Effective May 1, 2023
This Global Privacy Notice describes the policies and procedures followed by Aquatic Technologies LLC and its affiliates (together, “Aquatic”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information when you visit our website or otherwise interact with Aquatic. For the purposes of European and UK data protection laws, Aquatic is the data controller of your personal information. Please note that when using the website, this Global Privacy Notice should be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use and is incorporated into our Terms of Use.
Collection of Personal Information. When you visit the website, receive services from us or otherwise interact with Aquatic, we may collect and process the following data about you:
Use of your Personal Information. We may use the personal information you give us to carry out the following purposes:
| Purpose | Lawful Basis |
|---|---|
| To contact you and to respond to your requests, inquiries and other communications | We have a legitimate interest in responding to your requests and inquiries for ongoing business administration |
| To deliver services to you | To manage and perform our contract with you |
| For employment recruitment purposes | We have a legitimate interest in considering an applicant for a role or vacancy in accordance with our employment recruitment process and contractual obligations and/or to take pre-contractual steps (such as background screening, vetting or reference checks) |
| For business administration, including statistical analysis | We have a legitimate interest in the proper management and administration of our relationship with you and to ensure that we are as effective and efficient as we can be |
| To personalize your visit to the website and to assist you while you use the website | We have a legitimate interest in the proper management and administration of our relationship with you and to ensure that we are as effective and efficient as we can be |
| To improve the website by helping us understand who uses the website | We have a legitimate interest in the proper management and administration of our relationship with you and to ensure that we are as effective and efficient as we can be |
| For fraud prevention and detection and to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or codes of practice including complying with any obligations derived from anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism legislation | To comply with our legal obligations and our legitimate interests |
You have a right to object to the processing of your personal information where that processing is carried out for our legitimate interest. An objection will be deemed justified unless compelling grounds for such processing override your interests as a Data Subject. As such, the right to object is not absolute.
Sharing your Personal Information. We may use selected third parties to provide us with services or technical support for the website who may have access to your personal information.
Rights of Individuals in Europe and the United Kingdom (and certain other jurisdictions). As a Data Subject, you have certain data privacy rights that may be subject to limitations and/or restrictions. These rights include the right to: (i) request access to and rectification and erasure of your personal information; (ii) obtain restriction of processing or to object to processing of your personal information; and (iii) ask for a copy of your personal information be provided to you, or a third-party in a digital format. You also have the right to lodge a complaint about the processing of your personal information with your local data protection authority. Such rights are subject to applicable exemptions and restrictions under applicable laws. For questions and to submit a rights request, please contact us as described below under “Contact Us”.
California Privacy Rights. Under California law California residents are entitled to ask us for a notice describing which categories of personal customer information we share with third parties or corporate affiliates for those third parties or corporate affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. That notice will identify the categories of information shared and will include a list of the third parties and affiliates with which it was shared, along with their names and addresses. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a request to us via compliance@aquatic.com. Please allow thirty (30) days for a response.
To the extent applicable, California law also provides California residents with the following rights with respect to their personal information:
When California residents exercise these rights and submit a request, Aquatic will verify their identity by asking them for information such as their email address, telephone number, and/or information about their account with us. We will endeavor to honor requests unless such a request conflicts with certain lawful exemptions under California law, including where necessary to comply with other legal obligations. Please note that Aquatic is only required to honor such requests twice in a twelve (12) month-long period.
Exercise of these rights will have no adverse effect on the price and quality of our services to you.
For the twelve (12) month period prior to the date of this Privacy Notice, we have not sold any personal information and have not shared any personal information for cross-contextual advertising; nor do we have any plans to do so in the future.
Europe and UK Data Transfer—Consent. When you are based in Europe and/or the UK, personal information collected from you, including via the website, will be transferred to certain recipients located outside of Europe (including in the United States where the website is hosted) that may not provide a similar or adequate level of protection compared to that provided by countries in Europe and the UK. You hereby consent to the transfer of your personal information to recipients as described in this Privacy Notice that are located outside of Europe and the UK. You may withdraw your consent at any time.
Security. Aquatic maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards reasonably designed to protect your information against loss, misuse, damage, or modification and unauthorized access or disclosure. Aquatic can make no guarantee that these procedures will prevent all unauthorized access and, as a result, personal information submitted through or contained on the website may be vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure to unknown third parties.
Data Quality, Storage, and Access. While we endeavor to ensure that all information we hold about you is accurate, complete and up to date, you can help us in this regard by promptly notifying us if there are any changes to your personal information.
Retention. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Aquatic may retain your personal information as necessary for the provision of the services, for internal analytical purposes, or to comply with its legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce agreements. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include: (i) how long the personal data is needed to provide the services and operate the business; (ii) the type of personal data collected; and (iii) whether we are subject to a legal, contractual or similar obligation to retain the data (e.g. mandatory data retention laws, government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation, or data that must be retained for the purposes of litigation or disputes).
Right to Raise Concerns.
In the event that you are not satisfied with our processing of your personal information, you reserve the right to raise a concern or submit a complaint with the applicable supervisory authority. If you wish to raise a concern with us directly, please contact us as described below under “Contact Us”.
Children’s Privacy. We do not collect or maintain information through our website from those whom we actually know are under the age of 18 and no part of our website is targeted to attract anyone under 18.
Cookies The website may use “cookies” which may automatically collect certain information and data. Cookies are small pieces of data sent to your computer browser from our web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. The data identifies you as a unique user and facilitates your ongoing access to and use of the website. Cookies may also help us diagnose problems with our server and the website. If you do not want us to use cookies when you use the website, you can adjust your internet browser settings to not accept cookies. Your web browser’s help function should tell you how to do this. The cookies currently used are listed below but may be updated from time to time:
Revisions to this Privacy Notice. We may revise or supplement this Privacy Notice from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use or share your personal information, we will notify you by posting a notice on our website before the change becomes effective. We encourage you to refer to this Privacy Notice on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy practices.
Contact Us. If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Notice, or if you are located in California or Europe and wish to exercise your rights as described above, please feel free to contact us at compliance@aquatic.com.