Our privacy policy is very simple.
We will never share any of your
personal information with anyone
When you book our apartment we do keep your details on file but please note that
All client details are kept on a computer that is never connected to the Internet and, therefore, cannot be ‘hacked’. Your details are secure.
We will only use your contact details:
to confirm your booking.
to contact you if there is a problem with your booking.
to answer any questions you may have asked.
to communicate with you about any other matter directly related to your booking.
to send information about improvements to the apartment or facilities
We will not fill your Inbox with junk (we receive hundreds of “spam” e-mails and hate them with a passion).
Privacy and Security
We take security and ‘spam’ very seriously. We decided to include on the site a summary of the security programs we use. The aim is to reassure you that we do all we can to maintain privacy and remain ‘bug’ free.
We also try to save time by effective handling of unsolicited ‘spam’ e-mail but no system can be completely foolproof!
The descriptions given are very brief and do not give a full picture of either the problems or the programs designed to prevent them. Detailed information is given on individual web sites.
Many of the companies listed below sell suites of Internet security programs but we have preferred to ‘mix and match’.
Some of the programs we’ve used for a couple of years and, so far, we have avoided problems.
Most of the programs we use can be tried Free and many are free to use in their basic forms. In most cases more advanced versions can be purchased but generally these add features that are not necessary for home computer use.
All are easy to set up and use and have no adverse effect on the computer system.
Intended primarily to stop ‘hackers’ from breaking into our systems to steal information or, without our knowledge, use our e-mail address book to send mail containing bugs or viruses. Most firewalls can be set up to make your computer ‘invisible’ on the Internet, to block those annoying pop-up and banner adverts and keep sensitive information like credit card numbers and passwords in encrypted form.
We’ve used Zone Alarm free version for about three years and have stayed unharmed.
Used to control all that unsolicited e-mail. We tried using our Internet Service Provider’s anti-spam systems but we kept losing things we wanted (mainly newsletters we subscribe to) because the ISP’s filters were too strict. Now, we do it ourselves. The program we use, Mailwasher Pro, sorts the mail into groups like ‘Friends’, ‘Known spam’, ‘Blacklist’, etc., and enables us to delete unwanted items before they’re downloaded into Outlook Express.
Much spam mail contains viruses or spyware but using a program like this keeps it away from your system.
Spyware is an increasing problem. In simple terms these are small programs that, without your knowledge, can be received hidden in e-mail or, very commonly, downloaded to your computer when you visit a web site. Much of it is harmless and even useful, especially on sites you visit regularly, as it helps sites like, say, Amazon to ‘remember’ you. But some of it, also known as ‘Malware’ can track which sites you visit, what items interest you and even record and transmit every key you press on your keyboard. This could lead to you receiving lots of ‘spam’ advertising things in which you have shown an interest, being inundated with ads for pornography or, much worse, your credit card numbers or even your whole identity being stolen..
The first program we used was Pest Patrol - it came free with Zone Alarm during a special promotion.
Later we discovered that different programs look out for different things. It was recommended to run at least two so we added Spy Sweeper.
Firewall
Used to stop and eliminate viruses and other ‘bugs’. There are several good ones and we use the free AVG as our basic anti-virus protection.
One drawback of many programs is that they depend on being up to date with definitions of known problems. If you are hit by something before a solution has been provided you have a problem. Now there are programs like Benign that ‘read’ your e-mail and recognise the types of code that are likely to carry viruses etc. and ‘sanitise’ it before the message is downloaded.
http://www.apartment.creteforyou.com
Margarita’s, Tsivaras 5, Kalives 73003, Xania, Crete, Greece.
Tel: +30 28250 32562 Mob:+30 6947 236 529
e-mail: enquiries@apartment.creteforyou.com
Fax: Not currently available