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This privacy policy has been compiled to better explain how our users’ “personal data” is being used. This Privacy Policy is an integrated part of our Terms of Service (ToS) and applies to all users and all data we collect through the [name of business] website and the [name of business] web application (hereinafter referred as company “KOSMOS CAR RENTAL LTD (“KOSMOS” or “We“) or other means connected to these platforms (for instance by emailing our Customer Service representatives).
Please read our Privacy Policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personal Data when accessing and/or using our website and services.
GDPR means the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679;
Personal Data means any information relating to “an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;” (Article 4 § 1.1.of the GDPR), and relates only to personal data, or any part of such personal data, of which [name of business] is the Data Controller or joint Data Controller;
Processing means “any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction” Article 4 of the GDPR;
Recipient means “a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not”.
Third party means “a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data”;
Company KOSMOS (We) is the controller for the personal information we process, unless otherwise stated.
You may contact us in many ways, including by phone, email, live chat and post. More specifically you may contact us by:
a. Mail:
KOSMOS CAR RENTAL LTD
Address : 5 Syngrou Ave., Athens, 117 43
Telephone: 0302109234695
b. Email : info@kosmos-carrental.com
c. For general contact please use https://kosmos-carrental.com/en/locations our website.
a. Directly from you
We collect information directly from you when you register on our site or enter information on our site, such as contact information, payment Information or any personal information you provide to us in your communications with KOSMOS.
b. Automatically from Your Use of the [name of business] website and application
When you use the KOSMOS Website and Application, we automatically collect information, including personal data, about the services you use and how you use them. Such information may include information about your interactions with the site, log data and device Information, IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, device information, cookie data, and other website usage information.
c. From Third Parties.
If you link or connect with KOSMOS with a third party service (e.g. Facebook,), the third party service may send us information such as your registration and profile information from that service. This information varies and is controlled by that service or as authorized by you via your privacy settings at that service.
4.1. Personal data about you
When using our service, as appropriate, we collect the following information:
A. your name, email address, phone number,
B. other details/information you provide to us in order to help you with your experience.
C. usage Information: we collect information about your interactions with the SOTMAN Website and application such as the pages or content you view, and other actions on the site, log Data and Device Information, IP address, access dates and times, hardware and software information, device information, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system, cookie data.
D. cookies and Similar Technologies. We use cookies and other similar technologies. For more information on our use of these technologies, see our Cookie Policy [link]
E. information relating to services you use, through our website, which includes your name, address, telephone number, email address;
F. information contained in any communications that you send to us by email or through our website or blog including its communication content and metadata;
We may use the personal data we collect from you when you sign up for communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features to provide, understand, improve, and develop the website and application, create and maintain a trusted and safer environment and comply with our legal obligations. Specifically we use you data:
We rely on the following legal bases:
a. processing of the personal data is necessary for the performance of the contract between you and KOSMOS, specifically to create your account and provide the services requested.
b. processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by KOSMOS or by a third party. We will always balance your rights and interests in the protection of your personal data against KOSMOS rights and interests or those of the third party.
c. processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are is subject (such as tax law or lawful law enforcement requests).
We may disclose your personal data to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
In addition, we may disclose your personal information:
a. to respond to your requests for customer service;
b. to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
c. in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
d. in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including but not limited to enforcing our Terms of Use, providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and
e. to protect the rights, property or personal safety of S. TZANIDIS S.A., its users and the public
f. to third-party service providers which provide support services such as:
i. customer support;
ii. payment services. We use third parties to process payments. We might share information with relevant financial institutions if we consider it strictly necessary for fraud detection and prevention purposes.
iii. marketing services. - For more information on personalized advertisements and your choices, review our Cookie policy.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personal Data except as stated above under paragraph 6.
We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.
