Privacy Statement
Information Collection and Use
CharlestonYachting.com, is the sole owner of the information collected on this
site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways
different from what is disclosed in this statement. Charleston Yachting.com
collects information from our users at several different points on our website.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide
contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information
(like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for
billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing
an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.
We keep your registration information available when you return for your
convenience.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information
about the user.. These cookies are automatically generated by our web servers
and log the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of the visiting computer.
This cookie will then link the user’s registration information, and
the user’s navigation path around the site will be tracked. We use
this data to develop a better working knowledge of our customers/users, target
customer/user interest, and enhance the experience on our site based on generated
statistical data, which will disclose what actions are being taken place
on site. Otherwise, once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply
terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would
not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on
our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The
only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our
site. For instance, the user would have to log in repeatedly to navigate
the site without cookies. Cookies can also enable us to track and target
the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of
our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers).
However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Log Files
When a user visits CharlestonYachting.com, may gather certain technical and
routing information about the user’s computer (like IP address) to
assist the user with navigation of our site and its provided services. These
local environmental variables will be used to analyze trends, administer
the site, track user's movement, measure various internet traffic patterns,
and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we CharlestonYachting.com,
is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage
our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements
of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web
site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information
such as name and email address.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When
users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected
both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to
enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security
number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order
form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator
and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked,
or open, when you are just 'surfing'. The servers that we store personally
identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.
Safe Shopping Guarantee and Fair Credit Billing Act
We guarantee that every online transaction you make will be 100% safe. This
means you pay nothing if unauthorized charges are made to your card as a
result of shopping at our online store. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act,
your bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50.00 of fraudulent charges.
If your bank does hold you liable for any of this $50.00. We will cover the
entire liability for you, up to the full $50.00. We will only cover this
liability if the unauthorized use of your credit card resulted through no
fault of your own from purchases made while using the secure server. In the
event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must notify your credit
card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.
