Privacy Policy
Personal data protection, privacy and website cookie policy
The information below provides an overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website: https://www.aquarius-divingtenerife.com. Personal data is any information that could be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on the subject of data protection can be found in our privacy policy below.
Collection of data on our website
Who is responsible for the data collected on this website?
The data collected on this website is processed by Aquarius divecenter SL. The contact details can be found in the section “The party responsible for this website”.
How do we collect your data?
For example, some data is collected when you provide it to us. This may include data you enter on a contact or booking form or provide by email.
Other data is collected automatically when you visit the website. This primarily includes technical data, such as the browser and operating system you are using and the time at which you accessed the page. This data is collected automatically when you access our website.
What do we use your data for?
Some of the data is collected to ensure the proper functioning of the website. Other data may be used to analyze how visitors interact with this site. Some data is also used for sales, planning, and organizing the daily activities in which you request to participate.
The information you provide to us, online and/or at the dive center, may be in digital and/or paper form, including email, online booking forms, website submissions, social media, diving activity sign-in forms, and PADI program and diving course forms.
The personal information you provide to Aquarius divecenter SL will not be shared with anyone except when required by law and/or requested by the PADI administrative department.
Aquarius divecenter SL may use your contact information to conduct marketing and promotional campaigns focused on our products and services.
Information such as your name, passport or ID number, accommodation address, and the dates of your stay in Tenerife is collected in accordance with local legislation. If this information is requested by governmental entities, Aquarius divecenter SL has no control over or responsibility for how the authorities may use it.
What are your rights regarding your personal data?
You always have the right to:
Request information about your stored data, its origin, its recipients, and the purpose of its collection at no charge in most cases.
Request that your data be corrected if it is incorrect, out of date, or incomplete, or that it be blocked or deleted.
You can contact us at any time using the address given in the section “The party responsible for this website” if you have further questions about privacy and data protection. You may also file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
Analytics and third-party tools
When visiting our website, statistical analyses may be made of your surfing behavior. This happens primarily through cookies and analytics tools. The analysis of your surfing behavior is usually anonymous. We will not be able to identify you from this data.
You can object to this analysis or prevent it by not using certain tools. Detailed information can be found in the following privacy policy, where we explain how to exercise your options regarding this matter.
General and mandatory information
Data protection
Aquarius divecenter SL, the owner of this website, takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data as confidential and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various pieces of personal data will be collected. Personal data is any information that could be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. It also explains how and for what purpose the information is processed.
Please note that data transmitted via the internet (e.g., via email communication) may be subject to security breaches. Complete protection of your data from third-party access is not possible.
The party responsible for this website
The party responsible for processing data on this website is:
Harry R. Bakker
Aquarius divecenter SL
Registered at: Registro Mercantil Santa Cruz de Tenerife
CIF: B76726405
Address:
Calle las Lagunetas, 2,
38632 Arona, El Fraile
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tel: +34 645 57 29 37
aquarius.diving@gmail.com
Revocation (opting out) of your consent to the processing of your data
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect. We are obliged to do so unless we believe that we have a legitimate overriding reason to continue processing your personal data.
To revoke your consent, send an email to aquarius.diving@gmail.com with your request. The data processed before we receive your request may still be processed legally.
To protect the confidentiality of your information, we will ask you to verify your identity before proceeding with any request you make under this Privacy Notice.
Right to file complaints with regulatory authorities
If there has been a breach of data protection legislation, the person affected may file a complaint with the competent regulatory authorities.
Right to data portability
You have the right to have data that we process based on your consent or in fulfillment of a contract automatically delivered to you or to a third party in a standard, machine-readable format. If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible.
SSL or TLS encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.
If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, blocking, deletion
As permitted by law, you have the right to receive, at any time and free of charge, information about any of your stored personal data, as well as its origin, recipient, and the purpose for which it has been processed.
You also have the right to request that your data be corrected if it is incorrect, out of date, or incomplete, or that it be blocked or deleted.
You can contact us at any time using the address given in the section “The party responsible for this website” if you have further questions about personal data.
Exceptions
Data provided on PADI program and course administration forms, such as your name, date of birth, postal address, medical questionnaire, email address, and emergency contact details, is used by Aquarius divecenter SL and shared with PADI in order to process your dive certification.
Aquarius divecenter SL is not responsible for how this information is stored and/or used by PADI.
Aquarius divecenter SL is required by PADI Standards to store this information for a period of 7 years. During this period, we cannot remove this information from our records.
The personal data you provide to Aquarius divecenter SL will not be shared with anyone except when required by law and/or requested by the PADI administrative department.
Click here to review PADI’s privacy policy.
Collection of data on our website
Cookies
Our website uses cookies. They do not harm your computer and do not contain any viruses. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies.” They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device’s memory until you delete them yourself. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You have the option to configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymous tracking data to third-party applications such as Google Analytics.
