PRIVACY NOTICE
I. RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Dolphin Cove Limited hereinafter referred as "Dolphin Cove Ltd.", with address in Belmont Road, Ocho Ríos, St Ann, Jamaica, is the Data Controller and responsible for the collection and use of the personal data required from its customer in terms of the rules established by the Data Protection Act, 2020 (DPA).
II. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING YOUR PERONAL DATA
The personal data collected from our customers will be managed with the strictest confidentiality. Our customer’s information will be processed according to the provisions established by the Data Protection Act, 2020. DPA requires us to inform you that your contact information, financial and patrimonial assets data and sensitive data collected from you (in our registration forms in the Check-in area and/or Guest Service of each location), or directly (by phone, email, web applications, social media, mobile apps, and CCTv.), and indirectly (through our affiliate agencies), will be used for the following essential purposes:
- To provide our products, services, and experiences to our clients like interactive swims with dolphins or marine mammals, entertainment and the sport activities offered by Dolphin Cove Ltd. through the programs offered in our different locations (habitats): Dolphin Cove Ocho Rios Jamaica, Dolphin Cove Montego Bay Jamaica, Dolphin Discovery Moon Palace Jamaica, Yaaman Park Jamaica, and Puerto Seco Jamaica.
- For reservations and purchase of our products and services through different sales channels such as: web page, email, chat live, telephone, and/or directly in our locations.
- To register our customers in the “Check-in” area of our different locations.
- Send by e-mail information to our customers related to promotions, discounts and offers our products and services.
- For the purchase of products in our locations, such as promotional products and photos of their activities during their visit and/or souvenirs.
- Verify our customer’s reservations.
- Online sales of products (Dolphin programs, photo memories, etc.), charges to the credit or debit card through the bank payments processor or through redirection to PayPal.
- Provide by email the link to download the photos purchased by our customers.
- To inform our guests about changes in the services purchased.
- To conduct evaluations and surveys about the products and services offered.
- To share pictures and videos of our customers (including celebrities), in our Web Page, Social Media, and printed media.
- Confirm and correct the information that we have about our customers to ensure the best quality of our services.
- To process and deliver at the hotel or address given the Photobook purchased by our customers.
- To provide the electronic bill to those clients who request it.
- For the payment process to our providers of services.
- Surveillance and safety of our visitors, guests, and employees, equipment and habitats through the CCTv.
- Administrate contracts signed with our affiliate members.
- To generate the reports of incidents and/or accidents occurred in our parks and locations (habitats).
- To transport our guests to the different parks and locations (habitats).
- To rent docking spaces for our guests where necessary.
- Customer service in cases of not recognized charges made to their credit or debit cards and online payments.
- To send to our customer’s address objects forgotten in our facilities.
- Allow access to media, journalists or producers to our locations to make interviews, footages, photo sessions, documentaries, or familiarization visits.
- Logistics and organization of weddings and group events.
- Customer services for our guests at “Guest Service Area” in our different locations and to follow up any complain regarding to our services.
- To confirm and correct the information that we have of our customers in order to ensure the best quality services and inform them about changes in our data protection policies.
III. CONSENT TO PROCESS SENSITIVE DATA
According to the provisions stated section 9 of the DPA, Dolphin Cove Ltd. is required to obtain express consent of its customers to use and process their and sensitive data (including financial, patrimonial assets) and for direct marketing. Therefore, when we require such information to provide our services, we will request your consent in terms of the provisions stated in section 10 of the DPA. .
IV. PERSONAL DATA TRANSFER
Dolphin Cove Ltd. may transfer your personal data with companies that help it to provide its services or fulfill its legal obligations, for example: Webhosting suppliers, to maintain, update, and manage the web sites; with transportation agencies, etc. Express consent is not required by law for this kind of transferences according to section 31, subsection (4), (b) and (c) of the DPA. Furthermore, depending of the services contracted by our customers their personal data may be shared with other companies to provide those services. In those cases, Dolphin Cove Ltd. will inform you about these transferences and if necessary, request for your authorization for the management of this information. These transfers will be carried out in compliance with the provisions established by section 16 of the DPA.
With the exceptions of the cases cited above, the personal data provided by our customers will not be transferred to any other party or company unless the data transfer is required by law under the provisions stated by section 31, subsection (2) of the DPA.
V. USE OF PICTURES & PHOTOGRAPHS
Dolphin Cove Ltd. will be able to use, print, reproduce, and publish the photos and videos of the guests in printed media (magazines, calendars, brochures, etc.), and electronic media (Blogs, social networks, newsletter, web site, etc.) and/or any other media in all of its formats, editions, phonograms or video-grams, and other forms of media in order to journalistically document and communicate information about events and interactive programs with the dolphins or other marine mammals, experiences and sport activities carried out in our different locations and habitats.
Besides these cases, Dolphin Cove Ltd., will not publish or reveal photos or videos of its customers and neither will exploit them commercially (direct marketing) without the proper express authorization from our customers under section 9, subsection (1) of the DPA.
