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Barents Sealife Expeditions belongs to Skua Nature Group. This privacy policy explains how our organization uses the personal information we collect when you browse our website.

Who processes your personal data?

Owner and Data Controller

  • Skua Nature Group Srl. VAT No: IT -02636060069, in the person of the legal representative.
  • Address: Via Valle 4, 15020, Castelletto Merli.
  • Phone: +390141918349
  • Website: www.barentsexpeditions.com
  • E-mail address of the data controller: info@skuanature.com

We reserve the right to modify or adapt this Privacy Policy at any time, we recommend that you review it.

Web or email contacts

What personal data do we collect?

  • Browsing Data

The computer systems and software procedures used to operate this website collect several personal data during normal use, which are implicitly transmitted through Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified interested parties, but by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified. All our activities are governed by strict ethical principles, and we are committed to protecting the privacy of all visitors to our website. For this reason, the way we collect and store data is closely linked to the way you use our website and its services.

  • Data provided voluntarily by the user/visitor

When users/visitors who connect to this website send their personal data to access certain services or to make requests by e-mail, this involves the collection of the sender’s address and/or other personal data by Skua Nature, which will be processed solely to respond to the request. The personal data provided by users/visitors will only be disclosed to third parties if this is necessary to fulfil the requests made by the users/visitors themselves.

What is the purpose of processing data?

  • To respond to your questions or requests.
  • Business or event information by email if you have given your explicit consent.
  • To perform analysis and improvements on the web, our products, and services, and improve our business strategy.

What is the legal basis for processing your data?

The legal basis for processing is the granting of your consent. If a request requires you to complete a form and click the submit button, completing the form means that you have been informed and have given your consent to the processing by ticking the appropriate box. 

 All our forms have the symbol * in the mandatory fields. If you do not complete the fields or tick the box for acceptance of the privacy policy, sending the information will not be allowed and we will not be able to contact you or respond to your questions.

Newsletter contact section

What data do we collect through the newsletter?

The legal basis for processing is the granting of your consent. If a request requires you to complete a form and click the submit button, completing the form means that you have been informed and have given your consent to the processing by ticking the appropriate box. 

 All our forms have the symbol * in the mandatory fields. If you do not complete the fields or tick the box for acceptance of the privacy policy, sending the information will not be allowed and we will not be able to contact you or respond to your questions.

Social Media contact section

For what purposes will we process your personal data?

  • To respond to your questions and requests
    To administer the service you have requested, to respond to or process your request
    To contact you and build a community of followers

What is the legal basis for processing your data?

The acceptance of a contractual relationship under the respective social network, in accordance with its privacy policy:

How long do we store your personal data for?

We have a limited ability to access or delete your data if you have a specific profile. We process it for as long as you allow us to do so (by following, “friending” or clicking the “Like”, “Follow” or similar button).
The rectification of your data, the restriction of information or publications must be done through the configuration of your user profile on the social network itself.

Training and employment section

For what purposes will we process your personal data?

  • Organizing selection procedures to recruit employees.
  • Setting appointments for interviews and evaluating your application
  • If you have given us your consent, we may share this data with cooperating or affiliated companies for the sole purpose of helping you find a job
  • If you tick the box to accept the privacy policy, you give us your consent to share your application with group companies to involve you in their recruitment processes.

    We will keep your CV for one year after receipt, after which it will be destroyed.

What is the purpose of processing data?

The legal basis is your unambiguous consent, which you have given us by submitting your CV.

Personal data of third parties?

As a rule, we only process data provided to us by the owners. If you provide us with data from third parties, it is your sole responsibility to inform them and obtain their consent.

And data of minors?

We do not process data from children under the age of 14. Therefore, refrain from providing it on your own behalf or on behalf of third parties.
Skua Nature Group declines any responsibility for the breach of this provision.

Will we get in touch by electronic means?

Yes, but only to process your request if you provide us with your address or contact form given.

Who we may share your information with?

We may share your personal information with our employees, contractors, professional advisors and suppliers as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may share your personal information with any member of our group of companies (i.e. our subsidiaries, our parent company and any of its affiliates) where necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal data to:

  1. to the extent that we are required by law to do so;
    2. during current or future legal proceedings;
    3. for the purpose of enforcing, exercising, or defending our legal rights (including disclosure of information to third parties for the purposes of fraud prevention and credit risk mitigation);
    4. to the acquirer (or potential acquirer) of any of our businesses or assets that we are in the process of disposing of (or considering disposing of);
  2. to any person whom we reasonably believe would be entitled to apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal data if, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to require disclosure of that personal data.

We will not share any user information or personal data with any third parties, except as outlined in this Privacy Policy.

To which recipients will your data be passed on?

Your data will not be disclosed to third parties unless required by law. They will be disclosed to the State Tax Administration Agency, banks, and financial institutions for the collection of the service provided or the product purchased.
In the case of a purchase or payment, if you choose an application, website, platform, credit card or other online service, your data will be transferred to that platform or processed in its environment, always with maximum security.
We may share your data with web development and maintenance companies or hosting companies that have access to our website and act as data controllers for us, which is recognized by a contract for the provision of services and a data controller appointment that requires them to ensure the highest standards of personal data protection.
Any international data transfer when using American applications is subject to the Privacy Shield agreement, which ensures that American software companies comply with European data protection guidelines in relation to data protection.

Can your data be transferred internationally?

We may share your personal information with our employees, contractors, professional advisors and suppliers as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

  1. The data we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between the countries in which we operate for use in accordance with this Policy.
  2. The data we collect may be transferred to the following countries whose data protection laws are not the same as those of the European Economic Area: Norway, the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China, and India.

What security measures do we use?

Skua Nature has chosen an optimal level of protection for the personal data it processes and has installed all available means and state-of-the-art technical measures to prevent the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorized access, and theft of personal data. For more information, please refer to the register of treatments ex-art. 30 G.D.R., which can be provided to any interested party upon request.

How long will we store your personal data?

We will keep your personal data for as long as is strictly necessary for the purposes of the processing, without prejudice to the possibility of requesting its deletion at any time.
Personal data processed for the purpose in question will be kept for the periods required by law. 

We store all information and communications relating to your purchase or the provision of our service for as long as the guarantees for the products or services exist, to deal with any complaints.

What are your rights?

You can request at any time, through the above contacts, to verify the existence or not of your personal data, to know its content and origin, to verify its accuracy, to request its rectification, cancellation or blocking.

Cookies section

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is downloaded to the user’s computer to store data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for its installation.

You can consult our entire policy in the “Cookies Policy” section of our website.

Do we update our cookie polic?

We may update the cookie policy for our website. We therefore recommend that you review this policy each time you access our website to understand exactly how and why we use cookies.

Contact.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please send an email to: info@skuanature.com
We look forward to answering all your questions and helping you with your concerns.