I. Name and address of the controller

The controller in the sense of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws in the member states as well as other data protection law provisions is:

CLOUD OCEAN LINE Ltd.

Units 1701 & 03, 17/F, Tower 1, 
Enterprise Square, 9 Sheung Yuet Road 
Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, 
Hong Kong
Email: info@cloud-ocean-line.com
Website: www.cloud-ocean-line.com

II. Address and contact data of the data protection officer

CLOUD OCEAN LINE Ltd.

Units 1701 & 03, 17/F, Tower 1, 
Enterprise Square, 9 Sheung Yuet Road 
Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, 
Hong Kong
Email: info@cloud-ocean-line.com
Website: www.cloud-ocean-line.com

We would like to provide you with the following notes and information regarding the way that we carefully protect your private details and the extensive level of confidentiality when handling your data:

III. Making available the website and generating log files

1. Anonymous data collection

In principle, you can use our websites without informing us who you are. We only learn about technical data like the name of your Internet service provider, the website from which you come and the corporate websites that you visit. This information is assessed with the date and time details for internal statistical purposes related to advertising, website analysis and for designing our websites to meet needs. You remain completely anonymous as a user in this process. No pseudonymised user profiles are generated.

2. The purpose and legal basis of data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary in order to enable the website to be sent to the user’s computer. The user’s IP address must be stored for the duration of the session. The legal basis for temporarily storing the data is found in Article 6 Para. 1 f) of the GDPR.

3. The length of time that data is stored

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was gathered. When gathering data to make available the website, deletion occurs once the session in question has ended.

4. Opportunity to object and to have the data removed

The logging of data for making available the website and storing data in log files is absolutely necessary to operate the Internet site. There is therefore no opportunity for the user to object to this.

IV. Using cookies

1. Description and scope of the data processing

We make use of cookies to improve the quality of establishing the link with and the content of our website and to provide user-oriented navigation that is as smooth as possible. We make use of so-called session cookies that are restricted to the time of your visit to the website. They are used to determine which content is viewed from your PC while you continue to surf and they also play a role in increasing your security when surfing. Once you leave our website or do not click on it for a certain time, these short-term cookies are deleted again.  

Cookies cannot do any damage to your PC. They do not cause any security risk in the sense of viruses or spying on your PC. You control how cookies are handled yourself. Please use the help function in your browser to allow, reject, view and delete them.

We make use of cookies in order to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements on our website require us to identify the browser making the request after you move from one site to another. The following data is therefore stored and transmitted in the cookies:

• language settings

We also use cookies that enable an analysis of the surfing behaviour of users. The following data can be transmitted in this way:

• search terms that are entered

2. The purpose and legal basis of data processing

The purpose of using absolutely necessary cookies (technically necessary cookies) is to enable the use of websites for the users. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using absolutely necessary cookies is Article 6 Para. 1 f) of the GDPR.

Some functions of our website are not available without using cookies. It is essential for them that the browser is recognised again after a change of site. We need cookies for the following applications:

• to take over language settings

The user data collected through the cookies required for technical purposes is not used to draw up any user profiles.

Analysis cookies are used for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. The analysis cookies enable us to see how the website is being used and we are then able to continually optimise our services. The following analysis cookies are used:

• to note search terms

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using non-technically necessary cookies (performance cookies) is Article 6 Para. 1 a) of the GDPR (consent).

3. The length of time that data is stored and the opportunity to object and to have the data removed

Cookies are stored on the user’s computer and are transmitted to our site by the latter. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. By making changes to the settings in your Internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the sending of cookies. Any cookies already stored can be deleted at any time. This can take place automatically too. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may not be possible for you to make full use of all the functions available on the website.

V. Contact form and email contact

1. Description and scope of managing the data

There is a contact form on our website and it can be used to make contact electronically. If a user makes use of this facility, the data entered on the input form is sent to us and stored. This data involves:

• subject
• first name
• last name
• email address
• name of the company
• address of the company
• country/Region
• phone number
• details of your delivery
• free text
• time of the request
• IP address

Alternatively, it is possible to make contact via the email address that is made available. In this case, the user’s personal data that is sent with the email is stored.  

