Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to the website of AYE MATIES – Pirate Challenge: Saving Our Oceans.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used and protected when you visit this website, contact us or interact with external services linked from this website.

This website is operated in connection with the development and promotion of the AYE MATIES format and entertainment project.

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2. Data Controller

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data through this website is:

Sail Wisely CLG
Company Limited by Guarantee, Ireland – currently in formation
Operating the project and format: AYE MATIES – Pirate Challenge: Saving Our Oceans

Current correspondence address:

c/o Capt. Peter Brucha
Jubilaeumstrasse 19
2345 Brunn am Gebirge
Austria, Europe

Telephone: +43 699 1086 1086
Email: [insert official contact email address]

Following incorporation, the registered office in Ireland and official company registration details will be added here.

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3. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you use this website, we may process the following categories of personal data:

Contact Information

When you contact us by email or through a contact form, we may collect:

• your name

• your company or organisation, where provided

• your email address

• your telephone number, where provided

• the content of your message

• any information you voluntarily include in your enquiry

Technical and Usage Data

When you visit this website, technical information may be processed by our website platform or hosting providers, including:

• IP address

• browser type and device information

• date and time of access

• visited pages

• referral source

• technical log data necessary for website security and operation

Cookie and Consent Information

Where cookies or similar technologies are used, information about your consent choices may be stored in order to respect your privacy preferences.

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4. Purposes of Processing

We process personal data only where necessary and for legitimate purposes, including:

• responding to enquiries and messages

• communicating with potential partners, sponsors, broadcasters, collaborators or interested visitors

• providing information about the AYE MATIES project

• operating, securing and improving this website

• preventing misuse, fraud or technical problems

• complying with applicable legal obligations

• managing cookie and privacy preferences

We do not sell your personal data.

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5. Legal Basis for Processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data may be processed on the following legal bases:

Consent

Where you voluntarily submit information through a contact form, accept non-essential cookies or interact with optional third-party content, processing may be based on your consent.

Legitimate Interests

We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, including operating and securing the website, responding to professional enquiries and presenting the AYE MATIES project to interested parties.

Pre-Contractual Measures

Where you contact us regarding a possible cooperation, sponsorship, production service or other business relationship, processing may be necessary in order to take steps at your request before entering into an agreement.

Legal Obligations

We may process information where required to meet legal, regulatory or administrative obligations.

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6. Contact Form and Email Enquiries

When you use the contact form or send us an email, the information you provide will be used solely to process and respond to your enquiry and, where relevant, to continue communication relating to your request.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form unless it is strictly necessary for your enquiry.

Enquiries may be retained for as long as required to respond to your request, document relevant business communication or comply with legal obligations.

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7. Website Platform: Wix

This website is created and hosted using Wix. Wix may process technical information and use essential technologies required to deliver, secure and operate the website.

Depending on the functions enabled on this website, Wix services may also support:

• website hosting and content delivery

• contact form processing

• security and fraud prevention

• cookie consent management

• website performance and analytics features, where activated

Where non-essential cookies or analytics technologies are enabled, they should only be activated after the visitor has provided the required consent through the website’s cookie banner.

Further information about Wix’s processing practices is available through Wix’s own privacy information.

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8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies may be necessary for the proper operation, security and basic functionality of the website. These cookies do not require consent where they are strictly necessary for providing the website service.

Non-Essential Cookies

Analytics, marketing, embedded media or other optional cookies will only be used where activated on the website and where legally required consent has been obtained.

Visitors must be able to accept or reject non-essential cookies through the cookie settings available on the website.

You may change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings function, where available.

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9. Embedded Maps

This website may contain an embedded map to display our contact or correspondence location.

Where a third-party map service such as Google Maps is embedded, the provider may receive technical data, including your IP address and device information, when the map is loaded. Depending on the implementation, cookies or similar technologies may also be used by the map provider.

Where required, the map should only be activated after you have provided consent for external content or non-essential cookies.

Alternative: If the website only contains a simple external map link and no embedded map, data is transmitted to the map provider only once you click the link.

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10. SoundCloud

This website includes a link to the official AYE MATIES soundtrack on SoundCloud.

When you click the SoundCloud link, you will be redirected to an external website operated by SoundCloud. From that moment, SoundCloud may process personal data in accordance with its own privacy policy.

If a SoundCloud audio player is embedded directly into this website in the future, the embedded player may transmit technical information to SoundCloud when it is loaded. Where required, such embedded content should only be activated after the visitor has provided appropriate consent.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

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11. External Links and Social Media

This website may contain links to external websites or social media platforms.

When you click such a link, you leave our website and the respective external provider may process your personal data according to its own privacy policy. We have no control over the processing of data by external providers after you visit their services.

12. Sharing of Personal Data

We may share personal data only where necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including with:

• website hosting and technical service providers, such as Wix

• communication and email service providers

• professional advisers where legally necessary

• public authorities where required by law

• project representatives who need the information in order to respond to your enquiry

We do not disclose personal data to third parties for unrelated advertising purposes.

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13. International Data Transfers

Some website or communication service providers may process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in countries such as the United States.

Where such transfers occur, they must be based on an appropriate legal mechanism under applicable data protection law, such as an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses or another permitted safeguard.

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14. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:

• responding to your enquiry

• maintaining relevant professional or project communication

• meeting contractual, accounting or legal obligations

• protecting our legitimate interests where necessary

Contact enquiries that do not lead to further cooperation will generally be deleted when they are no longer required for communication or documentation purposes, unless legal obligations require longer retention.

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15. Your Rights Under the GDPR

Subject to applicable legal requirements, you have the right to:

• request access to your personal data

• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data

• request deletion of your personal data

• request restriction of processing

• object to processing based on legitimate interests

• withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent

• request data portability, where applicable

• lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority

To exercise your rights, please contact us at:

[insert official contact email address]

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

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16. Right to Lodge a Complaint

As the company is intended to be incorporated in Ireland, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish supervisory authority:

Data Protection Commission
Ireland

You may also contact the competent data protection authority in your country of residence or place of work.

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17. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

However, no website or electronic communication system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should therefore exercise care when transmitting personal information online.

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18. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended to provide general information about the AYE MATIES project and is not designed to knowingly collect personal data from children.

If we become aware that personal data from a child has been submitted without appropriate authorisation, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

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19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy where necessary to reflect changes to the website, legal requirements, service providers or the development of the AYE MATIES project.

The current version will always be published on this website.

Last updated: May 2026