Privacy Policy

We understand the importance of protecting the privacy of our customers, employees, prospective employees and visitors to this web site (the “Site”).  This Privacy Policy discloses our practices relating to collection, use and disclosure of personal information that you may provide through this Site or otherwise.  Before you submit any personal information through this Site, please thoroughly review this Privacy Policy and contact us if you have any questions.

Intended Audience of this Site

This Site is primarily intended for business use by representatives of actual and potential customers interested in learning about us and our products and/or services.

This Site is not intended to attract or be used: (i) by children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental consent, or (ii) otherwise for personal, household or family use, and we will not knowingly collect personal information from such visitors.

Your Consent

By using this Site, you agree with and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy.  Whenever you submit personal information through this Site, you consent to the collection, disclosure, use and retention of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Collection of Information You Affirmatively Provide

This Site collects information from you and from other visitors through responses to our specific requests and through voluntary communication with us via e-mail, web input screens and forms, and/or blogs.  You should refrain from providing any personal information and you should limit the information you do provide to business contact information, such as your name, company affiliation, title, business mailing address, business telephone number and business e-mail address.

Automatic Collection of Information 

As you navigate this Site, certain limited information can and may be collected automatically from you without your active involvement, using methods known as cookies and navigational data collection.  Some of the information (e.g., type of web browser) does not identify who you are.  Other information, such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, may identify you indirectly, when supplemented with other commercially available sources of information.

When you visit this Site, we send to your computer one or more cookies, which are small text files containing a string of characters.  These cookies uniquely identify your computer to the Site. We may use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends.  Most web browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.  However, some features of this Site may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.

Furthermore, our computer servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit the Site.  These server logs may include information such as the portions of the Site accessed, the IP address assigned to your computer, the type of browser used by your computer, the date and time of your access to the Site, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your computer.

Collection, Disclosure, Use and Retention of Information Other Than Employee Data

Except as otherwise stated at the point of collection, we may use your information for improving the content of the Site, customizing this Site to your preferences, communicating information to you and subsequently updating such information, marketing and research purposes, and as further specified in this Privacy Policy.  We may combine such information with other passively or actively collected information unless we specify otherwise at the point of collection.  We may transfer your information, including personally identifiable information, to third parties, but only: (i) to contractors we use to support our business (e.g., fulfillment services, technical support, delivery services and financial institutions), in which case we will require such third parties to agree to treat the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as you may otherwise have previously consented, (ii) in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of our business function to which the information relates, in which case we will require any such buyer, assignee or transferee to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy; or (iii) where required by applicable laws, court orders, or government regulations.  We will retain your information as long as necessary to carry out and satisfy the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy.  In addition, we will make full use of all information acquired through this Site or otherwise that is not identifiable to you.

Safe Harbor

We comply with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries.  To learn more about the Safe Harbor program, please visit http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/.

Choices for Disclosure and Use of Personal Information

If you are notified that we intend to disclose or use your personal information in a manner that you have not previously authorized, you may choose to prevent us from disclosing or using your personal information in such manner (“opt out”).  More specifically, you may opt out of any disclosure or use of your personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or for which you subsequently gave authorization.  Furthermore, even where your personal information is to be disclosed and used in accordance with the stated purposes in this Privacy Policy, you may elect to opt out of such disclosure to and use by a third party that is not acting as our agent.  On the other hand, we may disclose your personal information to a third party acting as our agent where this third party subscribes to the Safe Harbor Principles (the “Principles”) or agrees in writing to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as is required by the relevant Principles.

Security

We take reasonable measures to safeguard your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification, whether or not in electronic format.  We use industry-standard technological precautions, such as Secure Socket Layer technology in an effort to protect your personal information as you transmit it electronically from your computer to this Site and, furthermore, to protect it from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.  Furthermore, we require that employees and third-party administrators/processors access your personal information only on a “need-to-know” basis.

You should keep in mind that no combination of security measures can ever provide guaranteed protection all the time.  We caution you that e-mail may be particularly vulnerable to unauthorized interception, eavesdropping, modification and spoofing, and, therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.  Moreover, where you use passwords, ID numbers or other special access features on this Site, it is your responsibility to safeguard them.

Enforcement

This Privacy Policy, as it relates to personal information received from the EU conforms to the Safe Harbor Principles and is accurate, comprehensive, completely implemented and accessible. Any questions, concerns or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the our treatment of personal information may be communicated by contacting us through this Site.

When we receive a formal written complaint, our Privacy Officer will contact the author within a reasonable period of time regarding his or her concerns and attempt to resolve these concerns directly with this individual.  In the event that informal resolution of such concerns is not fruitful, a complainant may seek independent review and resolution of his or her complaint by EU Data Protection Authorities. To learn more about the enforcement role of EU Data Protection Authorities, see http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/index_en.htm.  If a complainant believes we have engaged in possible unfair or deceptive practices and legal or regulatory violations in connection with its privacy obligations, he or she may file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission through its web site http://www.ftc.gov. We will cooperate with the EU Data Protection Authorities and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to resolve any complaint regarding the collection, disclosure, use and retention of personal information that cannot be resolved between us and the complainant.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may contain links or references to third-party web sites that are not affiliated with us.  The inclusion of any link does not imply the our endorsement of any other company, its web sites, or its products and/or services.  Any such linked web sites have separate and independent privacy policies which we encourage you to read carefully.  Please be aware that we have no control over linked third-party web sites and, therefore, no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such web sites may collect, disclose, use or otherwise treat your personal information.

Other Terms

Your use of this Site is subject to our Terms of Use.

How to Contact Us

To correct or update any personal information previously collected by us, please follow instructions at the original point of collection on this Site, or contact us at support@maestromarine.com.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

If this Privacy Policy changes, the revised policy will be posted on this Site.