Personal data we collect are processed in a cloud environment provided by ……………………….. Therefore, it is highly likely that your data may be stored outside the EU/EEA. Our cloud provider, Microsoft, complies with international data protection laws regarding transfers of customer data across borders. Specifically, for EU/EEA customers:
a. Microsoft business cloud services offer customers EU Standard Contractual Clauses that provide additional contractual guarantees around transfers of personal data for cloud services.
b. In addition to the Standard Contractual Clauses and other model contracts, Microsoft is certified to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the EU to the United States. Microsoft participation in the Privacy Shield applies to all personal data that is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement and is received from the EU, European Economic Area, and Switzerland. Microsoft also abides by Swiss data protection law regarding the processing of personal data from the European Economic Area and Switzerland.
10. How long do we retain your personal data?
We retain your personal data for the duration of our contractual relationship. Personal information that we process shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for the performance of the contract and any directly derived services.
We may also retain personal data:
a. to the extent that we are required to do so by law (for instance in order to comply with tax legislation);
b. to comply with legal process, (any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings); and
c. in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, property or personal safety of [name of business], its users and the public.
If you have a question about a specific retention period for certain types of personal data we process about you, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures and procedures to prevent unauthorized access to, and the missuse of personal data. We use security procedures and technical and physical restrictions for accessing and using the personal data. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. Only authorized personnel are permitted to access personal data in the course of their work. In addition, all information you supply to us is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user registers for our service, adds a new rental, adds a new channel, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information
We will retain your personal data only for as long as it is necessary to enable you to use our services, to provide our services to you, to comply with applicable laws, resolve disputes with any parties and otherwise as necessary to allow us to conduct our business, including to detect and prevent fraud or other illegal activities (see above under 11).
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process some of your personal settings and preferences. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits. For a more detailed description of the cookies we use please review our Cookie Policy [link]
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since every browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If you disable cookies in their browser, please be advised that some of the features that make our site experience more efficient may not function properly.
You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity. We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
You have the following rights in connection with your data:
i. To request access to your personal data that we hold. You may request a copy of your personal data and we shall provide it to you free of charge. Should you request any further copies, we may charge a reasonable fee based on administrative costs
ii. To request that we rectify any inaccurate personal data about you and, taking into account the purposes of the processing, to have any incomplete personal data about you completed. In any case, please note that when you actively provide to us your personal data guarantee that they are true and accurate and you undertake to notify to us any change or modification of your data.
iii. To request that we erase your personal data to the extent that they are no longer necessary for the purpose for which we need to keep processing them, as we have explained above, or when we are no longer legally permitted to process them. Please be advised that, in such case we will retain only non-personal data and information for statistical and technical reasons. Also, when you want to stop using our service, you have the option to either:
1. PAUSE your account: In this case we retain all data in case you want to restart his subscription, OR
2. DELETE your account: in this case we delete all personal data except your email. Your email is renamed to “xxxxxx@[name of business].com-deleted” and is retained in a secure manner for new account -verification purposes.
Also, we shall retain some “Payment Information”, if such apply in your case, for as long we are obliged by the applied tax law or/and our contractual obligations with our service providers.
iv. To request that we cancel or limit the processing of your personal data, which entails that in certain cases you can request us to temporally suspend the processing of the data or that we keep them longer than necessary.
v. Where the processing of your data is based on our legitimate interest, you will also have the right to object to the processing of your data.
vi. Finally, we inform you that you have the right to file a claim before the responsible data protection authority, in particular, before the Greek Data Protection Authority ( www.dpa.gr).
To the extent that the legal basis for our processing of your personal information is consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data [by written notice to us] OR by email at info@kosmos-carrental.com or by phone at 0302109234695 .
The services offered by [name of business] are not directed at children under 16 years old.
This website (“Site”) belongs to the company called “KOSMOS CAR RENTAL LTD.” (the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”).
Company activity: Car Rental
Company HQ: 5 Syngrou Ave., Athens, 117 43, Greece
E-mail: info@kosmos-carrental.com
Telephone number: 00302109234695
The use of the Site and your purchases on it are determined and governed by the stipulations and provisions below (the “Terms”). Before using the Site, please read carefully and make sure you have understood and agree with said provisions, rules, declarations and provisions, since further use of the Site and your navigation on the Site implies your explicit and non-provisional acceptance and agreement.
