As part of our commitment to privacy standards, we at divetribe.com have agreed to notify you of:
What personally
identifiable information of yours or third party personal identification
is collected from you through this web site?
The organization collecting the information.
How the information is used ?
With whom the information may be shared ?
What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information?
The kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the
loss, misuse or alteration of information under divetribe.com
control .
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
Information Collection and Use
The Dive Tribe Ltd. is the sole owner of the information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information
to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
We collect information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Registration
In order to use parts of this website, a user must first complete
the registration form. During registration a user is required
to give their contact information, language preference and country
of origin. This information is used to contact the user about
the services on our site for which they have expressed interest.
It is optional for the user to provide certain additional information
(such as dive certification level, date of last dive,) but encouraged
so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
Certain optional demographic information is also collected (such
as how the user found the site).
Reservation
We request information from the user during our Reservation process.
Here a user must provide, details of requested activities, contact
information (like name and address) and financial information
(like credit card number, expiration date). This information is
used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we
have trouble processing an order, this contact information is
used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked
to any personally identifiable information while on our site.
Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates.
For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would
not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time
while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still
use our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the
interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track
user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We process credit card information through our bank, who specifically
do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information
for any secondary purposes.
We allow users to register in our web links guide. By doing so,
the information they submit is available to many third parties.
This information is not of a personal nature, and purely reflects
the details of the link they wish to have visible on our site.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our
site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web
site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy
statement applies solely to information collected by this Web
site.
Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact
information such as name and email address.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site may request information from users
via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether
or not to disclose this information. Information requested may
include contact information (such as name and e-mail address),
and demographic information (such as postal code, age level).
Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award
prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring
or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information.
When users submit sensitive information via the website, your
information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number), that information is
encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in
the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order
form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape
Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed
to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online,
we also do everything in our power to protect user-information
off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive
information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only
employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for
example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative)
are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our
employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they
leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password
to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees
are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every
quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees
are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on
privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information
is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable
information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked
cage.
Special Offers
We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive information
on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of
respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to
not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice
and opt-in below.
Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such
as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service,
we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove
that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be
done at the 'my profile' page or by emailing us.
Choice/Opt-in
Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-in' for our mailing
list. We will not send you mail (aside from confirmation of joining
the site, or information directly related to a purchase) unless
you tick the 'send me mail' box on sign-up.
Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional
materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications
by changing the mail preference in their profile, or by contacting
us.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally
identifiable information in a manner different from that stated
at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an
email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their
information in this different manner. We will use information
in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information
was collected.
If you feel that we are not abiding by our posted privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.
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