Privacy Policy and Legal NoticeWe have created this Privacy Policy and Legal Notice (“Privacy Policy”) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: World Yacht (www.worldyacht.com).All references to "we" or "us" in this Privacy Policy refer to World Yacht. Your Acceptance of These TermsPLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. By visiting this website, you consent and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to the collection, use and storage of your information by us. From time to time, we may change this Privacy Policy. When we do, the “Last Updated” line above will be revised.You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this website following the posting of a changed Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the changes. Unless we provide you with specific notice, no changes to our Privacy Policy will apply retroactively. Information We Collect and How We Use It.1.Personal Information. "Personal information" is information that is uniquely identifiable to you, such as your name, address, email address, phone number, credit card number and other personal information that is not otherwise publicly available. Using certain features of our website may require that you provide us with your personal information. For example our website may include the following features: - Contests/Sweepstakes
- Surveys
- Newsletter Sign-Up
- Mobile Alert Sign-Up (SMS)
- Contact Us (email)
- Public forums (e.g. message boards)
To use these features, we may require you to provide your email address, mobile number, name and/or address and certain demographic information (e.g. gender, age, income level, etc.). When you give us personal information to use the features above,you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of this information as described in this Privacy Policy. We may use your personal information to communicate with you about: - your use of any of the features above;
- new content on our website;
- new contests;
- prize information;
- news that we think may interest you about us; and
- responses to your questions/comments to us.
We may use your demographic information for in-house statistics, advertising, and marketing target information. You can always opt-out of receiving future communications from us; see the Choice/Opt-out section below. 2.Other Information. Even if you don’t use any of the features above, when you visitour website, we may collect certain information about you. a.From your Browser. For example, our servers keep an activity log that tracks allvisitors to the website. The information in the activity log does not identify you individually. The information collected may include among other data: your IP address,your registered domain or home server, time of access, date of access, web page(s)visited, number of clicks, software crash reports, type of browser used, session identification number, search terms, search results, access times and referring website’s address. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administerour website. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information,such as country of origin and geographic location. We use such data in the aggregateto run internal analyses to improve upon your experience on our website. b.Cookies. “Cookies” are small text files that are stored on your computer and recordyour preferences when you visit certain online pages. Our website uses cookies to track your use of the site and its features and links.We may also use cookies to monitor traffic, improve our website and make it easierto use or more relevant to you. If you provide us with personal information, cookiesmay be linked to that information. You may occasionally get cookies from third parties with links (e.g. merchandiseretailers and ticket vendors) on our website. We do not control these cookies, andthese cookies are not subject to our Privacy Policy. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automaticallyaccept cookies, but, if you prefer, you can usually modify your browser settingto decline cookies. For more information on cookies and how to disable them, youcan consult the information provided by the Interactive Advertising Bureau at www.allaboutcookies.org. c.Tracking Tags (also known as “web beacons,” “action tags” or “single-pixel gifs”).Our website may also use tracking tags. Tracking tags are invisible graphics embeddedin the pages of our website that are programmed to collect non-personal informationabout your use of our website. Like cookies, tracking tags provide overall usagepatterns for our website that we use for analysis and to provide personalized servicesand advertising content. Information Collected by/Shared with Third Parties.Other than as provided in this Privacy Policy, we do not share your personal informationwith third parties. 1.Advertising. We partner with advertising companies who may use information fromcookies and the tracking tags they place on our website to provide you with targetedadvertisements about goods and services that may be of interest to you based onyour use of our website and to track the effectiveness of ads served to you. Theseadvertising company partners may anonymously track your Internet usage across otherwebsites in their networks beyond our website. Any information that these advertisingcompanies collect via cookies and tracking tags is generally not personally identifiable(unless, for example, you provide personal information to them through an ad oremail message). If you wish at any time to opt-out of the collection of informationby these advertising companies, please contact us at [AdOptOut@worldyacht.com]. If you would like more information about the use of cookies and tracking tags andto know your choices about not having this information used by these companies,see the Network Advertising Initiatives consumer Web site at http://www.networkadvertising.org/consumer/. 2.Third Parties Doing Work for Us. We may employ other companies or individualsto perform functions on our behalf, such as sending postal mail, email, and textmessages, conducting sweepstakes/contests, prize fulfillment and promotional activities,analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card paymentsand providing customer service. These outside suppliers, agents and vendors haveaccess to your personal information only as needed to perform their functions. 3.Third Parties with Links from Our Website. From our website, you may be able toclick on links to third party sites to buy tickets and merchandise and for otherpurposes. These third party sites may collect information, including personal information.We are not responsible for, nor do we have access to the information they collect.The collection of this information is governed by the privacy policies on the applicablethird party sites. 4.When necessary. We may also release personal information when we believe, in goodfaith, that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, propertyor safety of ourselves, our clients, our users, or others. Of course, we may discloseany personal information about you to law enforcement, other government officials,or other third parties, as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate,in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement,or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability. Remarketing Notice:World Yacht uses cookies to store anonymous information about your visit to WorldYacht.com in order to advertise to you after you have lieft the World Yacht website. The information is used specifically as follows: - Third party vendors, including Google, show your ads on sites on the internet.
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to the website.
