San Francisco Bar Pilots is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the San Francisco Bar Pilots website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

 

Collection of your Personal Information

San Francisco Bar Pilots collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by San Francisco Bar Pilots. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by San Francisco Bar Pilots for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the San Francisco Bar Pilots Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through San Francisco Bar Pilots public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: San Francisco Bar Pilots does not read any of your private online communications.

San Francisco Bar Pilots encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from San Francisco Bar Pilots so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. San Francisco Bar Pilots is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the San Francisco Bar Pilots and San Francisco Bar Pilots family of Web sites.

 

Use of your Information

San Francisco Bar Pilots does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

San Francisco Bar Pilots keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within San Francisco Bar Pilots, in order to determine what San Francisco Bar Pilots services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within San Francisco Bar Pilots to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

San Francisco Bar Pilots Web sites will disclose your information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on San Francisco Bar Pilots or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of San Francisco Bar Pilots; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of San Francisco Bar Pilots, or the public.

 

Use of Cookies

The San Francisco Bar Pilots Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize San Francisco Bar Pilots pages, or register with San Francisco Bar Pilots site or services, a cookie helps San Francisco Bar Pilots to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same San Francisco Bar Pilots Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the San Francisco Bar Pilots features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the San Francisco Bar Pilots services or Web sites you visit.

 

Security of your Personal Information

San Francisco Bar Pilots secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. San Francisco Bar Pilots secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

 

Changes to this Statement

San Francisco Bar Pilots will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. San Francisco Bar Pilots encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how San Francisco Bar Pilots is protecting your information.

 

Contact Information

San Francisco Bar Pilots welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that San Francisco Bar Pilots has not adhered to this Statement, please contact San Francisco Bar Pilots at jmills@gtspro.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.