Privacy Policy

Effective date: FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Salty Dog ("us", "we", or "our") operates http://saltydog.com/ and all its subdomains, mobile applications, and social media accounts (hereinafter referred to as the "Services").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. This Privacy Policy is managed by Salty Dog, Inc.

We use your data to provide and improve the Services. By using the Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.


DEFINITIONS
• Services
 – Services means http://saltydog.com/ website, any subsidiary websites or subdomains related to the us, and any Salty Dog mobile applications operated by Salty Dog.

• Personal Data – 
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

• Usage Data – 
Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Services or from the Services infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit or location of the computer interacting with our Services).

• Cookies
 – Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).


INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Services to you.

Types of Data Collected:
1. Personal Data
While using our Services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
• Email address
• Cookies and Usage Data

2. Usage Data
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Services or when you access the Services by or through a mobile device ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When you access the Services with a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3. Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Services and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Services. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Examples of Cookies we use:
• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Services.
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.


USE OF DATA
Salty Dog uses the collected data for various purposes:
• To provide and maintain our Services
• To notify you about changes to our Services
• To allow for participation in interactive features of our Services when you choose to do so
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Services
• To monitor the usage of our Services
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues


TRANSFER OF DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to - and maintained on - computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside, and you choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Salty Dog will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to any organization outside the Salty Dog or outside the country unless the need to do so is legally necessary, and there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.


DISCLOSURE OF DATA
Legal Requirements
Salty Dog may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of Salty Dog
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Outside of these requirements, Salty Dog will never intentionally share your Personal Data or information with any other company, and we will never sell your information.


SECURITY OF DATA
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.


SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services ("Service Providers"), provide the Services on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.


ANALYTICS
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services.
• Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.


You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Services available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.


You may opt-out of certain Google Analytics features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
 For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

• Social Media
Facebook and Instagram (otherwise known as "Meta") monitors and analyzes their own traffic. We may offer or include the opportunity to link to our social media pages, posts and stories on our Services or through other outlets. We use their analytics to monitor our social media traffic and analyze our performance. The same is true of YouTube.

You can monitor your Personal Data sharing and what each outlet shares and uses by going to the social media outlets' privacy policy pages on their respective websites or applications.


LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.


CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.


PHOTOS & VIDEOS PROVIDED TO SALTY DOG
Photos and videos are often submitted to us via uploads to our website and social media applications. Salty Dog may use your uploaded materials for the purposes of sharing fun, wholesome photos of our products, food, fans and customers, or to promote an item, contest or event. By providing us with your photo, you are consenting to the collection and use of those photos on our own website, social media pages, and/or other marketing and promotional outlets.

If you do not agree with our policies and practices concerning sharing of your photos, please email us at info@saltydog.com and let us know which photos were uploaded that you would like us not to share. We will be happy to remove those for you.

Salty Dog does not, nor will it ever, condone or knowingly allow the capture, sharing or forwarding of any obscene, vulgar, inappropriate or offensive photos or videos. Thus, while we will always make every effort to remove any known offensive material, we make no warranty, express or implied, regarding the content of captured photos or videos or their appropriateness or inappropriateness. By providing your photos or videos to us, you relieve Salty Dog and any of its clients, Marketing Partners or affiliates of any liability or harm that may be caused by the posting of any and all photos or videos posted to our website or any marketing partner's websites.


CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will do our best to let you know via a prominent notice on our Services prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.


CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
• By email: info@saltydog.com

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