Privacy policy

3.1

Website use data. The data-transmission and information systems and the software procedures deployed to operate the Website gather some personal-data items during normal usage. These items are sent to us as an inevitable result of communicating via the internet.

Website use data includes: IP addresses; the access date and time; the pages visited (URIs/URLs); the method of sending the request to the server; the server response status (numeric code); the names of the devices used to access the Website; and other parameters about your operating system and computing environment.

3.2

Data you provide voluntarily. Some sections of the Website require items of personal information, e.g. your forename, surname, contact details, town and/or country of residence, username and password.

3.3

Tracking data (cookies). Tracking entails using code executed inside the Website on both the server (e.g. services and procedures) and the client (e.g. tags and pixels), also using code installed on your browser (e.g. cookies).
For why we use tracking and how we obtain consent to do so, please see the Website Cookie Policy.

3.4

Location data. With your specific permission, the Website may collect the approximate location data provided by your IP address.

3.5

Data on content sharing on social media. The Website may include plugins and/or buttons for you to share the content on your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, etc.).

a)

to operate the Website, to supply the associated services (e.g. replying to messages received via the Website contact form), to sell products and services (e.g. a boat) and to monitor Website operation:

• lawful basis: fulfilling a contract to which you are a party;

• retention: personal data is kept for as long as is necessary to provide the digital services and is then deleted or anonymised; data transmitted during goods or service purchases will be kept for a further 10 years after the purchase is completed, as permitted by law;

b)

to register users, clients and prospects in connection with products and services offered (e.g. providing information about selling a yacht, registering on the e-commerce site):

• lawful basis: fulfilling a contract and precontractual steps at your request. The data needed to manage the contractual relationship is covered in the “Notice for Clients and Prospects”;

• retention: for as long as your account is active and, for the contractual data, in accordance with the timescales stated in the “Notice for Clients and Prospects”;

c)

to enable you to access and use the Website’s Group Careers section:

• lawful basis: please see the specific privacy policy, Notice for recruitment candidates;

• retention: as stated in the privacy policy above;

d)

to send sales information:

• lawful basis: your consent, which is optional and freely given and you may withdraw at any time;

• retention: personal data is kept until you withdraw consent;

e)

for profiling and profiled advertising:

• lawful basis: your consent, which is optional and freely given and you may withdraw at any time. Please see the Website Cookie Policy;

• retention: as stated in the above policy;

f)

to prevent and stamp out any fraudulent use or abuse of the Website:

• lawful basis: the Data Controller’s legitimate interest;

• retention: personal data is kept for a period determined by the Data Controller and then deleted or anonymised;

g)

to establish, exercise or defend one of the Data Controller’s rights in a court of law:

• lawful basis: the Data Controller’s legitimate interest;

• retention: the personal data is kept throughout the complaint process and/or the out-of-court or judicial proceedings until the legal safeguards and/or remedies have been exhausted.