2. The purpose and legal basis of data processing

Within the scope of your contacting us, we process your personal data on the basis of the following legal principles for the following purposes:

The processing of the personal data from the contact form or your email serves us solely to process the contact and in case of follow-up questions. The legal basis for the processing of the data is our legitimate interest in answering your request in accordance with Article 6 Para. 1 f) of the GDPR and, if applicable, Article 6 Para. 1 b) of the GDPR, if your request is aimed at the conclusion of a contract.

The other personal data processed when the email is sent is used to prevent any misuse of the contact form and guarantee the security of our IT systems.  The legal basis for the processing of personal data is Article 6 Para. 1 f) of the GDPR.

3. The length of time that data is stored

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was gathered. This is the case for any personal data from the input form in the contact form and the data that is sent by email when the relevant conversation with the user has been concluded. The conversation has been ended when the circumstances suggest that the facts of the case in question have been finally resolved.

The personal data, which is also gathered during the sending procedure, is deleted after a period of seven days, at the very latest.

4. Recipients of the data

Inquiries via our contact form are handled cebtrally. If necessary, we will forward your inquiry for internal processing. ThThe receiver will process the data you have provided in order to contact you regarding your inquiry.

5. Opportunity to object and to have the data removed

In the case of Article 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, you can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. Please note that in this case your request cannot be processed further. You can declare your objection by sending an email to our email address given above.

VII. Google Analytics

This website makes use of functions provided by the web analysis service known as Google Analytics. The provider of this is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland. Google Analytics makes use of so-called “cookies”. They are text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of the use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is normally sent to a server operated by Google in the USA and stored there.

a) IP pseudonymisation

We have activated the IP pseudonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address is abbreviated by Google within the member states of the European Union or in other signatory countries to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being sent to the USA. The complete IP address is only sent to a Google server in the USA in exceptional cases before being abbreviated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website in order to assess your usage of the website, to compile reports about the website activities and to enable the website operator to provide other services associated with the use of the website and the Internet. The legal basis is the consent according to Article 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR. The IP address sent from your browser by Google Analytics is not combined with any other data held by Google.

b) Browser plug-ins

You can prevent the cookies from being stored by making the appropriate setting in your browser software; however, we would point out that you may not be able to fully make use of all the functions of this website, if you do so. You can also prevent the logging of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) being sent to Google or Google’s ability to process this data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in that is available at this link: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

c) Objecting to the logging of data

You can prevent the logging of your data by Google by clicking on the following link. This generates an opt-out cookie, which will prevent any of your data being logged during future visits to this website: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

You can obtain more information about how user data is handled at Google Analytics in Google’s data privacy declaration: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de

d) Demographic features with Google Analytics                      

This website uses the “demographic features” function within Google Analytics. This means that it is possible to generate reports that contain statements about the age, gender and interests of the visitors to the site. This data comes from Google’s advertising that is related to interests and from visitor data from third-party providers. This data cannot be assigned to any particular person. You can deactivate this function by using the advertising settings in your Google account at any time or generally prohibit the logging of your data by Google Analytics, as demonstrated in the paragraph on “Objecting to the logging of data”.

VII. The rights of data subject

1. Right of access

You can request confirmation from us as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing has taken place, you can request information from us about the following:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data is being processed;

(2) the categories of personal data that are being processed;

(3) the recipients or the categories of recipients to whom the personal data related to you has been disclosed or is still being disclosed;

(4) the planned time span for storing the personal data related to you or, if specific details on this are not possible, the criteria for determining the time span for storage;

(5) the existence of any right to correct or delete the personal data related to you, a right to restrict the processing of the data by the controller or a right to object to this processing of data;  

(6) the existence of a right to make a complaint to a supervisory authority;

(7) all the information that is available about the origin of the data, if the personal data is not being gathered from the person involved;

You can receive a free copy of your data from us. If you are interested in further copies, we reserve the right to charge you for the additional copies.

