Introduction
The website “The New Athenian” (hereinafter the “Website”) operates as a contemporary information hub dedicated to the new form of urban living, as shaped and supported in particular by the development of the project “The Ellinikon”. Through articles, interviews and thematic sections relating to design, innovation, culture, lifestyle and urban evolution, the Website’s users are informed about the ideas, projects, trends and people shaping the future of Athens.
We would like to assure you that for the “HELLINIKON SMSA” the protection of the personal data of the Website’s users is of utmost importance. For this reason, we take appropriate measures to protect the personal data processed in the context of the Website’s operation and to ensure that such processing is always carried out in compliance with the applicable legislation, both by us and by the third parties processing personal data on our behalf.
Data Controller – Data Protection Officer (DPO)
The company under the name “ELLINIKO – ETAIREIA ANAPTYXIS AXIOPOIISIS KAI DIACHEIRISIS AKINITON MITROPOLITIKOU POLOU ELLINIKOU – AGIOU KOSMA MONOPROSOPI ANONYMI ETAIREIA”, with distinctive title “HELLINIKON S.M.S.A”, with registered offices at Maroussi, Attica, 37A Kifissias Avenue (hereinafter the “Company”), as Data Controller, hereby informs the users of the Website “The New Athenian” regarding the purposes and the way of processing their personal data.
For any matter related to the processing of your personal data, you may contact the Company’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) by sending an email to theellinikonpersonaldata@lamdadev.com
What personal data do we collect and How?
Through the Website, users may subscribe to the Company’s newsletter by completing the relevant form in order to be the first to receive all the news, as well as contact us for any issue through the Website’s contact form. In this context, we collect the following personal data:
- Full Name
- Email Address
- Any personal data included in the message submitted via the Website’s contact form
Why do we process your personal data?
Our Company processes your personal data for the following purposes:
- To send promotional communications through newsletters
- To respond to requests or inquiries submitted via the contact form available at the Website
- To ensure the proper operation of the Website and continuously improve the users’ experience
- To comply with any legal obligations arising from the operation and management of the Website
What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?
a) Consent
Where you choose to subscribe to the Website’s newsletter to receive the latest news and general updates, the processing is based on your consent.
b) Legitimate Interests
We process your personal data in order to serve the Company’s legitimate interests, provided that such interests do not override your rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include, among others, responding to communication requests, ensuring the secure and uninterrupted operation of the Website, maintaining backup files and ensuring operational continuity procedures.
c) Compliance with Legal Obligations
We may process your personal data when explicitly required by the law or as part of our Company’s regulatory compliance with its obligations arising, among others, from the data protection and cybersecurity legislation.
How long do we keep your personal data?
Where processing is based on your consent, your personal data is retained until the withdrawal of your consent, which may occur at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Where processing is legally required, your personal data will be retained for the period provided by the applicable legislation on a case by case basis.
Who has access to your personal data?
Depending on the case, access to your personal data may be granted to the following categories of third parties:
- Website hosting and technical support providers
- Communication and marketing service providers, supporting the Website’s management and operation, as well as the Company’s communication channels with the users of the Website (newsletter, contact form)
- Administrative, judicial, public or independent Authorities and law enforcement bodies
- Other companies within the Lamda Development Group involved in fulfilling the above purposes
What are your rights regarding your personal data?
Each natural person whose personal data is processed via the Website is entitled to the following rights:
Right of Access:
You have the right to be informed and to verify the lawfulness of the processing. Therefore, you have the right to access your personal data and receive additional information regarding their processing.
Right to Rectification:
You have the right to review, correct, update or modify your personal data.
Right to Erasure:
You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data when we process them based on your consent or in order to protect our legitimate interests. In all other cases (for example, where the processing of personal data is required by law), this right is subject to specific limitations or may not apply depending on the circumstances.
Right to Restrict the Processing:
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in the following cases: (a) when the accuracy of the personal data is contested and until verification is completed, (b) when you oppose to the erasure of your personal data and request the restriction of their use instead, (c) when the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes of processing, but are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, and (d) when you object to the processing and until verification is completed as to whether there are legitimate grounds relating to us that override the grounds on which you object.
Right to Object to the Processing:
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data in cases where, as described above, such processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by us as data controller, as well as to processing carried out for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Data Portability:
You have the right to receive, free of charge, your personal data in a format that allows you to access, use, and process them using commonly used processing tools. You also have the right to request, where technically feasible, that we trasfer your data directly to another data controller. This right applies to the data you have provided to us and where their processing is carried out by automated means based on your consent or for the performance of a contract.
Right to Withdraw Consent:
If we have obtained your consent for the processing of your personal data for specific activities, you may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included in every communication, which allows you to deactivate the receipt of our newsletters and other promotional actions. In such a case, we will cease processing your data for the purpose for which you provided consent, unless we determine that there is an alternative legal basis that justifies continued processing for that purpose, in which case we will inform you accordingly.
To exercise any of the above rights, you may contact the Company’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) by sending an email to theellinikonpersonaldata@lamdadev.com.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe your personal data is being processed in violation of the applicable legislation, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (HDPA) via its dedicated online platform (https://eservices.dpa.gr). Detailed instructions for submitting a complaint are provided on the HDPA’s website.
Data Security
The Company implements appropriate technical and organizational measures aiming to ensuring the secure processing of personal data and preventing accidental loss or destruction, as well as unauthorized and/or unlawful access, use, modification, or disclosure. In any case, due to the nature of the internet and the fact that it is accessible to anyone, it is not possible to guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to bypass the applied technical and organizational measures, gaining access to and potentially using personal data for unauthorized and/or unlawful purposes.
What happens with third-party websites?
The Website may provide access to third-party websites through relevant links. These links are provided exclusively for the convenience of the Website’s users, while the websites to which they redirect are subject to their own terms of use and Privacy Policies. The inclusion of such links does not constitute endorsement or acceptance of the content of those websites by the Website administrator, who bears no responsibility for their content, privacy practices, or the accuracy of the materials contained therein. The Company has no control over websites owned by third parties or their content, whether accessible through this Website or made available within it, and therefore the Company does not support, sponsor, advise or otherwise accept any responsibility for these websites or their content. If a user chooses to visit any of the third-party websites through the links provided on the Website, they acknowledge that they do so at their own risk.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time by posting an updated version on the Website, therefore, we kindly ask you to review it regularly.
Last updated: 28/11/2025