| The following Statement discloses information-gathering-dissemination practices for the Web site herein designated as "www.DiveSabah.com". The present Privacy Statement expresses the commitment of DiveSabah.com (DiveSabah) to the privacy of our users. In order to provide a high level of service it may be necessary for us to periodically collect and disclose information about you. We hope the Privacy Statement presented here will help you make an informed decision about your use of our site. In the manners described below some of your personally identifiable information may be disclosed to third parties in the course of your transacting commerce through or within the DiveSabah site. By accepting the Terms of Use you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information. The conditions of this Privacy Statement are integral to the terms of the DiveSabah Terms of Use. Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with a smooth and customized experience while using our services. This allows us to customize services and features to meet your needs, and to make it easier and faster for you to use the site. 1. Children Children are not eligible to use our services, and we ask that minors (under the age of 18) do not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this service only in conjunction with your parents or guardians. This site is intended to operate as a business site for the purpose of commercial transactions. 2. Transactions If you choose to undertake business transactions with or through our site we may request information relevant to your buying and selling preferences. We also may collect other users' comments about you in our feedback area. 3. Credit accounts In the event that you establish a credit account with us, we must collect some additional information including billing address, credit card number, credit card expiration date and tracking information from checks or money orders. 4. Correspondence If you send us personal correspondence such as e-mails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the site, we may collect such information into a file specific to your preferences. 5. Use of Your Information In order to improve our site and better tailor it to meet users' needs we may use personally identifiable information about you to analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings, and to customize DiveSabah's content and services. We also may use your information to deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests. By accepting the Terms of Use you expressly agree to receive this information. You can avoid receiving some of this information by changing the appropriate option on the preferences page. 6. Contacting You We may use your e-mail address and phone number to contact you regarding administrative notices and communications relevant to your use of the site. If you choose to transact business on our site or open a credit account, we may use your address and billing information to bill you and provide associated support.
7. Our Disclosure of Your Information Although we undertake great efforts to protect your privacy we cannot guarantee that all your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Statement. For example we cannot guarantee that third parties will not unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. We may also be required to disclose information to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability. As a general proposition, we do not sell or rent any personally identifiable information about you to any third-party. We may aggregate personally identifiable information and disclose such information in aggregate to advertisers and for other marketing and promotional purposes. However, in these situations, we do not disclose to these entities any information that could be used to personally identify you. Certain information, such as your password and bank account number, are not disclosed to advertisers. 8. Requests by Law Enforcement Bodies DiveSabah cooperates with law enforcement inquiries and other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property and other rights. Therefore, local, state, national and international law enforcement can request and may receive your personally identifiable information. 9. Third-Party Service Providers. We may use third-party service providers to facilitate our services. In some instances, the service provider may collect information directly from you. In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement of the service provider, and all information disclosures you make will be strictly optional. 10. Your Use of Other Users' Information. In order to facilitate interaction among all DiveSabah associates and members, our service allows you to access other users' contact information. By subscribing to our Terms of Use you agree to the following with respect to other users' personally identifiable information you obtain through the site or through a DiveSabah-related communication or DiveSabah-facilitated transaction DiveSabah hereby grants to you a license to use such information only for:
(a) DiveSabah-related communications that are not unsolicited commercial messages;
(b) using services offered through DiveSabah; and
(c) other purposes that a given user expressly requests after adequate disclosure of the purpose(s).
In all cases, you must give users an opportunity to remove themselves from your database and a chance to review what information you have collected about them. In addition, under no circumstances, except as defined in this Section, can you disclose personally identifiable information about another user to any third party without the consent of such other user after adequate disclosure. 11. Spam not Tolerated DiveSabah and our users do not tolerate spam. Therefore, without limiting the foregoing, users are not licensed to add a DiveSabah user (even a user who has purchased items from you) to your mail list (e-mail or physical mail) without the user's express consent after adequate disclosure. 12. Reviewing and Changing Your Personally Identifiable Information. Following registration, you can review and change the information you submitted during registration.
Upon your request, we will remove your credit card number and credit card expiration date from our databases. Such information will be removed after one billing cycle of your last sale on DiveSabah unless your account is in dispute, in which case your information will be kept on file until the dispute is resolved. Under some circumstances we may retain information that you have requested to remove. For example data may be retained to facilitate resolution of disputes, to troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms of Use. There may also be circumstances under which data are retained due to technical constraints. 13. Other Information Collectors. Except as otherwise expressly discussed in this Privacy Statement, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties, whether they users of our system or of other sites on the Internet, different rules may apply. To the extent that we use third-party advertisers, they adhere to their own privacy customs and policies. Since DiveSabah does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of such third parties. 14. Information Posted on Public Forums The DiveSabah site may include features that facilitate information exchanges among its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public and be guided accordingly.
The DiveSabah Web site contains links to other Web sites. DiveSabah is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other Web sites. 16. Security Measures DiveSabah has implemented multiple security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and/or alteration of any information under our control. DiveSabah goes to great lengths to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal identifiable information, using such features as firewalls and password protection. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. DiveSabah does not release commercial information related to a specific transaction, user or company to anyone without prior written consent by all parties involved. |
