Information Collection

Personal information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, other contact information, title, birth date, gender, occupation, industry, personal interests, other information when needed to provide a service you requested.

When you browse our website, you do so anonymously, unless you have previously indicated that you wish The Ship Inn to remember your login and password. We don't automatically collect personal information, including your email address. We do log your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) to give us an idea of which part of our website you visit and how long you spend there. But we do not link your IP address to any personal information unless you have logged in to our website. Like many other commercial websites, the The Ship Inn website may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the site. Please go to "Cookies and Tracking Information" below for more information.

The Ship Inn collects personal information when you register with The Ship Inn for a The Ship Inn account, when you use certain The Ship Inn products or services, when you register to participate in an online survey, when you ask to be included in an email or other mailing list, or you submit an entry for a sweepstakes or other promotions, or when you submit your personal information to The Ship Inn for any other reason. The Ship Inn only uses such information if it has been collected in accordance with acceptable privacy practices consistent with this Policy and applicable laws.

Notice

When personal information is collected, we will inform you at the point of collection the purpose for the collection. The Ship Inn will not transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent.

If you choose to provide us with your personal information, we may only transfer that information, within The Ship Inn.

We will always give you the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving direct marketing or market research information. This means we assume you have given us your consent to collect and use your information in accordance with this Policy unless you take affirmative action to indicate that you do not consent, for instance by clicking or checking the appropriate option or box at the point of collection. In some cases, when applicable, we will provide you with the opportunity to "opt in." This means we will require your affirmative action to indicate your consent before we use your information for purposes other than the purpose for which it was submitted.

Cookies and Tracking Technology

A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited, but the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Some parts of The Ship Inn's website use cookies to track user traffic patterns. We do this in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information.

If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookie when your browser alerts you to its presence. You can also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser, although you may not be able to take full advantage of The Ship Inn's website if you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept cookies in order to complete certain actions on our website. You do not need to have cookies turned on, however, to use/navigate through many parts of our website, except access to certain of The Ship Inn's web pages may require a login and password.

How We Use Information Collected

The Ship Inn uses information for several general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to personalize your experience on our website, to keep you up to date on the latest event announcements or other information we think you'd like to hear about either from us , and to better understand your needs and provide you with better services. We may also use your information to send you, direct marketing information or contact you for market research.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal information is never shared outside The Ship Inn without your permission with the following ecceptions, we will disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our websites.

Children and Privacy

Our websites do not target and are not intended to attract children under the age of 21. The Ship Inn does not knowingly solicit personal information from children under the age of 21 or send them requests for personal information.

Third Party Sites

The Ship Inn's website contains links to other sites. The Ship Inn does not share your personal information with those websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to learn about the privacy policies of those companies.

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other companies. Some of these third-party sites may be co-branded with a The Ship Inn logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by The Ship Inn. Although we choose our business partners carefully, The Ship Inn is not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to our site. Once you have left our website, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party website to determine how they will handle any information they collect from you.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

The Ship Inn will amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will make that information available by posting a notice on this site.

Questions or Suggestions

If you have questions or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please email us at info@The Ship Inn.com.