Distraction Charters Privacy Policy

Distraction Charters is committed to the privacy of our visitors. We collect no personal information about you when you visit our Web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

If you do nothing during your visit but browse through our website, read pages or download information or fill out a contact or reservation form, we will not gather and store any information about your visit other than that information you chose to share with us via email.

Information Protection – For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this server monitors traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to our website. If such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

Information You Provide – We do not collect personally-identifiable information unless you choose to provide it to us. If you provide us with this information, for example by sending an e-mail or by filling out a fishing reservation form with a credit card number and submitting it through our Web site, we use that information only to respond to your message and to help us provide you with the information and services that you request.
The information you provide to us, is for the stated purpose. When you click the “Submit” or “Send” button on any of the contact or reservation forms found on our site they are indicating voluntary consent to use of the information they submit for the stated purpose.

How Your Information Is Used – The information we collect is used to respond to fishing trip requests for information about fishing, booking a trip and inquiring about fishing or products we may offer.

Sharing Your Information – Before you submit personally identifiable information, such as on an online form, please understand that we will not share your information with anyone other than a referral to another “trusted” charter company who might have availability do not offer the services you are inquiring about. We simply forward your email to the friend of ours or company and let them answer your request directly about availability. We usually reply to you and ask if you would like us to refer you to someone who can help you if we cannot.

What We Do With Your Information – We don’t keep any information we collect except as an archived email.  Credit card information is held by a secure server until after your trip.

Links to Other Websites – This website may have links to the Web sites of other companies or fishing charters that have relevance to your search. It is always a good idea to read the Privacy Policy of any fishing related web site that you want visit before providing them with any information.

Cookies – We don’t use cookies to store any information about you or your visit.  You will still be able to make orders if you turn off cookies.

Kid and Children Interaction – This Web site may offer educational content to children under 13. No personally identifiable information is collected from them unless voluntarily submitted as a request for information or services.

Photography – With respect to privacy, all of the photos taken by Distraction Charters can and will be used as promotional ideas and advertising of our company.   All of our pictures are uploaded to our Facebook pages albums for the intent of having others see your catch and relate to the experience you had with our company.

Distraction Charters Copyright Policy

Guidelines for Reproducing or Using Material from the Distraction Charters Web Site
policy is to use externally produced material (graphics, text, etc.) on our web site only with permission of the copyright holder.

Slogans and Registered Trademarks
Distraction slogans and trademarks are expressly noted and may not be used or duplicated without expressed written consent of Distraction Charters.  The following are trademarks of Distraction Charters:  Family Fishing™  Distraction Charters™, Experience Fishing™, Experience Fishing, Get Started Here™, Escape Ordinary – A different kind of charter begins here™, Shark fishing is only a bite away™, Keep The Best, Release The Rest™, CPR -Catch, Photograph & Release™, Why kill them, If your not going to grill them™,  Find Yourself Here, where reel opportunities begin™, Indulge Yourself – Custom Tailored Fishing Trips Start Here™, Feel the bite – light tackle fishing starts here™

Texts
Most text appearing on Distraction Charters web pages was either prepared by employees of our company and therefore not subject to copyright or prepared under contracts that gave Distraction Charters the right to place the text into the public domain. You may freely copy that material. Distraction Charters requests that, when doing so, you include a “Photo Credit: Distraction Charters” notation.

If copyrighted text is included on a Distraction Charters web page, it will be specifically identified. Copyrighted material may not be utilized in whole or in part without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

Graphics
Permission to use Distraction Charters graphics is granted on a case-by-case basis. All are private domain created by contractors of Distraction Charters, and some are used with specific permission granted by the owner. Therefore, graphics found on the Distraction Charters Website web site should not be reused without permission.

Granting the right to use a graphic from the Distraction Charters web site does not explicitly or implicitly convey Distraction Charters endorsement of the site where it is used. If a Distraction Charters image includes an identifiable person, you many not use the photo unless you obtain expressed written consent from that person.

According to CALOPPA, We Agree To The Following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.  Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page, or as a minimum on the first significant page after entering our website.  Our privacy policy link includes the word “Privacy” and can easily be found on the page specified above.

Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on our privacy policy page.  Users are able to change their personal information by sending us an email directly at info at distraction charters dot com or by calling us at 251.975.8111

COPPA (Children online privacy protection act)

When it comes to collection of personal information from children under the age of 13, the children’s online privacy protection act puts you or parents in control.   The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the nations consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.   We do not market to children under the age of 13.

Fair Information Practices Compliance.

We will notify the users via email within 7 business days via in site notification.

We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM ACT:

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email(s), establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations

TO BE ACCORDANCE WITH CANSPAM WE AGREE TO THE FOLLOWING:

• NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
• Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

Contact Us:

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below:

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27075 Marina Road

Orange Beach, Alabama 36549

251.975.8111