ProBoat Videos — Privacy Statement
This section describes how WoodenBoat Publications, Inc. (the parent company of Professional BoatBuilder magazine) treats personal information when you use WoodenBoat’s services, including information provided when you use ProBoatBoat Videos. In addition, the following describes privacy practices specific to Professional Boatbuilder. To understand how we treat the information you give us as you use ProBoat Videos, you should read this policy.
Personal Information
- Non-Account Activity. You can watch videos on ProBoat Videos without having a ProBoat Videos Account. You can also contact us about a particular video without having a ProBoat Videos Account.
- Account-Related Activity. Certain other activities on ProBoat Videos—such as uploading videos, posting comments, flagging videos, or watching restricted videos?require you to have a ProBoat Videos Account. We ask for some personal information when you create a ProBoat Videos Account, including your email address and a password, which is used to protect your account from unauthorized access.
- Usage Information. We may record information about your usage, such as when you use ProBoat Videos, the channels, groups, and favorites you subscribe to, the contacts you communicate with, the videos you watch, and the frequency and size of data transfers, as well as information you display or click on in ProBoat Videos (including UI elements, settings, and other information). If you are logged in, we may associate that information with your account.
- Content Uploaded to Site. Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your playback or profile pages, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
Uses
- If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the ProBoat Videos Site, we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide to you the general and personalized features and functionality of the ProBoat Videos Site, and to process any flagging activity or correspondence you send to us.
- Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Users when you upload videos or send messages through the ProBoat Videos Site and other Users can contact you through messages and comments. Any videos that you submit to the ProBoat Videos Site may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public. If you have enabled Active Sharing, other users may see that you, as identified by your account name (not your email address), are watching the same video.
- We will never sell or rent your personal information to outside parties. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major ProBoat Video Site changes or for customer service purposes).
- We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the ProBoat Videos Site and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, analyzing, and processing user preferences and trends, as well as user activity and communications.
- We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) store information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the Professional BoatBuilder Site; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
Your Choices
- You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the ProBoat Videos Site, in which case you can still view videos and explore the ProBoat Videos Site, but Professional BoatBuilder may not be able to provide certain services to you.
- You may update or correct your personal profile information and email preferences at any time by visiting your account profile page.
- You may clear your viewing history at any time through the “Viewing History” feature.
Please enjoy the ProBoat Videos site, and send us your comments on additional features you would like to see us include in the future. Thank you.
Professional BoatBuilder
P.O. Box 78
Brooklin, ME 04616
Tel. 207-359-4651
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