Privacy Policy
1. Data Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED
171, Old Bakery Street
Valletta VLT 1455
Malta
Company Registration Number: C 104002
VAT Identification Number: DE363628334
Email: info[at]ahava-martime[dot]com
Phone: 0049-(0)-221-921572-0
2. General Information
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED takes the protection of your personal data seriously. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect and process when you visit and use this website, for what purposes we process such data, and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
We process personal data only where there is a lawful basis for doing so. Depending on the specific processing activity, this may include your consent, the performance of a contract or steps taken prior to entering into a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interests.
3. Website Hosting and Squarespace
This website is created and operated using Squarespace, a website platform provided by:
Squarespace Ireland Limited
Le Pole House
Ship Street Great
Dublin 8
Ireland
Squarespace provides the technical infrastructure required to operate and securely deliver this website.
In connection with the operation of the website, Squarespace may process personal and technical data, including:
IP address
browser and device information
time zone
login status, where applicable
form data submitted through the website
technical usage and security information
Squarespace also uses technically necessary cookies and similar storage technologies to provide essential website functionality. Depending on the functions used on this website, these may include technologies required to maintain secure sessions, prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), remember cookie preferences and ensure the proper technical operation of the website.
Examples of technically necessary Squarespace cookies that may be used include:
ss_cookieAllowed – stores a visitor's cookie preferences
crumb – helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Test – determines whether the visitor's browser supports cookies
Additional technically necessary cookies may be used depending on the functionality of the website.
The processing of technically necessary data is carried out insofar as it is required to provide and securely operate this website. Depending on the specific processing activity, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure, reliable and user-friendly operation of our website.
Further information about data processing by Squarespace is available in the Squarespace Privacy Policy.
4. Squarespace Analytics
Subject to your consent, we use Squarespace Analytics, an analytics service provided by:
Squarespace Ireland Limited
Le Pole House
Ship Street Great
Dublin 8
Ireland
Squarespace Analytics helps AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED understand how visitors use this website and allows us to evaluate and improve its content, performance and user experience.
Squarespace Analytics may collect and process information including:
IP address
browser information
operating system information
date and time of your visit
pages visited
referring URL
visitor sources
sessions and website interactions
time spent on the website
For this purpose, Squarespace Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies, including:
ss_cid – used to identify unique visitors and track sessions; up to 2 years
ss_cpvisit – used to identify unique visitors and track sessions; up to 2 years
ss_cvisit – used to identify unique visitors and track sessions; approximately 30 minutes
ss_cvr – used to identify unique visitors and track sessions; up to 2 years
ss_cvt – used to identify unique visitors and track sessions; approximately 30 minutes
Squarespace may also use storage technologies such as SS_HAS_LANDED and SS_IS_FIRST_SESSION to collect information about visits and sessions and generate website analytics.
The legal basis for this processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Squarespace Analytics will only be activated where required after you have provided your consent via our cookie banner. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time with effect for the future through the cookie settings available on this website.
Further information about the processing of personal data by Squarespace is available in the Squarespace Privacy Policy.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on your device when you visit a website.
The cookies used on this website can generally be divided into the following categories:
Technically Necessary Cookies
These cookies and storage technologies are necessary for the secure and proper functioning of the website. They may, for example, store your cookie preferences, maintain sessions or provide security functions.
Technically necessary cookies may be used without prior consent where their use is strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
Analytics Cookies
With your consent, we use analytics cookies provided by Squarespace Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve our website and its content.
These cookies are only activated where required after you have provided your consent through our cookie banner.
You can withdraw or modify your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on this website. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
6. Contact Form
If you contact AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED through the contact form provided on this website, we process the information you provide in order to receive, process and respond to your enquiry.
Depending on the information you enter, this may include:
your name
your email address
your telephone number, if provided
your company, if provided
the content of your message
any other information you voluntarily provide
The information submitted through the contact form is used to process and respond to your enquiry and, where applicable, to take steps at your request before entering into a contractual relationship.
Depending on the nature of your enquiry, the legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where the enquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR where we process general enquiries on the basis of our legitimate interest in communicating with website visitors and interested parties.
As the contact form is provided through our Squarespace website, information submitted through the form may also be processed by Squarespace as part of the technical provision of this functionality.
We retain enquiry data only for as long as necessary to process your request and to comply with any applicable legal retention obligations.
Please do not submit sensitive personal or medical information through the general contact form unless specifically requested.
7. Instagram
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED maintains a presence on Instagram and may provide links to its Instagram profile from this website.
Instagram is a service provided by:
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Merrion Road
Dublin 4
D04 X2K5
Ireland
When you click a link to Instagram, you leave our website and access Instagram's platform. Instagram and Meta may process personal data about you in accordance with their own privacy policies. This may include information about your device, your use of Instagram and your interactions with content.
If you interact with AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED on Instagram, for example by following our account, commenting on a post or sending us a direct message, we may process information associated with your Instagram profile and your interaction with us for the purpose of communicating with you and managing our social media presence.
The processing of data directly by Instagram or Meta is subject to their respective privacy policies and terms. AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED has no control over the extent to which Instagram or Meta independently processes personal data.
8. Disclosure of Personal Data
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED does not sell your personal data.
We may share personal data with service providers where this is necessary to operate our website, provide our services, respond to enquiries or fulfil legal obligations.
Such recipients may include, in particular:
Squarespace as our website platform and hosting provider
IT and technical service providers
professional advisers where required
public authorities where disclosure is required by law
Where service providers process personal data on our behalf, they are required to process such data in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
9. International Data Transfers
Some of the service providers used in connection with this website may process personal data outside Malta or the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where personal data is transferred to a country outside the EEA for which the European Commission has not issued an adequacy decision, appropriate safeguards are used where required by applicable data protection law. These may include Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission or another legally recognised transfer mechanism.
10. Data Retention
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED retains personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
The applicable retention period depends on the type of personal data, the purpose of processing and any applicable statutory retention requirements.
Once personal data is no longer required for the relevant purpose, it will be deleted or anonymised where appropriate.
11. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
the right to access your personal data
the right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
the right to erasure of your personal data
the right to restriction of processing
the right to data portability
the right to object to certain processing activities
the right to withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent
the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority
Where processing is based on your consent, withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise your rights, please contact:
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED
Email: info[at]ahava-martime[dot]com
12. Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes applicable data protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.
The competent supervisory authority in Malta is:
Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC)
Floor 2, Airways House
High Street
Sliema SLM 1549
Malta
You may also have the right to contact another competent supervisory authority depending on your place of residence or work.
13. Data Security
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access.
However, no transmission of information over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites and services, including social media platforms such as Instagram.
When you follow such a link, the privacy policies and terms of the respective third-party provider apply.
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
AHAVA MARITIME LIMITED may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example where our website, the services we use or applicable legal requirements change.
The current version of this Privacy Policy is always available on this website.
Last updated: August 2026