Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. is committed to safeguarding the personal identifiable information that you share with us online. Generally, you can browse our website, kayakbritishcolumbia.com (this “Site”), without sharing any personal information. However, should you wish to submit a form or enter a contest, you will be required to voluntarily submit personal information. We may also collect information on how you use this Site, such as resources browsed, searched and downloaded; the frequency and duration of visits, and your source Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.
Please read the following statement to understand how we collect, use, maintain, and disclose your personal information.
When Personal Information is Required
As stated above, this Privacy Policy covers the use of this Site when access as noted above is requested.
What Information We Collect
personally identifiable information
This is information that may be used to identify you as an individual, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. We may collect this information in a number of ways on this Site, including, but not limited to, the on-line information request form, the booking form, as well as any survey forms and email messages to any wildcoastadventures.com email address.
non-personally identifiable information
This is information that does not by itself identify a specific individual. We may collect this information in a number of ways on this Site, including, but not limited to, how you use this Site, such as resources browsed, searched and downloaded, the frequency and duration of visits, and your source IP address.
cookies
A cookie is a data file that certain Web sites write to your computer’s hard drive when you visit such sites. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user identification code, that the site uses to track the pages you have 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. We may collect information from your web sessions by using cookies, to determine, for example, user traffic patterns, and the effectiveness of our navigational structure.
Most Web site browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. You don’t need to have cookies turned on to use/navigate through many parts of this Site, however, you may have to accept the receipt of cookies to access some items on this Site.
We use Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online. As such, third-party vendors, including Google, show our ads on sites across the Internet and Wildcoast and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on someone’s past visits to this website. Visitors can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Preferences Manager or the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
How We Use Your Information
If you choose to provide Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. with your personal information, where appropriate, Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. or subsidiary, representative, sales or affiliated sales channel representative, may use this information to contact you.
We use the personal information collected during the use of this Site to personalize web content where applicable. We may also use your information to send you direct marketing information or contact you for market research.
We may periodically send email for sales, marketing, and administrative purposes.
We may disclose information about our users when we believe, in good faith, that the disclosure is required by law.
Sharing Your Information
In cases where we need to disclose web usage reports to non-Wildcoast Adventure Ltd. subsidiaries or affiliates, your personal information will remain anonymous.
We do not disclose, sell, exchange nor trade your personal identifiable information to commercial mailing lists.
Maintaining Your Information
We take information security issues seriously. Consequently, any personal identifiable information is stored and protected on servers with adequate security measures. We will cease all communication and use of personal identifiable information upon your request.
Use of Web site Information
Any material contained on this website may be used solely for personal, informational, non-commercial purposes; and may not be modified or altered in any way. Except where your use constitutes ‘fair use’ under copyright law, you may not otherwise use, download, upload, copy, print, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, post, transmit, or distribute any information from this Web site in whole or in part without the express written authorization of Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. In addition, screenshots of this website, quotes taken from our text content, and any references to our brand, domain, or web pages must include a search-engine-followable HTML link.
Links To Other Sites
This Site contains links to other Web sites. Please be aware that Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware that when they leave this Site to read the privacy policies of each and every Web site that collects personal identifiable information.
This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this Site.
Indemnification and Release
By accessing this website, you agree to hold Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. harmless from any and all claims and expenses, including attorney’s fees, arising from your use of the website and any materials, services, or products available through our website. In addition, you hereby release Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. from any and all claims for actual or consequential damages, costs, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, that you may have against Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. arising out of, or in any way related to, any materials, software, services, or products made available at the website. You hereby agree to waive all laws that may limit the efficacy of such releases.
Changes To This Statement
If there are changes or additions to the terms of this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes here, as such, Wildcoast Adventures Ltd. encourages you to periodically review this Privacy Policy so you are informed on how your information is being protected and used.
If you are interested in learning more please contact us.