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Privacy Policy

The following Privacy Policy explains what information may or may not be collected via this website willythesailor.com and its compliance with data protection regulations. If anything is unclear or should you require further information, please feel free to make contact with us directly.

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Privacy of Data & Information collected on this Website

This website is dedicated to protecting the user's privacy and safeguarding any personally identifiable information. Other than optional enquiries made on this website, namely by using the contact form or sending an email directly using your own tools, this website does not collect or store any data whatsoever, neither for functional nor for advertising purposes.

 

Any information provided willingly by the user is only possible via the contact form, or directly by email. Subsequently, this information is used in the strictest confidence and only for the purpose that it has been sent, i.e. enquiry about book orders or other general enquiry, held on a secure mail server, and never disclosed or divulged to any third parties or statistical agencies.

Your details/information will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided them, such as to provide you with additional information and feedback regarding our books or any book orders. Any information collected via such method is used solely by authorised personnel.

Compulsory Disclosure

This website completely respects and protects the privacy rights of web visitors/users, members, partners, affiliates and any other visitors to this website. The website may be compelled to disclose a certain amount of information by local law, such as under legal/court orders or legal notices to produce documents under law, where relevant and necessary.

This website's Privacy Policy fully adheres to privacy principles contained within the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Minors - Children

We will not process, store, transfer, transmit and use any personal data of minors. To use the contact form, users must be and confirm they are of legal age. Persons under the age of 14 are considered to be minors. In such cases the appointed legal guardian / parent should provide consent and contact us on their behalf.

If you believe that we may have collected personal information from someone under the applicable age without the proper consent, please inform us directly and we shall take appropriate measures to investigate and address the issue promptly.

 

Collection of non-personal data - website traffic trends

In order to better understand user behaviour and in turn enhance the user experience this website collects and records basic statistical information on website activity, such as number of users who visit the website, date, time and length of visits, which pages are viewed, general location of the user, the link of the website in which the user visited from, type of Internet browser being used, type of device being used to access the website, among other general web browsing statistical information.

Collection of such information on website traffic trends is standard and commonly practised on websites throughout the Internet. This information does not identify individuals as such, but rather provides device and IP related statistics, with the last digits hidden so to not fully identify. This information is then used solely by authorised personnel to observer and analyse such website traffic trends.

Various data that may be observed through the website traffic analytics includes:

  • Standard machine identity details (used to access the website), as is normal and necessary when a user interacts with a website and its server; and

  • ​Data on the nature of a user's visit to the site, including server address, user's upper domain category and thereby origin, date and time of the visit, path taken to the Marlow Navigation website (i.e. through a search engine, social media channel, hyperlink from at another third party website), the various pages accessed on the website, exit pages and exit links, publications downloaded, as well as sometimes searched words or terminology performed to find the website through a search engine (generally these now tend to be encrypted/incognito by search engines).

This can all be amended by the user by either opting out and/or controlling the use of cookies on the device (see Cookies information below).

Cookies Information

General information regarding cookies: A cookie is a small file placed onto internet enabled device in order to recognise the device at recurring visits, and in turn enable a website's features and functionalities.

When does this website use cookies on this website?

This website only utilises persistent cookies when any browser loads the site, essentially for keeping track/observing general website visitor trends/statistics, as explained in the previous section above. This helps to better understand user behaviour on the website and assist with future design and development initiatives in order to improve content and enhance overall user experience. This is applicable to all sorts of Internet enabled devices, i.e. PC, smartphones and tablets.

By continuing to use this website, you are consenting to the use of this site’s cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in the cookies section of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the use of cookies in this or any such way, you can set your browser privacy and cookies settings accordingly. Most Internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies. You can change the settings to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device, as well as delete them.

You also have the option to opt-out of website tracking directly.

Privacy Policy Revision

This website reserves the right to modify, alter, or update this website's Privacy Policy at any time. As the user, you agree to be bound by such changes, and to its current relevancy, as presented.

You have a right to complain to the relevant Supervisory Authority if you believe that there is a problem with the way that this website is handling your personal data.

 

 

For any clarifications or further information please feel free to get in touch with us directly. Contact here

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