The Company guarantees the quality, completeness and validity of the information provided on the Site, as well as the material characteristics of the products on the Site and the precision of the details regarding the services provided. In the context of good faith, the Company is not responsible for any mistakes of technical or typographic nature, which may have occurred unwillingly or due to the suspension of the website’s service due to force majeure.
For the purchase of goods, the Company offers as method of payment Credit card
IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL, DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE.
If the foregoing limitation of liability is held to be unenforceable, the Company is only liable for significant lack of diligence in the case of delay in delivering ordered products or of information and services it provides itself through the Site. The Company’s maximum liability under, arising from or in connection with the provision of the products under these terms, whether arising in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, shall not exceed the actual amount paid by the customer to the Company
Furthermore, the Company cannot guarantee the availability of any listed products. However, it guarantees the timely update of its customers regarding products’ unavailability.
The Company bears no responsibility for any technical issues which the users may face when trying to access the website or during their browsing on it, which are related to the performance or compatibility of their own infrastructure with the website. In addition, the Company bears no responsibility for the actions or omissions of third parties, and in particular for unfair third party’s interference in the products/services and/or information which are provided through the Company’s platform. Wherever the current website contains links to third party websites, the Company is not responsible for the contents of those websites, or any harm caused to the user by those sites.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages, so the above limitations and exclusion may not apply to you to the extent such jurisdiction’s law is applicable to these Terms.
Unless otherwise specified, the Site is for your personal and noncommercial use only. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any of the text, illustrations, logos or communications/newsfeed featured or displayed on the Site including without limitation text, graphics, photographs, images, moving images, sound, information, software, products or services and the arrangements thereof ("Content"), except as expressly permitted hereunder. The users of the website accept and commit to not using the Company’s website to send, transmit, publish or in any other way transmit illegal, damaging, menacing, racist, insulting, annoying, libellous, slandering, vulgar, immodest, or harmful to minors contents. In addition, visiting and performing transactions through the Site must be for personal and private use, solely for legal purposes and in a manner which does not restrict or prevent third parties from using it. You agree not to collect and/or use any product descriptions, images, listings or prices except for your own personal noncommercial use or to place an order with us.
The user is obliged to use the Site in accordance with the law and the current terms, and to not proceed with actions or omissions which may cause the website damage or underperformance, or which may place the provision of services in jeopardy.
Please ask us before you use!
Our Company’s logo, as well as other content displayed in the Site, might be subject to intellectual property rights and are not to be used for any kind of purpose without our prior, written consent.
The user and Company shall comply with all applicable data protection and privacy laws and regulations in the performance of its obligations set out under these Terms, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“ GDPR ”) (“ Data Protection Laws ”), in each case including all other successor legislation and regulation thereto.
Company processes personal data (as such term is defined in the Data Protection Laws) which it collects as a data controller (as the term is defined in the Data Protection Laws) in the course of providing the Services. Where data is processed by Company as a data controller, such processing is carried out in accordance with Company’s Privacy and Cookies Notice.
Please click on our Privacy Policy (hyperlink here) or Cookie Policy (hyperlink here) if you would like to learn more.
To the extent permitted by law, the Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects in accordance with the substantive laws of Greece. You agree that except as specified herein, any disputes directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Terms or the Site (including the purchase of Company products via the Site) shall be resolved exclusively in the courts of Greece. You hereby irrevocably consent to such venue and to the exclusive jurisdiction of any such court over any such dispute.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change the contents of the Site at any time without prior notification to the users.
