www.VesselsValue.com
VesselsValue.com (VesselsValue) has developed this Privacy Policy to explain its policies with respect to the use, storage and disclosure of personally-identifiable information ("Personal Information") and other data stored on, through or in connection with www.VesselsValue.com (the "Website").
By using the Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
VesselsValue's registration forms and procedures require you to provide certain identity information. For example, you are required to identify yourself, to provide contact information, and to provide your company or personal billing information. VesselsValue primarily uses this information to operate the Website (including customising certain features for more personalised use), to bill for services provided, and to contact you as necessary. If you need to update this information at any time, please contact VesselsValue at the address listed at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
VesselsValue takes very seriously the commercial sensitivity surrounding your use of its service and undertakes all reasonable steps to ensure confidentiality of your data and activities on the website. Some of the services that VesselsValue makes available through the Website may allow you to search for and/or store certain data on the Website (e.g. depending on your subscription, you may be able to create and maintain portfolios showing the estimated values of various vessels). VesselsValue will monitor the operational functionality of all areas of the Website for the purpose of managing the Website effectively and to correct technical problems. However access to your stored data, for example results of your searches and contents of your portfolios, is subject to maximum security and prohibited for all purposes save maintenance of the Website or as otherwise authorised under this privacy policy, and may not be used by VesselsValue, any third party or any technical agent (e.g. web developer) without your prior consent, for example where you ask VesselsValue to view a page containing your search results to demonstrate an error which requires correction. To ensure compliance by the web developer Seasure has obtained a complementary agreement to confidentiality, extracts from which are available on request.
When you interact with VesselsValue through the Website, VesselsValue receives and stores certain non-identifiable information. Such information, which is collected passively using various technologies, will not be used to specifically identify you. VesselsValue may use such information and pool it with other information to track, for example, the total number of visitors to the Website, the number of visitors to each page of the Website, and the domain names of visitors' Internet service providers. It is important to note that no Personal Information is available or used in this process. In operating the Website, VesselsValue may use a technology called "cookies." A cookie is a piece of information that the computer that hosts the Website gives to your web browser when you access the Website. Cookies help VesselsValue provide additional functionality on the Website and analyse Website usage more accurately. On most web browsers, you will find a "help" section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notification when you are receiving a new cookie and how to turn cookies off. VesselsValue recommends that you leave cookies turned on because they may allow you to take advantage of some of the Website's features.
As VesselsValue develops its business, it might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Information may be part of the transferred assets.
Subject to paragraph 2, VesselsValue may track your use of facilities provided on the Website. This tracking ("Generic Tracking") captures information, for example, frequency of use of pages, page download performance and peak usage times etc, in order to provide upgrades to the website.
VesselsValue may not include your company name and/or website's domain name and logo on its customer lists, testimonials, and other marketing related to the Website without your prior agreement.
Subject to the above VesselsValue may from time to time use your Personal Information to perform market research, to publish statistical results and to inform you of new products, services and events. If you do not wish to be informed or contacted in this way please inform VesselsValue at the address listed at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
VesselsValue, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. Examples of such functions include mailing information, market research, maintaining databases, software and computer systems, and processing payments. When VesselsValue employs another company to perform a function of this nature, it may provide relevant Personal Information, but it only provides them with the information that they need to perform their specific function whilst recognising this privacy policy.
VesselsValue may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to
(i) comply with a legal obligation,
(ii) protect and defend the rights or property of VesselsValue, an affiliate or a licensor, or
(iii) protect against legal liability.
The Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. VesselsValue is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third party websites. You are responsible to check with the operators of those websites directly in order to obtain information about their policies and practices.
This Website and the business of VesselsValue may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for VesselsValue to make changes to this Privacy Policy. VesselsValue reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Information. This Privacy Policy was last updated on the date indicated below. Your continued use of the Website after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy.
VesselsValue takes reasonable steps to protect the Personal Information provided via the Website from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send.
With respect to your payment information, please note that VesselsValue works to protect the security of your credit card information during transmission over the Internet by using Secure Socket Layering (SSL) to encrypt your credit card number. VesselsValue will use your credit card information only to process your payment and will not share your credit card information with third parties.
If you have any questions about anything in this Privacy Policy, or about the collection of Personal Information through the Website, please contact VesselsValue by telephone, email, or postal mail at:
VesselsValue.com Ltd
Customer Support Dept.
Barley Mow Centre
London, United Kingdom, W4 4PH
+44 20 8995 4364
email: info@vesselsvalue.com
Privacy Policy (Last updated July 18, 2011)
