Privacy Policy
Hornblower Marine Services is committed to protecting your privacy and developing
technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience.
This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hornblower Marine Services Web site and governs data
collection and usage. By using the Hornblower Marine Services website, you consent to the
data practices described in this statement.
Hornblower Marine Services
Hornblower Marine Services collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Hornblower Marine Services also collects
anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as
your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that
is automatically collected by Hornblower Marine Services. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web
site addresses. This information is used by Hornblower Marine Services for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of the Hornblower Marine Services Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through Hornblower Marine Services public message
boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Hornblower Marine Services
does not read any of your private online communications.
Hornblower Marine Services encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you
choose to link to from Hornblower Marine Services so that you can understand how those Web
sites collect, use and share your information. Hornblower Marine Services is not responsible
for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the
Hornblower Marine Services and Hornblower Marine Services family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Hornblower Marine Services collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hornblower Marine Services
Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hornblower Marine Services also uses
your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products
or services available from Hornblower Marine Services and its affiliates. Hornblower Marine Services may also
contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current
services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Hornblower Marine Services does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Hornblower Marine Services may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business
partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In
those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail,
name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.
In addition, Hornblower Marine Services may share data with trusted partners to help us perform
statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer
support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited
from using your personal information except to provide these services
to Hornblower Marine Services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your
information.
Hornblower Marine Services does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as
race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Hornblower Marine Services keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within
Hornblower Marine Services, in order to determine what Hornblower Marine Services services are the most popular.
This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within
Hornblower Marine Services to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested
in a particular subject area.
Hornblower Marine Services Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice,
only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such
action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on Hornblower Marine Services or the site; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of Hornblower Marine Services; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances
to protect the personal safety of users of Hornblower Marine Services, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Hornblower Marine Services Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your
online experience. A cookie is a 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. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that
you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize
Hornblower Marine Services pages, or register with Hornblower Marine Services site or services, a cookie helps
Hornblower Marine Services to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This
simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as
billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the
same Hornblower Marine Services Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved,
so you can easily use the Hornblower Marine Services features that you customized.
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 prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be
able to fully experience the interactive features of the Hornblower Marine Services services
or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Hornblower Marine Services secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use
or disclosure. Hornblower Marine Services secures the personally identifiable information
you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected
from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information
(such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is
protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Hornblower Marine Services will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company
and customer feedback. Hornblower Marine Services encourages you to periodically review this
Statement to be informed of how Hornblower Marine Services is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Hornblower Marine Services welcomes your comments regarding this Statement
of Privacy. If you believe that Hornblower Marine Services has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact Hornblower Marine Services at service@hornblowermarine.com.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and
remedy the problem.
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