Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 01, 2020

Sarah Dungan (“me”, “I”, or “my”) operates the website, https://tidetrek.com (hereinafter referred to as “Tide Trek”).

This page informs you of my policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use Tide Trek and the choices you have associated with that data.

I use your data to provide and improve Tide Trek. By using Tide Trek, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible here.

Definitions

• Tide Trek

  Tide Trek is the website, https://tidetrek.com operated by Sarah Dungan

• Personal Data

  Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in my possession or likely to come into my possession).

• Usage Data

  Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of Tide Trek or from Tide Trek’s infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

• Cookies

  Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Information Collection and Use

I collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve Tide Trek.

Personal Data Collected

While using Tide Trek, I may ask you to provide me with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Cookies and Usage Data

I may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from me by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email I send or by contacting me.

Usage Data Collected

I may also collect information on how Tide Trek is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Tide Trek that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Cookies Policy

I use Cookies on Tide Trek. By using Tide Trek, you consent to the use of cookies.

This Policy explains what cookies are, how I use cookies, how third-parties I may partner with may use cookies on Tide Trek, your choices regarding cookies, and further information about cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How Tide Trek uses cookies

When you use and access the Service, I may place a number of cookie files in your web browser.

I use cookies for the following purposes:

• To enable certain functions on Tide Trek

• To provide analytics

I use both session and persistent cookies on Tide Trek and different types of cookies to run Tide Trek:

• Essential cookies. I may use cookies to remember information that changes the way Tide Trek behaves or looks, such as a user’s language preference on Tide Trek.

• Analytics cookies. I may use analytics cookies to track information on how Tide Trek is used so that I can make improvements. I may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features, or new functionalities on Tide Trek to see how my users react to them.

Third-party cookies

In addition to my own cookies, I may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of Tide Trek, deliver advertisements on and through Tide Trek, and so on.

For example, I use the third-party technology Ezoic to manage my on-page advertisements. You can view their privacy policy here.

What are your choices regarding cookies?

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features I offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of my pages might not display properly.

• For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

• For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

• For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

• For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

• For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.

Where can you find more information about cookies?

You can learn more about cookies at the following third-party websites:

• AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

• Network Advertising Initiative: http://www.networkadvertising.org/

Use of Data

Tide Trek uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain Tide Trek
• To notify you about changes on Tide Trek
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of Tide Trek when you choose to do so
• To provide user support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that I can improve Tide Trek
• To monitor the usage of Tide Trek
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which I offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Canada and choose to provide information to me, please note that I transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Canada and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Tide Trek will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Data: Legal Requirements

Tide Trek may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of Tide Trek
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with Tide Trek
• To protect the personal safety of users of Tide Trek or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to me, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While I strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Service Providers

I may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate Tide Trek (“Service Providers”), provide Tide Trek on my behalf, perform web-related services or assist me in analyzing how my Tide Trek is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on my behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

I may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of my Service.

• Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  You can opt-out of having made your activity on Tide Trek available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

  For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy and Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links to Other Sites

My Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by me. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

My Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided me with Personal Data, please contact me. If I become aware that I have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, I take steps to remove that information from my servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update my Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. I will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on my Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me.