Privacy Statement
Last reviewed by Ultimate Catamarans GmbH.
General information
Data protection and the protection of your personal data is a top priority for us. By means of this privacy statement, Ultimate Catamarans GmbH informs the users of our website about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. This privacy statement also informs data subjects of their rights.
Responsible data processing office, data protection officer
The body responsible for data processing is:
Ultimate Catamarans GmbH
Theaterstrasse 22, 53111 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 178 8765321
Email: contact@ultimatecatamarans.com
VAT No.: DE314842687 · Registration No.: HRB 2320, AG Bonn
Managing Director: Ralph Wuttke — rw@ultimatecatamarans.com
Data protection officer: Ralph Wuttke — Phone 0228 / 286294-10 — rw@ultimatecatamarans.com
Collection and storage of personal data — type and purpose of use
The internet pages of Ultimate Catamarans GmbH can generally be used without providing any personal data. If a data subject wishes to take advantage of special services offered by our company via our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. Processing is always carried out in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the Digital Services Act (DDG) and applicable country-specific data protection regulations. Where processing is necessary and no legal basis applies, we obtain consent.
As the controller, Ultimate Catamarans GmbH has implemented technical and organisational measures to protect the personal data processed via this website. We only pass on this data to third parties with your express consent and use SSL encryption for confidential data. Absolute protection of internet-based transmissions cannot be guaranteed; you may always transmit personal data by alternative means, for example by telephone.
3.1 When visiting our website
When you visit https://ultimatecatamarans.com the browser on your end device automatically sends information to the server hosting our pages. This information is temporarily stored in a log file and includes: IP address of the requesting computer; timestamp; name and URL of the downloaded file; referrer URL; internet browser and operating system; and the name of your access provider.
This data is processed to ensure a smooth connection and convenient use of the website, to evaluate system safety and stability, and for other administrative purposes. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) f GDPR. The collected data is not used to draw conclusions about you as a person.
3.2 Newsletter
If you expressly consent by double opt-in in accordance with Art. 6 (1) a GDPR, we will use your email address to send our newsletter. We collect only the information necessary for that purpose. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link at the end of each newsletter or by email to rw@ultimatecatamarans.com.
3.3 Online contact form
When you contact us via our online form a valid email address is required so that we can assign and answer your enquiry. Further information is voluntary. Processing is based on your consent under Art. 6 (1) a GDPR. We retain enquiry data only for as long as necessary to process and follow up the enquiry and to comply with applicable legal or contractual retention requirements.
Transfer of data
Your personal data is not transferred to third parties except where: you have given explicit consent (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR); it is necessary to protect legitimate interests under Art. 6 (1) f GDPR and no overriding interest of yours prevents this; there is a legal obligation under Art. 6 (1) c GDPR; or it is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships under Art. 6 (1) b GDPR.
Social media
Our website may contain links to external social media platforms. Clicking a link to a platform does not automatically transmit data to that service. The respective platform's own privacy policy applies.
Your rights
You have the right, under the EU GDPR, to:
- request information about your personal data (Art. 15);
- require correction of incorrect data (Art. 16);
- require deletion of your data (Art. 17);
- require restriction of processing (Art. 18);
- receive your data in a portable format (Art. 20);
- revoke your consent at any time (Art. 7 (3));
- lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77).
Right of objection: where processing is based on Art. 6 (1) f GDPR you have the right to object under Art. 21 GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation, and a general right of objection to direct marketing. To exercise these rights, email rw@ultimatecatamarans.com.
Newsletter
You can subscribe to the Ultimate Catamarans newsletter using the signup form on our website. Registration is voluntary and takes place under the double opt-in procedure: after entering your details you receive a confirmation email and only become a confirmed subscriber once you click the confirmation link in that email.
Legal basis: processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) a GDPR), subject to legal review. You may withdraw this consent at any time with future effect, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Data processed: for new website signups, first name, last name, email address, the date and time of your registration and confirmation, and — where technically stored — a one-way cryptographic hash of your IP address and browser user agent as consent evidence. The plain IP address and user agent are not retained. Some older or legacy imported subscriber records may also contain additional historical fields such as company, country or preferred language.
Consent evidence: for each subscriber we record the exact consent text version, the version of this privacy policy in force at the time, the consent source, and the confirmation timestamp. Where a subscriber was migrated from our legacy website list the record is marked as limited legacy evidence.
Unsubscribe: every newsletter and every subscription email contains a personalised one-click unsubscribe link leading to a page on this website; no login is required. Clicking this link removes your address from the active mailing list immediately and adds it to an internal suppression list, so you will not receive newsletters again and cannot be accidentally re-imported. You can also request removal by email to rw@ultimatecatamarans.com.
Sending workflow: the website / Lovable system manages signup, double opt-in, confirmation, unsubscribe, suppression and the subscriber database. The marketing newsletter itself is not sent automatically by the website. Authorised Ultimate Catamarans staff manually export only subscribers whose status is "confirmed" and use that list solely for sending Ultimate Catamarans newsletters. The export may include the subscriber data actually available and needed for addressing or personalisation and the individual unsubscribe URL. Pending, unsubscribed, bounced and suppressed addresses are excluded. If Ultimate Catamarans uses a separate email-delivery or mailing service for a particular campaign, it is used only as a processor under applicable data-protection requirements.
Retention: confirmed subscribers remain on the list until they unsubscribe. Unsubscribed and suppressed records are kept on a suppression list as proof that the address must not be contacted again. After an unsubscribe we retain only the minimum data required to document the consent and its withdrawal and to maintain suppression.
Renewed subscription: if you unsubscribe and later submit the signup form again, a new consent event is recorded and the subscription only becomes active once you complete the confirmation step again.
Email delivery: confirmation and subscription-service emails are sent via the existing authenticated website platform email infrastructure. The marketing newsletters themselves are prepared and sent manually by Ultimate Catamarans and are not automatically sent by Lovable or the website. An internal notification of a completed subscription (first name, last name, email address, request and confirmation time, signup source) is sent to contact@ultimatecatamarans.com.
Status of this privacy policy
This privacy policy is effective from 25 May 2018. Due to the further development of our website and changes in European law it may become necessary to amend this declaration. The current version can be retrieved on this website at any time.
Last updated: 7 September 2026 (version 2026-09-07.v2) — newsletter sending workflow and data-processed description corrected.