Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use
CharlestonYachting.com, 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. Charleston Yachting.com collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Order
We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping 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. We keep your registration information available when you return for your convenience.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user.. These cookies are automatically generated by our web servers and log the Internet Protocol ("IP") address of the visiting computer. This cookie will then link the user’s registration information, and the user’s navigation path around the site will be tracked. We use this data to develop a better working knowledge of our customers/users, target customer/user interest, and enhance the experience on our site based on generated statistical data, which will disclose what actions are being taken place on site. Otherwise, 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. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For instance, the user would have to log in repeatedly to navigate the site without cookies. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

Log Files
When a user visits CharlestonYachting.com, may gather certain technical and routing information about the user’s computer (like IP address) to assist the user with navigation of our site and its provided services. These local environmental variables will be used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, measure various internet traffic patterns, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we CharlestonYachting.com, is 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.

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 and/or social security 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'. The servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment.

Safe Shopping Guarantee and Fair Credit Billing Act
We guarantee that every online transaction you make will be 100% safe. This means you pay nothing if unauthorized charges are made to your card as a result of shopping at our online store. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, your bank cannot hold you liable for more than $50.00 of fraudulent charges. If your bank does hold you liable for any of this $50.00. We will cover the entire liability for you, up to the full $50.00. We will only cover this liability if the unauthorized use of your credit card resulted through no fault of your own from purchases made while using the secure server. In the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.