Privacy Policy
1. General
The protection of personal data that users make available to YachtCheck® and that is not otherwise publicly available is taken very serious by YachtCheck®. Regarding personal and any other similar data YachtCheck® ensures compliance with applicable data protection laws and guidelines.
YachtCheck ® adheres to the principle of avoiding collection and reception of personal data as far as possible. Personal data and sensitive data and related information are transmitted encoded via SSL-Technology.
YachtCheck® draws attention to the fact that personal and also sensitive data that users make available to YachtCheck® will only be used as far as indispensable for establishment, organization, maintenance and also modification and termination of the respective relationship with the user. This includes collection, storage and processing. So in particular personal and also sensitive data is generally only collected, stored and processed as far and as long it is necessary to fulfil user requests.
Furthermore YachtCheck® collects user data as far as necessary.
In any other case YachtCheck® will never forward personal data unless stipulated by law, governmental request or court decision. This especially includes criminal prosecution. Furthermore, in case it is necessary to establish and/or exercise legal rights or/and defend against legal claims. Finally in case it is necessary to prevent or stop abusive or illegal use of YachtCheck®`s Services and these web pages, in particular violation of the Terms of Service.
YachtCheck® assures that all information will be kept confidential in accordance with data protections laws. By making available personal data to YachtCheck® in the regarding web forms the user is consenting with this data protection policy. The user particularly consents to publish following (but no other) data on websites of YachtCheck and booking engines, customer opinion portals and charter portals:
- First name
- Rented yacht, location, date and duration
- travel report about yacht, charter base and destination
- general anonym statistical data like age and reason of charter of travel
Under no circumstances YachtCheck® will use personal data for any other than specified purpose neither give it to third parties.
YachtCheck® particularly reassures that personal data will under no circumstances be used for any kind advertising, newsletter or similar purposes.
A user may apply for insight in his personal data that is stored on the server of YachtCheck® under info@yachtcheck.com.
2. Cookies and Google Analytics
YachtCheck® uses in order to improve the usability of the websites for the user.
YachtCheck® only uses Cookies on these web pages in order to improve the online service. This way the user may control his ratings, travel reports etc. The relevant cookies also enable to greet the user with his member name. As far as stipulated by law Cookies are deleted after termination of user activity.
Cookies are files that are automatically saved on the hard disk of the computer/data processing unit in order to recognize this computer/data processing unit more easily the next time the user visits the relevant web page and therefore building up pages faster. So communication between server and computer/data processing unit is improved. If preferred the browser can be set up in a way that that it refuses all cookies, or notifies the user when a cookie is being sent. Although it will be possible to use some parts of these web pages, other parts of the site might not be available if cookies are rejected. Additional information about this technology may be viewed under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_cookie.
The data collection and storage can be prevented at any time. To do this, install the following browser add-on: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.