Effective date: 1st September 2010 (last updated 5th April 2022)
YOTSPOT.COM and The Yotspot Connect App ("CB Media Group Ltd", "we", "us", "our"), has created this privacy policy ("Policy") to explain our privacy practices. The Policy outlines when and how personal information is collected, used, disclosed and protected with respect to our services ("Service"), The Yotspot Connect App and web site ("Site") located at https://www.yotspot.com and https://www.yotspotconnect.com
[By using the Service and/or Application, you consent to the privacy practices described below.] We reserve the right to change this Policy at any time. If we make any changes to our Policy, we will post a new policy on our Site and update the "last updated" date set above. Therefore, we encourage you to check our Policy whenever you use the Service to see if it has been updated since your last visit. We will use information in accordance with the most up to date privacy policy.
If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, the privacy practices of the Service, or your dealings with CB Media Group Ltd, please contact us at: enquiries@yotspot.com.
To view our Terms and Conditions please visit https://www.yotspot.com/terms-and-conditions.html.
Information About You
We collect two basic types of information with our Service, namely personal information and aggregate information. Personal information is information that is directly associated with a specific person or entity such as a user's name, postal or zip code, geographical location, user-chosen ID and password, or information about activities that is directly linked to that person. Personal information does not include aggregate information.
Aggregate information is data we collect about a group or category of services or users from which individual user identities have been removed. In other words, information on how you use our Service may be collected and combined with information about how others use the Service, but no personal information will be included in the resulting data. Aggregate data helps us understand trends in our users' needs so that we can better consider new features or otherwise tailor our Service. We may share aggregate information about our users with third parties for various purposes, including helping us better understand and improve our Service, and for advertising and marketing purposes.
Information You Give Us
We collect information you give us at various times when you register with us and use our Service or Application. Examples include the following:
Registration and Transaction Information
When you register to use the Service, we may collect contact information about you including, for example, your name and location, and you will be asked to create a user-chosen ID and password for your use when accessing the Service. In addition, we may collect images, pictures, data files, and written descriptions or statements about you.
Submissions and Customer Service
We may collect information that identifies you personally when you send us comments, questions or suggestions, or if you send to us job applications, resumes, or other business-related contacts.
Automatically collected information
We automatically receive certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, when you use the Service and/or Application, our systems automatically collect your IP address and the type of browser you use.
We may also collect standard access information, such as time and date of accessing the Service, and usage of the Service. We use such information to help manage the effectiveness of our online advertising and to gather access information, such as counting the users who have visited those pages and compiling aggregated statistics about service usage. Automatically collected information does not contain any personal information and we do not link such automatically collected information to personal information about you.
Cookies
How can I stop receiving cookies from Yotspot?
If you wish to reject cookies on Yotspot you can do so by going to the privacy settings in your browser. Please note by not accepting cookies you will be able to access those parts of our Site available to the general public, but not some of the Site's features or services, and you may have a less satisfactory experience.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier which we transfer to your hard drive through your web browser when you visit our Site. It enables our own system to recognize you when you visit our Site again and improve our Service by seeing which areas and features are most popular; to personalize the Site and improve the Site experience; to allow you to visit the Site without re-entering your member ID and/or password; and to track and complete transactions you have requested. This traffic information can be used to enhance the content of our Site and make your use of it easier. If you wish to reject our cookie, you can configure your browser to do so. If you reject our cookies, you will be able to access those parts of our Site available to the general public, but not some of the Site's features or services, and you may have a less satisfactory experience.
Click here to delete all Yotspot cookies stored on your device or computer
Cookies on 3rd party sites:
If you click on adverts, blogs and links displayed on Yotspot you may be directed to external sites. These 3rd party external sites may use cookies which are not included in our list above.
Web Beacons
"web beacons" (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs, 1-by-1 GIFs, and Web bugs) are tiny graphic files placed on a web page which send a signal when a user has visited that page, allowing the site to collect standard access information, such as time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the web beacon resides. We use web beacons to help manage the effectiveness of our online advertising and to gather access information, such as counting the users who have visited those pages and compiling aggregated statistics about site usage; our web beacons do not contain any personal information and we do not link web beacons to personal information about you.
No Information about Children
Our Service is not intended to be used by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly, directly or indirectly, collect information from children under the age of 18.
