Data Protection and Privacy

Please read our data protection rules carefully before you continue. Any person who accesses the website office(at)maritimeconsult.ch of Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG consents to the terms and conditions set out below.

Scope
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform users of this website about the type, scope and purpose of the collection and use of personal data by Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG, both in accordance with the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and any applicable data protection law such as the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The EU recognises that Swiss data protection law ensures an adequate level of data protection.

As Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG, we take the topic of data protection very seriously and will treat your personal data confidentially and in compliance with the statutory provisions. We can amend our data protection statement at any time by publishing it on this website.

Personal data includes all information that can be used to identify you and which can be traced back to you – such as your name, e-mail address and telephone number. MMaritime Consult (Suisse) AG only collects, uses and discloses your personal data if permitted by law or if you consent to data collection.

Security
Access to our website is secured with traffic encryption (SSL). An SSL certificate is code stored on a web server that secures online communication. If a web browser connects to a secure website, the SSL certificate ensures that this connection is secure.

Please bear in mind that data transmission via the Internet may be subject to security vulnerabilities. Data cannot be fully protected against third-party access.

Which of your data will be collected when you access the website (“access data”)?
Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG and/or the website provider collect data regarding access to https://maritime.dynamite.ch and stores this data in server log files. These log files contain the following access data:

Website visited
Time of access
Quantity of data sent in bytes
Source/link that brought you to this site
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used

Why access data is collected
This data is collected and processed to enable the use of the website (to establish a connection), to guarantee the security and stability of the system, to optimise of the Internet offering as well as for internal statistical purposes. The IP address is used specifically to determine the country where you are located and to preconfigure certain settings (e.g. language). Collecting the IP address also enables us to react appropriately to attacks on our network infrastructure. In this case, Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG reserves the right to subsequently review server log files if there is specific evidence indicating unlawful use of the website.

Access to your data by our agency
We have concluded a data processing agreement with Dynamite AG, Alte Sumpfstrasse 18, 6312 Steinhausen, Tel. +41 41 748 73 73, info(at)dynamite(.)ch, www.dynamite.ch, for website maintenance and development. Your data will be processed within the scope of the use to which you have granted consent. Under no circumstances will your data be passed on to third parties.

Cookies
This website uses cookies. These are small text files which are stored on your end device. Your browser accesses these files. Using cookies enables us to increase the usability and security of this website. Standard browsers offer optional settings that prevent cookies from being installed. Note: If you make changes of this nature to your browser settings, however, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access the functions of our website without restrictions.

Contact form
You have the option of using our website to contact us via a contact form, by e-mail, by phone or via social media platforms to request information about our products or services. This requires that you enter certain data, whereas the entry of other data is voluntary. If we are not provided with this information, it may prevent us from providing you with our services. Other information is provided on a voluntary basis and does not have any impact on the use of our website. We only use this data to be able to respond to your inquiry in the best and most personal way possible. You may reject the processing of this data at any time.

If you contact us via a social media platform, we would like to point out that we are not the owners of such platforms and that we have no authority over them. As a result, we can guarantee neither the protection nor the confidentiality of data provided to us through those social media platforms. If you have any questions regarding data protection, please contact the operator and owner of the respective social media platform. Data you share with us is not passed on to third parties.

Analytics tool
This website uses “Google Analytics”, provided by Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA), to analyse users’ use of the website. The service uses cookies, which are text files stored on your device. As a general rule, any information collected by the cookies is sent to a Google server in the USA where it is stored.

IP anonymisation is activated on this website. If a user is located within one of the member states of the European Union or the European Economic Area, the user’s IP address is truncated. Shortening the IP address in this way prevents it from being attributed to a specific person. In line with the data processing agreement we have entered into with Google Inc., Google Inc. compiles an analysis of website usage and website activity on the basis of the data it collects and provides services connected to the use of the Internet. You have the option of preventing cookies from being stored on your device by making the corresponding changes to your browser settings. However, if your browser does not permit any cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to access the functions of our website without restrictions.

Furthermore, you can use a browser plug-in to prevent information collected by cookies (including your IP address) from being sent to Google Inc. exploited by Google Inc. The following link will take you to the respective plug-in: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

You can change your cookie settings through the Cookie Statement. You can find additional information about how Google Inc. uses your data here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en

Google Maps
We use Google Maps to embed maps. Provided by US-based Google LLC, this service uses cookies, etc. to transmit data to Google in the US, although we assume that no personal tracking takes place within this framework solely through the use of our website. Google has undertaken to guarantee appropriate data protection in accordance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield. Further information can be found in Google's privacy policy.

Users’ rights: Information, rectification and erasure
Your personal data will be erased at the end of the user relationship to which you have consented.
Upon request, you – as the user – will be provided with information at no charge showing which personal data concerning you has been stored. Provided that your request does not conflict with a legal obligation to store data (e.g. accounting), you are entitled to have incorrect data rectified and to have your personal data blocked or erased. To enquire about your data or ask that it be deleted or changed, please send your request to:

Maritime Consult (Suisse) AG
Rigiweg 21A,
6343 Holzhausern (Zug)
Switzerland

Tel:+ 41 44 688 0666
Fax: + 41 43 430 2616
Email: office(at)maritimeconsult.ch