1. Who we are

This website, iboatinternational.com, is operated by iBoat International LLC, a company registered in Malta (VAT number MT 2303 5034), with its registered office at Suite 12, Portomaso Marina, St Julian’s, Malta (“iBoat International”, “we”, “us”). We are the controller of the personal data described in this policy.

For any question about this policy or your personal data, contact us at info@iboatinternational.com or +356 7783 6902.

2. What personal data we collect

• Enquiry and booking details: your name, email address, phone number, travel dates, group size, preferences and anything else you choose to tell us when you enquire about or book a charter, or ask about buying or selling a yacht.
• Guest details: where required by the yacht, flag state or port authorities, the names, nationalities and passport details of the guests on board.
• Dietary and medical information: only if you choose to share it, for example allergies the crew need to know about. We only use it to arrange your charter.
• Communications: emails, WhatsApp messages and call records when you contact us.
• Payment records: invoices and payment confirmations. We do not store card details.
• Website usage data: IP address, browser type, pages visited and similar information collected through cookies and analytics tools.
• Newsletter: your email address, if you subscribe.

3. How and why we use your data

• To answer your enquiries and prepare proposals. Legal basis: steps taken at your request before entering into a contract.
• To arrange and manage your charter or yacht purchase, including sharing the necessary details with the yacht’s owner, central agent, captain and crew. Legal basis: performance of a contract.
• To keep accounting and tax records and meet other legal duties. Legal basis: legal obligation.
• To run, secure and improve our website. Legal basis: legitimate interests, or your consent where the law requires it for cookies.
• To send you news and offers, only if you have agreed. Legal basis: consent, which you can withdraw at any time.

4. Who we share your data with

We never sell your personal data. We share it only where needed, with:

• yacht owners, central charter agents, captains and crew involved in your charter or purchase;
• our sister company Jet Club Charter, if you ask us to arrange a private flight;
• service providers who help us run our business, such as website hosting, email, analytics (Google), mailing lists (Mailchimp) and messaging (WhatsApp), under contracts that protect your data;
• professional advisers and authorities, where required by law.

5. International transfers

Some of the people we share data with are outside the European Economic Area, for example yachts and crews in the Caribbean or service providers in the United States. Where this happens, we rely on an adequacy decision or on safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, or the transfer is necessary to carry out the charter you asked us to arrange.

6. Cookies

Our website uses cookies that are essential for it to work, and analytics and marketing cookies that are only set where you agree. You can change your choices at any time in your browser settings. See GDPR & your data for the types of cookies we use.

7. How long we keep your data

• Enquiries that do not lead to a booking: up to 24 months after our last contact.
• Booking, contract and financial records: for as long as required by Maltese tax and accounting law (currently up to 10 years).
• Guest passport details: deleted once the charter and any related formalities are complete.
• Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe.

8. Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including secure connections on this website and limiting access to the people who need it.

9. Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its use, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. Our GDPR & your data page explains each right and how to make a request.

You can also complain to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) in Malta at idpc.org.mt.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date it was last updated.