Privacy Policy
Marapulse is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our site, sign up for our programs, or interact with our services. We value the trust you place in us and are dedicated to handling your personal data with care and in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, which include guided educational tours, beach clean-ups, community art projects, and workshops on coastal sustainability.
- Personal Identification Information: This includes your name, email address, postal address (if provided for event logistics), and phone number. We collect this when you register for an event, sign up for our newsletter, or contact us directly.
- Demographic Information: If voluntarily provided, this may include age range or general location to help us tailor our programs, though this is not typically required.
- Participation Data: Information related to your involvement in our programs, such as events attended, projects contributed to, and feedback provided.
- Technical Data: When you visit our online platform, we automatically collect information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and website navigation paths. This data is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, primarily to facilitate and improve our community and social programs focused on coastal preservation.
- To organize and manage your participation in our events, tours, and workshops.
- To communicate with you about program updates, event details, important announcements, and related services.
- To send you newsletters, promotional materials, and information about new programs and initiatives, in accordance with your communication preferences.
- To improve our services and online platform based on user feedback and analytical data, ensuring a better experience for our community.
- To ensure the safety and security of our participants and online platform.
- To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Under the GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., signing up for a newsletter).
- Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., registering for an event).
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided those interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., improving our services, preventing fraud, direct marketing where legally permissible).
- Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as event management platforms, email service providers, and analytics providers. These third parties are bound by confidentiality agreements and are prohibited from using your personal data for any purpose other than providing services to Marapulse.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
In accordance with GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
7. Retention of Your Information
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal data, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal data has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Marapulse
14 Strand Road,
Block B, Suite 5,
Dublin, D04 Y7R0,
Ireland.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.