Privacy Policy of VBS Vessel Boarding Service GmbH & Co. KG for the transmission of electronic data

Hereby we would like to inform you about the collection, processing and use of your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 of April 27th 2016.

1. Data transmission
If you contact us by e-mail, we will store your name, contact information and the content of your request / application to answer it. If you fill in and submit our contact form on our website, the data will be stored by us for control purposes. Data surveys in the context of online applications please note especially points 4 to 10.
The unauthorized use of the provided Contact Data by third parties for sending unsolicited advertisements and information materials is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of the websites expressly reserve the right to pursue legal steps in the event of unauthorized sending of advertising information, e.g. spam mails.

2. Security on the Internet
Please, note that in general your data is not protected during transmission on the Internet and therefore can theoretically be viewed and changed by unauthorized third parties. In case of doubt, use our postal address or fax number, to be found in the imprint of the website, to provide us with confidential information.

3. Automatic data collection
In addition to the information you submit to us, we collect, store and process a range of data automatically. We use this information among others to detect possible abuse of the system. Auto-collected data includes:

the IP address
Date and time of the request
the called link

4. In the context of your application by e-mail, the following data will be collected and processed:

Title
First given name
Surname
Street and house number
ZIP code and location
E-mail address
telephone / mobile number
Covering Letter
Attachment (eg CV, proofs and certificates)

5. Consent to data processing for applications
By submitting the application to us, you expressly agree that Vessel Boarding Service may collect, process and use the data transmitted by you to us solely for the purpose of processing the application. A combination of your data with the automatically collected data (point 3) does not take place.

6. Nondisclosure of data to third parties
VBS Vessel Boarding Service GmbH & Co. KG is obliged not to make the data accessible to third parties without your consent, unless it serves to defend claims of third parties in a legal proceeding. They are to be extinguished immediately after expiry of the procedure.

7. Retention period of application data
A deletion of your personal application data takes place three months after completing the application process. This does not apply insofar as statutory provisions preclude deletion, further storage is necessary for the purpose of providing evidence or you have expressly consented to a longer storage period.

8. Access right to application data
Upon written request, we will inform you in accordance with applicable law whether and which personal data about you are stored with us.

If you request VBS Vessel Boarding Service not to use and / or delete your personal data for further contact, then we proceed accordingly. Data, which are absolutely necessary for an order processing or for commercial purposes, are not affected by a termination or deletion.

9. Revocation of consent for applications
You can revoke the given consent at any time:

By letter:
VBS Vessel Boarding Service GmbH & Co. KG
Tobias Thode
Bubendeyweg 33
21129 Hamburg
Germany

By email:
tobias.thode@vesselboarding.de

10. Use of cookies
This website uses so-called “cookies”, which serve to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure – for example, when it comes to speeding up the navigation on our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer system.

Visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ge/ to learn more about how cookies work.

11. Deactivation of cookies
If you use our website, you agree to the use and storage of cookies on your device. You can also view our website without cookies. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. The ‘Help’ menu in the menu bar of your browser tells you how to prevent the acceptance of new cookies in your browser, how you set your browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to deactivate cookies completely. Users may block the use of all cookies, but they then block automatically many of the contents and services on our website, so we recommend keeping cookies enabled.

12. Right of information about your stored data with us
At any time you have the right to request information about the data we stored about you, the origin of the data, the recipients of the data, the purpose of the storage. In addition, in accordance with statutory provisions, you have the right to instruct us to correct, block or delete your data. Data, which are absolutely necessary for an order processing or for commercial purposes, are not affected by a termination or deletion.

If you have provided us with personal information and would like to know whether and what personal information about you is stored by us, or if you would like information on the use of your data or the correction / blocking / deletion of your data, please contact us by e-mail: tobias.thode@vesselboarding.de

13. Amendment of the privacy policy
Any future changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on this site. You should therefore periodically review them for any changes in our privacy policy.