Last updated: January 18, 2021

When you provide Sovereign Boat Club (SBC) with your information, we work hard to protect your information. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it and how you may be able to update, manage and/or request that we delete your information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By continuing to interact with our sites, you acknowledge that you have read and understand the terms described in this Privacy Policy.

HOW DOES SOVEREIGN BOAT CLUB COLLECT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?
Sovereign Boat Club collects and processes personal information for legitimate business purposes in order to, for example, process warranty information, communicate with existing customers about products and services, and/or address concerns related to purchased products or services. We collect your personal information, for example, when you:

  • Browse our websites;
  • When you are an SBC Member or sign-up for a mailing list.
  • Submit a warranty claim through Sovereign Boat Club
  • Report product/service issues and/or complete customer surveys.
  • Provide account information or give us your contact information;
  • Participate in surveys or contests;
  • Provide information to authenticate your access through the sites, such as user name and/or passwords; and/or
  • Correspond with us directly.

WHAT DOES SOVEREIGN BOAT CLUB COLLECT?
Sovereign Boat Club collects and processes customers’ personal information for legitimate business purposes. The types of personal information we collect and/or share depend on the product and/or service you have with us. This information may include:

  • Your name and contact information;
  • Your past purchase and transaction history.
  • Identifiers such as real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, financial account number, or other similar identifiers;
  • Personal information, such as your age, date of birth, names of children, number of children, age or gender of children, telephone number, or your credit worthiness, assets income or liabilities, and protected classifications under California or federal law such as your race or religion;
  • Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies;
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not limited to, browsing history, search history, and information regarding your interaction with our website;
  • Precise geolocation data;
  • Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information;
  • Professional or employment-related information;

We do not collect personal information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services when you use our Sites. However, we will treat a “do not track signal” transmitted from your web browser as a request to opt-out of the sale of your information to the extent that we are able to associate your browser with any other information about you.

WHY DOES SOVEREIGN BOAT CLUB COLLECT MY PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In addition to instances in which you have consented to our use or processing of your information, Sovereign Boat Club may use your information in order to:

  • fulfill a request you have made;
  • comply with a legal obligation that applies to Sovereign Boat Club under all applicable law;
  • ensure our Sites are functioning properly;
  • manage everyday business needs, such as administration and improvement of the Sites or Sovereign Boat Club’s legitimate interests as a multinational manufacturer of marine products in order to, for example, protect our business and better understand our customers;
  • analyze the Sites’ performance and functioning;
  • prevent fraud, to enforce the Sites’ Terms of Use, to comply with all applicable laws and corporate reporting obligations, and to enforce Sovereign Boat Club’s agreements;
  • analyze how you use the Sites and to perform other market research;
  • provide and communicate with you about our products and services, including administering applicable warranties and recall notices;
  • provide you with advertisements based on your interests;
  • provide you with information about financial options for the purchase of our products, create internal analytics and reports; and
  • combine with any of the information we collect from or about you and use it in the manner described above.

We retain personal information for legitimate business, legal or tax purposes only. If any of those purposes no longer apply, we will destroy, de-identify, aggregate or anonymize the information in accordance with our internal policies and protocols, and as allowed by applicable law.

WHO DOES SOVEREIGN BOAT CLUB SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH?
Sovereign Boat Club does not sell the information you provide us for a profit, however, the information is shared with third parties. Sovereign Boat Club shares your personal information internally and externally, including with:

  • Internal Sovereign Boat Club departments that have responsibility for processing the data;
  • Business partners who are bound by data protection agreements or similar privacy protections, such as dealers and distributors; and/or
  • Third party processors who are bound by data processing agreements or similar privacy protections.

In addition, we may disclose information about you to third parties under the following circumstances:

  • If we are required to do so by law or legal process;
  • To law enforcement authorities or other government officials;
  • When we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal and/or unethical activity;
  • If necessary to protect the vital interests of a person;
  • To enforce our Terms of Use;
  • To protect our property, services and legal rights;
  • To prevent fraud against Sovereign Boat Club, our affiliates, business partners, or authorized dealers;
  • To support auditing, compliance, and corporate governance functions;
  • To comply with any and all applicable laws; or
  • In connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, or restructuring, the sale of substantially all of our stock and/or assets, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process.

