Important: by submitting personal data manually or in electronic form to Spinnaker Yachts and/or by using our web site you give your consent that all personal data that you submit may be processed by us in the manner and for the purposes described below.
Introduction to Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy describes Spinnaker Yachts' current policies and practices with regard to Personal Data collected by us from you directly and/or through www.spinnaker-yachts.com or www.spinnaker-yachts.co.uk or www.spinnakeryachts.com or www.spinnakeryachts.co.uk ("Web Site"). The term "Personal Data" refers to personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, job description, birthday, e-mail address or mailing address.
Notification of changes to this Policy We are continually improving our methods of communication and adding new functionality and features to this Web Site and improving and adding to our existing services. Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law and the changing nature of technology, our data practices will change from time to time. If and when our data practices change, we will (as soon as practicable) post the changes on this Web Site to notify you of the changes. We encourage you to check this page frequently.
Collection of Personal Data including e-mail addresses We store the information you give us manually or electronically in our databases. You may use this Web Site to register to receive additional information or services from us. When you register, we ask you for contact information like your name, postal address and e-mail address. We sometimes supplement the information that you provide with information that is received from third parties. For instance, if inaccurate postal codes are received, we may use third party software to fix them.
We do collect email addresses from prospect lists of other businesses, for example, via third party publications such as the Hollis Business Entertainment directory. We may also collect email addresses via marketing events such as trade show and exhibitions. In such cases, we assume that people providing their email addresses are opting in to receive email messages from us.
Use of Personal Data We will process your Personal Data in order to provide a service to you. We process your Personal Data only for specific and limited purposes. We ask only for data that is adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes. Where we send you information for any purpose, it may be sent by e-mail or post. When we ask you for Personal Data, we tell you the purposes for which we will process that data. Some of these purposes include the following:
- We may contact you occasionally to inform you of new services we will be providing, or events we think will be of interest to you.
- We may send you regular updates on sailing issues.
- We may send you requested sailing information and promotional material.
- We may use your Personal Data for marketing purposes and market research.
- We may use your Personal Data internally to help us improve our services and to help resolve any problems.
Opt-out choice If you do not wish to receive e-mails from us and want to be removed from our electronic mailing list, please e-mail us at info@spinnaker-yachts.com or contact our data protection officer, Neil Vardy at Spinnaker Yachts, 44 Elms Avenue, Poole, Dorset, BH14 8EF
Anonymous data collected through this Web Site. In addition to the information we collect as described above, we use technology to collect anonymous information about the use of our Web Site. For example, we use technology to track which pages of our Web Site our visitors view. We also use technology to determine which Web browsers our visitors use. This technology does not identify you personally, it simply enables us to compile statistics about our visitors and their use of our Web Site.
Our Web Site contains hyperlinks to other pages on our Web Site. We use technology to track how often these links are used and which pages on our Web Site our visitors choose to view. Again this technology does not identify you personally - it simply enables us to compile statistics about the use of these hyperlinks.
We use this anonymous data to improve the content and functionality of this Web Site and our e-mail updates, to better understand our customers and markets, and to improve our products and services.
Disclosure of your Personal Data We do not share, sell or distribute your Personal Data with unrelated third parties, except under these limited circumstances:
- Personal Data may occasionally be transferred to third parties who act for us for further processing in accordance with the purposes for which the data was originally collected or for purposes to which you have subsequently consented. For example, sometimes a third party may have access to your Personal Data in order to handle our mailings on our behalf.
- We may share or transfer the information in our databases to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of justice, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or this Web Site, to take precautions against legal liability, or in the event of our sale, merger, reorganisation, dissolution or similar event.
Link to other web sites This Web Site contains hyperlinks to web sites that are not operated by us. These hyperlinks are provided for your reference and convenience only and do not imply any endorsement of the activities of these third-party web sites or any association with their operators. We do not control these web sites and are not responsible for their data or privacy practices. We urge you to review any privacy policy posted on any site you visit before using the site or providing any Personal Data about yourself.
Governing Law This Privacy Policy forms part of our Web Site Terms of Use and as such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England. You agree to submit any dispute arising out of your use of this Web Site to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
Questions If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns about the way we process your Personal Data, please contact our data protection officer as above.
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