Terms of Use

1. Introduction
1.1. The website www.balafoutas.gr (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) has been created by the limited liability company with the name “GEORGIOS BALAFOUTAS AND CO. EE”, based in Thermi, Thessaloniki, with Tax Identification Number 997612586, which is wholly owned by it (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”).
Each time the Website is used, the user declares that he fully and unreservedly accepts the terms and conditions of use contained herein and undertakes to comply with them.
1.2. In the event that the user does not agree and does not accept the following terms and conditions, even some of them, he is not permitted to use the Website.
1.3. Only those with full legal capacity are entitled to use the Website.

2. Information of an informative nature
2.1. The Company may provide, through the Website, information of an informative nature, which aims to better inform its users regarding (indicatively) the activities of the Company and its sectors of activity.
This information consists, indicatively and not limited to, advice, presentation of new goods of the Company, etc. To achieve these purposes, the Company may address third parties, who with their knowledge can provide the relevant information, such as installers, customers of the Company, etc. This information is freely accessible to users of the Website.
2.2. The Company bears no responsibility regarding the accuracy, validity and scientific documentation of the information posted on the Website. This information does not constitute a proposal for the implementation of the respective activity by the users of the Website but is only of an informative and/or advertising nature.
Accordingly, the opinions of third parties posted on the Website in any form (such as in writing, through an interview, audiovisual material, etc.) reflect exclusively the personal opinions of these persons, without necessarily being adopted by the Company and do not constitute a proposal to make any purchase from the Company.
In any case, the user assumes sole responsibility for the implementation of any information that appears on the Website, at his discretion and without claiming any form of compensation from the Company.

3. Obligations – Responsibility of the Company
3.1. The Company makes every effort to ensure the proper functioning of its Website, but under no circumstances does it guarantee that the operation of the Website, its servers and/or third-party websites through which its content is transmitted will be uninterrupted and/or smooth, free from viruses and similar elements. Therefore, the Company bears no responsibility for any damage caused to the users of the Website or to third parties.
The Company expressly states that it cannot and is not obliged to control the security and content of the websites, however, it is entitled at any time to interrupt access to any website that, in its judgment, is in conflict with the legislation and these terms.
3.2. The Company bears no responsibility regarding any violation of these terms and conditions in cases of any random event or force majeure. No part of the content provided to users/visitors of the Website constitutes and cannot be considered in any way, directly or indirectly, an encouragement, advice or incitement to any act or omission.
3.3. The Company may temporarily or permanently discontinue the operation of the Website for any reason and at any time, as well as modify or renew these terms of use.

4. Δικαιώματα Πνευματικής Ιδιοκτησίας
4.1. Any copying, reproduction, transfer, storage, processing, republication, transmission, distribution, sale, publication, execution, downloading, translation, modification in any way, communication, dissemination or any other use of the content of the Website in any way or medium for commercial or other purposes, in part or in whole, without the express prior written consent of the Company is expressly prohibited. The Company reserves all its legal and/or contractual rights, other than those expressly mentioned in this paragraph.
4.2. The entire content of the Website (including but not limited to: texts, graphics, programs, source code, news, articles, information, data, diagrams, illustrations, trademarks, distinctive features, names, logos, etc.) is the subject of intellectual property that belongs exclusively to the Company or, as the case may be, to the displayed users displayed on the Website and is governed by the applicable provisions on Intellectual Property.

5. Cookies
5.1. Cookies are small text files that a website can send to a user’s browser for storage on their hard drive. Cookies can make the use of the Website easier by storing and managing the user’s current state, applications, preferences and other information. The use of cookies is necessary for the Website. When the user of the Website navigates through it, certain information may be collected passively (i.e., collected without the user providing the information) using various technologies and means, such as the collection of navigation data.
5.2. The Company may also use third-party services (such as Google Analytics) to separately collect information about the behavior of visitors to the Website. These third-party services use cookies to provide the Company with non-personally identifiable information about users’ visits to the Website (e.g., number of visits, time spent on each subpage), in order to improve the GUI and the user experience.
5.3. Any processing of personal data takes place only in the case of the purchase of goods or services, for which the user is expressly informed and is asked to positively consent to the terms of processing of his personal data. In any other case, the Company does not process personal data.

6. Final Provisions
6.1. These terms of use of the Website https://www.balafoutas.gr are governed by Greek Law and European Union Law, as applicable from time to time and are interpreted in accordance with the rules of good faith, commercial ethics and the economic and social purpose of the right. The invalidity of a specific term hereof does not affect the validity of the remaining terms.
6.2. Any failure by the Company to exercise any specific right or term arising hereunder shall not constitute a waiver thereof. Access to the Website by all users, as well as the use of the services provided, implies their full and unreserved acceptance of these terms of use and its privacy policy in their entirety.
6.3. The Company reserves all rights to exercise any appropriate judicial and extrajudicial action, if it is deemed that visitors and/or users of the Website are taking actions against it, which, by way of example and not limitation, may harm its interests.
6.4. These terms of use constitute a contract between the Company and the user who wishes to make use of the services provided, available from the Website. The user declares that he has understood and fully and unreservedly accepts the content of this text.
6.5. The Company may modify these General Terms of Use in whole or in part at any time, without being obliged to inform the users of the Website.
6.6. The content of this contract has been drawn up in the Greek language. If the application of the terms gives rise to a question of interpretation and/or any difference between different languages, the Greek text prevails over any translation.
6.7. For any dispute of any nature that may arise from the application of this, the exclusive substantive and territorial Courts are those of Thessaloniki, Greece.

7. Contact – Company Information
The limited liability company with the name “GEORGIOS BALAFOUTAS AND CO. EE” is based in Thermi, Thessaloniki, with Tax Identification Number 997612586, with No. GEMI 043307506000, is the exclusive owner of the website www.balafoutas.gr. Its electronic address, through which any user of the Website can directly submit any relevant comment or question, is: info@balafoutas.gr Contact telephone number: 2310472800.