This policy will let you know:
- What personally identifiable information is collected from you
- What cookies are and how they are used
- How your information is used
- Who is collecting your information
- With whom your information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
- How you can access, update or delete your information
- The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
- How Boat Bitten protects children's privacy
- What else you should know about your online privacy
What personally identifiable information is collected from you
Boatbitten.com collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site.
We may ask you for personal information at certain times, including (but not limited to) when you post your boating pictures or take advantage of the other features of boatbitten.com. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Every page within boatbitten.com includes a link to this Privacy Policy. Our main concern at boatbitten.com is pleasure and safety, incidently two traits of a good boater.
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What cookies are and how they are used
As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, boatbitten.com may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Certain features of boatbitten.com require that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.)
Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes:
Advertising networks that serve ads onto boatbitten.com may use their own cookies.
Boatbitten.com may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This technique is not currently used and boatbitten.com has no plan of implementation in the future.
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How your information is used
The primary goal of boatbitten.com in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the boating image gallery.
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Who is collecting your information
When you are asked for personal information on boatbitten.com, you are sharing that information with boatbitten.com alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in your personal information being revealed to other users of boatbitten.com. For example, when you enter personal information on the photo posting form, this information will generally be included with your boating photo, unless specifically stated otherwise.
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With whom your information may be shared
As a general rule, Boat Bitten will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below.
Boat Bitten may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of the Boat Bitten or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of Boat Bitten, other users of Boat Bitten, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Boat Bitten may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
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What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information
If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use some areas of boatbitten.com, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require you to submit personal information, such as posting ads.
You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of the boatbitten.com that require registration in order to participate. You can still use most of the features of the boatbitten.com even if you do not accept cookies.
Boat Bitten does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service.
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How you can access, update or delete your information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may edit or delete your ads at any time by clicking on the appropriate link or graphic provided by the system.
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The kind of security precautions that are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information
Other than the administrator of the boatbitten.com or other authorized personnel of the Boat Bitten, you are the only person who has access to your personal information. Your ads are password-protected to prevent unauthorized access.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Boat Bitten will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Boat Bitten cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
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How Boat Bitten protects children's privacy
Boat Bitten is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Boat Bitten does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age. In addition, Boat Bitten will not send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13.
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What else you should know about your online privacy
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example in ads that you post or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. It is always important to use discretion online whether you are posting a picture on this site or anywhere else on the internet.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
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