PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: August 2026

VLC Yachts respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data provided through this website and in connection with enquiries, quotation requests and professional yacht services.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data may be collected, why it is processed, the legal basis for processing, how long it may be retained, who may receive it and the rights available to individuals under applicable data protection legislation.

This policy applies to personal data processed through vlcyachts.com, including the Contact form, Request a Quote form and other communications initiated through the website.

1. DATA CONTROLLER

The organisation responsible for processing personal data collected through this website is:

Commercial name: VLC Yachts
Data Controller / Legal Owner: VALENCIA Marines Services SLU
Tax Identification Number (NIF/CIF): ESB06827356
Registered or business address: Same as Business Location

Business location:
Real Club Náutico de Valencia
Camino del Canal 91
Bloque 3, Local 21-B
46024 Valencia, Spain

Telephone / WhatsApp:
+34 648 78 42 05

Website:
vlcyachts.com

For privacy-related requests, users may contact VLC Yachts through the website contact form, by telephone or in writing at the address indicated above.

2. PERSONAL DATA WE MAY COLLECT

Depending on how you interact with VLC Yachts, we may process different categories of personal data.

Identification and Contact Data

This may include:

Full name
Telephone number
WhatsApp number
Country
Company or organisation
Professional role
Preferred contact method
Other contact information voluntarily provided

Enquiry and Communication Data

This may include:

Subject of the enquiry
Messages submitted through website forms
Correspondence
Service requirements
Preferred dates
Urgency
Information provided during telephone or WhatsApp communications

Yacht and Transaction Information

Where relevant to the requested service, this may include:

Yacht name
Builder or brand
Model
Year of construction
Yacht type
Length
Flag or registration
Current location
Marina, port or shipyard
Purchase or sale information
Proposed transaction details
Technical requirements
Inspection requirements
Refit or repair information

Information relating exclusively to a vessel rather than an identifiable natural person is not personal data. However, yacht information may become personal data where it can be associated with an identifiable owner, buyer, seller or other individual.

Documents and Photographs

Users may voluntarily provide documents or photographs including:

Yacht specifications
Registration documents
Previous survey reports
Technical reports
Maintenance information
Photographs
Refit specifications
Repair scopes
Brokerage information
Other documents relevant to the requested service

Such documentation should only contain personal information reasonably necessary for the enquiry.

Contractual and Administrative Information

Where a professional service is commissioned, additional information may be processed for:

Quotations
Contracts
Brokerage mandates
Service agreements
Invoicing
Payment administration
Project management
Professional correspondence
Legal and accounting obligations

Technical and Usage Data

When visiting the website, certain technical information may be processed automatically, including where applicable:

IP address
Browser type
Device type
Operating system
Website navigation information
Date and time of access
Referring pages
Cookie identifiers
Consent preferences

The use of non-essential cookies or analytics technologies is subject to the user's choices where consent is legally required.

3. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

Personal data may be collected when you:

Complete the Contact form.
Complete the Request a Quote form.
Upload documents or photographs.
Contact VLC Yachts by telephone.
Contact VLC Yachts through WhatsApp.
Request yacht brokerage services.
Request an inspection or technical service.
Request a yacht valuation.
Request refit or repair support.
Enter into a professional or contractual relationship with VLC Yachts.
Interact with the website and accept optional cookies or analytics technologies.

We may also receive information from third parties where necessary for a yacht transaction or professional service, for example from an owner, buyer, seller, broker, captain, yacht manager, shipyard, surveyor, or professional adviser.

4. PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

Personal data may be processed for the following purposes.

Responding to Enquiries

To:

Identify the person making an enquiry.
Understand the nature of the request.
Respond to questions.
Contact the user through the selected contact method.
Request additional information where necessary.

Preparing Quotations

To:

Assess the requested yacht service.
Review yacht information.
Evaluate location and attendance requirements.
Define the proposed scope of work.
Review uploaded documentation.
Prepare and communicate a quotation.

