This Privacy Policy explains how Dive Technician Cyprus (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you visit or interact with www.dive-technician.com.
We are committed to complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the EU GDPR, and all relevant British and European privacy laws.
1. Who We Are
Dive Technician Cyprus
Website: https://www.dive-technician.com
Email: info@dive-technician.com
Located in: Protaras, Cyprus
We are the data controller responsible for handling your personal data.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following information:
- a) Information you provide directly
- Contact form submissions (name, email, phone number, company, message).
- Course bookings and enquiries.
- Comments left on the website.
- Account details (if you register on the site).
- b) Automatically collected information
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Cookies and tracking data
- Pages viewed and time spent on the site
- c) Media uploads
If you upload images to the site, please ensure they do not contain embedded EXIF GPS location data, as visitors may be able to download this information.
3. Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect:
- The data shown in the comment form
- Your IP address
- Browser user agent string (for spam prevention)
An anonymised hash of your email address may be sent to Gravatar to check if you use their service. Their privacy policy is available at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Once approved, your profile picture (if any) is visible alongside your comment.
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies for essential functionality, analytics, and user experience. These include:
- Comment cookies: save your name/email for future comments (1 year)
- Login cookies: store login session details (2 days to 2 weeks)
- Screen preference cookies: remember your display settings (1 year)
- Post editing cookies: store post ID when editing (1 day)
You can manage or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles or pages on our site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, social media posts, images).
Embedded content may collect data about you in the same way as visiting the external website directly.
These third-party websites may:
- Use cookies
- Track your usage
- Monitor your interaction with embedded content
We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
6. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for:
- Responding to enquiries
- Processing course bookings
- Providing services you requested
- Managing user accounts
- Improving our website and services
- Ensuring site security
- Fulfilling legal obligations
Lawful basis for processing
Under UK GDPR/EU GDPR, our lawful bases include:
- Contract (to provide training services or respond to enquiries)
- Legitimate interests (website security, fraud prevention)
- Consent (when you opt into newsletters or non-essential cookies)
- Legal obligation (record-keeping, tax requirements)
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share your personal data for marketing.
We may share minimal data with:
- Hosting provider (for website operation)
- Spam detection tools (e.g., Akismet or similar services)
- Payment processors (if you purchase services)
- Legal authorities if required by law
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes.
8. How Long We Keep Your Data
- Comments and metadata: kept indefinitely, unless you request deletion.
- User accounts: personal information is stored as long as the account is active.
- Course booking information: kept for 6 years for tax and administrative compliance.
- Contact form messages: kept for up to 2 years, or deleted sooner if not needed.
You may request deletion at any time (see Rights below).
9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR & EU GDPR
You have the following rights:
- Right to access: request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Right to rectification: correct inaccurate information
- Right to erasure: ask us to delete your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Right to withdraw consent at any time
- Right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
To exercise any of these rights, please contact: info@dive-technician.com
10. International Data Transfers
If your data is transferred outside the UK or EU (e.g., hosting or email systems), we ensure:
- Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), or
- Adequacy decisions, or
- Equivalent lawful safeguards
This ensures your data remains protected under GDPR standards.
11. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Other data may pass through secure hosting or processing services necessary to run our website.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at:
Email: info@dive-technician.com
Location: Protaras, Cyprus
