construed as a transfer or grant of express or implied license or right to use them.

Information that any users / visitors of this site submit to Advcosmetics.gr through it, are considered non-confidential information and are not an asset of such user / visitor. Moreover, Advcosmetics.gr may collect limited and necessary information about its general trading activities.

6. Privacy Policy (GDPR)

Advcosmetics.gr takes into serious consideration the protection of privacy of its clients and visitors. That is why we strictly follow this Personal Data Protection Policy, which ensures the high level of services we offer and fully complies with the legislative framework in force. Your personal data is collected and stored for the absolutely necessary time, and for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. It is processed fairly, lawfully and transparently, in compliance with the legal framework in effect and in a way that guarantees data integrity and confidentiality. This data is adequate, relevant, useful and not excessive in relation to the above purposes. It is also accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.

This Policy specifies the terms and conditions followed by Advcosmetics.gr for the general protection of the privacy of the customers, visitors and other parties close to them, whose personal data may be processed with the aim of providing services, and of the users of Advcosmetics.grAdvcosmetics.gr may collect, store and process personal data of users / visitors of this site and iOS and Android apps only if the above data is provided by interested parties voluntarily for the following purposes:

for the provision of services chosen by users-visitors through this website (eg product market, information for new products, participation in competitions, etc.).
to better serve users and visitors.
for gathering information from users – feedback on the products and services offered by Advcosmetics.gr and their improvement based on the information gathered.
to inform user-visitors about new Advcosmetics.gr products after their consent.
to inform users-visitors about Advcosmetics.gr promotions, as well as for any tenders, after their consent.
for the promotion and promotion of Advcosmetics.gr products from a distance, with the consent of the users-visitors.
for market research and communication with users, visitors, with their consent.
to improve the awareness of Advcosmetics.gr.
The Company reserves the right to amend and adjust this Policy as it sees fit, while any changes are in force as soon as they are posted on the Advcosmetics.gr website.

7. Security

Advcosmetics.gr has taken the appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure compliance with personal data protection laws and to achieve an appropriate level of security for the personal data of its customers and third parties who process it, and its users his website. It has taken all necessary security measures to prevent access to personal data by anyone other than those authorized thereto and for the purposes of the processing set out above.

8. Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the definitions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) apply.

  • “personal data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); the identifiable natural person is one whose identity can be verified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier; such as name, ID number, location data, online ID or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social the identity of that natural person,
  • “processing” means any operation or set of operations performed with or without the use of automated means, on personal data such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure or destruction,
  • “controller” means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other entity which, alone or in conjunction with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data; when the purposes and ways of processing shall be determined by Union law or the law of a Member State, the controller or the specific criteria for his appointment may be laid down by Union law or the law of a Member State.

9. Cookies

Like most websites, Advcosmetics.gr also uses cookies to access certain information each time a user / visitor browses its online store. Without cookies, Advcosmetics.gr would not be able to offer users / visitors to this site important services such as order status, product storage in the basket, etc.

Cookies are alphanumeric files that are transferred to the hard disk of the users / visitor’s computer of a website and serve to maintain the statistics necessary to provide services such as those listed above, as well as to determine popular websites or for marketing purposes and user / visitor access to the website – website desired.

Cookies do not pose any risks to the user’s computer / visitor’s site. If someone does not wish to collect cookies, they can set up their Internet browser to delete existing cookies on their hard drive and choose to either automatically reject all new cookies or query each one, whenever a cookie is to be installed on the computer’s hard drive if it wants to reject it or accept it. However, users / visitors should be aware that choosing to decline cookies will make it difficult or impossible to use parts and services of this site.

  • Absolutely Required Cookies: They allow you to perform basic functions of the site, such as adding products to your shopping cart and saving products to your wish-list. Without these absolutely essential cookies, the e-shop’s functionality is directly affected, and the user’s personal browsing experience is deteriorated as key e-commerce features are down.
  •  Performance Tracking Cookies: Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use the website. They allow us to see which pages are most frequently visited or tell us if they are having trouble navigating. These cookies do not collect information that identifies the visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and used solely to improve the way Advcosmetics.gr operates.
  • Functional Cookies: These cookies “remember” the user’s preferences when browsing our site, so that we can recommend the right products based on their needs. With these cookies, the user enjoys a personalized version of Advcosmetics.gr, making it much easier to find what he is looking for.
  • Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to provide ads more relevant to the user and their interests. They are also used to send targeted advertising or bids to limit bulk, spam, and nonsensical advertising. They also help us measure the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
  • Cookies Analytics: They are a subset of the Functional Cookies and enable us to evaluate the effectiveness of the various features of our site so that we can continuously improve the experience we offer.

Specifically:

Third-party vendors, including Google, may display Company ads on online sites.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to update, optimize, and display ads based on a prior user visit to Advcosmetics.gr.

