What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an
order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a
form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as
appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address,
mailing address or phone number. You may, however, visit our site
anonymously.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to
serve ads on your site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to
serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other
sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie
by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy..
What do we use your information for? Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
; To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
; To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
; To improve customer service
(your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
; To process transactions
Your
information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged,
transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever,
without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering
the purchased product or service requested.
; To send periodic emails
The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of
your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or
access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure
server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment
gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized
with special access rights to such systems, and are required to?keep the
information confidential.
After a transaction, your private
information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.)
will not be stored on our servers.
Do we use cookies?
Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider
transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you
allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize
your browser and capture and remember certain information
We
use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping
cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile
aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can
offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract
with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding
our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the
information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and
improve our business.
If you prefer, you can choose to have
your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can
choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most
websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not
function properly. However, you can still place orders over the
telephone or by contacting customer service.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your
personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third
parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our
business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this
information confidential. We may also release your information when we
believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site
policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided
to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party
products or services on our website. These third party sites have
separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no
responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these
linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site
and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions
to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act.
We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside
parties without your consent.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), our policy is located at .
Online Privacy Policy Only This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the
use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our
website at
http://shop.ostriamarine.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=5 Your Consent By using our site, you consent to our
privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on 12/04/2011
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