Privacy Statement

Narragansett Sailing 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 Narragansett Sailing website and governs data collection and usage.

By using the Narragansett Sailing website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Collection of your Personal Information Narragansett Sailing collects personally identifiable information, such as your email address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Narragansett Sailing 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 Narragansett Sailing. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Narragansett Sailing for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Narragansett Sailing website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Narragansett Sailing public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Narragansett Sailing does not read any of your private online communications. Narragansett Sailing encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Narragansett Sailing so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information.

Narragansett Sailing is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Narragansett Sailing and Narragansett Sailing family of websites. Use of your Personal Information Narragansett Sailing collects and uses your personal information to operate the Narragansett Sailing Web site and deliver the services you have requested.

Narragansett Sailing also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Narragansett Sailing and its affiliates. Narragansett Sailing may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. Narragansett Sailing does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Narragansett Sailing 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 (email, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

In addition, Narragansett Sailing 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 Narragansett Sailing, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. Narragansett Sailing does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

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

Use of Cookie

The Narragansett Sailing website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage 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 Narragansett Sailing pages, or register with Narragansett Sailing site or services, a cookie helps Narragansett Sailing 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 Narragansett Sailing website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Narragansett Sailing 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 Narragansett Sailing services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Narragansett Sailing secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Narragansett Sailing 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 websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

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

Contact Information

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