Use of Personal Information
Internal Use of Personal Information
In general, we use personal information internally to serve you and enable you to take maximum advantage of our Service and/or Application. For example, to provide services or complete transactions you have requested, to anticipate and resolve problems with our Service, to respond to customer support inquiries, and to create and inform you of new products and services from CB Media Group Ltd that better meet your needs. We reserve the right to communicate with you from time to time at any of the contact points you provide to us for any of the aforementioned purposes.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We do not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies without your prior consent except (ia) as necessary to complete a transaction you have requested. For example when you click 'I'm Interested' on a particular position or job offer you accept that your personal information ("Yotspot Crew Profile") will be disclosed to that employers account. When clicking “I’m Interested”, your profile, data and CV will be transferred to the relevant employer account who may download and retain a copy of your CV or distribute it to third parties. ("Employer Account") means any registered account which is used by Yacht Owners, Captains, Recruitment Agencies, Management Companies and Representatives for the purpose of accessing our membership service called The Yotspot 24/7 Account (crew database). While CB Media Group Ltd makes every effort to limit access to our recruitment software to legitimate users we cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access. We cannot control the use of your data, profile and CV by third parties who access Yotspot. Once your profile, CV and data has been transferred to an Employer Account, CB Media Group Ltd is not able to retrieve it, delete it or ensure how it is used. A second example of CB Media Group Ltd having to share data as necessary to complete a transaction you have requested is if you request to join Crew Pass Ltd via Yotspot or when you request to display your Crew Pass Ltd Status information on your Yotspot profile or if you request to perform a background check on a user then your data will be shared with Crew Pass Ltd (ib) by obtaining an active profile ("Yotspot Crew Profile") and having your profile set to being visible to employers (within crew search) you agree that your profile (and personal information) will be accessible and transferable to users with an employer account who search our database and may wish to contact you about jobs and opportunities within the maritime industry. ("Employer Account") means any registered account which is used by Yacht Owners, Captains, Recruitment Agencies, Management Companies and Representatives for the purpose of accessing our membership service called The Yotspot 24/7 Account (crew database). While CB Media Group Ltd makes every effort to limit access to our recruitment software to legitimate users we cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access. We cannot control the use of your data, profile and CV by third parties who access Yotspot. Once your profile, CV and data has been transferred to an Employer Account, CB Media Group Ltd is not able to retrieve it, delete it or ensure how it is used. For full terms & conditions regarding the use of The Yotspot 24/7 Account please email enquiries@yotspot.com. (ic) by obtaining an active profile ("Yotspot Crew Profile") you agree that if a user with an employer account wishes to perform a background check on you, then your email address and Yotspot ID only will be transferable to Crew Pass Ltd for the purpose of sending you a permission request to perform a background check. ("Employer Account") means any registered account which is used by Yacht Owners, Captains, Recruitment Agencies, Management Companies and Representatives for the purpose of accessing our membership service called The Yotspot 24/7 Account (crew database). Crew Pass Ltd will not perform a background check without your express permission. Crew Pass Ltd's Privacy Policy can be seen here: here. By completing and filling in a Yotspot Connect App Profile (“Yotspot Connect App Profile”) you agree that your profile (and personal information) will be accessible and transferable to other users of The Yotspot Connect App who you allow to follow you. You also agree that any user of the Yotspot connect app will be able to see your name and any profile picture you upload even if you have not allowed them to follow you. Users that you allow to follow you will have full access to all data you upload to your profile. While CB Media Group Ltd makes every effort to limit access to the Yotspot Connect App to legitimate users we cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access. We cannot control the use of your data by third parties who access the Yotspot Connect App. Once your data has been transferred to another user of the Yotspot Connect App, CB Media Group Ltd is not able to retrieve it, delete it or ensure how it is used. (id) If you link your profile to a Yacht/Vessel by entering a “Yacht Name” or MMSI number users that you have allowed to follow you will be able to see what Yacht/Vessel you have linked to and will also be able to see the Yacht/Vessel’s location via our built in Marine Traffic integration. You must not link your profile to a Yacht/Vessel if you do not want other users to be able to see the name of the Yacht/Vessel’s and/or it’s location. You must not link your profile to a Yacht/Vessel if this is against any agreement you have made with your current employer and/or management company. Users that link to a Yacht/Vessel will appear in the Vessels “My Crew List”. This is not an official crew list, neither is it associated with the Yacht/Vessel in any way. CB Media Group Ltd shall have no liability for the accuracy of the information and cannot be held liable for any third party claim or losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the display of such information via the Yotspot Connect App. You should not link to a Yacht/Vessel if you do not want to appear in that Yacht/Vessels Crew List on the Yotspot Connect App. (ii) as necessary to perform internal analyses and business functions. Examples include hosting our web servers, backing up to Amazon Cloud, Stripe processing Card payments, Cloudinary Video Management Platform, Octobat and Xero accounting software, THB Accountants, (iii) as part of a business transfer, (iv) when required by law or permitted to protect our rights, property, or safety or that of our customers, (v) to prevent fraud, or (vi) to protect against abuse, misuse or unauthorized use of our Site. These circumstances are explained as follows:
- Consent. Unless you choose to do so, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties. With your consent, we may disclose your personal information to third parties so that they may provide you with products and services that you have requested.
