Who we are
This website, nikostudios.com, is operated by Niko Studios, a small family-run apartment business based in Lassi, Kefalonia, 28100, Greece. For any question about this Privacy Policy or about your personal data, you can reach us at info@nikostudios.com or by phone at +30 26710 23037.
What personal data we collect
We only collect personal data that you choose to give us directly:
- Contact form: when you use the form on our Contact page, we collect your name, email address and the message you write, so that we can reply to your enquiry.
- Bookings: this website does not process bookings or payments itself. The “Book Online Now” and “Go to booking engine” buttons take you to our booking engine, operated by a separate company. Any personal or payment data you enter there is collected and processed by that provider under its own privacy policy, not by Niko Studios directly.
We do not require you to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect any personal data from children.
How we use your data
The only use we make of the data you submit through the contact form is to read and reply to your enquiry by email or phone. We do not use it for marketing, we do not sell it, and we do not share it with third parties for their own purposes.
Legal basis for processing
We process the data you submit through the contact form on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), given when you tick the consent box and submit the form. Basic technical operation of the website (such as keeping it secure and online) relies on our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
How long we keep your data
Messages sent through the contact form are kept only for as long as needed to handle your enquiry, and are then deleted from our mailbox in the normal course of our email housekeeping, unless we have a legal or legitimate business reason to keep a message for longer (for example, an ongoing booking query).
Cookies and similar technologies
We try to keep cookies to a minimum:
- Cookie preference: when you accept or reject cookies in the banner shown on this site, we remember your choice in your own browser’s local storage. This is not sent to us and is not a tracking cookie.
- Google Maps: on our Location page, the interactive map is not loaded automatically. It only loads after you click “Load map” (or after you accept cookies in the banner). Once loaded, Google may set its own cookies, governed by Google’s Privacy Policy.
- Photo gallery: our photo galleries run locally in your browser and do not set tracking cookies.
We do not currently use any analytics, advertising or social media tracking cookies on this site.
Who we share data with
We do not sell or rent your personal data. Your contact form message is delivered to our own email inbox through our website hosting provider, purely as part of normal email delivery. If you proceed to make a booking through our external booking engine, that company processes your booking data independently, under its own privacy policy.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
- ask us what personal data we hold about you, and get a copy of it (right of access);
- ask us to correct inaccurate data (right of rectification);
- ask us to delete your data (right of erasure);
- ask us to restrict how we use your data (right of restriction);
- object to our processing of your data (right to object);
- receive your data in a portable format (right to data portability); and
- withdraw your consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, simply email us at info@nikostudios.com. We will respond as soon as we can.
Complaints
If you believe we have not handled your personal data properly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Αρχή Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα), www.dpa.gr.
Changes to this policy
We may update this page from time to time, for example if we start using a new service on the website. We recommend checking back occasionally. This policy was last updated on 10 November 2026.