Privacy Policy

GPK Maritime Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and the privacy of its clients. This Privacy Notice describes how GPK Maritime Inc. collects, uses, and discloses personal information. This Notice applies to any personal information you provide and any personal information we collect from other parties.

When do we collect your information?

GPK Maritime Inc. collects personal information when:

• You contact us or we perform services for you.
• We provide services for our clients.
• You register on our website or email distribution lists.
• You RSVP to or attend our events.
• You apply for a job at GPK Maritime Inc.

What information do we collect?

In the course of interacting with you or providing our products and services, GPK Maritime Inc. may collect information from you or other sources, which may include the following:

• Name and contact information (e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, mobile number, etc.).
• Insurance policy and claim information.
• Government-issued identification and record details.
• Information you provide on a job application.
• Demographic information (date of birth, gender, employment status, benefit coverages, marital status).

How do we use your personal information?

We process personal information that is provided by you or our clients in order to perform services. The processing of your personal information depends on the type of services we provide, applicable laws, regulatory guidance and professional standards.

All processing of your personal information is justified under a “lawful basis” for processing, including the following:

• Your consent.
• Processing is necessary in order to enter into or perform a contract for you.
• Processing is necessary for us to comply with legal obligations.
• Processing is in our legitimate commercial interest, except that our interest may not override your fundamental rights or freedoms.
• In limited circumstances, we will use your consent as the basis for processing your personal information, for example, where we are required to obtain your prior consent in order to send you marketing communications.

Do we collect information from children?

GPK Maritime Inc. does not knowingly collect information from children who have not reached the age of consent under relevant data privacy laws. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child who has not reached the age of consent, we will delete it immediately.

What Information Do We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies?

As you navigate through and interact with GPK Maritime Inc. website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to GPK Maritime Inc. website, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website.
• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information GPK Maritime Inc. collects automatically is only statistical data that helps GPK Maritime Inc. improve its website and deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling GPK Maritime Inc. to:

• Estimate audience size and usage patterns.
• Store information about your preferences, allowing GPK Maritime Inc. to customize its website according to your individual interests.
• Speed up your searches.
• Recognize you when you return to GPK Maritime Inc. website.

The technologies GPK Maritime Inc. uses for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of GPK Maritime Inc. website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, GPK Maritime Inc. system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to GPK Maritime Inc. website.
• Web Beacons. Pages of GPK Maritime Inc. website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit GPK Maritime Inc., for example, to count users who have visited those pages or for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

GPK Maritime Inc. does not collect personal information automatically, but it may tie this information to personal information about you that it collects from other sources or that you provide to GPK Maritime Inc.

How long do we retain your personal information?

GPK Maritime Inc. collects and processes personal information in connection with providing its clients with various services, each of which may be subject to minimum or maximum retention periods, as required by law.

Do we disclose your personal information?

We may share your personal information with GPK Maritime Inc. affiliates as part of the process of providing services to you or to fulfill the purpose for which you provided it. We may also share your personal information with contractors, service providers, and other third parties that you or GPK Maritime Inc. has engaged to perform services for you or to otherwise support GPK Maritime Inc. business operations. These third parties are contractually bound to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which GPK Maritime Inc. discloses it to them.

GPK Maritime Inc. may also disclose your personal information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, to enforce or apply our Terms of Use, or if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of GPK Maritime Inc. or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.

Do we transfer your personal information across geographies?

For certain services offered by GPK Maritime Inc., personal information may be transferred outside of GPK Maritime Inc. or to third parties that may operate outside of the European Union, the United Kingdom, or the United States. Personal information may be transferred, processed, or stored in countries that are not regarded as ensuring an adequate level of protection for personal information under European law. When personal information is transferred to those countries, we put in place standard contractual clauses and other safeguards to ensure your personal information is protected.

How do we protect your information?

GPK Maritime Inc. protects personal information using physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that are specifically designed to meet or exceed the requirements of applicable laws. All GPK Maritime Inc. employees receive training on the importance of protecting personal information, and only authorized employees have access to personal information.

What choices do you have about your personal information or our communications?

You have certain rights related to the processing of your personal information, including.

• You have the right to unsubscribe from our communications by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in our marketing emails or by contacting us.
• You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

Please see Your Rights under GDPR for more information.

Your Rights under GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) affords certain rights to individuals in the European Union. Specifically, individuals in the European Union are entitled to the following:

The right to be informed – You have the right to know what personal information GPK Maritime Inc. processes, how it processes that personal information, and who else may have access to your personal information.

The right to access – You have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. provide you with a copy of your personal information held by GPK Maritime Inc.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. complete any information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. erase your personal information, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to GPK Maritime Inc. processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that GPK Maritime Inc. transfer the personal information that it has collected about you to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact GPK Maritime Inc. by email at info@gpkmaritime.com.

International Data Transfers

GPK Maritime Inc. may transfer personal information it has collected from you or about you outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Please be aware that countries outside of the EEA may not have the same level of data protection as your country.

Website and External Links

This Privacy Notice describes the data privacy and protection policies of GPK Maritime Inc. In addition, www.gpkmaritime.com may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Notice only addresses your information that is received by GPK Maritime Inc. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of each website you visit.

Changes to this Statement

This Notice may be changed at any time. Unless stated otherwise, all changes that occur will become effective immediately. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. By continuing to access GPK Maritime Inc. website, you agree to accept all terms and conditions outlined in this Notice.

Questions or Complaints

If you have any questions or complaints about this Notice, or about our data privacy or security policies in general you may contact us by email at info@gpkmaritime.com, or by telephone at +30 210 4534518.

Effective Date: February 1, 2023