- Transaction Processing and Business Functions. We may share necessary personal information with third-party vendors who assist us in performing internal functions necessary to operate our business, or who assist us in processing and completing transactions that you have requested. If we use third-party vendors to assist us in performing these functions, the third parties may not use or disclose your personal information for any other purpose.
- Internal Analysis. We may use information about you for our own internal purposes, such as to estimate our audience size, measure aggregate traffic patterns as well as to understand demographic, customer interest, and other trends among our users. We may outsource these tasks and disclose personal information about you to third parties, provided their use and disclosure of your personal information is restricted to performance of such tasks.
- Business Transfers. Information about our users and the Service is one of our most important business assets. We may transfer our customer database, including personal information, to a third party who acquires all or substantially all of the assets or stock in our company or our Service whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise.
- Protection of CB Media Group Ltd and Others. We may release personal information in the good faith belief that release is appropriate and necessary to comply with legal process or authority (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply our policies; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of CB Media Group Ltd, our users, our employees, or the public; or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay.
Important information regarding your current Employer
Your current employer may have an employer account with CB Media Group Ltd or be a visitor to www.yotspot.com or be a customer of one of our clients. Your current employer may discover you are looking for work if you have a profile ("Yotspot Crew Profile") with Yotspot. CB Media Group Ltd cannot restrict who has access to profiles, data and CVs and cannot be held responsible for any eventuality.
Important Information about making your profile visible to employers (within "Crew Search")
Crew Search is an important part of the job seeking process and could dramatically increase your chances of securing employment. Crew Search makes your profile visible to Employer Accounts and means they can access your profile even if you have not applied to their role by clicking "I’m interested". You can Opt out of, or Opt in to, "Crew Search" at any time by changing the setting in your profile. Crew Search also allows any visitor to www.yotspot.com to see your profile in a limited capacity. If you Opt In to Crew search this means any visitor to www.yotspot.com can see your Main photo and all data uploaded to your profile with the following sections Locked: Full Name, Contact Details, Passport & Visas, Downloads and names of Yachts and Companies you list in your experience or seatime section. You should not create a Yotspot profile or maintain an active profile if you do not want your profile to appear publicly in a limited capacity (as outlined above) on www.yotspot.com
Important information about Crew Pass Ltd
Crew Pass Ltd is a third party that offers background checking services. If you request to join Crew Pass Ltd via Yotspot or request to display your Crew Pass Ltd status information on your Yotspot profile or request a background check on a user then CB Media Group Ltd will send your data to Crew Pass Ltd so that you can create an account or link your Crew Pass Ltd account to display your crew pass status on your Yotspot profile or receive details on the background check you requested. By obtaining an active profile ("Yotspot Crew Profile") you agree that if a user with an employer account wishes to perform a background check on you, then your email address and Yotspot ID only will be transferable to Crew Pass Ltd for the purpose of sending you a permission request to perform a background check. ("Employer Account") means any registered account which is used by Yacht Owners, Captains, Recruitment Agencies, Management Companies and Representatives for the purpose of accessing our membership service called The Yotspot 24/7 Account (crew database). Crew Pass Ltd will not perform a background check without your express permission. Crew Pass Ltd's Privacy Policy can be seen here: https://policies.crewpass.co.uk/cp/privacy-policy While CB Media Group Ltd makes every effort to limit access to our recruitment software to legitimate users we cannot control the use of your data by third parties. Once your data has been transferred to Crew Pass Ltd, CB Media Group Ltd is not able to retrieve it, delete it or ensure how it is used. For the avoidance of doubt, CB Media Group Ltd gives no representation or warranty as to the performance, suitability, entitlement or character of any users checked via Crew Pass Ltd or any users that display an "Approved" Crew Pass status and does not give a representation or warranty in respect of any users having or not having a criminal record. Users acknowledge and agree that they will not rely on any information they receive from CB Media Group Ltd and/or Crew Pass Ltd and shall carry out their own investigation, due diligence, criminal background checks and reference checks in respect of any users in order to reach a decision as to the users suitability for a placement prior to offering the Crew any Placement.
