We comply with “Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation)” or GDPR. When processing personal data, we adhere to the principles set forth in Article 5 of the GDPR.
Our Privacy Policy is designed to provide transparency into our privacy practices and principles. Please read this Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as the “Privacy Policy”) carefully, in order to understand the purposes for which we process your personal data, as well as how you can exercise your rights regarding your personal data that is processed by Sailseek.
If you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or the protection of your personal data, or any suggestions on how to improve the wording of this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to review the officially approved version, please send us a message using the contact information in Section 11 “Contacts”.
This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about how we collect and process your personal data when you request providing personal services.
This Privacy Policy applies to the processes outlined in Section 3 “Privacy notice”.
Please note that our information resources may contain links to the resources of other service providers that are beyond our control and to whom this Privacy Policy does not apply.
We require that our partners handle user data with care, therefore, we work only with companies that have established their credibility.
We may collect the data listed below in connection with your use of the Sailseek. We want to provide you with the most comprehensive information on all the data we process when you use Sailseek. We collect information when you use our Site or register on it. Login to the site or registration means the user’s consent to the collection of information.
During each of your visits to Sailseek, we may collect the following data:
To collect some of the data listed above, we may use cookies. For more information on the use of cookies, see Section 4 below.
Our information resources are not designed to process the personal data of children below the age of 13. In the event that we need to use this type of data to create website content, it is mandatory that we request consent from a parent or legal guardian.
If you have reason to believe that a child has provided us with his or her personal data, please let us know using the contact information in Section 11 “Contacts”.
The Sailseek’s information resources process personal data to identify you as an individual for the following purposes:
Purpose of personal data processing:
To provide you with the with updates of previous relevant requests.
Personal data processed for this purpose:
Your name or username and email are necessary to create a personal account on Sailseek website.
Once you have created an account, you can add more information to your personal account, including a profile photo, age, gender, date of birth, country and social media contacts. This additional information is not required.
If you provide your social media ID, Sailseek website will process the data available on your social media accounts, including your first and last name, profile photo, date of birth, gender, email and subscriptions.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data:
Your consent.
Period of storage of your personal data:
Until you delete your account or withdraw your consent (or request that we delete your data).
The withdrawal of consent procedure is described in Clause 5.7 “Right to withdraw consent”.
Transferring personal data to third parties
If you provided social media ID via your personal account settings, your data will be transferred to third parties, specifically: Facebook Inc. (Facebook); Google LLC (Firebase, Google Analytics); Twitter Inc. (Twitter).
No data will be transferred to third parties if you do not provide your social media accounts via your personal account settings.
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
If you provide your social media accounts via your personal account settings, your personal data will be processed in countries where the respective social media providers operate.
If you do not provide social media ID via your personal account settings, your personal data will only be processed in the Germany.
Purpose of personal data processing
To distribute email newsletters.
Personal data processed for this purpose
First name, last name, email, your location (address), email client.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data
Your consent.
Period of storage of your personal data
Until you withdraw your consent.
The withdrawal of consent procedure is described in Clause 5.7 “Right to withdraw consent”.
Transferring personal data to third parties
The Rocket Science Group (Mailchimp); SendPulse Inc. (Sendpulse).
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
Your personal data will be processed in the Germany, Germany, Lithuania and in other countries where these third parties operate.
Purpose of personal data processing
To process requests or comments (complaints and suggestions) from individuals or representatives of organisations.
Personal data processed for this purpose
First name, last name; place of employment and job title; address; country; contact telephone numbers; email.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data
Ensuring you receive feedback to resolve your issue.
Period of storage of your personal data
Until your issue is resolved.
Transferring personal data to third parties
No data is transferred to third parties.
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
Your personal data will only be processed in Germany.
Our information resources automatically collect data without identifying you as an individual for the following purposes:
Purpose of personal data processing
To improve website performance and content delivery, to identify the most relevant news content, to display targeted advertising on the Sailseek’s website and in advertising networks.
Personal data processed for this purpose
Cookies, IP address, location, type and version of the device’s operating system, type and version of browser, type of device and screen resolution, source of traffic (website or ad), language of the operating system and browser, user’s online activity.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data
Legitimate interest.
