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Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Discover Boating website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Discover Boating collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Discover Boating for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Discover Boating Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Discover Boating public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Discover Boating does not read any of your private online communications.

Discover Boating encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Discover Boating so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Discover Boating is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Discover Boating and Discover Boating family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Discover Boating collects and uses your personal information to operate the Discover Boating Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Discover Boating also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Discover Boating and its affiliates. Discover Boating may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Discover Boating does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Discover Boating 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, Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Discover Boating does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Discover Boating keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Discover Boating, in order to determine what Discover Boating services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Discover Boating to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Discover Boating; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Discover Boating, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating pages, or register with Discover Boating site or services, a cookie helps Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Discover Boating 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 Discover Boating services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Discover Boating secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Discover Boating 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

Discover Boating will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Discover Boating encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Discover Boating is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Discover Boating welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Discover Boating has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Discover Boating at chodgson@omoa.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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