As described in our Privacy Policy, we collect personal information from your interactions with us and our website, including through cookies and similar technologies. We may also share this personal information with third parties, including advertising partners. We do this in order to show you ads on other websites that are more relevant to your interests and for other reasons outlined in our privacy policy.
Sharing of personal information for targeted advertising based on your interaction on different websites may be considered "sales", "sharing", or "targeted advertising" under certain U.S. state privacy laws. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to opt out of these activities. If you would like to exercise this opt-out right, please follow the instructions below.
If you visit our website with the Global Privacy Control opt-out preference signal enabled, depending on where you are, we will treat this as a request to opt-out of activity that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information or other uses that may be considered targeted advertising for the device and browser you used to visit our website.
Additional information for EU/EEA customers:
For customers located in the European Union or European Economic Area (EU/EEA), orders placed via this website for delivery within the EU/EEA are fulfilled by our European distribution partner BTP Marine B.V., registered in the Netherlands (BTP Marine B.V.,
Harderwijkerstraat 17, 7418 BA, Deventer, Netherlands).
Salt-Shark Ltd (New Zealand) and BTP Marine B.V. act as joint controllers for the processing of your personal data related to the ordering and fulfilment of Salt-Shark products in the EU/EEA. This means that both entities jointly determine the purposes and means of the processing of your data for these activities.
EU/EEA order processing and fulfilment
When you place an order for delivery within the EU/EEA, your order details (such as name, delivery address, billing address, email address, phone number, ordered products, payment amount and method) are shared with BTP Marine B.V. for the purpose of:
• processing and fulfilling your order from EU‑based stock,
• arranging shipping and returns, and
• providing customer service and after‑sales support for EU/EEA customers.
The legal basis for this processing is performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and our legitimate interest in efficiently organising our European distribution and customer service (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).
European distribution partner (BTP Marine B.V.)
For orders delivered to addresses in the EU/EEA, we share your personal data (order information, contact details, delivery details and, where required, communication history) with our European distributor BTP Marine B.V., Harderwijkerstraat 17, 7418 BA, Deventer, Netherlands.
BTP Marine B.V. uses this data to:
• pick, pack and ship your order from EU‑based inventory;
• handle delivery issues, returns and warranty matters; and
• respond to customer service enquiries related to your purchase.
Salt-Shark Ltd and BTP Marine B.V. have agreed internal arrangements that allocate responsibilities for compliance with data protection laws, including which entity is responsible for responding to your data protection requests.
Marketing to EU/EEA customers
With your consent, we and BTP Marine B.V. may use your email address and certain order data to send you marketing communications about Salt-Shark products and related offers that are relevant to EU/EEA customers. You can withdraw this consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.
For EU/EEA visitors to this website, we may also use analytics and marketing tools (such as cookies, pixels and similar technologies) in cooperation with BTP Marine B.V. to understand how our products are used and to display relevant advertising. Further details are provided in our Cookie Policy.
Contact for EU/EEA data protection matters
If you are located in the EU/EEA and have questions about how your personal data is processed in connection with the sale and delivery of Salt-Shark products in Europe, or if you wish to exercise your GDPR rights, you may contact either:
• Salt-Shark Ltd (New Zealand) and/or
• BTP Marine B.V. (Netherlands) EU data protection
We and BTP Marine B.V. will cooperate to handle your request in accordance with applicable data protection law.
Salt-Shark Ltd and BTP Marine B.V. acknowledge that, for EU/EEA customers, they act as joint controllers (or cooperating independent controllers) of the personal data processed for the sale and fulfilment of Salt-Shark products. The parties shall enter into and adhere to a joint controller arrangement in accordance with Article 26 GDPR, setting out their respective responsibilities, in particular with regard to providing information to data subjects and handling data subject requests.