For more information about cookies and how to delete them, visit the Help section of your browser or see the About Cookies website.
Server log files
The website provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in “server log files”. These are:
Browser type and browser version
Operating system used
Referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
Liability for Third-Party Links
Aquarius divecenter SL provides links to external third-party websites. Once you leave www.aquarius-divingtenerife.com, we have no influence or control over the content of those websites. Therefore, we cannot guarantee their content. The providers or administrators of linked websites are always responsible for their own content.
The linked websites were checked for possible violations of law when the links were created. Illegal content was not detected at that time. Permanent monitoring of the content of linked websites cannot be required without reasonable indications that a violation of law has occurred. Illegal links will be removed immediately when we become aware of them.
Contact and booking forms
When you send us questions and/or data via contact and/or booking forms or email, we will collect the data entered in the forms or included in the email, including the contact details you provide, to answer your question and/or request and any follow-up questions and/or requests. We do not share this information with any third party without your permission.
We will therefore process any data you enter into the contact form only with your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. To revoke your consent, send an email to aquarius.diving@gmail.com with your request. The data processed before we receive your request may still be processed legally.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer applies (e.g., after fulfilling your request). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
When you leave comments on this website
If you use the comment function on this site, your name, the time at which you created the comment and your email address will be stored along with your comment.
How long comments are stored
The comments and the associated data (e.g., IP address) are stored and remain on our website until the content commented upon has been completely deleted or the comments are required to be removed for legal reasons.
Legal basis
The comments are stored based on your consent. You may revoke your consent at any time. To revoke your consent, send an email to aquarius.diving@gmail.com with your request. The comment(s) and data processed before we receive your request may still be processed legally.
Social media
Facebook plugins (like & share buttons)
Our website includes plugins for the Facebook social network, operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The Facebook plugins can be recognized by the Facebook logo or the “Like” button on our site.
Check here for an overview of Facebook plugins.
When you visit our site, a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server is established via the plugin. This enables Facebook to receive information about your visit to our site, including your IP address. If you click on the Facebook “Like” button while you are logged into your Facebook account, you can link the content of our site to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate visits to our site with your user account.
Please note that, as the operator of this site, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted to Facebook or of how Facebook uses these data. For more information, please see Facebook’s privacy policy.
If you do not want Facebook to associate your visit to our site with your Facebook account, please log out of your Facebook account.
Analytics and advertising
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Aquarius divecenter SL has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
IP anonymization
We have activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. Your IP address will be shortened by Google within the European Union or in other countries that are parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
Browser plugin and objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent these cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website, including your IP address, from being transmitted to and processed by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at Google.com.
For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google’s privacy policy.
Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking
This website uses Google AdWords. AdWords is an online advertising program from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
As part of Google AdWords, we use so-called conversion tracking. When you click on an ad served by Google, a conversion tracking cookie is set. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser stores on your computer. These cookies expire after 30 days and are not used to identify users personally. If the user visits certain pages of the website before the cookie expires, Google and the website can determine that the user clicked on the ad and proceeded to that page.
Each Google AdWords advertiser has a different cookie. Thus, cookies cannot be tracked using the website of an AdWords advertiser. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for the AdWords advertisers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers are told the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a conversion tracking tag page. However, advertisers do not obtain any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not want to participate in tracking, you can opt out by disabling the Google Conversion Tracking cookie by changing your browser settings. In doing so, you will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics.
Aquarius divecenter SL has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
For more information about Google AdWords and Google Conversion Tracking, see the Google Privacy Policy.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use “Google reCAPTCHA” on our websites. This service is provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
reCAPTCHA is used to check whether the data entered on our website (such as on a contact form) has been entered by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis starts automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, how long the visitor has been on the website, or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be forwarded to Google.
The reCAPTCHA analyses take place completely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that such an analysis is taking place.
Aquarius divecenter SL has a legitimate interest in protecting its site from abusive automated crawling and spam.
Please visit the following link for more information about Google reCAPTCHA.
As noted, the site https://www.aquarius-divingtenerife.com is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Plugins and tools
YouTube
Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
If you visit one of our pages featuring a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. The YouTube server is informed about which of our pages you have visited.
If you’re logged in to your YouTube account, YouTube allows you to associate your browsing behavior directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.
YouTube is used to help make our website appealing.
Further information about the handling of user data can be found in the data protection declaration of YouTube.
Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
When you access a page of our website that contains a social plugin, your browser makes a direct connection with Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used to provide a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. If your browser does not support web fonts, your computer uses a standard font.
Further information about the handling of user data can be found at developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy at google.com/policies/privacy.
Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use Google Maps, your IP address must be stored. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
Google Maps is used to make our website appealing and to help users locate places specified by us on the website.
Further information about the handling of user data can be found in the data protection declaration of Google.
For any questions
If you have any further questions regarding our privacy policy or the way we use and store your personal data, please email us at aquarius.diving@gmail.com or visit our contact page.
