Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This site (greekoliveoils.ca) is operated by Optimize Group on behalf of the Greek Olive Oils editorial collective ("we", "us", "our"). You can reach us at info@optimizegroup.com.

2. Information we collect

We collect only what we need to operate the site:

• Information you provide — name, email, company, country, and message when you use our contact form or email us directly.
• Automatically collected — IP address, user agent, referrer, pages viewed, approximate location (country/region) via standard server logs.
• Cookies and similar technologies — see our Cookie Policy for the full list.

3. How we use information

• To respond to your inquiry.
• To operate, secure, and improve the site.
• To measure aggregate traffic and content performance.
• To serve advertising via Google AdSense (see Section 5).
• To comply with legal obligations.

4. Legal bases (EEA / UK)

We rely on your consent (for advertising and non-essential cookies), our legitimate interest (in operating and securing the site and responding to inquiries), and legal obligation, depending on the activity.

5. Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to serve ads on this site. Google and its third-party vendors use cookies and similar identifiers to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.

• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies via aboutads.info/choices or youradchoices.ca/choices (Canada) or youronlinechoices.eu (EU).
• More information on Google's advertising practices is available at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Visitors in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland are shown a consent notice. Until you accept, we instruct Google to serve only non-personalised ads.

6. Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We share information only with: service providers that help us run the site (hosting, analytics, advertising), with linked producers if your inquiry is clearly addressed to them, and where required by law.

7. International transfers

Our service providers (including Google) may process information outside your country. Where applicable, transfers rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards.

8. Retention

Inquiry messages: kept for up to 24 months unless an ongoing relationship requires longer. Server logs: typically up to 90 days. Advertising cookies: as set by Google (typically up to 13 months).

9. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (GDPR, UK GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA, etc.), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your information, and to object to processing. To exercise any of these, email info@optimizegroup.com.

10. Children

This site is intended for adults (16+). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

11. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date above will change when we do.

12. Contact

Questions or requests: info@optimizegroup.com.