We may also amend these Terms at any time by posting the amended terms on the Site. Our right to amend the Terms includes the right to modify, add to, or remove terms. The Company notifies users through the current website when there is any change in the transaction terms. Any modification or change does not affect and does not apply to orders which have already been placed. The visitors/users agree to act in accordance with good faith and fair dealing and bear the responsibility to check regularly whether these usage terms have been modified if they re-visit the Site. Your continued access or use of our Services constitutes your acceptance of the amended terms. The terms and conditions of using the Site, and of the transactions executed through it, do not contradict provisions of the mandatory laws of Greece.
If any section or sections of these Terms are held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with the law of any jurisdiction, such holding shall not in any way affect the enforceability of the remaining sections.
If these Terms do not address your question or you wish to report any problem regarding the Site or its contents, please contact us as follows:
By Mail:
5 Syngrou Ave., Athens, 117 43, Athens, Greece
E-mail:
Please go to https://www.kosmos-carrental.com/en/contact-us
Telephone: +302109234695
DRIVING LICENSE: The rented car driver must hold a driving license, in physical form, issued at least one year before the rental date. The driver must hold either a driving license issued by a European Union Member State or else an international driving license (Except UK, Canada, Australia and USA.
AGE OF THE DRIVER: The minimum age limit is 23 years for all car categories.
GUARANTEE: The drivers must be holders of a credit card for reasons of guarantee. If they do not hold a credit card, in spcial circumstances only, they may be able to rent only cars belonging to categories A, B or C after depositing a guarantee in debit card for the rental, in addition to the rental fee, which shall be refunded to them at the end of the rental (The order to the bank is given directly when the vehicle is returned, however banks might take up to 15 working days to proceed to this release).
MINIMUM RENTAL PERIOD: One day (24 hours). Each hour of delay upon completion of the 24-hour rental shall be charged with 1/6 of the daily rental fee.
PETROL: The lessee must deliver the car with the same petrol quantity as it accepted it.
KILOMETRES: For rentals of 3 or more days, mileage is unlimited. For rentals up to 2 days clients need to choose the option "unlimited" while booking online. Otherwise rentals of 2 days or less include 100km.
CHANGES: In certain special cases, the company is entitled to change the type of the car.
TRANSPORTATION BY SHIP: It is allowed, in the driver’s responsibility.
ACCEPTANCE FROM - DELIVERY TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS: Available option, by paying a special fee, upon request.
SPECIAL OFFERS/DISCOUNTS: Special offers are only valid for the indicated dates/vehicles/locations. No more than one (1) special offer can be applied in a car rental rate.
PAY NOW: All “pay now” reservations are non refundable.
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS: All traffic tickets and any other consequences shall burden the lessee.
SECOND DRIVER: Adding a second driver in the rental agreement entails surcharge of 5euro per day (VAT included) and such fee is charged for 10 days maximum (i.e. 50euro).
GPS: Available upon reservation at a rate of 10euro per day (VAT included) for rental periods shorter than 3 days and at a rate of 5euro per day for rental periods exceeding 3 days.
CHILDREN SAFETY SEATS: Available upon reservation at a rate of 5euro per day (VAT included) and such fee is charged for maximum 50euro.
SNOW CHAINS: Available upon reservation at a rate of 5euro per day (VAT included) and such fee is charged for 10 days maximum (i.e. 50euro).
RATES: The rates posted on the website may change without notice.
QUOTES: Quotes are valid only for maximum seven days. If the seven days have passed then customers should ask to be offered a new one that is valid.
When you make a PAY NOW reservation you will be charged with 100% of the amount of the reservation and it will be non refundable. When you make a PAY ON COUNTER reservation you will be asked to submit your credit card number through our secure server. The reservation will be confirmed through a reply e-mail. We will charge 15% of the total sum to your credit card and that amount will be kept as a deposit.
In the event of cancelling 3 days or more prior to your arrival date, no cancellation penalties will be incurred and the deposit will be returned.
For any cancellations made less than 3 days prior to your arrival date we will use the 15% as a penalty charge.
The remaining payment amounts will be processed in Greece by Kosmos Rent a Car upon your arrival.
(For no obligation inquires, no credit card or deposit is required)
CDW IS INCLUDED
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