Privacy Policy - BuyMeCy

Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement describes the method of data collection and its usage by buyme.cy

The processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679), the applicable Cypriot legislation on the protection of personal data (Law 125(I)/2018), any other potentially applicable national and European legislation for certain legal sectors.

What is personal data?

Personal data is information that identifies and relates to you or other individuals. This Privacy Statement (“Statement”) explains the types of personal data we collect and process, how we collect, transfer, process and use your personal data, who we may share it with and your rights as a data subject. It also contains information about the security practices we apply to protect your personal data.

Please note that this Statement applies to:

our prospective and current clients
individuals who we communicate or interact with during our business
individuals whose personal data is provided to us in connection with the provision of our services
Visitors to our website
subscribers to or users of our online services, if any.
Job applicants and interns (both full and part time)

Our “website” includes this website, any associated sites of ours (such as any knowledge sites and blogs of ours) and any social media pages of ours.

Section 1: Gathering information

We may collect the following information:

Identification information and contact details
information upon the registration of a person as a customer or as a member in a database,
information upon the registration of a person to receive notifications via e-mail or sms or other commercial communication channels
when placing an order or subscribed on buyme.cy (the website),
information when logging on to the website through another platform (applications, IOS, android, Facebook, Google).
information that is automatically received when a user navigates on the website through the use of cookies and similar technologies (to learn more refer to the cookie policy set out below)
information when communicating with us(e.g. by email, social media, telephone etc).
information received during your interaction with advertisements and applications of the buyme.cy and/or third parties, where a link is contained to this Statement.
Financial information
Business related information,
Recruitment related information,
Any other categories of personal data you may provide to us in the course of our relationship

We may make use of your data:

Provision and improvement of our services. We will collect and process personal data in the course of and in connection with the services we provide to our clients.
To manage and administrate our relationship with you. We may manage your payments, provide you with updates in relation to pending orders.
To contact you about (i) your order, (ii) for confirmation and identification when required, (iii) for new or alternative products offered, (iv) special offers
To comply with regulatory obligations.
In the context of providing services to you regarding sales
To support all of the above, including managing your accounts, the ability to use contact points, to communicate with you, personalize your experience, and to manage and resolve any issues.
We may need to use and retain your personal data for legal and compliance reasons, such as for the prevention, detection, or investigation of a crime, prevention of loss, fraud or any other misuse of our services and computer systems. We may also use your personal data for internal and external audit purposes, to secure information, or to protect or exercise our rights of, privacy, security, property or third persons.

We may process personal data for the period(s) necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for processing that is/are relevant to such data.

Provided that in the case of clients, we shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and independently of any other provision of this Privacy Statement, have the right to retain personal data for a period of 10 years, following the year during which the client shall have fully and finally settled all of the client’s debts in connection with our engagement, unless we are required by European Union or European Union Member State law to otherwise delete or retain the personal data.

Provided lastly that in the case of job applicant candidates, we shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and independently of any other provision of this Privacy Statement, have the right to retain personal data for no more than one year. However, if a job applicant candidate wishes their personal data to be removed from our database, they should send an email to info@buyme.cy with subject ‘Personal Data Removal’.

Provided that in the case of people who are interested in our products and services, not yet clients, we shall, independently of any other provision of this Privacy Statement, have the right to retain personal data for no mor than one year. However, if a person wishes their personal data to be removed from our database, they should send an email to info@buyme.cy, with subject ‘Personal Data Removal’.

Section 2: Access to Information:

By providing your personal data you consent that your data will be used by the buyme.cy employees and partners for the reasons mentioned above.

We may disclose personal data to:

Third parties to the extent that such disclosure has been expressly and in writing authorized by you;
Third parties to the extent that the data disclosed has already entered the public domain in circumstances not engaging our liability;
Third parties to the extent that such disclosure is required pursuant to applicable law;
Third parties in the context of any judicial or other proceedings for the settlement of any dispute arising out of or in connection with any agreement with you (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of such agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with such agreement), so long as the disclosure is made in good faith;
Third parties in the course of defending ourselves in the context of any administrative and/or disciplinary and/or civil and/or criminal proceedings anywhere in the world, to the extent that, acting in good faith and reasonably, we resolve that such disclosure is necessary for properly defending ourselves;
Third party providers of accounting and/or actuarial and/or auditing and/or banking and/or business consulting and/or business management/administration and/or human resources and/or insurance and/or technology and/or legal and/or regulatory compliance and/or security (such as data security etc.) and/or tax services to buyme.cy, to the extent necessary for the purposes of the provision of such services to buyme.cy and provided that the relevant provider is subject to a duty of confidentiality;
Third parties where it is necessary to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person.

To the extent that it is necessary to transfer personal data outside of the European Union, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the privacy and integrity of such personal data pursuant to applicable law.