Yacht Brokerage Services

Where requested, information may be processed for:

Buyer representation.
Seller representation.
Yacht search and selection.
Yacht valuation.
Brokerage mandates.
Negotiations.
Transaction coordination.
Inspection planning.
Documentation coordination.
Purchase or sale support.

Yacht Inspection and Technical Services

Information may be processed to assess or coordinate:

Pre-purchase yacht inspections.
Yacht condition inspections.
Sea trials.
Haul-out inspections.
Technical assessments.
Technical due diligence.
Survey coordination.
Repair supervision.
Refit projects.
Shipyard attendance.
Specialist marine services.

Contract Management

Where services are commissioned, data may be processed to:

Establish and manage the professional relationship.
Execute the agreed service.
Communicate with the client.
Coordinate authorised third parties.
Administer quotations, invoices and payments.
Maintain professional and project records.

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

Personal data may be processed where necessary to comply with:

Tax obligations.
Accounting obligations.
Commercial legislation.
Court orders.
Requests from competent authorities.
Applicable maritime or administrative requirements.
Legal obligations arising from professional activities.

Website Security

Technical information may be processed for:

Website operation.
Fraud prevention.
Cybersecurity.
Error detection.
Prevention of unauthorised access.
Protection of website infrastructure.

Analytics

Where optional analytical technologies are implemented, and the required consent has been obtained, usage data may be processed to understand:

Website traffic.
Popular pages.
User navigation.
Website performance.
Sources of visits.
Conversion performance.

Commercial Communications

Where the user has expressly agreed to receive them, contact information may be used to communicate relevant information concerning VLC Yachts services.

Marketing consent is optional and is not required in order to submit a general enquiry or request a quotation.

5. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

VLC Yachts will only process personal data where an appropriate legal basis exists.

Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on:

Pre-Contractual Measures and Contract Performance

Personal data may be processed where necessary to:

Respond to a request for a professional quotation.
Assess a proposed assignment.
Take steps requested before entering into a contract.
Perform an agreed professional service.

Legitimate Interests

Where appropriate and after considering the rights and interests of the individual, data may be processed for legitimate business purposes such as:

Responding to professional enquiries.
Managing existing client relationships.
Protecting website and business security.
Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.
Maintaining reasonable business records.

Legal Obligation

Certain information may be processed or retained where required by Spanish or European Union law.

Consent

Consent may be relied upon where required, including for:

Optional marketing communications.
Certain non-essential cookies.
Certain analytical technologies.
Other optional processing activities for which consent is specifically requested.

Where processing is based on consent, the individual may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

6. MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL INFORMATION

Fields marked with an asterisk (*) in website forms are required to process the corresponding enquiry.

If required information is not provided, VLC Yachts may be unable to:

Respond adequately to the enquiry.
Assess the requested service.
Prepare a quotation.
Contact the person making the request.

Optional fields allow users to provide additional information that may help VLC Yachts assess the enquiry more accurately.

Users should not submit personal data that is unnecessary for the requested service.

7. DATA RETENTION

Personal data will not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods will depend on the nature of the relationship.

General Enquiries

Information will be retained for the period necessary to respond to and manage the enquiry and may subsequently be retained where reasonably necessary to document the communication or protect legitimate legal interests.

Quotation Requests

Information associated with quotation requests may be retained while the proposal remains active and thereafter for a reasonable period to manage follow-up enquiries and possible contractual or legal matters.

Clients and Professional Assignments

Where a professional service is commissioned, relevant contractual, technical, administrative and accounting documentation may be retained for the duration of the professional relationship and subsequently for the periods required by applicable legal, tax, accounting or liability requirements.

Marketing Data

Where processing is based on consent, contact details may be retained until consent is withdrawn or the individual requests deletion, subject to information that must be retained to demonstrate the withdrawal or previous consent.

Legal Claims

Relevant information may be retained for as long as necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

When data is no longer required, it will be deleted, anonymised or securely blocked where applicable.

