Privacy Policy
The Maritimer – Privacy Policy
The Maritimer is committed to delivering trusted maritime news, insights, and analysis to readers around the world. Protecting the personal information of our audience has always been a core part of this commitment. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you visit or interact with any website, application, or service operated by The Maritimer (“Sites”).
If you ever need to change or update the personal details we store about you-or adjust your communication preferences-you may do so through your account at any time.
For any questions about this policy or how we handle personal information, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at info@themaritimer.com.
Information We Collect
Account Details
When you create an account or request information about our products or services, we may request certain identifying details, such as:
Basic personal information (e.g., name, title, date of birth)
Contact information (e.g., home or delivery address, email, phone numbers)
Professional information (e.g., job title, employer, business address, work email)
Login information (e.g., username and password)
Payment information (e.g., billing details, card or bank information)
Voluntary Information
At times, you may choose to share additional information with us, including:
Feedback or opinions about our content or products
Preferences related to newsletters or topics
Career information, including CVs, if you use our job sections or career tools
Information from Partners and Public Sources
We occasionally receive information from partners, event organizers, or publicly available sources—for example, when you attend maritime conferences or industry events where our brand is present.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Sites, newsletters, and related services use cookies and similar tools to better understand user behavior and improve your experience. This may include collecting:
Location data to display region-appropriate content
Website usage patterns (scrolling, clicks, interactions) to improve usability
Device information to optimize how the site is displayed
Advertising engagement data used to measure campaign performance
For details on managing cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Legal Bases for Processing
We only process personal information when justified under applicable law, including:
Consent: When you explicitly agree to the processing of your information for a specific purpose. You may withdraw consent at any time through your account or by contacting us.
Legitimate Interests: Processing necessary for our business operations—such as preventing fraud, ensuring site security, or protecting our intellectual property—where these interests do not override your privacy rights.
Contractual Requirements: Information needed to fulfill a subscription, deliver services, or perform other contractual obligations.
Legal Compliance: Circumstances where we must process or retain information to meet regulatory or statutory requirements.
How We Use Your Information
We use personal data for several purposes:
To deliver our services: Including access to digital content, newsletter delivery, magazine distribution, account administration, and customer support.
To maintain and enhance our products: Understanding how readers use our Sites allows us to improve their performance, test new features, and refine user experience.
To process payments: Together with authorized payment processors, we handle billing, refunds, fraud prevention, and subscription status updates.
To monitor policy compliance: We analyze usage to detect unauthorized use, abuse of group subscriptions, or violations of our terms and copyright policies.
To personalize your experience: We may tailor recommended articles, newsletters, or event suggestions based on your interests and activity.
To send product updates and offers: We may inform you about new features, promotions, or events that may be relevant to you. You may modify communication settings in your account at any time.
For advertising purposes: To support our journalism, we rely partly on advertising revenue. We use tracking data to measure and deliver relevant advertising. Turning off personalized ads will not reduce the number of ads you see—only their relevance.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with:
Service Providers: Third parties who support our operations, such as hosting platforms, analytics partners, or print/digital delivery providers. These parties process data only under our instructions.
Advertising Partners: Information may be shared for the purpose of delivering, measuring, and improving advertising. More details are in our Cookie Policy.
Institutional Subscribers: When your access comes from an employer or organization, we may share high-level usage data for billing purposes. Individual reading history is not disclosed.
Recruiters (Job Board Users): If you apply to a job through our Sites, your application is sent directly to the recruiter or agency responsible.
Social Media Platforms: If you log in using a social account or interact with social tools on our Sites, certain information may be exchanged to support login verification, prevent duplicate advertising, and create lookalike audiences.
Other Users: Comments posted on our publicly accessible articles may be visible to anyone. You may use a pseudonym to maintain anonymity.
The Maritimer Affiliated Entities: Your information may be shared among our internal teams to improve products, understand engagement patterns, and manage subscriptions.
Legal Authorities / Successors: We may disclose information to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, or as part of a business transfer or acquisition. Aggregate data that cannot identify individuals may also be shared.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as your account remains active. If your account becomes inactive and is not tied to a subscription, we may remove or anonymize portions of your data.
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information:
Billing records: 7 years (regulatory requirement)
Website analytics data: 36 months, then aggregated
Comments: Retained for the lifetime of the article
Customer service history: 7 years
Communications related to subscriptions: 7 years
Portfolio or account features: Retained while your account is active
Subscription-related records: 7 years after subscription ends
In some cases, we may keep data longer if legally required or necessary to ensure we do not contact users who opted out.
Data Security
We implement technical and organizational safeguards to prevent unauthorized access, loss, or misuse of personal information. This includes encryption technologies such as TLS when transmitting sensitive data.
Because we operate internationally, your information may be transferred outside your region. When this happens, we rely on recognized safeguards—such as standard contractual clauses—to ensure lawful protection.
Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you
Request correction or deletion of your information
Object to direct marketing
Restrict or withdraw consent
Request a copy of your data in portable format
You can exercise many of these rights through your account or by contacting customer support.
If you wish to escalate a concern, you may file a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected by The Maritimer across all our websites, newsletters, and related services. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
Our Sites may link to external websites that operate under their own privacy policies, for which we are not responsible.
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact:
info@themaritimer.com
Updates to This Policy
This policy becomes effective as of 01/01/2025.
Any future modifications will be posted on this page. When changes are significant, we may notify you directly by email or highlight the update prominently on our website.