Privacy Policy for Gulf Skies Meteorology
This Privacy Policy explains how Gulf Skies Meteorology collects, uses, and protects information when you use our online platform and services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data openly and transparently. This policy applies to our site and any services we provide through it.
Information We Collect
We collect information to provide and improve our meteorological services. The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with our service:
Information you provide directly:
When you use certain features or services, you may provide us with information that can identify you. This may include contact details such as your name and other information you choose to provide when communicating with us or requesting specific services.
Information collected automatically:
When you access and use our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your visit. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. We also collect information about your usage of the service, such as the features you use and the data you access.
Usage Data:
We collect data on how the service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
To provide and maintain our service: Including monitoring the usage of our service.
To manage your account: If you create one, to manage your registration as a user of the service.
To provide customer support: To attend to and manage your requests to us.
To improve our service: Understanding how our users access and use the service allows us to enhance features and functionality.
For business transfers: We may use your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets.
For other purposes: We may use your information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our service, marketing and your experience.
Legal Basis for Processing (under GDPR)
We process your personal data based on various legal grounds, including:
Your consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Performance of a contract: Where our use of your personal data is necessary for us to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you.
Legal obligations: Where our use of your personal data is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation.
Legitimate interests: Where our use of your personal data is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided those interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following situations:
With Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, and maintenance. These third parties are required to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was shared.
For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
With Law Enforcement: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Your Data Protection Rights (under GDPR and other applicable laws)
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may 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.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address provided below.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United Arab Emirates and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to United Arab Emirates and process it there. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by mail at the following address:
Gulf Skies Meteorology
803 Sheikh Zayed Road, Floor 8
Dubai, Dubai
UAE