8. WHO MAY RECEIVE PERSONAL DATA?

VLC Yachts does not sell personal data.

Service providers may access personal information where reasonably necessary to operate the website or deliver professional services.

These may include:

Technology Providers

Website hosting providers
Website platform providers
Form-processing services
Cloud storage providers
IT support providers
Cybersecurity providers
Backup services

Professional and Marine Service Providers

Where necessary for the requested assignment and appropriate to the professional relationship, information may be shared with authorised parties such as:

Marine surveyors
Naval architects
Marine engineers
Shipyards
Yacht repair companies
Specialist marine contractors
Laboratories
Captains or yacht managers
Brokers involved in a transaction
Legal advisers
Tax advisers
Registration specialists
Other professional consultants

Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant service should be shared.

Public Authorities

Information may be disclosed where required by law or by a competent:

Court
Tax authority
Administrative authority
Law-enforcement authority
Regulatory body

9. DATA PROCESSORS

Certain external providers may process personal information on behalf of VLC Yachts.

Where required by law, such providers will be subject to appropriate contractual obligations regarding:

Confidentiality
Security
Permitted purposes
Processing instructions
Data protection
Deletion or return of information

VLC Yachts will seek to use providers offering appropriate guarantees for the protection of personal information.

10. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

VLC Yachts will seek to process personal data within the European Economic Area where reasonably possible.

However, certain technology, cloud, communications, analytics or software providers may process information from locations outside the European Economic Area.

Where an international transfer of personal data takes place, it will be subject to an appropriate legal mechanism where required, such as:

An adequacy decision.
Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
Another legally recognised safeguard under the GDPR.

Specific information concerning technologies used by the website may also be provided through the Cookie Policy or consent management system.

11. WHATSAPP COMMUNICATIONS

Where a user chooses to communicate with VLC Yachts through WhatsApp, the user's telephone number, profile information, message content and related technical information may also be processed by the provider of the WhatsApp service according to its own privacy terms.

Users should avoid sending unnecessary confidential or sensitive information through instant messaging services.

Where extensive yacht documentation, contractual records or sensitive commercial information is required, VLC Yachts may request that an alternative communication or document-transfer method be used.

Use of WhatsApp is optional.

12. DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS UPLOADED BY USERS

Users submitting documents or photographs through the website must ensure that:

They are authorised to provide the material.
The documents are relevant to the enquiry.
Unnecessary personal data has been removed where reasonably possible.
Information relating to third parties is provided lawfully.

VLC Yachts may use uploaded material solely as reasonably necessary to:

Assess an enquiry.
Prepare a quotation.
Evaluate a yacht.
Coordinate a requested professional service.
Manage a resulting contractual relationship.

Users should not upload special-category personal information unless specifically requested and legally justified.

13. SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA

VLC Yachts does not generally require sensitive personal information through its website.

Users should not voluntarily provide information concerning, for example:

Health
Racial or ethnic origin
Religious beliefs
Political opinions
Trade-union membership
Genetic information
Biometric identification
Sexual life or sexual orientation

unless such information is specifically required for a lawful purpose and an appropriate legal basis exists.

14. DATA RELATING TO THIRD PARTIES

Where a user provides personal information concerning another person, such as an owner, buyer, captain, representative or professional adviser, the user should ensure that they are authorised to provide that information.

Where legally required, the relevant individual should be informed that VLC Yachts may process their data.

15. DATA SECURITY

VLC Yachts applies reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against:

Unauthorised access.
Accidental loss.
Destruction.
Alteration.
Disclosure.
Misuse.

Security measures are selected taking into account the nature of the information, processing activities and reasonably foreseeable risks.

However, no internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.

Users are therefore encouraged not to send unnecessary confidential information through open website forms or messaging services.

16. AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING AND PROFILING

VLC Yachts does not intend to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on individuals solely through automated processing of personal data submitted through the Contact or Request a Quote forms.

Website analytics or marketing technologies, where used with the appropriate legal basis, may analyse general browsing behaviour.

