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Privacy Policy
1. Data Controller
This privacy policy applies to the website marine-weather.com, operated by:
| Company | Marine Weather Intelligence |
| Address | 17 rue du Danemark, 56400 Auray, France |
| GDPR Contact | privacy@marine-weather.com |
| Responsible | Judith Cottin, Marketing & Communications Manager |
By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of your data as described below.
2. Data Collected and Tools Used
2.1 Contact forms and CRM (HubSpot)
When you fill in a form on our website, we collect:
- First name, last name, email address
- Company name and job title (where applicable)
- Any message or information you freely enter in the form
This data is transmitted to HubSpot, our CRM and marketing automation platform. HubSpot processes this data in accordance with its own privacy policy (available at hubspot.com).
We also use HubSpot to send marketing communications and newsletters, only with your prior explicit consent.
2.2 Client data
If you become a client of Marine Weather Intelligence, we retain in our CRM the information necessary to manage the commercial relationship:
- Professional contact details (for business clients)
- Personal contact details (for individual subscribers)
- History of exchanges and commercial follow-up
For business clients, data is processed under the execution of the contract. For individual clients, payment is processed via a secure external link, no banking data transits through our website.
2.3 Audience analytics (Google Analytics)
We use Google Analytics to analyse our website traffic. Data collected includes:
- Pages visited, session duration, traffic source
- Browser type and operating system
- IP address (anonymised)
Google processes this data in accordance with its privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
3. Purposes of Processing
Your data is used for the following purposes:
- Responding to your contact and demo requests
- Managing the commercial relationship and client follow-up
- Sending marketing communications and newsletters (with consent)
- Analysing website traffic and improving user experience
- Meeting our legal and accounting obligations
4. Legal Basis for Processing
| Processing | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Contact forms | Legitimate interest / pre-contractual measures |
| CRM and client management | Performance of contract |
| Newsletter & marketing | Consent (explicit opt-in) |
| Analytics | Consent (via cookie banner) |
| Legal obligations | Legal obligation |
5. Data Sharing
We share your data only with the sub-processors necessary for our operations:
- HubSpot Inc. CRM and marketing automation
- Google LLC Analytics (Google Analytics)
We do not sell your personal data and do not share it with any third party for commercial purposes.
6. Data Retention
| Data | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Prospects (not converted) | 3 years from last contact |
| Individual clients | Duration of subscription + 5 years (legal obligations) |
| Business clients | Duration of contract + 10 years (accounting obligations) |
| Analytics data | 26 months (Google Analytics setting) |
| Cookie data | 13 months maximum |
7. Your Rights (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, EU Regulation 2016/679), you have the following rights:
- Right of access: obtain a copy of your personal data
- Right to rectification: correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Right to erasure: request deletion of your data
- Right to restriction: temporarily limit processing
- Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured format
- Right to object: oppose certain processing activities (marketing in particular)
To exercise your rights, contact us at: privacy@marine-weather.com
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) at www.cnil.fr/en, or with the supervisory authority of your country of residence.
8. Cookies and Trackers
Our website uses cookies for the following purposes:
| Type | Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Website | Website operation, session security |
| Analytics | Google Analytics | Audience measurement, visitor behaviour |
| Marketing | HubSpot | Visit tracking, communication personalisation |
You can accept or refuse non-essential cookies via the consent banner displayed on your first visit. Strictly necessary cookies are active by default.
For more information, please consult our Cookie Policy.
9. International Data Transfers
HubSpot and Google are US-based companies. Data may be transferred to the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which provides an adequate level of protection recognised by the European Commission. You can verify the certifications of these providers at dataprivacyframework.gov.
10. Changes to This Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. The current version is always available at marine-weather.com. In the event of a material change, we will notify you by email if you are subscribed to our communications.
Related documents
This Privacy Policy should be read alongside our other legal documents:
Marine Weather Intelligence, 17 rue du Danemark, 56400 Auray, France