About our Privacy Policy

Shipping Expert Witness, part of Seawise Chartering Limited (“We”), are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

We comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us in connection with the use of this website, will be processed by us.  Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

By visiting www.shippingexpertwitness.co.uk you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Information we may collect from you:

When you visit our website, we may collect and process the following:

• Information you provide if you contact us including company details, personal and sensitive data;
• Details of visits made to our website including, but not limited to, the volume of traffic received, logs (including, where available, the IP address of the device connecting to the website) and the resources accessed;
• If you apply online for a job you may need to provide information about your education, employment, region of interest and role you are applying for. Your application will constitute your express consent to our use of this information to assess your application and to allow us to carry out any monitoring activities, which may be required of us under applicable law as an employer; and
• Details of any transaction you carry out through our website.

Do we use cookies?

Our websites generally do not use cookies. However, in the event where cookies are used, a statement will be sent to your browser explaining their use.

Do we link to other websites?

Our site may from time to time, contain links to and from other websites including our partner networks and affiliates.  When you click on one of these links, you are leaving our site and entering another site that we do not control and for which we are not responsible.  You should carefully review the privacy statements or policies on any other site that you visit as those privacy statements or policies will apply to your visit to that site and they may differ greatly from our privacy policy.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information held about you in a number of ways, including:

• To provide you with information and services that you request from us;
• To improve the content and methods of delivery of our website;
• To provide you with information or services that we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;
• To comply with legal obligations; and
• To disclose your information, as set out below. 

Disclosure of your information:

We may share your personal information with any member of Shipping Expert Witness and Seawise Chartering, which means any of our subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

We may share your information with selected third parties including analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our site.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

• In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets;
• If all or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case personal data held by us will be one of the transferred assets;
• If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation;
• In order to enforce or apply our terms of use;
• Or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Seawise Chartering group, our customers, or others; this includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction. 

Where we store your personal data:

The data we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”).  It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for us or one of our suppliers.  Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of support services or the processing of your application for employment.  By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.  We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.  Although we use reasonable efforts to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted from our site; any transmission is at your own risk.  Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Your rights:

You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes.  We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.  You have the right to add, amend, delete or update your personal data at any time by contacting us at info@seawise-chartering.co.uk

Access to your information:

If you have sent us an enquiry by email you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

The privacy laws of some countries give individuals the right to access and amend their personal information.  If you would like to request a copy of your information or would like to change the information we hold about you, please contact us at info@seawise-chartering.co.uk.

Changes to our Privacy Policy:

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.  Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

What about opting out from marketing?

You can opt out of receiving marketing communications by contacting us at any time by sending an email to info@seawise-chartering.co.uk.

Contact:

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy should be addressed to info@seawise-chartering.co.uk.