The Opera in Pafos (Paphos) provokes personal data protection Tragedy

The web page of Paphos Festival, the official web site of the festival is promoting “Lakme by Leo Delibes” and on the reservation form the web has on the bottom left you they are asking to the visitor of the web to enter personal data (all of them obligatory) and the data is not protected by secure server. Among this data is the Credit Card details.

What does it mean in simple words this irresponsible and illegal action of the town hall led by Mr. Vergas. This means that you and I as consumers if we enter our data to buy a ticket for the opera our data travel without encryption and they can be stopped by any amateur hacker who will be able to use our credit card details to obtain money or goods.

I am wondering if an official website paid by the citizens of this town is acting in such an irresponsible way how do these gentlemen who run the town expect us to have any kind of respect. Their ignorance and their irresponsibility puts in danger all of us.

Please check by yourself. The web is http://www.pafc.com.cy where the Opera is announced. The link for reservation form is located down left if you click Reservation Form then the web takes you a form that is talking about “Madama Butterfly”, last years opera, they did not have the dignity to change the text on top, which means that all of those people who might booked the opera from this site last year were exposed to serious data protection irregularities. Oh by the way the link Online reservation is not working and I sincerely think it never worked.

I wonder if any official will have the dignity to apologize here on this blog, over facebook , plaxo , linkedin and all the other social media this article is published.

Last but not least the same web regognises "Macedonia" as a Country. I think the next step would be that the Townhall of Paphos should open a consulate in Skopia. See yourself the pull down of the reservation form.

I would like to congratulate once again Mr. Vergas and his fantastic team for being so capable, especially those who made the website and those who paid them. Bravo.

Paphos Archaeology , Paphos Lighthouse and Shish Kebab (Gyros)

I must say that every day that passes I am very happy with the town hall of Paphos (Cyprus) and especially with the mayor and the council of the town.

Their capability to govern the town is amazing. I admire the fact that they really look after our touristic attractions and ancient monuments in a monumental way.

Pafos has a landmark, its lighthouse. All of us who live here have admired amazing sunsets under this magnificent witness of the importance of our town in the navigation world. I am sure the mayor himself must have given a kiss to his wife overlooked by the lighthouse, I am sure that all absolutely all of the members of the council have walked to the lighthouse during their youth accompanied by this special person, I am sure that all of them forgot about this area of the town, the most beautiful place of our town. They forgot about it, and this easy to confirm that if you just walk there from inside the archaeological park (avoiding meter and half high weeds).

On your way to the lighthouse you will have the pleasure to see how the sensible department of Antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus preserves the Roman Odeon and its surroundings, including the waste bins. You will enjoy the view of tins and empty plastic bottles, tissues and other environmental friendly waste that decorate the pathways to the lighthouse.

I had the opportunity to do the full tour with friends from Spain that were here in Pafos during Easter time. It was really fantastic to see how our predecessors did not think of leaving instructions of how to clean the area around St. Pauls Pillar, I cannot understand how those wise men did not think something so important.

I would like to thank Mr. Savvas Vergas and his team for the sharing the waste of the city with my guests from Spain in the Archaeological Routes of Paphos, thank them for saving money on cleaning in order to invest them in beating the world Guinness record of the biggest Shish Kebab (Gyros) again. This Guinness record really makes me very proud as a citizen of Paphos and this is why I will encourage all my friends to honour this council again in the next municipal elections.

Thank you for running our town so well.