Data protection

The protection of your personal data is important to you - and for us as well.

Because of that, we will inform you on this page about which data we collect, why we need this data and how you can contradict the data collection.

1) Who is the party responsible for data collection and processing?

United Ocean Lines is the party responsible for collecting and processing your data. The appointed data protection officer is Mr. Jens Philippi. If you have any questions, suggestions and/or criticism in relation to data protection, please contact:

info@unitedoceanlines.com

2) When and why does unitedoceanlines.com collect and process personal data?

All data collection and processing is performed for specific purposes. These may result from technical necessities, contractual requirements, or explicit customer requests. For technical reasons, certain data might be collected and stored during a visit to unitedoceanlines.com. As for example the date and duration of the visit, the web pages used, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used, and the website from which you visit us.

If you register for one of our services, the following required information is collected: Salutation, first name, last name, E-Mail address, industry you are working in.

To continuously improve our offerings, we save and analyze usage data from the online area on a pseudonymized basis. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. To the extent that we request consent to process your personal data, it serves as the legal basis according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. For processing of personal data required to fulfill a contract with you, the contract is the legal basis according to Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Article 6(1)(b) GDPR also applies to processing operations that are required to execute preliminary measures, for example, if you ask about our products or services.

If our company is subject to legal demands that require us to process personal data, for example, to fulfill tax responsibilities, then processing is based on Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

If you click on a link to an external page, you will move outside the pages of unitedoceanlines.com. United Ocean Lines is therefore not responsible for the content, services or products offered on the linked website and also for the privacy and technical safety on the linked website.

3) When will your data be deleted? 

Your data will be deleted as soon as they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were collected (e.g. within the framework of a contractual relationship). Your data must also be deleted if it is not permissible to store them (particularly if the data are inaccurate and correction is not possible). Where legal or practical obstacles prevent deletion, the data are blocked (e.g. special archiving obligations).

4) Are data encrypted?

The transmission of data and emails via the internet is generally unencrypted, and is therefore unprotected against third-party access. When you contact us by email, the confidentiality of the information provided cannot be guaranteed during the transmission; we therefore recommend that confidential information should be sent exclusively by letter. Unitedoceanlines.com is using SSL over HTTP (HTTPS). We recommand you to use this version.

5) What rights do users have?

• You can request information about what data is stored about you.
• You may request rectification, deletion and limitation of the processing (blocking) of your personal data as long as this is legally permissible and possible within the framework of an existing contractual relationship
• You have the right to transfer the data that you have provided us on the basis of a consent or a contract (data portability).
• If you have given us consent for data processing, you can revoke it at any time in the same way that you have granted it. The revocation of the consent does not affect the legality of the processing due to the consent until the revocation.
• To exercise your rights, send an email to: info@unitedoceanlines.com

6) Are data disclosed to third parties?

For the execution of the contract, the activation of instructions-dependent processors is usually a must, such as data center operators, printing or shipping service providers or other parties involved in the performance of the contract.

External service providers, who process data for us, are carefully selected by us and are strictly contractually obligated. The service providers work according to our instructions, which is ensured by strict contractual regulations, by technical and organisational measures and by supplementary controls.

Furthermore, your data will only be transmitted if you have given us your express consent or because of a legal regulation.

Transmission to third countries outside the EU/EEA or to an international organisation shall not take place unless there are adequate guarantees. These include the EU standard contractual clauses and an adequacy decision of the European Commission.

7) When are cookies used?

We want to give you the opportunity to make an informed decision for or against the use of cookies, unless these are not strictly necessary for the technical functioning of the website. Cookies are small text files in which personal data can be saved. Our data protection notice is intended to ensure that you are fully aware of data collection and processing, even where our web pages use cookies, and that you can make a correspondingly informed decision. We therefore inform you here about the type and scope of the intended use of cookies on our web pages. The use of unitedoceanlines.com is generally possible without cookies, unless these do not serve for technical purposes. You can prevent tracking by cookies by changing your browser settings or prevent third-party cookies from being saved. You can change your browser settings as follows:

• Google Chrome http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
• Google Browser-Add-on https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/
• Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
• Mozilla Firefox Privacy and Security Extensions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/privacy-security/
• Mozilla Firefox Do-not-track https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature
• Opera http://help.opera.com/Linux/12.10/en/cookies.html#prefs
• Safari https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

We also recommend regularly checking and deleting the cookies that are saved, where they are not specifically desired.

 We use cookies that are active from the start of your visit to our website until the end of the respective browser session. These cookies are automatically invalid and deleted as soon as you close your internet browser. These cookies are also known as "session cookies". Session cookies are used in the following areas:

• The cookie identifies the user when visiting the website for the duration of the active session.
• The cookie ensures that once the language has been selected, it is retained and applied for the duration of the active session, and continues to be provided to the user when they change between pages.
• The cookie serves for data security, and prevents data and content from being manipulated, accessed, and transmitted to other systems by third parties.

8) Web analysis service

We use the Google Analytics service on our website. Small text files (cookies) store data about how you use our website, including your IP address. These data are anonymized and stored by Google. If you do not wish to agree to the analysis of your use of our website, you can change your browser settings at any time to prevent cookies from being used. In this case, however, it may be the case that not all functions can be used.

9) Google Maps

Unitedoceanlines.com embeds Google Maps. If you give your consent, in addition to log data, your IP address is transmitted to the Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
The relevant privacy policy can be found at https://www.google.com/intl/en_policies/privacy/.
On the site https://policies.google.com/technologies/product-privacy?hl=en&gl=en you can make settings for your privacy.

10) New functions, updating the privacy policy

We adapt the privacy policy to changed functionalities. Therefore, we recommend that to read the privacy policy when you visit the new version of unitedoceanlines.com