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Privacy Policy


Last updated: April 9, 2025
 

We place great importance on ensuring that all handling of personal data is transparent. This privacy policy explains what personal data we collect, for what purposes, and to whom we may disclose it. To maintain high transparency, this policy is reviewed and updated regularly.

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1. Services We Use

Wix

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2. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your data, please contact us anytime via email at info@sailforseas.com

Those responsible for data processing on this website are:

Piroschka Maranda & Michael Stirnimann
6023 Rothenburg, Switzerland
 

Data Protection Officers:
Piroschka Maranda & Michael Stirnimann
Email: info@sailforseas.com

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3. Data Collection & Use

3.1 What Data Do We Collect & From Whom?

We primarily process personal data that you provide us or that we collect through the operation of our website. In some cases, we may also receive personal data about you from third parties. These may include:
 

  • Identity data (e.g., name, address, date of birth)

  • Contact details (e.g., mobile number, email address)

  • Online identifiers (e.g., cookie IDs, IP addresses)

  • Location and traffic data

  • Audio and visual recordings

  • Special categories of personal data (e.g., biometric data or health information)
     

3.2 Under What Conditions Is the Data Processed?

We treat your data as confidential and process it only for the purposes stated in this privacy policy, ensuring transparency and proportionality.

If, in exceptional cases, we cannot abide by these principles, data processing may still be lawful if a valid legal basis exists. These may include:
 

  • Your consent;

  • The execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures;

  • Our legitimate interests, provided your interests do not override them.
     

3.3 How Can You Withdraw Consent?

If you have given consent for processing your data for specific purposes, we process your data only in accordance with that consent, unless we have another legal basis.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending an email to the address in the imprint. This will not affect any processing that occurred before the withdrawal.
 

3.4 When Do We Share Data with Third Parties?

a. General:
We may rely on third-party service providers or affiliated companies (data processors) for certain data processing tasks. These recipients may include:
 

  • Accounting, fiduciary, and auditing firms

  • Consulting companies (legal, tax, etc.)

  • IT providers (web hosting, support, cloud services, web development)

  • Payment service providers

  • Providers of tracking, conversion, and advertising services
     

We ensure that these third parties and affiliated companies comply with data protection requirements and treat your data confidentially.

We may also be legally obliged to disclose your personal data to authorities.
 

b. Visiting Our Social Media Channels:
If you click on links to our social media profiles (usually indicated by icons), you will leave our site and access the platform. Those social media providers may receive data indicating that you clicked from our website. We have no visibility into the data collected or how they are used.
 

c. Transfers Abroad:
We may transfer your personal data to companies abroad within the framework of data processing. These companies are equally bound by data protection. Transfers may be global.

If the data protection level abroad does not match Swiss standards, we will conduct a risk assessment and ensure equivalent protection either through EU Standard Contractual Clauses or other legal safeguards. If this assessment is unfavorable, we will apply additional technical measures. You can view the EU’s standard contractual clauses online.
 

3.5 How Long Do We Retain Your Data?

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

  • Data collected during your website visit is retained for 12 months, except for analytics/tracking data, which may be kept longer.

  • Contract data must be retained longer for legal compliance—typically up to 10 years. Data no longer required for service provision is blocked and retained solely for billing and tax purposes.
     

3.6 How Do We Protect Your Data?

We store your data securely and implement reasonable measures to guard against loss, unauthorized access, misuse, or alteration.

Our staff and partners who access your data are obliged to maintain confidentiality. Sometimes, we may share your request with affiliated companies, who also treat the data confidentially.

We use SSL encryption (Secure Socket Layer) at the highest level supported by your browser.
 

3.7 What Are Your Rights?

a. Right to Access:
You can request access to the personal data we hold about you at any time by sending a request with identification to info@sailforseas.com. You also have the right to receive your data in a common electronic format if it has been processed automatically and:
 

  • You provided consent; or

  • The data relates to the contract or its execution.
     

Access or data extraction may be limited if prohibited by law, our interests, public interests, or third-party interests. We must comply with a 30-day response period, which may be extended due to legal, technical reasons, or high demand. You will be informed of such extensions in writing.
 

b. Right to Rectification or Erasure:
You may request correction or deletion of your data at any time. We may refuse if laws require ongoing retention or if we have a legal basis to continue processing.

Please note that exercising this right could affect contractual relationships (e.g., early termination or costs).


c. Legal Remedies:
If you believe your data is being processed unlawfully, you have the right to go to court or file a complaint with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).
 

3.8 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy at any time. The current version will always be available at www.sailforseas.com. We will not inform you separately of changes.
 

4. Specific Data Processing Activities

4.1 Website Provision & Log Files

What information we collect & how we use it:
When you visit www.sailforseas.com, certain data is automatically collected and stored on our servers or those of service providers for system administration, statistics, backups, or tracking. This includes:
 

  • Your internet service provider’s name

  • Your IP address (potentially)

  • Your browser software version

  • Your operating system

  • Date and time of access

  • The referrer page

  • Search terms used to find the URL
     

Why we process this data:
This data cannot be linked to you personally and is not merged with other data sources. We retain log files to ensure site functionality and security. This is in our legitimate interest.
 

How to prevent data collection:
Log files are essential for website operation and are automatically deleted after each session. Users cannot opt out.


4.2 Wix Services

Wix.com Ltd., based at 40 Namal Tel Aviv St., Tel Aviv 6350671, Israel, is the provider of our website’s creation and hosting platform. We use Wix for content display, hosting images/videos, contact forms, and potentially an online shop.

Wix uses technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and similar tools to enhance user experience, analyze performance, and provide personalized advertising. Wix may also collect IP addresses and other visitor information.

4.3 Consent Management with Usercentrics
We use the Usercentrics consent management tool from Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, Germany, on our website.
With the help of this tool, we obtain the legally required consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies and document this in compliance with data protection regulations.

Data processed:

  • Consent data (consent/rejection status, timestamp, user ID)

  • Device information

  • Browser information

  • Anonymized IP address

  • Language settings


This data is stored on servers in the EU.

 

Purpose of processing:

  • Obtaining and documenting consent in accordance with the GDPR and Swiss Data Protection

  • Act Managing website visitors' consent preferences

  • Enabling or blocking technologies based on user decision
     

​Legal basis:

  • Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR (legitimate obligation)

  • Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (legitimate interest in legally compliant documentation and user-friendly consent management)
     

​Storage period:
The consent data will be stored for 3 years.

Revocation of your consent:
You can revoke or change your consent at any time via the "Cookie Settings" link at the bottom of the website. Further information on data processing by Usercentrics: https://usercentrics.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/
 

5. Updates or Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion; the version posted on the website will always be the most current (see "Effective Date" notice). We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy regularly for changes.

If any changes are material, we will post a notice on our website. Your continued use of the Services after we have posted notice of changes on our website will constitute your acknowledgment and acceptance of the changes to the Privacy Policy and your agreement to be bound by the terms of those changes.

Contact

If you have general questions about the Services or the information we collect about you and how we use it, please contact us at:


Name: Sail for Seas
Address: Piroschka Maranda & Michael Stirnimann
Email address: info@sailforseas.com

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