2. Right to rectification

You have the right to have the controller correct and/or complete any data, if the personal data that is being processed and concerns you is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must make the correction immediately.

3. Right to restriction of processing

You may demand restrictions on the processing of the personal data related to you in the following situations:

(1) if you dispute the correctness of the personal data related to you for a period that enables the controller to check the correctness of the personal data;

(2) if the processing of the data is illegal and you reject any deletion of your personal data and demand that restrictions are placed on the use of your personal data instead;

(3) if the controller no longer requires the personal data for the purposes of processing it, but you require it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or

(4) if you have lodged an objection to the processing according to Article 21 Para. 1 of the GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons presented by the controller override your reasons.

4. Right to erasure

You may demand from the controller that the personal data related to you is deleted immediately and the controller shall be obliged to delete this data immediately if one of the following reasons applies:

(1) the personal data related to you is no longer required for the purposes for which it was gathered or processed in some other way;

(2) you withdraw your consent, on which the processing of the data was based according to Article 6 Para. 1 a) or Article 9 Para. 2 a) of the GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for processing the data;

(3) you lodge an objection against any processing of the data according to Article 21 Para. 1 of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing of the data or you lodge an objection to the processing of the data according to Article 21 Para. 2 of the GDPR;

(4) the personal data related to you has been processed illegally;

(5) the deletion of the personal data related to you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation according to the laws of the Union or the law of the member states, to which the controller is subject;  

(6) the personal data related to you was gathered in relation to information society services according to Article 8 Para. 1 of the GDPR.

a) Exceptions

There is no right to have the data deleted if the processing of the data is required:

(1) to exercise the right of free expression and information;

(2) to meet a legal obligation, which requires the processing of the data according to the laws of the Union or the member states, to which the controller is subject, or to perform a task that is of public interest or takes place in connection with exercising any state authority that has been transferred to the controller;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the field of public health according to Article 9 Para. 2 h) and i) as well as Article 9 Para. 3 of the GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes that are in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes according to Article 89 Para. 1 of the GDPR, if the right cited in paragraph a) will probably make the achievement of the goals of this processing of data impossible or will serious impair it; or

(5) to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

5. Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data related to you, which you have made available to the controller, in a structured, conventional and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transfer this data to a different controller without any obstruction by the first controller, to which the personal data was made available, if

(1) the processing of the data is based on consent in line with Article 6 Para. 1 a) of the GDPR or Article 9 Para. 2 a) of the GDPR or on a contract according to Article 6 Para. 1 b) of the GDPR and

(2) the processing of the data takes place using automated procedures.

When exercising this right, you also have the right to ensure that the personal data related to you is directly transferred from one controller to a different controller, if this is technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons may not be impaired by this process.

The right to data portability shall not apply to any processing of personal data that is necessary to perform a task that is in the public interest or takes place in connection with exercising any state authority that has been transferred to the controller.

6. The right to object

You have the right to lodge an objection at any time to the processing of the personal data related to you, if this takes place according to Article 6 Para. 1 e) or f) of the GDPR, for reasons arising from your particular situation; this shall also apply to any profiling supported by these stipulations. In this case we will no longer process your data. The latter does not apply if we can prove that there are compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection which outweigh your interests or if we need your data to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If the personal data related to you is processed to provide direct marketing, you have the right to lodge an objection to the processing of the personal data related to you for the purpose of this kind of advertising at any time; this shall also apply to profiling, if it is connected to this kind of direct marketing. If you object to the processing of the data for the purposes of direct marketing, the personal data related to you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

7. The right to cancel the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to cancel your declaration of consent provided under data protection law at any time. By cancelling your consent, the legitimacy of the processing of the data that was performed on the basis of your consent until your cancellation shall not be affected.

8. The right to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority

Regardless of any different administrative law or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, particularly in the member state of your place of residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged breach, if you believe that the processing of the personal data related to you breaches the GDPR.