Advcosmetics.gr may also use cookies from a previous visit to its website for remarketing.

Users can opt out of such use of cookies by Google here.

Advcosmetics.gr may use Google Analytics features for display ads (e.g., remarketing, Google Display Network display reports, demographics and interests reports).

Using Ad Settings, visitors can opt out of Google Analytics for display ads and customize Google Display Network ads.

Here are the available Google Analytics opt-out options for the web.

Advcosmetics.gr complies with Google AdWords Interest-based Advertising Policy and restrictions on sensitive categories and:

It uses remarketing with Google Analytics for online advertising.

Advcosmetics.gr and third-party vendors, including Google, use original cookie (such as Google Analytics) and third-party cookies together to update, optimize, and display ads, in accordance with previous visits by users to the site of.

Advcosmetics.gr and third-party vendors, including Google, use both original cookie (such as Google Analytics) and third-party cookies together to run reports on how Advcosmetics.gr’s ad impressions, other uses of advertising services, and the interactions with these ad impressions and advertising services are related to visits to the Advcosmetics.gr site.

Advcosmetics.gr may use the data from Google’s interest-based advertising or third-party audience data (such as age, gender, and interests) with Google Analytics.

Advcosmetics.gr reserves the right to change its cookie policy at any time.

Third-party advertisers and other businesses we work with may use their own cookies to collect information about user activity on our Site. We do not control these Cookies..

10. Google Analytics

Advcosmetics.gr uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc.

Google Analytics uses cookies to help this site analyze how you use it. Information generated by the cookies about how you use this site will be transmitted to Google, which will store it on US servers. Google will use this information to evaluate how you use this site, to report on site activity to its administrators, and to provide other services on site activity and Internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if required by law or if such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data in its possession. By using this site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set forth above.

11. Facebook 

Third party suppliers, including Facebook, may display advertisements of our Company on the Facebook.com website as well as on its affiliate sites online.

Third-party vendors, including Facebook, may use cookies to update, optimize, and display ads based on a user’s prior visit to Advcosmetics.gr.

Advcosmetics.gr may also use cookies from a previous visit to its website for remarketing.

Users can opt out of such use of cookies by Facebook here.

You can find out more about Facebook ads here.

12. Data subject rights

With regard to the protection of your personal data, you have the following rights:

  • the right of access; the right to obtain a copy of their personal data as well as other supplementary information.
  • the right to rectification; the right to ask data controllers to erase or rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • the right to erasure; the right to request the deletion or cessation of your personal data held in our archives, subject to the specific restrictions provided for in the General Rules.
  • the right to restrict processing; the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
  • the right to data portability; the right to receive your personal data to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to request that a controller transmits this data directly to another controller.
  • the right to object to processing; the right to object to the processing of your personal data unless there are compelling and legitimate reasons for processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the foundation, exercise or support of legal claims of Advcosmetics.gr.

Advcosmetics.gr will respond to you in writing within 30 days of receiving the request and identifying the applicant.

13. Use of Personal Data from Third-Party

Advcosmetics.gr does not disclose your personal information to unrelated third parties without your consent. In the ordinary course of business, we disclose certain personal data to companies that we hire to carry out services or functions on our behalf. For example, in the courier company we work with to deliver your order package. In any case where we share your personal data with a third party, we do not authorize it to keep, disclose or use your data with other beyond the scope of the services we have requested to provide.

We may be legally obliged to disclose your personal information following a court order, summons, search warrant, law or regulation.

14. Retention Period

At Advcosmetics.gr we do not keep your personal information for any longer than necessary. In many cases, personal data must be kept for long periods of time in order to be available when questions or disputes arise. Periods of personal data are determined based on the type of personal data collected and the purpose for which it is collected, taking into account the conditions in force in each case and the need to destroy old data that is no longer used as soon as possible. In the event of a commercial relationship between the user and Advcosmetics.gr, a reasonable period of retention of your personal data shall be at least (5) five years from the completion of the sale due to tax reasons and legislation.

We will continue to treat your personal data in accordance with these privacy statement principles for as long as we hold them.

15. Applicable law

The above Terms are subject to Greek law and are interpreted accordingly. If any provision is declared void or void by the competent Greek court, it shall cease to have effect without affecting the validity of the remaining Terms. Any dispute arising out of the use of this website or relating to these Terms is subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts of Athens.

16. Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Address: 17-19 KOMOTINIS Str., ATHENS, 11526

Emaildpo@advcosmetics.gr

17. Protection of Information

In case you believe that your personal information has been affected in any way, you can contact the National Privacy Authority at their website: www.dpa.com

Postal Address: 1-3 Kifissias Ave. 115 23, Athens

Call center: +30 210 6475600

Fax: +30 210 6475628

E-mail: contact@dpa.com

Access to this website is allowed only to persons of over 18 years old.

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