Nauticalchartsonline.com (“Nauticalchartsonline”) is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information and giving you a safe online experience. This privacy policy was created to ensure the confidence of visitors and customers (“you” or “your”) to the nauticalchartsonline.com web site (the “Site”). This privacy policy also demonstrates our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of your privacy.

I. Types of Information Collected

A. Personal Information:
There are areas on the Site where you can share information that is unique to an individual; such as your name, company name, postal address, e-mail address, phone number, zip code, and credit card information (“Personal Information”). Nauticalchartsonline may also from time to time request Personal Information and other information from you in customer surveys. You can also purchase products on our Site with your credit card. Accordingly, we may request your credit card information for shipping, billing, and credit card validation purposes. We ask for this information in order to deliver requested materials to you, respond to your questions, or deliver a product or service. If you communicate with us by e-mail or complete online forms, we may require Personal Information that personally identifies you. Nauticalchartsonline may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of having someone contact you for additional information, or in response to your request for information from us. If you request that information be mailed to your postal address, you may request to be placed on our mailing list to receive periodic mailings from us.

B. Information from children:
Nauticalchartsonline does not knowingly solicit or collect information from persons under 18 years of age (“children”). While there is no age limit to use the Site, we ask that children not submit information to us without the consent of a parent or guardian. When we e-mail information to you, we will provide instructions that show you how to unsubscribe from receiving further e-mails. If your child subscribes to receive information from Nauticalchartsonline without your knowledge, follow the instructions in our e-mail and unsubscribe immediately. Parents can also contact Nauticalchartsonline to access, change, or delete any personal information submitted by their child.

C. Other information; “Cookies”:
Nauticalchartsonline may collect information about you and your use of the Site whenever you visit this Site. This data helps us analyze and improve the usefulness of the information we provide at the Site and the performance of the Site. For example, we may collect various forms of information such as entry and exit points for the Site (i.e., referring URLs or domains), site traffic statistics, and operating system and browser type (collectively “Traffic Data”). Traffic Data is anonymous information that does not personally identify you but is helpful for marketing purposes or for improving your experience on the Site.

In addition, when you request pages on our Site, our servers may automatically log your IP address. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web. Nauticalchartsonline may store some information on your computer in the form of a “cookie” or similar file to help us maintain and improve this Site in many ways.

A “cookie” is a small amount of data that is transferred to your browser by a web server and can only be read by the server that gave it to you. It functions as your identification card, recording such things as Internet addresses, passwords, and preferences. It cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. With most Internet browsers, you can erase “cookies” from your computer hard drive, block all “cookies,” or receive a warning before a “cookie” is stored. The “Help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more about these functions. Enabling cookies allows you to take full advantage of the features on the Nauticalchartsonline Site and we recommend that you leave them turned on. If you elect to block the cookies, we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience on our Site.

II. Use of Information Collected

Nauticalchartsonline may use Personal Information to send you information about our products, or promotional material from time to time, or to contact you when necessary. We use your Personal Information to complete your orders, customize your experience on the Site, and display content that we think might interest you. In order to inform our customers about new products, we may send e-mail notices to you. We use your e-mail address only to the extent necessary to follow up on specific questions requiring information from our business partners. Visitors that give us their telephone numbers online will only receive telephone contact from us to respond to information requests, or with information regarding orders they placed online. We may use nonidentifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with service providers.

III. Sharing Personal Information

Nauticalchartsonline will not sell, rent, share, monitor, edit, or disclose any Personal Information about you, including its contents or your use of this Site, without your prior consent. Nauticalchartsonline may share your Personal Information for the following limited purposes:

A. Third parties:
Nauticalchartsonline may share Personal Information with other companies and individuals to perform functions such as filling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), and providing customer service. Personal Information that is collected for processing credit card payments is stored on those third party service providers web sites and servers that provide such functions for Nauticalchartsonline. Such companies will only use your Personal Information for those purposes necessary to perform their functions.

B. Promotional Offers:
Nauticalchartsonline may from time to time send offers to selected groups of Nauticalchartsonline customers on behalf of other businesses. Nauticalchartsonline does not provide your name and address to businesses that it sends offers for.

C. Business Transfers:
As Nauticalchartsonline continues to develop its business, we may sell or buy stores, subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the obligations made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy.

D. Legal Obligations:
Nauticalchartsonline may share your Personal Information if we have a good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (1) comply with the legal process or other legal requirements of any governmental authority; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Nauticalchartsonline; (3) enforce this Agreement; (4) protect the interests of other users of the Site or any other person; or (5) operate or conduct maintenance and repair of the Site or equipment.

IV. Protection of Personal Information

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the Personal Information we collect.

V. User Choice Regarding Collection, Use and Distribution of Personal Information

You may choose not to provide Nauticalchartsonline with any Personal Information. In such an event, you can still access and use this Site. If you do not wish to receive information and promotional material from us, you may select the appropriate “opt-out” option each time we ask you for Personal Information.

VI. Links to Third Part Websites

The Site may contain links to other websites. Nauticalchartsonline is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We have no control over the use of such websites and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any Personal Information on these websites.

VII. How You Can Access or Correct Your Information

If your Personal Information changes (such as your address or telephone number), you can access and update any Personal Information that you provided to us by clicking on My Account. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.

VIII. Changes, Updates and Modifications to this Privacy Policy

Nauticalchartsonline reserves the right, at any time and without notice, to change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Changes, updates, and modifications to the Website Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement and the Privacy Policy will continue to govern your use of the Nauticalchartsonline Site even if you do not receive notice of the change, update, or modification.

IX. How to Contact Us

Should you have other questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy,
please call us at 651-228-2276 or fill out our Contact form.