Photographs · Authorship · Privacy · Contact
The stories and photographs in this guide deserve clear credits, and visitors deserve clear information about the pages and the services they link to.
The old notice referred to GotoHellas, counters and early web services. This version keeps the concern for authorship and privacy while distinguishing the refreshed pages from hosting and external services.
Ask first · Credit clearly
Visit Leros is a personal guide by Ioannis S. Pantelidis, known here as Yiannis. It grew from the earlier GotoHellas website, with photographs, writing and memories collected over many years.
Unless a different credit is shown, the original photographs and personal writing on this site belong to their creator. Contributions by other authors, third-party logos and externally hosted films retain their own ownership and credits.
If you would like to reproduce a photograph or a passage of writing, please contact me through the Leros Greece Facebook group and identify the item, the intended use and where it will appear. Credit alone does not give permission to reuse a work; relevant legal exceptions and licences may also apply.
You are welcome to share ordinary links to the guide. Please avoid displaying this site’s image files directly inside another website, and request permission before republishing copies.
For background on permissions, see the UK Intellectual Property Office’s image copyright guidance.
A personal collection with other voices
The Lost Dialogues: Pherecydes is by Michael Katz. The original page records that the author gave permission for the story to appear on this website. That permission and credit are retained on the reading page. Permission for this site does not automatically extend to republication elsewhere.
The photographs remain part of the guide’s archive. Films hosted on YouTube are credited to the relevant narrators, translators and uploaders in the video collection.
Where material from Leriaka Nea or another publisher is credited, please approach that rights holder for permission. Historic sponsor references are not treated as confirmation of current sponsorship.
What the pages do, and what depends on hosting
The refreshed guide is a collection of static pages. Its new page code does not include the old SiteMeter counter, advertising pixels, registration forms or a newsletter sign-up. Site search and gallery controls, where present, run in your browser.
Delivering a page still involves its hosting provider. Depending on the host’s configuration, server logs may include an IP address, request time, requested page, browser information and technical errors. These can be used to deliver the site, maintain security and investigate faults.
The provider, any additional analytics, the applicable lawful basis and the retention arrangements must reflect the actual hosting setup. Those details are not established by the page design. Contact me if you need information about the current configuration.
External services have their own policies
Facebook and Instagram are linked as external services. A normal link does not embed a social feed in these pages; following it takes you to a service operated by Meta, with its own privacy settings and terms.
Some pages in the video collection contain YouTube players. A player can contact YouTube when its page loads and may process technical information. The use of the youtube-nocookie.com player address should not be understood as a promise that no personal data is processed.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies under their own policies. Hosting services may also add functionality beyond the HTML supplied for the refresh. You can manage browser privacy settings and choose whether to follow a social or video link.
You can reach me through the Leros Greece Facebook group. If you want to discuss a privacy matter, ask for a private conversation rather than publishing personal details in the group.
If personal information about you appears in the guide, identify the page and explain your request. Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, rights can include access, correction, deletion, restriction or objection to processing. You can also raise a concern with the relevant data protection authority.
For guidance, visit the UK Information Commissioner’s Office or the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
The guide includes historical memories and links to independent businesses. Confirm current prices, access, schedules, facilities and services directly with the relevant provider.
Page reviewed: 8 October 2026. The notice should be updated whenever the site’s hosting, data use or external services change.
A personal favourite
After exploring the island’s stories, make time for one of my favourite parts of Leros: its food. My favourite taverna is Karaflas Dimitris & Son.
From Dimitris Ouzeri to Karaflas Taverna, and now Karaflas Dimitris & Son, it is the same family story continuing into another generation.
Read the family story or discover more flavours of Leros.
Have a memory, a photograph or something to add to this guide? You can reach out to me through the Leros Greece Facebook group and share it with our island community.