Any material change involving automated decision-making or profiling will be reflected in this Privacy Policy and, where required, communicated to affected users.

17. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Subject to the conditions established by applicable law, individuals may exercise the following rights.

Right of Access

You may request confirmation as to whether VLC Yachts processes your personal data and request access to that information.

Right to Rectification

You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.

Right to Erasure

You may request deletion of personal data where the legal requirements for erasure are satisfied.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You may request restriction of processing in the circumstances established by applicable legislation.

Right to Object

Where processing is based on legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to processing based on your particular circumstances.

You may object at any time to processing for direct marketing purposes.

Right to Data Portability

Where applicable, you may request personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or request its transmission to another controller where technically feasible.

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.

Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Rights Concerning Automated Decisions

Where applicable, individuals have rights relating to decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

18. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS

To exercise a data protection right, you may contact VLC Yachts through the website Contact form or submit a written request to:

VLC Yachts
Real Club Náutico de Valencia
Camino del Canal 91
Bloque 3, Local 21-B
46024 Valencia, Spain

You may also contact us by telephone to request information about the procedure:

+34 648 78 42 05

The request should clearly identify:

The individual making the request.
The right being exercised.
The personal data concerned.
Any relevant information needed to locate the records.

Where reasonably necessary to prevent unauthorised disclosure of personal data, VLC Yachts may request appropriate proof of identity.

VLC Yachts should request only the information necessary to verify identity.

19. RIGHT TO LODGE A COMPLAINT

If you consider that your personal data has been processed in breach of applicable data protection legislation, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

For organisations established in Spain, the principal supervisory authority is the:

Spanish Data Protection Agency
Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD)

Exercising this right does not prevent you from contacting VLC Yachts first so that we can attempt to resolve your concern directly.

20. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

The website and professional services of VLC Yachts are directed towards adults involved in yacht ownership, yacht transactions and professional marine services.

VLC Yachts does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through its Contact or Request a Quote forms.

If personal information relating to a minor is identified and there is no lawful basis for processing it, appropriate steps will be taken to delete it.

21. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

The website may use cookies or similar technologies.

Essential cookies may be required for:

Website functionality.
Security.
Session management.
Storage of privacy preferences.

Optional analytics, advertising, or other non-essential technologies will be used only where permitted under applicable legislation and, where required, after obtaining the user's consent.

Users can find more information in the Cookie Policy and manage available preferences through the website's cookie consent controls.

22. EXTERNAL WEBSITES

The VLC Yachts website may contain links to external websites.

VLC Yachts is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.

Users should review the privacy information of any third-party website before submitting personal information.

23. COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

VLC Yachts will not treat submission of a Contact or Request a Quote form as automatic consent to receive unrelated marketing communications.

Where commercial communications require consent, we will request it separately.

Users may withdraw marketing consent at any time.

Withdrawal from marketing communications will not affect necessary communications concerning:

An active enquiry.
A quotation.
A yacht transaction.
A contracted service.
An administrative or legal matter.

24. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

VLC Yachts may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:

Changes in legislation.
Changes in regulatory guidance.
New website functionality.
Changes in processing activities.
New service providers.
New professional services.
Security requirements.

We will always publish the current version on this page.

The date of the most recent revision will appear at the beginning of the policy.

Where a change materially affects how personal data is processed, we will provide additional notice where required by law.

25. PRIVACY CONTACT

For questions concerning this Privacy Policy, personal data processing or the exercise of data protection rights, contact VLC Yachts through the website's Contact page.

Alternatively, written correspondence may be sent to:

VLC Yachts
Real Club Náutico de Valencia
Camino del Canal 91
Bloque 3, Local 21-B
46024 Valencia, Spain

Telephone / WhatsApp:
+34 648 78 42 05

VLC Yachts
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INDEPENDENT • DISCREET • PROFESSIONAL

Independent yacht brokerage in Valencia, Spain. We represent buyers and sellers with total independence, discretion, and professionalism in every transaction.