Privacy Policy – Cruise Buzz

The Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Cruise Buzz collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users. The information we obtain through your use applies to the Site (CruiseBuzz.net) and all products and services offered by Cruise Buzz.

About this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy applies to information collected online from users of this website. In this policy, you can learn what kind of information we collect, when and how we might use that information, how we protect the information, and the choices you have with respect to your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes CF.B Media’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through CF.B Media’s website, which uses the domain name CruiseBuzz.net (hereinafter “Site”). By visiting CF.B Media’s Site, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.

Who we are

CruiseBuzz.net is owned by CF.B Media.

What personal information is collected through this website and how is it used?

The information gathered during general browsing of our Site is used to analyze trends and usage of the Site and to improve the usefulness of the Site. You can browse the Site without telling us who you are or submitting any personal information about yourself. The only information we gather during general browsing is via Google Analytics and would include information like your IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you downloaded, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.

The Site is not connected with any personal information. We use the information primarily to provide you with a personalized Internet experience that delivers the information, resources, and services that are most relevant and helpful to you. We don’t share any of the information you provide with others, unless we say so in this Privacy Policy, or when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

User-supplied information

If you fill out the “contact” form on this website, we will ask you to provide some personal information (such as e-mail address and name). We only require that you provide an e-mail address on the contact form. Please do not submit any confidential, proprietary or sensitive personally identifiable information (e.g. Social Security Number; date of birth; driver’s license number; or credit card, bank account or other financial information) (collectively, “Sensitive Information”). If you submit any Sensitive Information, you do so at your own risk and we will not be liable to you or responsible for consequences of your submission.

Information that you provide to us through the contact form will be used so that we may respond to your inquiry. We may also use information you provide to us to communicate with you in the future. If you do not wish to receive such communications, you may opt out (unsubscribe) as described below.

If you do not wish to receive notifications or correspondence from CF.B Media, you may unsubscribe from our newsletter using information provided in the newsletter itself.

If you directly correspond with CF.B Media but wish to terminate your communication with us, please advise CF.B Media of this fact in direct response to the e-mail correspondence.

If you correspond directly with CF.B Media to make a purchase, you will be asked to submit payment card information to a third-party payment processor.

Third-party services

We may use services hosted by third parties to assist in providing our services and to help us understand the use of our site by our visitors. These services may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including your IP address or cookies. If these third-party services collect information, they do so anonymously and in the aggregate to provide information helpful to us such as website trends, without identifying individual visitors.

In addition, we may use services provided by third parties to display relevant content, products, services and advertising to you. These third parties may use cookies or similar technologies to collect or receive information from this website and elsewhere on the Internet. They may then use that information to provide services so we can understand your interests and retarget advertisements based on your previous visits to this website. Please keep in mind that we do not share your personal information with any third-party advertiser, ad server or ad network.

You may be able to opt-out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting by some third parties by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can visit this page to opt out of AdRoll’s and their partners’ targeted advertising. Please see “Cookies” in the section above for more information on how you can control the use of cookies on your computer.

Where we store data

CF.B Media Inc. relies on third party services to maintain its own services. CF.B Media Inc. never shares or resell any of its data. Currently we are using:

Google Analytics

Consent to collect

We collect data from users that have subscribed to our newsletter, left comments or filled out forms. We ask for consent during the process with a checkbox. A link to this page is provided during the process. The legal basis for us to collect the data is to be able to provide you with a service.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form. The comment section of the Site provides a place for users to comment on content provided through the Site. To participate, you may be asked to provide information through third party sites like Facebook. The information that you share with these third-party sites is not shared with CF.B Media. However, information that you post on CF.B Media’s comments page will be available to CF.B Media and to other users. As such, you should take care in what you share in the comments section.

CF.B Media does not have access to the information that you submit to third-party social media platforms, and use of personal information provided to these platforms is governed by their terms of use/ service and privacy policies. CF.B Media does, however, have access to comments that you post on our Site and that information will be published on the Site (subject to our Terms of Use). You may delete comments posted on the Site or ask us to delete comments at any time pursuant to the terms of third-party social media platform.

Forms

When visitors fill out forms on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

The use of cookies is relatively standard. Most Internet browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can use your browser to either notify you when you receive a cookie or to disable cookies.

If you wish to disable cookies from this site, you can do so using your browser. You should understand that some features of many sites may not function properly if you don’t accept cookies. For more information about using browsers to manage cookies, please see All About Cookies. You can also refuse to accept Flash cookies from this website using Adobe’s Flash management tools. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings.

By visiting this website, you consent to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with this Privacy Statement.

Cookies in use on CF.B Media’s website are for Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google.

Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Site, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Embedded content from other websites, Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long do we retain your data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

How is personal information protected?

We take certain appropriate security measures to help protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will always be unable to defeat our security measures.

Who has access to the information?

We will not sell, rent, or lease mailing lists or other user data to others, and we will not make your personal information available to any unaffiliated parties, except:

user comments (which are controlled and posted by you CF.B Media’s Site contains link to sites external to the cruisebuzz.net domain.
CF.B Media is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites as required by law, in a matter of public safety or policy, as needed in connection with the transfer of our business assets (for example, if we are acquired by another company or if we are liquidated during bankruptcy proceedings), or if we believe in good faith that sharing the data is necessary to protect our rights or property.
If CF.B Media is acquired or merged with another company, your information may be transferred to the new owners so that they may continue to sell products to you.

Children Under 13

The Site is not directed to children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, CF.B Media will delete such information from our files.

Subject to Terms of Use

This Privacy Notice is subject to the terms set forth in the CF.B Media’s Terms of Use, including without limitation all provisions regarding warranty, disclaimers, limits of liability, and dispute resolution mechanisms, such as the jurisdiction and form selection provisions.

Disputes

The Site is administered by CF.B Media from its offices in California. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of California, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. Any matter and/or dispute relating in any way to your visit to or interaction with the Site or with this Privacy Notice, including compliance with these Terms, shall be filed in the state courts of Orange County, California. You consent to exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue in such courts and waive any objection based on inconvenient forum.

International Users

By using CF.B Media’s Site, you agree and acknowledge that the Site is hosted in the United States. If you access the website from a physical location within the European Union, Asia, or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Site, which is governed by U.S. law, the Privacy Notice, and the Terms of Use that you agree that any claims or disputes caused by your use of the Site shall be decided exclusively by a court located in Orange County California, USA.

How can I correct, amend or delete my personal information and/or opt out of future communications?

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. Contact us via the contact form or email cfinjak@gmail.com at any time to:

see what data we have about you, if any;
change/correct any data we have about you;
ask us to delete any data we have about you; and/or
opt out of future communications from us.

If you have any additional questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us. If our information practices change in a significant way, we will post the policy changes here.

Effective August 25, 2018 – Updated for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).