Privacy Policy
Effective January 27, 2025
This Privacy Policy refers to personal data, which is defined as information relating to a personally identifiable living individual (“data subject”). The Privacy Policy explains how personal data may be collected, recorded or processed though the operation of our website (www.CarolinaSurfFishing.com), as well as through enquiries received by Carolina Surf Fishing, via email, telephone, in person or by other means.
WHO WE ARE
Carolina Surf Fishing is a recreational rental company. We serve hundreds of customers who want to surf fish in the general SE NC and North Myrtle Beach SC areas.
COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is collected when you visit or register on the website, make an enquiry, or place an order with us.
Examples of such information are:
Your name
Email address
Your phone number
Credit card information (if you are placing an order)
Other information we collect includes:
Information about an order you have placed or details relating to your support needs.
In some cases, we may direct you to a third-party partner site which will collect the necessary information from you (i.e. payment process) and fulfil your order.
You may also provide personal information to Carolina Surf Fishing when you contact us by email, telephone or letter. When you provide personal information to Carolina Surf Fishing it will treat that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We collect your personal data for contractual and legitimate business purposes to enable us to deliver the product or service to you.
LEGAL BASIS FOR USING YOUR INFORMATION
In accordance with data protection legislation, we use your personal information as described in this privacy policy based on one or more of the following legal bases:
you have given your consent for Carolina Surf Fishing to use your information as described in this Privacy Policy;
the use of your personal information is necessary for Carolina Surf Fishing to gather information from you in order to provide you with a quotation, schedule a demo or deliver the services as outlined in our contract with you;
the use of your personal information is necessary to for Carolina Surf Fishing to comply with its legal obligations;
the use of your personal information is necessary for the purposes of Carolina Surf Fishing legitimate interests, including fraud prevention, intra-group transfers, IT security etc.
YOUR CONSENT
By using the Carolina Surf Fishing website and giving us your information, you confirm that you are consenting to the processing of your data by Carolina Surf Fishing, and its agents, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, for the purposes of conducting business. Should you wish to withdraw consent, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the information in the last section of this Privacy Policy.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or make an enquiry. Personal information that you give to Carolina Surf Fishing will be held on our company servers in a controlled, secure environment where it is protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information is transmitted from the website to the server, it is protected by use of encryption and Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
If you make a payment on our website, the supplied credit card number, expiration date and CVV2 data is transmitted via SSL technology directly to our payment gateway provider’s database, and after a transaction, your credit card number, and CVV2 data will not be stored on our servers.
Carolina Surf Fishing has put in place appropriate security safeguards and virus protection to protect the hardware and software which is used in processing all personal data, in accordance with best industry practice.
USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of information that is held on the hard drive of your computer that records how you have used a website. Cookies allow website operators to accumulate useful information, such as whether the computer (and sometimes its user) has visited the site before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the last visit.
Carolina Surf Fishing uses cookies for the purpose of offering better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies and can do so by either accepting or declining our Cookies Policy. If you decline cookies please note that you may not be able to use some of the features on our website without cookies.
DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION OR DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION TO OUTSIDE PARTIES?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information.
However, Carolina Surf Fishing may disclose your personal information to meet legal obligations, regulations or valid governmental requests. We may also enforce our Terms and Conditions, including investigating potential violations of its Terms and Conditions to detect, prevent or mitigate fraud or security or technical issues; or to protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of Carolina Surf Fishing, its clients and/or the wider community.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER OF YOUR INFORMATION
Carolina Surf Fishing is based in the United States of America, and does not share information with any international companies or organizations.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent Privacy Policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
DATA STORAGE
Carolina Surf Fishing, in accordance with our legal data protection and privacy obligations, will process personal data for the duration of the contract and will continue to retain only the personal data needed to meet any contractual, legitimate business interest and legal obligations for the statue time periods required by law (i.e. financial information required by the IRS will be securely kept for six years). At the end of these periods, any personal data not required will be deleted.
RETENTION PERIOD
Data is held in the United States of America.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Carolina Surf Fishing, to ensure continual compliance with data protection legislation, and in conjunction with customer feedback and company policy, may decide to change or update the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time. As such, we encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy so that you are aware of how Carolina Surf Fishing is protecting your information.
CONTACTING US
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the information below:
Saving Exchange, LLC /d/b/a Carolina Surf Fishing
Route 17 and Thomasboro Rd
Calabash, NC 24867
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