When processing your data, we act based on our legitimate interest because no other grounds apply in this case. Our performance depends on your interest in the content we provide and on ease of use.
User behaviour analysis is a common practice among media outlets, therefore, we expect you to be aware of this. We assure you that any analysis of your data that we conduct to achieve the said goal will have no significant impact on your rights and freedoms.
Period of storage of your personal data
The period of storage depends on the type of cookie.
Transferring personal data to third parties
No personal data is transferred to third parties.
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
Your personal data will only be processed in Germany.
Purpose of personal data processing
To improve website performance and content delivery, to show the most relevant news content, to display targeted advertising.
Personal data processed for this purpose
Cookies, IP address, location, type and version of the device’s operating system, type and version of browser, type of device and the screen resolution, source of traffic (website or ad), language of the operating system and browser, user’s online activity.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data
Your consent.
Period of storage of your personal data
The withdrawal of consent procedure is described in Clause 5.7 “Right to withdraw consent.”
Transferring personal data to third parties
To accomplish this purpose, we connect to information resources of third-party services. We provide these services the opportunity to gather your personal data for analysis. In this case, the processing of your personal data is subject to the privacy policies of these third-party services.
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
Your personal data will be processed in Germany and other countries where the involved third-party services operate.
In addition to the activity stated above, the platform operates outside of its information resources. The platform processes your personal data in the course of its operation for the following purposes:
Purpose of personal data processing
Executing, performing and terminating a civil contract, approving a contract with a contractor.
Personal data processed for this purpose
First name, last name, patronymic (middle name); place of employment and job title; email; contact telephone number.
Legal grounds for processing your personal data
Actions towards executing a contract as well as performance of the contract (any type of contract).
Period of storage of your personal data
Until the execution of the contract as well as while it is valid, until termination/expiration.
Transferring personal data to third parties
No personal data is transferred to third parties.
Transferring personal data to third countries and international organisations
Personal data will only be processed in the Germany.
To accomplish the purposes for which we process your personal data, we do not engage in automated individual decision-making, including profiling.
We use cookies to improve the quality of our services and your experience as a user.
A cookie is a small text file stored by a website on the user’s terminal. The majority of websites use cookies to improve their functioning and optimize the browsing experience of their users.
If you wish to refuse cookies or delete cookies stored on your device, you can do so via the preferences of your internet browser. These navigation options relating to cookies are normally found in the “Options”, “Tools” or “Preferences” menus of the browser that you use to access Sailseek. However, according to the different existing browsers, different means can be used to disable cookies. To know more you can consult additional information from the referenced links below:
Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies from your internet browser on your device, some features and parts of the platform may not work properly.
You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the add-on accessible on the following link: Disable Google Analytics
You have the right to obtain information from us about the processing of your personal data, the purpose of processing, categories, recipients or categories of recipients, including from third countries (outside the European Union or the European Economic Area) or international organisations, the period of storage, conditions of terminating the processing of your data and the source of your personal data.
If we process your personal data electronically, we will provide you with a copy of these data in a commonly-used format.
If your personal data is inaccurate, incomplete or outdated, you have the right to require that we correct it without delay on our part or, when appropriate, to correct it on your own, for example, in your personal account settings.
You will be notified once we have corrected your personal data.
You have the right to request that we delete your personal data without delay on our part or, when appropriate, delete it yourself, for example, in your personal account settings.
If we cannot delete your personal data, we will anonymise your personal data to make it impossible to identify the owner.
You will be notified once we have deleted or anonymised your personal data.
You have the right to request that we restrict (block) the processing of your personal data. You may, however exercise this right only in the following cases:
If the processing of your personal data is restricted (blocked), we will suspend processing until the restriction is lifted but will continue to store your personal data.
You can lift the restriction (block) from the processing of your personal data at any time by sending us a request using the methods specified in Section 11 “Contacts”.
You have the right to obtain your personal data in a structured and machine-readable format as well as the right to have these data transferred to another controller if technically feasible.
You may exercise this right when your data is processed electronically on the basis of your consent or a signed agreement to which you are a party.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time based on a substantiated objection, when we process your data:
We will not process your personal data if we cannot demonstrate convincing legal grounds for processing them.
