We, THECYPIOM LIMITED, the operators of https://cim.ac.cy (the “Website”) and the controllers of your data, with registered address 25 Zanettos street, Agios Andreas, Nicosia, Cyprus and an email address info@cim.ac.cy we are a company registered with the Cyprus Registrar of Companies and existing under the laws of Cyprus. Any process of your personal data is performed only in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679).
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified by (“Personal Information”). It does not include data that has been anonymized or pseudonymized.
We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, which we have grouped together as follows:
Persons who visit the Website without logging in or registering “guests”
Persons who created an account “users”
We may also collect, use and share your data to produce and share aggregated insights that do not identify you. Aggregated data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature, to generate statistics about our users, to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature, to calculate ad impressions served or clicked on, or to publish visitor demographics.
We do not collect special categories of Personal Information about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data). However, particular preferences depend on how you use our Website and services.
To collect your Personal Information, we use direct interactions through which we collect information that you provide when carrying out search queries on our Website or by filling in forms on our Website, in particular at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our service, posting material, taking part in surveys, entering a contest or promotion sponsored by us, when reporting a problem with our Website, or requesting further services.
We also use automated technologies or interactions for the collection of your Personal Information. Further explanation for this method of collection can be found below.
Cookies
If you have permitted your computer to accept cookies, our Website may use cookies.
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make web-surfing easier by saving preferences and browsing patterns, while you are on the Website. Cookies may be used to analyse the Website’s usage and/or improve content and/or customize the Website’s content and layout and/or for other customer service purposes.
Cookies enable us to relate your use of our Website to other information about you, including your personal information. All of these purposes serve to improve and personalize your experience on our Website. Most web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie has been sent to you and provide you with the opportunity to refuse that cookie. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases, preclude you from using and/or have negative impact on the display and/or the function of the Website and/or on certain other areas and/or features of the Website.
We use the following types of cookies and collection methods:
Third-party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content and/or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. Unless expressly stated otherwise, our website does not provide any Personal Information to these third parties, however they may collect information, including Personal Information, such as internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website. They may also use this information to provide you with interest-based advertising or other targeted content.
Note that, we do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
Your Personal Information will be used only in accordance with the provisions of the applicable local and EU law. In the normal course of events your Personal Information will be used in the following circumstances:
Personal Information usage purposes.
In general, the information that we collect from you and/or the information you provide us with, including Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information, will be used for the following purposes:
or for any other purpose with your consent provided separately from this privacy policy.
We may be required to release certain data to comply with legal obligations or in order to enforce our Terms & Conditions and/or to enhance our services. We may also release certain data to protect the rights and/or property and/or the safety of our Users and/or of our Guests and/or of others and/or of our Website.
Although we do not monitor and/or actively seek to identify any illegal material posted and/or any illegal action made through and/or on the Website, we reserve the right to provide the necessary information without notice to the competent authorities (i.e. police and/or other governmental and/or investigation authorities) for the identification of the User and/or the Guest and/or any other individual who acted illegally and/or against the provisions of our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
If you upload any material which is found to be infringing the intellectual property rights of others, we reserve the right to provide the necessary information to the respective copyright owners when deemed necessary and legally appropriate.
We reserve the right to modify and/or revise and/or amend the terms of this Privacy Policy at any time in our sole discretion. You are expected to periodically review the most up-to-date version of this Privacy Policy so you are aware for any modifications and/or revisions and/or amendments.
Although the Users and/or the Guests may be notified for any changes to the Privacy Policy, we do not guarantee such notification.
Any changes take effect immediately upon being posted on the Website. The modified and/or revised and/or amended version supersedes any prior versions of the Privacy Policy upon being posted on the Website.
Upon continuing to use the Website you acknowledge, agree and consent to the updated Privacy Policy.
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Where we no longer need to process your Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will delete your Personal Data from our systems.
Where permissible, we will also delete your Personal Data upon your request. Information on how to make a deletion request can be found under “Your Rights Related to Your Personal Information”.
Subject to your separate consent, we may send you marketing and advertising messages about our services to your email address. You can withdraw your consent to receive marketing and advertising messages as described above at any time by sending us an email to ioanna@cim.ac.cy
If you provide such separate consent, we may also use your collected information to customise such marketing and advertising messages as well as collect information on whether you opened such messages and which links in their text you followed.
We have a legitimate interest in processing your information for customising marketing and advertising messages you agreed to receive as it avoids that you receive marketing and advertising messages that are not relevant for you.
The Website’s Users, are responsible for keeping their password confidential. If any unauthorised party gains access to their account on the Website and/or other personal information, we will not be responsible for any damage and/or illegal action and/or illegal and/or other activity that may occur.
While we use commercially reasonable physical, managerial and technical safeguards to secure your information, we bring to the attention of all Users on the Website, that the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot ensure and/or guarantee the confidentiality and/or the security of any information and/or content you transmit to us.
This Website shall not be responsible or liable (whether in civil, tort or otherwise), under any circumstances for any amount or kind of loss or damage (including without limitation, any direct, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damages, or any anticipated loss of profit, loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of data, costs and fines and/or any special or incidental damages of any kind) that may result to you or a third party arising from or connected in any way to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, system failures or malfunctions which may occur in connection with your use of the Website.
Subject to the regulation, you have certain rights regarding the Personal Information we collect, use or disclose and that is related to you, including the following rights:
If we ask for your consent to use your Personal Information, you can withdraw your consent at any time. Note that in case of a withdrawal of your consent you may no longer able to use several functionalities of our Website and our services.
You may, at any time, send us an e-mail to marios@cima.ac.cy to exercise your above rights in accordance with the applicable legal requirements and limitations. If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
