Privacy policy
Your data, kept simple.
This page explains what personal data we collect when you visit this website or get in touch with us, why we need it, and the rights you have under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
- No trackingNo analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.
- Never soldWe never sell or rent your data, and we don’t send newsletters.
- Your callAsk us any time to see, correct or delete what we hold about you.
01Who we are
Navy Blue Apartments, Kato Stalos 73100, Chania, Crete, Greece, is responsible for the personal data described on this page (the “data controller”). You can reach us at info@navyblue.gr or on +30 697 596 0266 / +30 698 324 0457.
02What we collect
- When you contact us through the form on this website, by email, by phone or on Instagram, we receive the details you choose to give us: usually your name, email address, phone number and message, including the dates and number of guests for a booking.
- When you book a stay, we also keep the details needed to arrange it and to issue the receipts or invoices that Greek tax law requires.
- When you browse this website, your browser connects to the server that hosts it and to the services listed below. They receive technical data such as your IP address and browser type, which is needed to deliver the page.
03Why we use it
- To answer your questions and arrange your booking, a step you ask us to take before a stay (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)), which you also agree to with the checkbox on our contact form (Art. 6(1)(a)).
- To keep the records that Greek tax and accounting law requires (Art. 6(1)(c)).
- To deliver this website safely and reliably (our legitimate interest, Art. 6(1)(f)).
We don’t send newsletters or marketing emails, we don’t use your data for profiling, and we never sell or rent it.
05Services this website uses
To show you this website, your browser also loads a few things from other providers. Each one has its own privacy policy and may process data outside the EU under its own safeguards.
| Service | Used for | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Google FontsGoogle Ireland Ltd | The typefaces of this website | IP address, browser details |
| unpkg.comopen-source code delivery network | The smooth-scrolling and map scripts | IP address, browser details |
| OpenFreeMapopen map service | The map on the Contact page, loaded when you scroll to it | IP address, browser details |
| Google MapsGoogle Ireland Ltd | Only if our own map cannot load, or when you follow a Google Maps link (address, directions) | IP address, browser details; Google may set its own cookies |
| InstagramMeta Platforms Ireland Ltd | Only when you follow a link to our Instagram profile | What Instagram collects under its own policy |
06Cookies
This website doesn’t use any cookies of its own, and no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. To let the menu animation carry on from one page to the next, it keeps one short technical note in your browser’s session storage; the next page deletes it as soon as it opens, and it never leaves your device. If the Google map is shown instead of ours, Google may set its own cookies.
07How long we keep it
We keep messages for as long as we need them to answer you and to manage any booking that follows. Booking records and invoices are kept for as long as Greek tax law requires. After that, we delete them.
08Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask us at any time to:
- show you the data we hold about you and give you a copy;
- correct anything that is wrong or incomplete;
- delete your data;
- limit how we use it, or object to its use;
- send it to you, or to someone else, in a common format;
- stop using it where you gave your consent. This doesn’t affect anything we did before.
Just write to info@navyblue.gr. We reply within one month, free of charge.
If you think we haven’t handled your data properly, you can complain to the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, 1–3 Kifisias Avenue, 115 23 Athens (dpa.gr).
09Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our website or the way we work changes. The date at the top of the page shows the latest version.