We, at International Seafarers’ Union (ISU), with its registered office at Cesta na Markovec 19G, 6000 Koper, Slovenia, European Union, understand that your privacy is important to you. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data, that we collect fairly and transparently via this website and personal data received from you in any form in accordance with the law, in particular, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679), and other applicable laws, that regulate the collection, handling, processing and privacy of personal data. This Privacy Policy provides information about how we collect, handle, process and protect your personal data in connection with the website, in our capacity as data controllers. We may at times amend this Privacy Policy, so please make sure that you have seen the latest version.
THE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
Information obtained by International Seafarers’ Union (ISU). through the use either of the website or from received e-mails is handled confidentially. Personal information (such as name or e-mail address), which we receive, when we are contacted via e-mail or through the website forms, is used for correspondence in order to provide you with the requested information, for statistical analysis, necessary communication or for notification of news. We will not sell or trade the information to any third party.
Through the e-mails received when/if contacting us the following personal information is collected:
- first name and last name;
- e-mail address;
- current employment status;
- basic biographical details and
- other contact details.
We may automatically collect information about the devices you use to interact with our website through the use of monitoring tools for websiteanalytics, the statistics of website use. The information we automatically collect may include your IP address, device identifier, web browser, time of visit and information about how you use the website, such as what you have searched for and viewed. This information is used exclusively for monitoring statistics regarding the visits and the use of the website, with the aim to gain an understanding of the website users to improve our website and the range of our services in accordance with your needs, values and interests.
USE OF INFORMATION
The personal data we collect may be used where we have your specific consent to do so, or where we have a legitimate interest in or other legal basis for processing such information. In some situations, the collection of personal data may be required for the operation of the website or to provide certain services. We use your personal data to fulfill your requests for information, process your requests for required services, personalize content that you view or receive on the website, evaluate and improve our services, distribute newsletters and alerts to you, analyze the websites’ performance and functioning, prevent fraud, enforce our terms of use, comply with all applicable laws and accomplish other purposes you may initiate or request. We may keep any of your personal data on file and use it to contact you.
DATA RECIPIENTS AND INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Personal data collected through the website’s forms and through e-mail communication may be transferred to our third party service providers located throughout the world, but only when this is necessary to provide you with the requested services and only with your consent, as long as such third- party service providers will first agree to maintain the strict confidentiality of such information and provide the same level of data security as provided by the ISU. We are committed to ensuring adequate data protection of your personal data that is processed by our third- party service providers. We will not intentionally disclose or transfer (and will take reasonable steps to prevent the unauthorized or accidental disclosure of) your personal data to third parties without your consent, whether for such third parties’ own marketing purposes or otherwise
We are committed to ensuring that any processing of personal data by third party service providers is consistent with this Privacy Policy and protects the confidentiality, accessibility, and integrity of your personal data.
LINK TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
The ISU may provide links to third-party websites or information as a service to our users via the website. If you use these links, you will leave the website. Such links do not constitute or imply an endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation by the ISU of the third party, the third- party website, or the information contained therein, and the ISU shall not be responsible or liable for your use thereof. Such use shall be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies applicable to those websites.
SECURITY
The ISU has implemented generally accepted measures to protect personal data from loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction in accordance with applicable laws. Only authorized the ISU personnel and third-party service providers are provided access to personal data, and these employees and service providers are required to treat this information as confidential and compliant with your consent.
DATA RETENTION POLICY
The ISU retains personal data, as necessary, for the duration of the required trade union activities. We may also retain personal data for longer than the duration of the required trade union activities should we need to retain it to protect ourselves against legal claims, use it for analysis or comply with our information management policies and schedules. If you request that we delete your personal data, the ISU will make reasonable attempts to delete all instances of the information in their entirety. For requests for access, corrections, or deletion, please refer to the “Your Rights” section of this Privacy Policy.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the right to request access to the personal data that we have collected about you for the purposes of reviewing, modifying, or requesting the erasure (‘right to be forgotten’) or restriction of processing of the data. You also have the right to request a copy of the personal data that we have collected about you, to transmit those data to another controller, and to have any inaccuracies in that data corrected. In certain circumstances, you may also request that we cease processing your personal data. If you would like to make a request to access, review, or correct the personal data we have collected about you, or to discuss how we process your personal data, please contact us at protection@isu-organisation.com. To help protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as for example requiring a password, before granting access to your personal data. We will make reasonable attempts to promptly investigate, comply with, or otherwise respond to your requests as may be required by applicable law. We reserve the right to charge an appropriate fee for complying with your request where allowed by applicable law, and/or deny your requests where they may be manifestly unfounded, and/or excessive, or otherwise objectionable or unwarranted under applicable law. You may also unsubscribe from mailing lists or registration on the website. To do so, please contact us to for us to comply with your request.
CONSENT AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
By using the website, you consent to the collection, use, and storage of your personal data by us in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to occasionally make changes to this Privacy Policy. We will alert you to any such changes by updating this Privacy Policy. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy that increase our rights to use personal data that we have previously collected about you, we will obtain your consent either through an email or through any other required form compliant with the applicable law.
Should you have any further questions or preferences regarding these matters please do not hesitate to contact us.