Users may opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page. For more information on our use of cookies and how to turn them off, please referto www.allaboutcookies.orgin this privacy policy statement. Mobile Message Sign-UpIf you subscribe to receive messages and alerts from us on your mobile device, byproviding us with you mobile number, you acknowledge and agree: - we are authorized to send you text messages which may include news, promotions and offers at the number you provide for such purposes until you opt-out as provided in the Choice/Opt-Out section;
- you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device number you provide to us;
- you are at least 18 years of age;
- you reside in the U.S.;
- your wireless carrier’s standard messaging rates apply;
- your wireless carrier and other service providers may also collect data about your wireless device usage, and their practices are governed by their own policies;
- we do not guarantee the privacy or security of your wireless network or the messages you receive;
- we may access the content of your wireless account with your carrier for the purpose of identifying and resolving technical problems and/or service-related complaints; and
- we are authorized to use the information we obtain in connection with providing mobile messages to you as described in this Privacy Policy.
Public ForumsAt times, this website may contain message boards, and/or news groups availableto its users. We request users to give us contact information, such as name, email,address, occupation, and interests to be a registered bulletin board user. Thisinformation is optional and not necessary to post messages. This information maybe used by the administrator to send the user email notices. However, users mayopt-out of receiving future mailings; see the Choice/Opt-out section below. Pleaseremember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public informationand users should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal information. Directed at Adult MarketThis website's products and services are directed at an adult market, and thereforethis website is intended for use by adults only. We encourage parents to take anactive role in their children's use of the Internet, and to inform them of the dangersof providing information about themselves over the Internet. Children of any ageshould always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information toanyone online. No information should be submitted to or posted on this website byusers under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. Users that this website knows to be under the age of 13 are hereby required to providethe email address of their parent or guardian to the Administrator (privacy@worldyacht.com)so that this website may alert the parent or guardian of their child's use of thiswebsite. The parent or guardian must consent to this website's collection of theirchild's personal information. A known child user will be restricted from providingpersonal information until such consent is received. No information collected fromusers known to be under age 13 will be used for any marketing or promotional purposesoutside this website. If this website collects personal information from children,it will do so in compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of1998 (U.S.C. 6501 et seq.). California VisitorsCalifornia Civil Code section 1798.83 permits California residents to request informationabout whether we have disclosed personal information to any third parties for thethird parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contactus at the following email address: privacy@worldyacht.com. EU VisitorsIf you are located within the European Union, you should be aware that your personalinformation will be transferred to the United States, the laws of which may be deemedby the European Union to have inadequate data protection. If you are located ina country outside the United States and voluntarily submit personal informationto us, you thereby consent to the general use of such information as provided inthis privacy policy and to the transfer of that information to, and/or storage ofthat information in, the United States. SecurityThis website has commercially reasonable security measures in place to protect theloss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Personal Informationcollected by our website is stored in secure operating environments that are notavailable to the public. While we try our best to safeguard your personal informationonce we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other publicnetwork can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Choice/Opt-OutThis website provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communicationsfrom us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor. This website gives users the following options for removing their information fromour database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our service. 1.Users can send email to: contact@worldyacht.com
2.Users can send mail to the following postal address:
PO Box 461 Midtown Station
New York, NY 10018
3.Users can call the following telephone number: 212.982.3192
4.Users can opt-out of receiving future newsletter emails from us by selecting the"unsubscribe" link at the bottom of our newsletter.
5.Mobile message subscribers can respond to a text from us with the message “unsubscribe”to stop receiving text messages from us. Correct/UpdateThis website gives users the following options for changing and modifying informationpreviously provided. 1.Users can send email to: privacy@worldyacht.com
2.Users can send mail to the following postal address:
PO Box 461 Midtown Station
New York, NY 10018
3.Users can call the following telephone number: 212.982.3192 Copyright NoticeAll text, images, graphics, sounds and software code ("Content") on this websiteare copyrighted property of its respected owners, its clients, contributors andits programmers unless otherwise noted. They may only be used for the personal educationof site visitors. They may not be placed in the public domain. You may not reproduce,redistribute, publish or otherwise use by electronic or any other means any of theContent without the prior written consent. TrademarksWorld Yacht and other trademarks, service marks, brands, product names, designsand logos related to World Yacht and indicated on this website are owned, controlledor licensed by us. They may not be used or displayed without our prior written consent.All other trademarks, service marks, brands, product names, designs, company namesand logos appearing on this website are the property of their respective owners. Applicable LawThese terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of theState of New York, without regard to any principles of conflicts of law. You agreethat any action at law or in equity that arises out of or relates to any use ofthis website will be filed only in the state or federal courts located in New YorkCounty, and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courtsfor the purposes of litigating any such action. Our website is published in the United States. If you are uncertain whether thisprivacy policy conflicts with the applicable local privacy laws where you are located,you should not submit your personal information to Company. SuccessorsIn the event that we are, or any component of our operations is, merged with, oris acquired by, another entity, then any such successor or acquiring entity maybecome the successor to our obligations with respect to the personal informationthat you have provided to us, which would be necessary for the entity to effectivelycontinue our business. By using this website, you consent to any such use of suchpersonal information by such an entity assuming control of our operations as a resultof a merger, purchase of assets, or liquidation in bankruptcy or insolvency. Contacting the WebsiteIf you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website,or your dealings with this website, you can send an email tocontact@worldyacht.com.
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