Section 3: How we collect data

Directly from you: When you interact directly with us through email, telephone, meetings and/or by any other means of communication.
Third parties: This includes other individuals or organisations, Public and Government authorities, credit reporting agencies, information service providers and publicly available records.
Our website: During your visits to our website or social media platforms, the use of our digital platforms and/or when you provide us with your feedback.

Section 4: Cookies Policy

Buyme.cy has the ability to use cookies as part of the facilitation and operation of services through its website. Cookies are small files (text files), which are sent and stored on the user’s computer, allowing websites such our website to operate seamlessly and without technical anomalies, to collect multiple user options, to identify frequent users, to simplify their access to it, and to collect data for the improvement of the content of the website. We use cookies to provide you with information to place orders and also allow us to present you with advertising & training content related to your interests and needs.

Please note that cookies are absolutely necessary in order for the website buyme.cy to function properly and seamlessly.

Cookies do not cause any damage to users’ computers or to the files stored on them.

Cookies are divided into the following categories:

– Necessary Cookies. They allow the execution of basic functions of the site, such as storing products in the shopping cart, adding products to the cart, online payments which are necessary for the smooth operation of the website, in addition their absence significantly limits your personal navigation experience and also underperforms the basic functions of e-commerce.

– Functionality cookies. They remember your preferences when browsing our website, so we can recommend the right products based on your needs, helping you find what you are looking for easily.

– Cookies Analytics. They constitute a subset of the functionality of Cookies and enable the website to evaluate the effectiveness of the various functions of our website, thus continuously improving the experience we offer to you

– Performance cookies. They collect information about how visitors use the site and allow us to see which pages they visit most often, let us know if they have a problem navigating etc. Performance cookies collect aggregated information that is anonymous information and therefore do not collect information that identifies the visitor. Their use is limited only for the purpose of improving the functionality of buyme.cy.

– Advertising Cookies. They provide ads related to your interests. They are also used to send advertisements or offers that are tailored to your needs, thus limiting unwanted and meaningless, promotional messages. They also help us measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

The Company may be advertised through third-party vendors, on websites on the internet including Google that use cookies to update, optimize and provide ads based on a user’s previous visits to the website.

You may choose to opt out of such use of cookies by Google by clicking .

We reserve the right to change this Cookies policy at any time. Any changes to this Cookies policy will apply as soon as the revised Cookies policy is available on our website.

Third-party advertisers and other businesses we work with may use their own Cookies to collect information about your activities on our website. We do not control these Cookies.

Section 5: Security

We have, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, implemented a variety of technical and organizational measures with the aim of preventing any accidental loss, unauthorized use or access, alteration or disclosure of your personal data. Additionally, we have implemented procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and the Commissioner for the Protection of Personal data in case of a breach in case we are legally required to do so.

Section 6: Processing of children’s personal data

The Company will not collect or process personal data of children under the age of 16 unless parental consent has been granted, in accordance with applicable local law. If we realise that a child’s personal data was accidentally collected, we will delete that data without any delay.

Section 7: Processing sensitive data

In some cases, we may process specific categories of personal data about you (“sensitive data”). For example, we may process sensitive data that you have made public. We may also process sensitive data, where appropriate, to support, pursue or defend legal claims. We may also process your sensitive data if you have freely given your prior express and separate consent in a specific context for a specific purpose.

Section 8: Data Subject Rights

To the extent that we are a controller of your personal data you may request access to, rectification, or erasure of your personal data, or restriction of processing or object to processing of your personal data, as well as the right to data portability. In each case, these rights are subject to restrictions as laid down by law and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, this Privacy Policy as well as any agreement in writing between you and us.

The following is a summary of your rights (which, as stated above, are or may be subject to restrictions):

The right of access enables you to receive a copy of your personal data
The right to rectification enables you to correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you
The right to erasure enables you to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances
The right to restrict processing enables you to ask us to halt the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances
The right to object enables you to object to us processing your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests (or those of a third party)
The right to data portability enables you to request us to transmit personal data that you have provided to us, to a third party without hindrance, or to give you a copy of it so that you can transmit it to a third party, where technically feasible.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority, in particular in the European Union Member State of your residence, place of work or place of an alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of your personal data infringes the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Τhe Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Cyprus is designated as the Supervisory Authority in charge, with which you may get in touch by using the following link: www.dataprotection.gov.cy.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond to your request within one month. That period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of requests. We will inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of your request. We may request proof of identification to verify your request. We have the right to refuse your request where there is a basis to do so in law, or if your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, or to the extent necessary for important objectives of public interest.

Section 9: Changes to this privacy statement

We reserve the right to update and change this Statement from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your personal data or changing legal and technological requirements. Any changes we may make to our Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

Section 10: Contact us

Questions, comments, requests and complaints regarding this Privacy Policy and the personal data we hold are welcome and should be addressed by email to We will seek to deal with all requests promptly and efficiently.

Section 11: Acceptance of the Privacy Procedures applied by the buyme.cy

If you use the website buyme.cy you accept and consent to this Privacy Statement, as well as the terms and conditions of use of the website announced through it.