This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected and used when you visit bulkersguide.com (the “site”). It is written to meet the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Who is responsible for your data
The site is operated by Capt. Stamatios Daskalakis, who is the data controller for the personal data described here. For any question about this policy or your data, write to 
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What data is collected and why
When you visit the site. Like every website, the server that hosts bulkersguide.com automatically records technical information when a page is requested: your IP address, the date and time, the page requested, the referring page, and your browser and operating system. This is needed to deliver the site, keep it secure and diagnose faults. Legal basis: legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Website statistics. The site uses Google Analytics (through Google Site Kit) and Jetpack Stats to understand how visitors use the site – which pages are read, how visitors arrive and which devices they use. These services may use cookies and process your IP address, which is shortened or pseudonymised where the service allows. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), where consent is required for the cookies involved. See the Cookies Policy for details.
Security. Jetpack security features protect the site against spam and malicious login attempts, which involves processing IP addresses. Legal basis: legitimate interest in keeping the site secure.
When you email. If you write to , your name, email address and message are used only to reply to you and are kept for as long as needed for that correspondence. Legal basis: legitimate interest in answering your enquiry, or steps prior to a contract.
Fonts and embedded content. The site loads typefaces from Google Fonts, which means your browser connects to Google’s servers and your IP address is transmitted to Google. Videos or other content embedded from third-party platforms are blocked until you choose to load them; only then does the external platform receive your data.
Buying the book
The book is sold through Amazon. Links to Amazon take you to Amazon’s own website, where Amazon’s privacy notice applies. No payment or order information is collected on bulkersguide.com.
Who receives your data
- The website hosting provider, which stores the site and its server logs.
- Google (Google Analytics, Google Fonts) – Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC.
- Automattic (Jetpack statistics and security) – Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd. / Automattic Inc.
Some of these providers may transfer data to the United States. Such transfers rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework or on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Personal data is never sold.
How long data is kept
Server logs are kept for a short period by the hosting provider, normally no longer than required for security and fault diagnosis. Statistics data is kept for the retention period configured in the analytics services (no longer than 14 months for Google Analytics). Emails are kept only as long as the correspondence requires.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
- access the personal data held about you;
- have inaccurate data corrected;
- have your data erased;
- restrict or object to processing, including processing based on legitimate interest;
- data portability;
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting processing carried out before the withdrawal;
- lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU country where you live or work.
To exercise any of these rights, write to .
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when the site or the law changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.