Important Information about your Yotspot.com profile, Yotspot Connect App Profile and CV
Information posted on your profile and on your CV may be viewed, accessed, downloaded and stored by users around the world, including users in countries outside of the EU and in countries that may not have laws and legislation that guarantees adequate protection and safeguarding of personal information as defined by your country of residence. While CB Media Group Ltd makes every effort to safeguard your information from unauthorized access or inappropriate use, CB Media Group Ltd does not control these third party users and therefore cannot guarantee who has access to your data. We cannot control the retention, privacy or use of your profile, data and CV that has been viewed or downloaded by third parties.
Yotspot Connect accesses and stores contact information on our server to send you real time notification of nearby friends.
Video Interview Uploads
All videos uploaded are held for 30 days. You are free to delete your video at any time within your account. If you do not delete your Video it will be automatically deleted after 30 days.
References
It is your responsibility to ensure that your reference has given you their permission for you to use them as a reference and for CB Media Group to store their information for referencing.
Data Retention
Event Data on the Yotspot Connect App:
If you accept an Invite to a private event on the Yotspot connect App then the host and other invitees can see you are marked as attending that event. You should not accept a private event invitation on the Yotspot Connect App If you do not wish the host or other invitees to see this data.
Location Data when using the Yotspot Connect App:
Due to the nature of the Service, the Yotspot Connect App will make use of location data sent from your devices. You can turn off this functionality at any time by turning off the location services settings for the Yotspot Connect App on the device. If you use Yotspot Connect App, you consent to us and our affiliates and licensees transmission, collection, retention, maintenance, processing and use of your location data and queries to provide and improve the location-based functionality of the Yotspot Connect App. When you use the Yotspot Connect App, you acknowledge that the Service requires the use of your location data. Your estimated location will be made available to other Yotspot Connect App users at any time. Your estimated location will be available to other users of the Yotspot Connect App in displaying the distance you are from other Yotspot Connect App users. You will also allow other Yotspot Connect App users to see the name of the town in which you are currently located. While CB Media Group Ltd will never display your precise geographical location it is possible to triangulate your position if 3 separate users congregate the displayed distances they are from you. You must not download, install or use the Yotspot Connect App if you want to keep your location private.
Please click here to see our Data Retention Policy.
How to delete or amend your Yotspot.com account
You can delete your account at any time. You can do so by logging in and clicking "Delete My Account" or "Delete Profile" in your profile. You can also edit your profile or delete files at any time by logging in. Please note that any third party or Employer Account who has had access to your profile, data or CV may have kept a copy.
How to delete or amend your Yotspot Connect App account
You can delete your account at any time. You can do so by logging in and clicking “Delete My account” or contacting a member of the Yotspot team. Please note any user who has had access to your profile or data may have kept a copy.
Sharing your profile
Yotspot gives you the opportunity to share your profile publicly with a unique link. By sharing this link you are allowing anyone who uses that link full access to your profile and all data uploaded to the profile. If you enter this link into any public domain this link can be indexed by google. This means your profile can be found within google search results and the contents can be accessed publicly by anyone who finds this link. You should not share this link if you do not want your data to be accessed publicly. If you share this link CB Media Group Ltd cannot restrict who has access to your profile, data and CVs and cannot be held responsible for any eventuality.
Third-Party Sites
Please be aware that we provide links to third-party web sites as a service to our users and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Therefore, we encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices before providing them with information or visiting their sites.
Network and Information Security
We use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information and to use and disclose it only in the manner as described above.
Your account information and access to our Service is accessible only through the use of an individual user ID and password. To protect the confidentiality of personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of our Site and Service by any person using your account user ID and password. Please advise us immediately if you believe your account user ID and password have been misused.
Access and Control of Personal Information
If you are a registered user of our Service and or Application, you may view, correct, or delete your personal information by logging into the Site and editing your profile. You may request for your personal information to be completely removed from our system at any stage.
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We may contact you by email with opportunities to receive marketing information. You may opt-out of receiving marketing email communications from us by following the opt-out instructions provided in the message.
International Users
Personal information will be stored and processed on our computers in accordance with English law. If you object to your personal information being transferred or used as described in this Policy, please do not register for the Service.
Data Protection Officer
If you would like more information on how we use your data or to perform a Subject Data Request, please contact CB Media Group Ltd’s Data Protection Officer who is Daryl Bradley. Daryl can be contacted on daryl@yotspot.com or called on +447545295782.
As a UK-based company, we are required under Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") to appoint a representative within the European Union to whom any data protection-related queries from individuals within the European Union may be addressed.
Our EU representative is 360 Business Law (Cyprus) Limited who may be contacted at Representative@360businesslaw.com.
If you are located in the European Union, please address any queries about this policy, or our processing of personal data generally, to them.