You may also, at any time, object to our processing of your personal data for marketing purposes, including for profiling.
If your personal data are processed due to your consent, you have the right to withdraw it. We use a simple ‘withdrawal of consent’ procedure:
You can withdraw your consent using any of the methods below:
You can withdraw your consent using any of the methods below:
You can withdraw consent (decline processing) following the steps in our in Section 11 “Contacts”. Depending on type, cookies can be deleted automatically after you close the browser on your device. We will stop processing cookies that are not deleted automatically after you withdraw consent.
You can withdraw your consent by sending us a notice using the methods specified in Section 11 “Contacts”.
You have the right to file a complaint with an authorised supervisory authority in your country if you have doubts about our methods for processing your data or protecting and enforcing your rights.
You can find contact information for your supervisory authority on the European Data Protection Board website
If the data you provided are insufficient for observing your rights, we may request additional data from you to verify your identity. We do our best to request only essential information that is absolutely necessary. If you fail to provide additional information we will not be able to observe your rights. If you believe that we violate your rights by requesting additional information, you can file a complaint with a respective supervisory authority.
We provide information on observing your rights free of charge. If your request is clearly unsubstantiated or excessive (specifically, due to repetitiveness), we may refuse to respond or charge a fee for providing the requested information.
We provide several methods for exercising your rights:
According to Article 23 of the GDPR, we must restrict the scope of our obligations and your rights when it is required by the law of the European Union or an EU member state.
These restrictions may apply if your personal data are processed to safeguard:
There are also special conditions that must be met for your rights to be exercised, specifically:
Exemptions from the right to delete personal data:
Exemptions from the right to restrict (block) processing:
If we are not able to observe your rights upon your request, we will send you a substantiated refusal.
You have the right to file a complaint with a competent supervisory authority in your country if you have doubts with regard to our processing your data or protecting or observing your rights.
Your country’s supervisory authority’s contact information is available on the European Data Protection Board website.
If we deal with a contractor whose country of operation is not on the list of countries ensuring an adequate level of personal data protection, we use standard contractual terms, as recommended by the European Commission. We have adopted security measures to protect your personal data according to the best security and privacy practices available. We use safety precautions to protect your information.
The personal data we collect and store constitute classified information. They are protected from loss, manipulation or unauthorised access, by virtue of technical tools and organisational procedures. We continuously improve our data protection systems.
We assess impacts on data protection in order to identify your risks during data processing. We minimise detected risks by employing technical and organisational security measures.
You are responsible for the safekeeping of the password we provide for your personal account on our website. You must maintain this password in confidence and never transfer it to anybody.
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.
We will inform you of any changes to this Privacy Policy using the available means (via your contact email provided during registration or via our information resources during your next visit).
Please review every update to this Privacy Policy.
International Transfers of Personal Information
Where the disclosure of your personal information is solely subject to Australian privacy laws, you acknowledge that some third parties may not be regulated by the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act. You acknowledge that if any such third party engages in any act or practice that contravenes the Australian Privacy Principles, it would not be accountable under the Privacy Act, and you will not be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act.
Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, if you live in California and your business relationship with us is mainly for personal, family, or household purposes, you may ask us about the information we release to other organizations for their marketing purposes.
To make such a request, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy with “Request for California privacy information” in the subject line. You may make this type of request once every calendar year. We will email you a list of categories of personal information we revealed to other organisations for their marketing purposes in the last calendar year, along with their names and addresses. Not all personal information shared in this way is covered by Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code.
To send us a message concerning the protection of personal data, please use the feedback form on the website.
You can address important questions about the protection of personal data directly to our data protection officer by e-mail: hello@sailseek.org
Please note that this contact information can only be used for inquiries regarding personal data processing and protection. Unrelated inquiries will not be considered.
For inquiries unrelated to personal data protection, please use e-mail. Be sure to address your request to the appropriate department. If you send your request to the wrong department, your issue may remain unresolved because departments only respond to requests within their competence.
Last updated: 21.06.2023
Information sources to which data protection regulations apply
Source of information to which these data protection rules apply: https://sailseek.org