Privacy Policy for Marlinix
Marlinix, a nutrition planning platform, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our services, or interact with us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access our online platform.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our personalized nutrition planning, marine-inspired dietary consultations, wellness analytics, and marine ecosystem nutrition insights.
- Personal Data: We collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering on our site, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us or our services, participating in activities on our online platform, or otherwise contacting us. This includes, but is not limited to, your name, age, gender, dietary preferences, health goals, activity levels, and any health conditions relevant to nutrition planning.
- Health and Dietary Information: Given the nature of our nutrition planning services, we collect sensitive information related to your health, dietary restrictions, allergies, and wellness goals. This information is crucial for providing personalized and safe recommendations.
- Usage Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access our site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing our site.
- Technical Data: Details about the device you use to access our services, including device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, mobile network information, and browser details.
2. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via our online platform to:
- Provide personalized nutrition plans and dietary consultations based on your unique profile and goals.
- Develop and display customized content and advertising tailored to your interests in marine-inspired nutrition and wellness.
- Process your transactions and manage your account.
- Communicate with you regarding our services, updates, and promotional offers.
- Perform data analysis to improve our website, services, and product offerings, including wellness analytics and marine ecosystem nutrition insights.
- Ensure the security and integrity of our online platform.
- Comply with legal obligations and resolve disputes.
3. Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. We do not sell your personal data. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These service providers will only have access to the personal data necessary to perform their functions and are contractually obligated to protect your information.
- Business Transfers: If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party.
4. Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information, especially sensitive health and dietary data. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
- Encryption: We use encryption technologies to protect sensitive data during transmission and storage.
- Access Control: Access to your personal data is restricted to authorized personnel who need to know that information to provide our services.
- Regular Monitoring: We regularly monitor our systems for potential vulnerabilities and attacks.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide the services you have requested, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to close your account, we will delete your personal data upon request, unless we are legally required or entitled to retain certain data.
6. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR Compliant)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will respond to your request within one month.
7. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on our online platform to help customize our site and improve your experience. When you access our site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of our site.
8. Policy for Children
Our online platform is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 18 without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Marlinix
Loughries Road
Bangor, BT23 8SR
United Kingdom