This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with SouthWharf.com. SouthWharf.com collects and processes your information to provide, improve, and develop our
services and features with the interest of our users.
Most of the information we collect is provided by you. When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, phone number, zip code or other details to help you with your experience.
Collected from you or with your permission. We collect a variety of information when you provide it to us directly. Some examples are below:
Collected from your browser and device. Like the majority of online services, we automatically collect technical information from your browser when you visit or use SouthWharf.com or read a message from us. The data collected includes:
Collected from third parties and public sources. We engage third-party service providers and partners to provide us with information, and we also use publicly-available sources, such as:
Cookies are small bits of code that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser that enables their systems to recognize your browser and remember certain information. For example, it stores your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services.
We use cookies to operate and improve SouthWharf.com, specifically:
Opting Out. You are able to refuse or restrict the use of cookies in your browser settings. However, limiting or refusing cookies may affect your ability to use SouthWharf.com.
We use the information we have to help us provide, improve, develop, and market our services.
Provide, improve and develop services. We use information to improve our features on SouthWharf.com:
Advertising. We use information to help develop advertisements. Data allows us:
We may customize advertising offerings you see based on information from SouthWharf.com. For example, if you search on SouthWharf.com for a particular product, we might show you advertisements for a similar product on your social platforms.
We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards. We only provide articles and information. We do use Malware Scanning on the server side. We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of their personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems. All persons are required to keep information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
You have a number of rights to the data collected about you. Below outlines them:
Rectify, restrict, limit, delete. You have the right to rectify, restrict, limit, or delete most of your SouthWharf.com information by contacting us. See the “Contact” below.
Revoke consent. Where you have previously provided your consent to processing your information, you have the right to withdraw it at any time. If you withdraw your consent to the use of your information, we may not be able to provide certain services to you.
Concerns. If you wish to raise a concern with us about the usage of your information, you have the right to do so. See the “Contact” below.
We share information with service providers, affiliates, partners, and other third parties where it is necessary to provide the services or for any other purposes described in the Policy.
Marketing and spam. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to outside parties unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information only when it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety.
Advertising. You always have a choice as to whether or how you interact with an advertisement (for example, by clicking to learn more about an offer). When interacting with an advertisement on SouthWharf.com or partner platforms, we may note your interaction as part of tracking the overall effectiveness of the advertisement.
Third party service providers. We may share your personal information to help us provide, improve, and develop our services. These third parties are contractually required to use it only to provide their service to us and cannot use it for their own purposes. For example, we use a company to help test and analyze the performance of our website. They may not use the data we’ve collected.
We may retain information on our server logs and in our database for as long as necessary to provide the best service to our users and customers.
California Online Privacy Protection Act. CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. - See more here: [https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/].
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act). When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States' consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online. We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Fair Information Practices. The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States, and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information. In order to be in line with the Fair Information Practices, we will take the following responsive action should a data breach occur:
CAN SPAM Act. The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations. We collect your email address in order to send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions. To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
Do Not Track Signals. We do not honor Do Not Track signals, because no web standard for them has been defined at this time.
Amendments. Over time we reserve the right to make changes to our Privacy Policy, so please review it periodically.
South Wharf
218 Elm Street
South Dartmouth, MA 02748
508-990-1011
info@southwharf.com
Lasted edited 05-25-18