Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 06, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account      created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either      "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our"      in this Agreement) refers to Solis Marine Engineering Ltd, Tremough      Innovation Centre, Penryn, TR10 9TA.

For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.

• Cookies are small files that      are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a      website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website      among its many uses.
• Country refers to: United      Kingdom
• Data Controller, for the purposes of the      GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the      legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes      and means of the processing of Personal Data.
• Device means any device that      can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital      tablet.
• Personal Data is any information      that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.

• Service refers to the Website.
• Service Provider means any natural or      legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to      third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate      the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform      services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how      the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are      considered Data Processors.
• Usage Data refers to data collected      automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the      Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to Solis Marine      Engineering, accessible from https:solismarineengineering.com
• You means the individual      accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on      behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as      applicable.

Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small      file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all      Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not      accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.      Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies,      our Service may use Cookies.
• Flash Cookies. Certain features of      our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and      store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service.      Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used      for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash      Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling,      or deleting local shared objects?" available at https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/disable-local-shared-objects-flash.html#main_Where_can_I_change_the_settings_for_disabling__or_deleting_local_shared_objects_
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of      our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web      beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel      gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have      visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website      statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and      verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. Learn more about cookies on the Privacy Policies website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential      Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

• Cookies Policy / Notice      Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

• Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

• Tracking and Performance      Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Third-Parties

Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our      Service,      including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your      registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can      give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are      available to You as a registered user.
• For the performance of a      contract: the      development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the      products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract      with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You by      email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic      communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding      updates or informative communications related to the functionalities,      products or contracted services, including the security updates, when      necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To provide You with news, special      offers and general information about other goods, services and events      which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased      or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage      Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your      information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring,      reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of      Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy,      liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us      about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• For other purposes: We may use Your      information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage      trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to      evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your      experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your      personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use      of our Service, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or      transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during      negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or      acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your      information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those      affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent      company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other      companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your      information with Our business partners to offer You certain products,      services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share      personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other      users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly      distributed outside.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your      personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal      obligation
• Protect and defend the      rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate      possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety      of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal      liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

• Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to You. You may opt-out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from Us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email We send or by contacting Us.

We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send emails to You.

• Campaign Monitor

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.campaignmonitor.com/policies/#privacy-policy

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

• Consent: You have given Your      consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
• Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal      Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for      any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
• Legal obligations: Processing Personal      Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the      Company is subject.
• Vital interests: Processing Personal      Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another      natural person.
• Public interests: Processing Personal      Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in      the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
• Legitimate interests: Processing Personal      Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by      the Company.

In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.

You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• Request access to Your      Personal Data. The      right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever      made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal      Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to      perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also      enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
• Request correction of the      Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any      incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
• Object to processing of Your      Personal Data. This      right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal      basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular      situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your      Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We      are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
• Request erasure of Your      Personal Data. You      have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is      no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• Request the transfer of Your      Personal Data. We      will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal      Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note      that this right only applies to automated information which You initially      provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform      a contract with You.
• Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to      withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your      consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific      functionalities of the Service.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By      email: solis@solis-marine.com