INFORMATION WE AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT
We collect certain information by automated means when you visit our Sites, such as how many users visited our Sites and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our Sites to our visitors. We collect this information through various means such as “cookies” and “web beacons.” In addition, we may collect IP addresses, as explained below. For more information regarding our use of cookies, please refer to our separate Cookie Policy.

Cookies. As described in our separate Cookie Policy, like many companies, we use “cookies” on some of our Sites. Cookies are pieces of code placed on your devices when you visit certain websites. We use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify features of the Sites in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular website.

Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features and functionality of the Sites.

Web Beacons. As described in our separate Cookie Policy, certain pages on our website contain “web beacons” (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears; the URL of the page on which the beacon appears; the time the page containing the beacon was viewed; the type of browser used to view the page; and the information in cookies set by the third party.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We work hard to protect you and Sovereign Boat Club from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold. To that end, we maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect against loss, misuse or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information you provide when visiting or using the Sites. However, no information system or program can be fully secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information. Moreover, we are not responsible for the security of information you transmit to the Sites over networks that we do not control, including the Internet and wireless networks, and you hereby understand and acknowledge the same and agree that you provide us with any personal information or other data at your own risk.

YOUR OBLIGATIONS
You are permitted, and hereby represent and warrant to Sovereign Boat Club, to only provide personal information to Sovereign Boat Club if such personal information is accurate, reliable, and relevant to our relationship with you and only to the extent such disclosure will not violate any applicable data protection law, statute, or regulation or infringe upon any individual’s data privacy rights or privileges. If you provide Sovereign Boat Club with any personal information about a third party, you hereby expressly represent to Sovereign Boat Club that, in addition to the preceding representations and warranties, you have the full right and authority, and consent if necessary, to provide the personal information about the third party to Sovereign Boat Club.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information: We do not sell your personal information to third parties for a profit; however, the information is shared as described in this Policy. Should you wish to opt-out of this exchange, or not be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here and complete an “Opt-Out Request”.

RETENTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
Sovereign Boat Club retains all personal information for the duration of the relevant business relationship or, where required, in accordance with its information management policies and schedules. When deleting personal information based on a request, Sovereign Boat Club will make reasonable attempts to ensure that all instances of the information are deleted in their entirety.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES & SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNTS
Our Sites may provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. These websites may operate independently from our Sites. Linked websites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review if you visit any linked websites. To the extent any linked websites you visit are not part of this website, we are not responsible for their content, any use of the websites, or the privacy practices of any of those websites.
Some of our Sites allow you sign into and associate your social network accounts including, but not limited to, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest with Sovereign Boat Club.

By using this functionality you give Sovereign Boat Club permission to access all of the elements of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with the social network’s terms of use and this Privacy Policy. Please refer to the privacy settings in your social network account for information about what data is shared with us and other connected applications and to manage the data that is shared through your account, including information about your activities using our sites.
If you would like to disconnect a social media account from Sovereign Boat Club, refer to the settings of that social media account and its provider.

THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS
Third parties, including advertisers, will collect information, potentially including personal information, about your activities over time and across different websites when you use the Sites. Those third parties provide Sovereign Boat Club with data collection, reporting, ad response measurement, and analytical information, and assist with delivery of relevant marketing messages and advertisements.

Collection of your personal information by third parties is not governed by this Privacy Policy. Please consult the privacy policies of those third parties to determine how they collect and use your personal information.

Many third-party advertisers and some web browsers and mobile devices allow you to opt out of third-party advertising. Information and resources to opt out of interest-based advertising are available from the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. You may also opt out of tracking and receiving targeted advertisements on your mobile device by some mobile advertising companies and other similar entities by downloading the App Choices app at www.aboutads.info/appchoices. Please note that opting out through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads while visiting the Sites and elsewhere online.

UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time in our sole discretion. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that increase our rights to use personal information we have previously collected about you, we will obtain your consent either through an email to your registered email address or by prominent posting on our sites. If we intend to further process your personal data for a purpose other than that for which the personal data were collected, prior to that further processing, Sovereign Boat Club shall provide you with information about that other purpose and with additional information necessary to ensure fair and transparent processing.

 

 

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