Privacy Policy for Orion Yachting
At Orion Yachting, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information gathered through our online platform and in the course of providing our luxury yacht sales, charter, and management services. By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you.
1.1 Personal Data You Provide Directly
This includes information you voluntarily submit to us when:
- Inquiring about new yacht sales, pre-owned yacht brokerage, or luxury yacht charters.
- Engaging our yacht management services, crew placement, maintenance, or refit supervision.
- Seeking financial consulting for yacht acquisition or legal and administrative support.
- Subscribing to our newsletters or other marketing communications.
- Contacting us for support or other inquiries.
The types of personal data collected may include:
- Name, address, email address, phone number.
- Payment information (for transactional purposes).
- Passport or identification details (for charter agreements or international transactions).
- Preferences and interests related to yachting (e.g., yacht type, charter destinations).
1.2 Usage Data
We automatically collect information about how our online platform is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include:
- IP address, browser type, browser version.
- Pages visited on our site, time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers.
- Referring/exit pages, and other diagnostic data.
1.3 Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our online platform and hold certain information.
- Cookies: Small files placed on your device to collect certain information. 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 portions of our service.
- Other Tracking Technologies: Beacons, tags, and scripts are used to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.
2. How We Use Your Information
Orion Yachting uses the collected data for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our services.
- To manage your accounts and inquiries.
- To process transactions related to yacht sales, charters, or management.
- To notify you about changes to our services.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so.
- To provide customer support.
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our service.
- To monitor the usage of our service.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
- 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 inquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
- To fulfill our contractual obligations and legal requirements.
3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described in this Privacy Policy depends on the personal data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal data because:
- We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., yacht sales, charter agreements).
- You have given us explicit permission to do so.
- The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
- To comply with the law (e.g., anti-money laundering regulations).
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our service, provide the service on our behalf, perform service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our service is used. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. This may include crew placement agencies, maintenance contractors, or legal advisors.
- For Business Transfers: If Orion Yachting 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.
- For Legal Requirements: We 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 Orion Yachting.
- 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.
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
5. Security of Data
The security of your data is paramount to us. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, 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.
6. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, 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 from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside Singapore and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Singapore and process it there.
Orion Yachting 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.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent – You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Orion Yachting relied on your consent to process your personal information.
- The right to lodge a complaint – You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you are not satisfied with our processing of your personal data.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
8. Links to Other Sites
Our online platform may contain links to other sites 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.
9. Children's Privacy
Our service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. 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 online platform, 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.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us by mail at:
Orion YachtingAttention: Privacy Officer
10 Anson Road, #29-01 International Plaza
Singapore, Singapore, 079903
Singapore