Privacy Policy

Yacht Havens Group believes it is important to protect your privacy and we are committed to giving you a personalised service that meets your needs in a way that also protects your privacy. This policy explains how we may collect information about you and then use it to help us provide you with a better experience. It also explains some of the security measures we take to protect any information that you give us when you use this website.

Yacht Havens Group is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Please check this page from time to time as we may update this policy. This privacy policy was updated in July 2010.

1. What we collect

We may collect personal information about you from a number of sources, including the following:

•  from you when you contact us with an enquiry or in response to a communication from us, in which case this may include your name and contact details

•  from you when you agree to take a service from us, in which case this may include your name and contact details and particulars of your vessel

•  from documents that are available to the public, such as the electoral register

2. What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

•  Internal record keeping.

•  We may use the information to improve our services.

•  We may periodically send promotional letters or emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address or postal address which you have provided.

•  From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

3. Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

4. How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

5. Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, please remember that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting these other sites. This privacy policy applies to information collected on this web site.

6. Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following way:

•  if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to us at: Yacht Havens Ltd, King's Saltern Road, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 3QD or emailing us at: lymington@yachthavens.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting.

•  You may request details of personal information which we hold about you, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to us at: Yacht Havens Ltd, King's Saltern Road, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 3QD or email us at: lymington@yachthavens.com

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.