Effective Date: 01/01/2020

Welcome to Caribbean Marine’s website. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you about the collection, use, and disclosure of information when you use our website, www.caribbeanmarineus.com. This policy should be read alongside our Terms of Use and Conditions, and it is essential to understand and agree to both documents before using our website.

By submitting any personal information to our website, you signify your acceptance of the terms outlined in this policy. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us for assistance.

1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take your electronic privacy seriously. While we are the sole owner of the information collected on the website, we will not share any of your information with third parties without your explicit consent, unless required by law or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations or cooperate with law enforcement or other government agencies. We may also share your personal information with your mobile phone service provider to facilitate fee collection.

The information we collect falls into the following categories:

a. Aggregate Information: This is anonymous data used for analyzing trends, administering the website, diagnosing problems, tracking user movement, gathering demographic information, and improving the website’s quality. This information may include domain names, IP addresses, or mobile phone network providers. It is not linked to personally identifiable information.

b. Personally Identifiable Information: This information directly identifies you, such as your contact details when you request an order or make an inquiry on our website. Such information is necessary for order processing, and additional details may be required to join the Website membership club. As a member, you may receive promotions as they become available. We also record other information, including responses to promotions. When you access a page on our web server, we record the time, date, and URL of the request, along with information about the browser software used. This data helps us better understand member preferences and tailor our communications, including promotions.

2. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share Aggregate Information with our partners and advertisers. We will not disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties without your express consent, except in the following circumstances:

• When required by law
• To provide requested services
• To administer and manage services, including billing and debt-recovery functions
• To enforce our terms of service
• To protect our rights, property, or public safety
• To prevent a serious threat to a person’s health or safety
• For website service updates

We may disclose your personal information to third-party organizations to manage services we provide, such as mailing systems, billing and debt recovery, information technology services, and more, as necessary. These disclosures are subject to privacy and confidentiality protections.

3. COOKIES

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your hard drive that contain information about you. They help distinguish different members and enable us to track and target your interests to enhance your website experience. Cookies are terminated once you log out of your browser, although some remnants may remain on your computer. Please note that we have no access to or control over cookies used by our business partners, like advertisers.

We use cookies for voting polls, surveys, contests, and similar activities to prevent multiple responses and registrations. We do not retrieve information from your computer not originally sent by us in a cookie.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to refuse them or receive alerts when cookies are sent. However, some site features may not function to their full capacity if you disable cookies.

4. DATA QUALITY AND SECURITY

We employ reasonable measures to protect your personal information. We use encryption technology to safeguard information sent over the Internet. Although we take precautions, please be aware that there is inherent risk in transmitting information over the Internet, and you do so at your own risk.

Authorized employees and contractors have limited access to your personal information to perform necessary functions. We and our affiliated agencies and companies are bound to respect the confidentiality of any personal information we hold.

5. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other sites with their privacy practices. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these websites when leaving our site to understand their data collection policies. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected on this website.

6. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES

Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on our website to keep you informed about information collection, use, and disclosure practices. Please review this policy periodically to stay updated on our practices.