VI. ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY
Our policy regarding the information related to the use of our website: https://www.dolphincoveja.com is described below. You should review this Privacy Policy section regularly since it may change. The safety and confidentiality of the users that provide their information when hiring a service or buying a product online will be protected by a safe server under the protocol Secure Socket Layer (SSL), so the data sent will be encrypted to ensure that is safe. Also, we have a backup of the computer programs such as Hacker Safe y Thawte certificated measures.
To verify that your information is safe, make sure that there is always an "s" in the browser. Example: htttps://. Likewise, when you enter the web site of Dolphin Cove Ltd., we will register your IP address (this address is temporary and it is assigned by your internet services supplier when you get online), the type of operative system and the web browser that you use. Additionally, we can track the parts of the web site that you are visiting.
The information that we obtain is used to help us create a better experience for the users of our web site; all this process is done without us knowing your name or any other information that allow us to identify it. When users visit our websites, they do it anonymously unless they expressly decide to identify themselves with us.
Dolphin Cove Ltd. does not require that customers provide personal data to use the Website, unless is necessary. Some applications may require that users disclose some personal data, for example our contact forms require user’s e-mail address to register and answer comments, complaints, questions or suggestions, and contact users if necessary. In these forms we will not require financial, patrimonial and/or sensitive data; any disclosure of this information is your responsibility. Regardless the above, if you voluntarily provide any of this information Dolphin Cove Ltd. assures it will be used with strict confidentiality.
VII. COOKIES POLICY
A cookie is a small file and holds a certain amount of data, which our website can send to your browser. It may then be stored on your computer's hard drive and can be accessed by our web server. This cookie data can then be retrieved and can allow us to customize our web pages and services accordingly. It is important to clarify that cookies do not collect any personal data stored on your hard drive or computer. A cookie does not allow us to know your personal identity unless you explicitly choose to reveal it.
Most cookies expire after a period or can be deleted by you at any time. Also you can configure your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie so you can accept or reject it.
The cookies will allow us to:
- Identify users that enter to our websites and offer them a personalized experience.
- To record the personal settings of the users when they visit our website; for example, the cookies allow us to detect the bandwidth that is being used to enter to our sites, so we can customize our web pages and services according to your profile.
- Also allow us to measure some traffic parameters, since each browser that requests access to our sites gets a cookie that is used to determine the use frequency and the sections that were visited, reflecting your habits and preferences, information that is useful to improve the content, the headlines, and the promotions for the users.
Our website uses cookies also to provide a personalized and secure experience to our users as well as to show users advertising related to their preferences. Cookies allow us to understand the behavior of our users on the site and improve it. If you decide to navigate our website, we understand that you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with “our online privacy policy” described in our Privacy Notice.
When you enter to our websites you will be able to reject cookies or avoid accepting new cookies by using the “Help” button located in the tool bar of most browsers. Most of cookies are erased after a period of time or you can choose to erase them directly from your computer.
VIII. RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
As stated under sections 6, 9, 11, 12 and 13 of the DPA data subjects may request the access, cease or prevent processing, rectification, cancellation or oppose to the use of their personal information provided, or revoke their consent. Their request will be answered by our Privacy Office, through the email address: dolphincove.privacy@dolphincoveja.com
Data subjects can request access, cease or prevent processing, rectification, cancellation or oppose to the use of their personal information provided, or revoke their consent by following the process described bellow:
- Send an email to: dolphincove.privacy@dolphincoveja.com; indicating you full name, address, legal or commercial relationship with Dolphin Cove Ltd., (affiliate member, guest, visitor, etc.) and the type of right that you desire to request.
- You must send an email, identifying: the data regarding which you need the access to, cease or prevent processing, rectification, cancellation, or objection, or the information which you wish to revoke your consent, adding your identification document.
- You will have to e-mail it to the address mentioned in the number 1), attaching all the documents you consider relevant for your request. If you wish to correct your data, you must explain exactly what the errors in your information are, adding the documents necessary to correct that information.
- Once the email is received, you will get a confirmation message, with the control number assigned to your request. Applications sent on weekend or holydays will be received until the following working day.
- Your request will be answered by email within thirty days from its confirmed reception. This deadline can be extended twenty additional days if there is a justified cause for the delay. This situation will be notified to the applicant.
- If your request fulfil all the legal and administrative requirements requested by part 2 of the DPA, the access will be granted, the data will be corrected, your requests to cancel the information or to stop using your information will be carried out, or the withdraw of your consent will be registered in our databases in a period of time that will not exceed thirty days.
If your application fulfilled all the requirements stated by DPA, the answer will be sent to you via e-mail, free of any charge. However if you wish to receive it by other means the applicant must cover the expenses of the copies and formats requested.
IX. PRIVACY OFFICE CONTACT
If you have any questions regarding the content, interpretation, or scope of this Comprehensive Privacy Notice, you need more information regarding to the processing of your personal data, you can send an e-mail to our Privacy Officer Mr. Gonzalo Pacheco Perez to the email address: dolphincove.privacy@dolphincoveja.com with registered office in Belmont Road, Ocho Ríos, St Ann, Jamaica, telephone number: 876 974 5335
X. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY NOTICE
This privacy notice is in force and will be updated by publishing a new privacy notice in this site. Any changes of this privacy notice will be informed by publishing an updated version of this document.