Privacy Policy

The protection of your personal data is an important concern to Winkey Shipping Company Limited. Your trust is our top priority. Therefore, we always treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this Website Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy).

This policy discloses the way and manner how Winkey Shipping handles personal data on the internet, what information about the users of our website is recorded and analyzed, and how this information is used, shared or otherwise processed. It furthermore describes how cookies and other technologies can be used in our applications.

When accessing our website, you will be informed about the use of cookies. Winkey Shipping may change and update this Privacy Policy on a regular basis at its sole discretion. In that case, we will publish updated versions of this Privacy Policy on this and other relevant web pages. A revised Privacy Policy applies only to data that is collected after the date on which the policy takes effect. We recommend that you check this page regularly for updated information about our data privacy practices.

I. Name and Address of the Data Controller

The data controller in the definition of the data protection laws and regulations is:

II. Contact Details for Privacy Inquiries

For any privacy-related inquiries or to exercise your data subject rights, please contact us at:

III. General Remarks on Data Processing

1. Scope of Processing Personal Data

We use your personal data in the way described in this Privacy Policy in order to make our services available, to respond to your enquiries, and to the extent it is legally permissible or required or to assist in legal or criminal investigations. Furthermore, we may anonymize and aggregate data collected via this website for statistical purposes to expand our product portfolio and improve our services.

2. With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Data?

We may store your personal data or otherwise pass it on to our affiliates or further trustworthy business partners, who perform services in our name, for example, for technical support, to evaluate the usefulness of this website, for marketing purposes or other types of service provision. We have concluded contracts with these parties to ensure that personal data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

We may pass on your personal data to these parties and other third parties exclusively to the required extent in order to render the services that you have requested or authorized and to protect your and our rights, property or security or, if we are obligated to do so based on applicable laws, orders by courts or other authorities.

Please note that the companies to whom we may pass on your personal data may be domiciled outside of your home country, and potentially also in countries with data protection laws that may differ from those applicable in the country where you are domiciled. In such cases, we will ensure that suitable measures for the protection of your personal data are taken by introducing suitable legal mechanisms.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Insofar as we obtain a declaration of consent from the data subject for the processing of personal data, the processing is based on your consent.

In the processing of personal data that is required for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, the processing serves as the legal basis for the contract fulfilment. This also applies to processing that is required to conduct pre-contractual measures.

Where processing of personal data is required for the fulfillment of a legal obligation imposed on our company, this serves as the legal basis.

If the processing serves to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, civil rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the interest mentioned first, this serves as the legal basis for the processing.

4. Data Erasure and Period of Storage

The personal data of the data subjects will be erased or blocked as soon as the purpose for storage ceases to apply. Data may also be stored beyond this point in time if this has been provided for by applicable laws and regulations. The data will also be blocked or erased when a storage period expires, unless there is a necessity for the continued storage of the data for a contract conclusion or contract fulfillment.

IV. Provision of the Website and Creation of Logfiles

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

Each time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the accessing device. The following data is collected in the process:

• Information on the browser type and the version used
• The user's operating system
• Date and time of the access
• Websites from which the user's system reaches our website
• Websites that are accessed by the user's system via our website

The data will be stored in the logfiles of our system. This data will not be stored together with other personal data of the user.

2. Purpose of Data Processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable a delivery of the website to the computer of the user. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. The logfiles are stored in order to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data helps us optimize the website and ensure the security of our IT systems.

3. Duration of Storage

The data will be erased as soon as it is no longer needed to achieve the purpose of its collection. In the event that the data is stored in logfiles, erasure will take place at the latest after 30 days. Storage beyond this point is possible. In that case, the users' IP addresses will be erased or anonymized.

V. Use of Cookies

1. Description, Purpose and Scope of Data Processing

In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies or similar technologies such as pixels are used on your device when you use and visit our website. Cookies are small text files or image files which are stored by your browser on your end device to store certain information. The next time you access our website from the same end device, the data stored in the Cookies will subsequently be sent back to our website.

You can object to the use of non-Necessary Cookies at any time by making the appropriate adjustments to your Cookie settings using our Cookie Banner. This Cookie Banner is displayed when you visit our website for the first time.

2. Cookie Types

VI. Contact Form and Email Contact

1. Description and Scope of Data Processing

A contact form is provided on our website, which can be used to contact us electronically. If you use this option, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. This data includes:

• First name
• Last name
• Company name
• Email
• Phone number
• Message content

With regard to the processing of the data, reference to this Privacy Policy will be made in the transmission process. Your data will be processed for advertising purposes only with your consent.

If contact is offered via a provided email address, the user's personal data transmitted along with the email will be stored in that case. The data will not be transmitted to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for the processing of the conversation and, if you have expressly consented to it, for advertising purposes.

2. Purpose of Data Processing

Personal data from the input mask is processed solely for the purpose of processing communication. Unless you have consented to it, your data will not be processed for other than the specified purposes (e.g. for advertising purposes). The other personal data processed in the course of the transmission process serves to prevent misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our IT systems.

3. Duration of Storage

The data will be erased as soon as you withdraw your consent or if the data are no longer needed to achieve the purpose for which it has been collected. The communication is deemed concluded when, based on the circumstances, the relevant facts have been clarified conclusively.

VII. Rights of Data Subjects

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject and have the rights listed below. You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us at info@winkeyshipping.com.

VIII. Report of Data Breaches

Data breaches can be reported at any time to info@winkeyshipping.com. A data breach means a breach of security that leads to the accidental or illegal destruction, loss or modification, unauthorized disclosure or unauthorized access of personal data.

IX. Minors

Persons younger than 18 years of age should not transmit any personal data without the agreement of their parents or legal guardians. Personal data of minors is not knowingly collected and processed.

X. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Winkey Shipping Company Limited reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time and with effect for the future. It is therefore recommended to read this Privacy Policy at regular intervals.