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Privacy Policy
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General Olympic Commercial & Tourist Enterprises S.A. (hereinafter “Avis”) located in Chalandri, 50A Vasileos Georgiou street in Athens owns and operates this Web site. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions "We", "Our" and "Us" refers to Avis. Please review these Terms and Conditions carefully before using this Web site. Your use of this Web site indicates your agreement to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Avis data protection policy We ask for your name, telephone number and e-mail address. This helps us to process your booking, to contact you if we have any problems with your request or to send you an electronic confirmation of the booking. If you are a Wizard member we link your membership number to the information we keep in our main customer database in order to speed up your booking process. We operate the following policy with regard to the privacy of customer data: We will maintain the personal information provided via this site as part of our records to assist us to maintain and improve our administration and management of our car rental business. We are part of an international group operating the Avis Rent A Car System, which includes a management system of customer data. Customer data are registered in a database operated by Avis Europe plc, Avis House, Park Road, Bracknell PG12, 2EW, United Kingdom, to which other companies using Avis Rent a Car System (located inside and outside Europe) have access, in an effort to improve car rental services. Unless you have given us your consent your personal information will not be used for any other purpose. Customers are welcome to see the information held about them at any time and to make the necessary amendments to keep the information up to date. To see information please contact sales.rentacar@avis.gr quoting your name and address. What data does Avis collect? IP address: We collect your IP address when you visit our site. This only identifies your ISP (Internet Service Provider) and does not contain any information about you as an individual. We use this information to help us understand more about where our site traffic originates. Cookies: Our website uses "cookie" technology. "Cookies" are encrypted strings of text that a website stores on a user's computer. Cookies enable us to customize our website and offerings to your needs and provide you with a better online experience on www.avis.gr. In addition, cookies are used to measure usage of various pages on our website to help us make our information more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access. The types of cookies that we use are referred to as "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave www.avis.gr. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other sites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with www.avis.gr. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files. How does Avis protect your data? If any security is needed to protect information such as credit card details we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology encryption software. Avis online promotions If you enter any competitions we offer on our site, we will ask you to enter certain personal information so we can notify you if necessary. Exact terms and conditions or rules of each competition/ prize draw will be posted at the time and may vary. If a prize is offered through a third party we may need to disclose information to the relevant third party in order to facilitate the distribution of any prizes. Avis online Surveys When you participate in any on-line surveys you may be asked to supply certain personal information, for example, demographic data such as age and/or income. You can provide all or none as you so choose. Survey results will only be used to improve the site features and usability and not for any other purpose. Avis Website User Agreement Users of our website provide us with their consent to use their personal data in the manners described above. Making a Reservation on this Site A reservation (whether confirmed or not) does not constitute a contract for the supply of vehicle rental services. A contract will be entered into at the time of rental and will be governed by the laws of the country of rental. Proprietary Rights All trade marks, copyright, database rights and other intellectual property rights in the materials on this Web site (as well as the organisation and layout of this Web site) together with the underlying software code are owned either directly by Us or by Our licensors. Without Our prior written permission, you may not copy, modify, alter, publish, broadcast, distribute, sell or transfer any material on this Web site or the underlying software code whether in whole or in part. However, the contents of this Web site may be downloaded, printed or copied for your personal non-commercial use. Acceptable Use You may only use this Web site in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and, in any event, for lawful and proper purposes which includes complying with all applicable laws, regulations and codes of practice within the UK or other jurisdiction from which you are accessing this Web site. In particular, you agree that you will not: • post, transmit or disseminate any information on or via this Web site which is or may be harmful, obscene, defamatory or otherwise illegal; • use this Web site in a manner which causes or may cause an infringement of the rights of any other; • make any other unauthorised, false or fraudulent booking; • use any software, routine or device to interfere or attempt to interfere electronically or manually with the operation or functionality of this Web site including but not limited to uploading or making available files containing corrupt data or viruses via whatever means; • deface, alter or interfere with the front end 'look and feel' of this Web site or the underlying software code; • take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on this Web site or related infrastructure; • obtain or attempt to obtain unauthorised access, via whatever means, to any of Our networks. Without prejudice to any of Our other rights (whether at law or otherwise) We reserve the right to: • cancel your bookings without reference to you and/or deny you access to this Web site where we believe (in Our absolute discretion) that you are in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions. Changes to this Website We may make improvements or changes to the information, services, products and other materials on this Web site, or terminate this Web site, at any time without notice. We may also modify these Terms and Conditions at any time, and such modification shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms and Conditions on this Web site. Accordingly, your continued access or use of this Web site is deemed to be your acceptance of the modified Terms and Conditions. Links to other Websites This Web site may include links to other internet sites. We do not endorse any such web sites and We are not responsible for the information, material, products or services contained on or accessible through those web sites. Your access and use of such web sites remains solely at your own risk. Limitation of Liability In no event will We be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, moral or consequential losses or damages of whatsoever kind arising out of access to, or the use of this Web site or any information contained in it for any reason whatsoever. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit Our liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation. Disclaimer of Warranty To the maximum extent permitted by law, We disclaim all implied warranties with regard to the information, services and materials contained on this Web site. All such information, services and materials are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranty of any kind. Indemnification You agree to indemnify, defend and hold Us harmless from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including reasonable legal fees) related to your breach of these Terms and Conditions. Miscellaneous These Terms and Conditions contain all the terms of your agreement with Us relating to your use of this Web site. No other written or oral statement (including statements in any brochure or promotional literature published by us) will be incorporated. Your use of this Web site, any downloaded material from it and the operation of these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Greece and you agree to submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Greek courts. | |||||