The Cardboard Boat Book Web Site Privacy Information
We recognize that respecting user privacy over the Internet is of utmost
importance. This privacy statement is designed to provide information about the
privacy and data collection practices for the site:
http://www.thecardboardboatbook.com. The Site is operated by the
Author/Designer,
David W Friant.
This privacy statement also covers the family of cardboard boat sites
operated by David W Friant listed below.
http://www.cardboardboats.org
http://www.cardboardboats.net
http://www.cardboardboats.me
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first
contact us at, dave@thecardboardboatbook.com or by postal mail to:
- David W Friant
- PO Box 3281
- Bellevue, WA
- 98009
Identifying Information. In general, you can visit the Site without telling
us who you are or providing any information about yourself. In some areas of the
Site, we ask you to provide information that will enable us to process an order,
offer services that require registration, assist you with technical support
issues or to follow up with you. Generally we
request identifying information from you when you:
- Register on any of our web sites.
- Place an order.
- Provide feedback to an online survey or tell us about an
idea or suggestion.
- Participate in a rebate program, contest, or other
promotional offer.
- Request a SPECIAL SERVICE
- Request information or files from technical support or
customer service.
In these instances we will ask for
your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and other appropriate
information needed to provide you with these services. In all instances, if you
receive a newsletter or other mailing from us, you will always be able to
"unsubscribe" to these mailings at any time.
What we Will Do With Your
Information. If you choose to give us personal information for any of the
purposes above, this information is retained by us and will only be used by us to support your customer relationship with us. We will not add you
to a mailing list, or newsletter without your registration for this service. We
will only contact you if further information is required from you to complete a
service.
What Others May Do With Your Information. We do not share, rent, or sell any personally identifying information
provided through our Site (such as your name or email address) to any outside
organization for use in its marketing or solicitations. From time to time we may use agents or contractors who
will have access to your personal information to perform services for us (such as DATABASE MAINTENANCE), however, they are required by us to keep the information
confidential and may not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the
services for us. In addition,
we may also share aggregate
information about our customers and our web site visitors to advertisers,
business partners, and other third parties. For example, we might share that our
users are x percent PCs users and y percent Macintosh users. None of this
information, however, will contain personal, identifying information about our
users.
Third Party Links
We may provide links to other
sites. Other Internet sites and services have separate privacy and data
collection practices. Once you leave
www.thecardboardboatbook.com we cannot control, and we have no
responsibility for, the privacy policies or data collection activities at
another site.
Cookies
At times, we will use a feature on your web browser to send your computer a
"cookie". We do not use cookies to retrieve any personal information from your
computer. We only use cookies to learn ways to enhance our Sites, and to give
you better, more personalized service while in our web site. You can reset your
browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is sent. However, some
functions of the Sites will not function if you refuse cookies. These areas of
our web site will have information posted about cookies, and when a cookie will
be uploaded to your computer.
Changes to this Policy
We may from time to time revise our privacy policy. You should therefore periodically visit this page, so you
are aware of any such revisions. We will not, however, use your existing
information in a manner not previously disclosed. You will be advised and have
the opportunity to opt out of any new use of your information.
Contacting Us. If you have any questions about our privacy policy and/or the
practices of our web site, you can write to:
- David W Friant
- PO Box 3281
- Bellevue, WA
- 98009
