This Policy explains how we gather and use the information that we collect from the yachtdealz.com website. Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Amendments will be posted at yachtdealz.com and will become effective when posted. Your continued use of the yachtdealz.com website following the posting of any amendment shall constitute your acceptance thereof. When handling and using your personal information we are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION 

Yachtdealz collects information:

• from the use of its web sites;
• from application forms;
• from use of its connectivity services;
• from use of its proxies;
• from resellers and affiliates;
• from third parties; or
• where legally required to do so.

We may combine information with that available from third parties or public sources. You may not purchase or use our services anonymously, you must provide correct and accurate contact details.

We use private information to:

• identify you for permission to access our services;
• provide you with invoices;
• gain an understanding of your needs in relation to our service and potential services;
• contact you where necessary in relation to your use of our services;
• provide news letters and outage and other notifications;
• marketing purposes;
• test and develop our services and systems;
• management purposes; and
• research purposes.

Access to your information and how to correct:

Once we have collected your information we are very aware of the rights you retain with regard to it.  These rights are laid out in the GDPR and are provided for your reference below.

Subject to certain limitations on certain rights, you have the following rights in relation to your information:

• The right to be informed— you have the right to request a copy of the information that we
  hold about you.
• The right of access— you have the right to access your personal data that we hold.
• The right to rectification— you have the right to have inaccurate personal data rectified, or
  completed if it is incomplete.
• The right to erasure— you have the right to have personal data erased, also known as ‘the
  right to be forgotten’.
• The right to restrict processing— you have the right to request the restriction or suppression
  of your personal data.
• The right to data portability— you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.
• The right to object— you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in
  certain circumstances for e.g. direct marketing.
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling— you have the right not to be
  subject to a decision in respect to automated decision making and profiling.
• Right to withdraw consent— you have the right to withdraw your consent at anytime. Should
  you wish to exercise this right please contact us using the contact details below.

For more information please see: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/

If you would like to request to exercise any of your rights or if you have any queries related to accessing your personal information, correction, or your rights under GDPR including requiring a copy of the information we hold on you, we will provide free of charge and within one month.

Use of Cookies

Cookies are used to identify you through our web pages. This information can then be used to customise the yachtdealz.com website or set preferences for you. This information is collected and used for internal marketing purposes.

Google Analytics

We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of the yachtdealz.com website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, what other sites they used prior to coming to this site, and times of peak traffic to help website publishers improve their sites. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognising you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser or installing an opt-out plugin.

Google Analytics for Display Advertising

We also use a Google Analytics feature called Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to learn more about the profile of our website visitors (such as age, gender and interests). You can opt out of the Google Analytics for Display Advertising using Ads settings.

Information Sharing

We do not sell your information to third parties but may share it with related companies, as defined by the national privacy Act. We may also share statistical information with third parties, without disclosing individual details, unless those details are necessary for fulfilling a service order you have requested.

We may also disclose details about you to:

• government and regulatory authorities and other organisations, as required or authorized by law;
• our professional advisers, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers; or
• an organization involved in the sale or transfer of our assets or managing corporate risk and corporate funding.

Information Security and Accuracy

We take reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse, loss, and from unauthorised access.

All staff are instructed not to disclose private information to anyone. We take security very seriously. We attempt to keep all information up to date but we rely on you to inform us of any changes of your details.

Security Policy

The yachtdealz.com website does not store credit card details. All information is encrypted via 256bit SSL security and transmitted to a secure payment gateway server for processing.

Links to other Websites

The yachtdealz.com website contains links to other Websites. We are not responsible for the Privacy Policies or the content of any such Websites.

Accessing your Information

Please contact our Privacy team if you wish to exercise any of your rights or to request specific details of information we have about you or copies of the actual information by emailing:

YachtDealz Privacy Officer

support@yactdealz.com

We may charge you a handling and materials fee depending on circumstances.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your query, you can contact your local data protection authority who will be able to advise you on next steps. For the United Kingdom, this is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), who is also our lead supervisory authority. Details of their contact information can be found at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/

Removal of your Information

You may request in writing that certain information about you is removed, which we will comply with, provided that information is not necessary for tax purposes or to identify you or for contractual reasons. We will not consider requests to alter or remove statistical information. We cannot prevent our web servers from issuing cookies, it is your responsibility to refuse acceptance of these if you so wish.