This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is processed through the website https://abbatesurvey.com, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and applicable Italian law. Last updated: 12 October 2026.
1. Data controller
The data controller is Andrea Abbate Marine Survey, VAT number IT 07924061000, based in Fiumicino, 00054 Rome, Italy. You can contact us at a.abbate@abbatesurvey.com or by phone at +39 329 280 6151.
2. What data we process, why, and on what legal basis
Contact form. If you send us a request through the form, we process the data you enter: full name, email address, phone number, the type of client you are, the service you need, the vessel location, and the details of your request (vessel and message). We use them to reply, to prepare a quotation and, if you ask for it, to take the steps needed before entering into a contract with you. Legal basis: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. The fields marked with an asterisk are needed to handle your request; without them we cannot answer. Ticking the box in the form confirms that you have read this policy. We do not need your consent to answer your request.
Direct contacts. If you write to us by email, call us or message us on WhatsApp, we process the data you share in the same way and for the same purpose, with the same legal basis.
Technical data and security. Like any website, our server and the security tools installed on the site process technical data such as IP address, browser type, and date and time of access. We use them to keep the website secure and working. Legal basis: our legitimate interest, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Legal claims and legal obligations. We may keep and use the data needed to defend our rights, based on our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR), and to comply with accounting, tax and other legal obligations if a contract follows (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR).
3. Who receives your data
Your data is not sold. It may be accessed by providers that help us run the website and our business, acting on our instructions where they are data processors:
- Register.it, the hosting provider of this website, where the site and the form requests stored in its database are hosted;
- Brevo, the email delivery service used to send us the notification of the requests received through the form;
- IT and web maintenance providers;
- professional advisers, such as accountants and legal counsel, when needed;
- public authorities, when required by law.
4. Transfers outside the European Economic Area
Some of the providers above may process data outside the European Economic Area. In that case the transfer relies on an adequacy decision of the European Commission (for example, the EU US Data Privacy Framework for certified companies) or on the Standard Contractual Clauses. You can ask us for more information using the contact details above.
5. How long we keep your data
Contact requests that do not lead to a contract are kept for up to 24 months from your last communication, then deleted. If a contract follows, we keep the data for the duration of the contract and then for the periods required by accounting, tax and civil law, or for as long as needed to defend our rights. Technical data is kept only for the time needed for security purposes.
6. Cookies and third party content
This website does not use analytics, advertising or profiling cookies, and does not load third party content such as embedded videos, maps or fonts from external servers. Only technical cookies strictly necessary for the website to work may be set, and these do not require your consent. If we introduce analytics or other tools in the future, we will update this page and ask for your consent before they start.
The website contains a link to WhatsApp. If you click it you leave this website and WhatsApp processes your data under its own privacy policy.
7. Your rights
You have the right to access your data, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to its processing, and to receive it in a portable format. Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To exercise these rights, write to a.abbate@abbatesurvey.com. We do not carry out automated decision making or profiling.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (www.garanteprivacy.it), or with the supervisory authority of the country where you live or work.
8. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our website or the way we process data changes. The date at the top shows the latest version.