Privacy Policy

Cyprus Youth Council (“CyYC”) is dedicated to protecting the confidentiality and privacy of information entrusted to us in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and National Law L.125/2018. Please read this Privacy Statement to learn about your rights, what information we collect, how we use and protect it.

This website is operated by Cyprus Youth Council (“CyYC”, “we” or “us”), a non for profit organization in Cyprus. This Privacy Statement applies to CyYC,and not its members.

Cyprus Youth Council is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Cyprus Youth Council Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Cyprus Youth Council website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Cyprus Youth Council collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Cyprus Youth Council also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Cyprus Youth Council. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Cyprus Youth Council for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Cyprus Youth Council Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Cyprus Youth Council public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Cyprus Youth Council does not read any of your private online communications.

Cyprus Youth Council encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Cyprus Youth Council so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Cyprus Youth Council is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Cyprus Youth Council and Cyprus Youth Council family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Cyprus Youth Council collects and uses your personal information to operate the Cyprus Youth Council Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Cyprus Youth Council also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other information available from Cyprus Youth Council and its affiliates. Cyprus Youth Council may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Cyprus Youth Council does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Cyprus Youth Council may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Cyprus Youth Council may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Cyprus Youth Council, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Cyprus Youth Council does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Cyprus Youth Council keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Cyprus Youth Council, in order to determine what Cyprus Youth Council services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Cyprus Youth Council to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Cyprus Youth Council Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Cyprus Youth Council or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Cyprus Youth Council; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Cyprus Youth Council, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Cyprus Youth Council Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Cyprus Youth Council pages, or register with Cyprus Youth Council site or services, a cookie helps Cyprus Youth Council to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Cyprus Youth Council Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Cyprus Youth Council features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Cyprus Youth Council services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Cyprus Youth Council secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Cyprus Youth Council secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Cyprus Youth Council will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Cyprus Youth Council encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Cyprus Youth Council is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Cyprus Youth Council welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Cyprus Youth Council has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Cyprus Youth Council. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive you may also contact the Cyprus Data Commissioner’s Office at https://www.dataprotection.gov.cy/dataprotection/dataprotection.nsf/All/6AE8EE38D05E28C6C22581FD004202B2 to report concerns you may have about CyYC in Cyprus.

Data Commissioner’s website: https://www.dataprotection.gov.cy