Privacy Policy | Aldo Bunker Solutions

This policy explains how Aldo Bunker Solutions collects and uses personal data when you visit this website or send a quote request.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The data controller is [Registered company name], trading as Aldo Bunker Solutions, with its registered office at [Registered office address] and VAT number [VAT number]. You can contact us about this policy at [Privacy contact email].

2. Data we collect

Quote request form: your full name, email address, phone number, country and the message you write. The message can include your vessel name, delivery port, product and quantity.
Correspondence: the emails and calls we exchange with you about your request.
Technical data: your IP address, browser type, device, the pages you request and the time of each request. Our hosting provider records this in server logs.

We do not ask for special categories of personal data. Please do not include them in your message.

3. Why we use your data and on what legal basis

To answer your quote request and prepare a quotation. Legal basis: steps taken at your request before entering into a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).
To keep the website secure and to prevent abuse. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
To keep accounting and tax records when a quotation becomes an order. Legal basis: legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR).
To establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Legal basis: our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling. We send marketing communications only if you have agreed to receive them.

4. Who receives your data

We share personal data only where needed for the purposes above, with:

our hosting and email service providers, who process data on our instructions;
suppliers and service partners involved in delivering the product or service you ask for, only to the extent needed to prepare or carry out your order;
professional advisers, authorities and courts where the law requires it.

We do not sell personal data.

5. Transfers outside the European Economic Area

Our clients and partners are located worldwide, so your data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area. Where the European Commission has not recognised a country as offering adequate protection, we use safeguards such as the Standard Contractual Clauses. You can ask for a copy of these safeguards at [Privacy contact email].

6. How long we keep your data

Quote requests and related correspondence: [24 months] after our last contact with you, unless they lead to a contract.
Contract and accounting records: for the period that the tax and accounting law applicable to us requires.
Server logs: [30 days].

7. Your rights

You have the right to access your data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its use, and to receive it in a portable format. Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To exercise a right, write to [Privacy contact email]. We reply within one month.

You can also complain to a data protection authority. In Italy this is the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it). If you live elsewhere, you can contact the authority in your country.

8. Cookies

This website does not use cookies for analytics or advertising. Read our Cookie Policy for details.

9. Security

We use technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including encrypted connections (HTTPS). No system is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

10. Children

This website is for businesses and yacht professionals. It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The date at the top of the page shows the latest version.