Privacy Notice
This document was last updated on April 22, 2008.
1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets
forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we
collect when you or your computer interact with our website. The
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
Web Site is owned and operated by Yacht Authority, LLCTM ("Yacht AuthorityTM", "YachtAuthority.comTM", "we", "us", "our". By
accessing www.powerboatauthority.com , you acknowledge and fully
understand PowerAuthority.com'sTM
Privacy Statement and freely consent to the information collection and
use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.
2. PARTICIPATING MERCHANT POLICIES
Related
services and offerings with links from this website, including vendor
sites, have their own privacy statements that can be viewed by clicking
on the corresponding links within each respective website. Online
merchants and others who participate in PowerboatAuthority.comTM
services are encouraged to participate in industry privacy initiatives
and to take a responsible attitude towards consumer privacy. However,
since we do not have direct control over the policies or practices of
participating merchants and other third parties, we are not responsible
for the privacy practices or contents of those sites. We recommend and
encourage that you always review the privacy policies of merchants and
other third parties before you provide any personal information or
complete any transaction with such parties.
3. INFORMATION
WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
collects certain information from and about its users three ways:
directly from our Web Server logs, the user, and with Cookies.
3.1. Web Server
Logs.
When
you visit our Website, we may track information to administer the site
and analyze its usage. Examples of information we may track include:
Your
IP address, the kind of browser you use, the number of links you click
within the site, state or country from which you accessed the site, the
date and time of your visit, the name of your Internet service
provider, the web page you linked to our site from, and the pages you
viewed on the site.
Use of Cookies
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
may use cookies to personalize or enhance your user experience. A
cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web
page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses
to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be
read by a Web Server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One
of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature
to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or
navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific
information on subsequent visits. Hence, this simplifies the process of
delivering relevant content and eases site navigation by providing and
saving your preferences and login information as well as providing
personalized functionality.
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner
companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our
website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value (such as
merging into PowerboatAuthority.comTM, a site that relies on third-party cookies).
You
have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies. If you reject cookies by changing your
browser settings then be aware that this may disable some of the
functionality on our Website. And be aware that this may disrupt the
functionality of our web site and other web sites.
3.2. Personal Information regarding
Members/Users
Members
and visitors on our website can register to purchase services. When you
register, we will request some personal information such as name,
address, email, telephone number or facsimile number, account number
and other relevant information. For example, such data may be warranted
in order to provide online technical support and troubleshooting If you
are purchasing a service, we will request financial information. Any
financial information we collect is used only to bill you for the
services you purchased. If you purchase by credit card, this
information may be forwarded to your credit card provider. For other
types of registrations, we will ask for the relevant information.
We
will not disclose personally identifiable information we collect from
you to third parties without your permission except to the extent
necessary including:
To fulfill your service
requests, to protect ourselves from liability, to respond to legal
process or comply with law, or in connection with a merger,
acquisition, or other company dispositions.
USE OF WEB BEACONS OR GIF FILES
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons -
sometimes also called single-pixel gifs - that allow
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded
services. PowerboatAuthority.comTM
may include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters
in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Some
of these Web beacons may be placed by third party service providers to
help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email
communications. These Web beacons may be used by these service
providers to place a cookie on your computer. This allows the service
provider to recognize your computer each time you visit certain pages
or emails and compile anonymous information in relation to those page
views, which in turn enables us and our service providers to learn
which advertisements and emails bring you to our website and how you
use the site. PowerboatAuthority.comTM prohibits Web beacons from being used to collect or access
your personal information.
3.3. MUST BE
18 OR OLDER TO BUY OR SELL
We
do not knowingly acknowledge or accept orders, registrations or
requests for any goods or services from persons under the age of 18. A
person under the age of 18 lacks the capacity to enter into any
contracts to either buy or sell. If it comes to our attention that a
request has come from a person under the age of 18, we will not respond
to such a request. Any information provided by such person(s) will be
immediately deleted.
4. ACCESSING WEB ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We
will provide you with the means to ensure that personally identifiable
information in your web account file is correct and current. You may
review this information by contacting us by sending an email to our
support attendant - support@yachtauthority.com.
5. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
PowerboatAuthority.comTM
has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When
we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at the top of this
Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy
statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the
personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service
constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
6. CONTACTING US
If
you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, its implementation,
failure to adhere to this Privacy Statement and/or our general
practices, please contact us.