Break Time Charters is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Break Time Charters Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Break Time Charters website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Break Time Charters collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Break Time Charters also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Break Time Charters. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Break Time Charters for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Break Time Charters Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Break Time Charters public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Break Time Charters does not read any of your private online communications.

Break Time Charters encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Break Time Charters so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Break Time Charters is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Break Time Charters and Break Time Charters family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Break Time Charters collects and uses your personal information to operate the Break Time Charters Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Break Time Charters also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Break Time Charters and its affiliates. Break Time Charters may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Break Time Charters does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Break Time Charters may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Break Time Charters may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Break Time Charters, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Break Time Charters does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Break Time Charters keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Break Time Charters, in order to determine what Break Time Charters services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Break Time Charters to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Break Time Charters Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Break Time Charters or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Break Time Charters; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Break Time Charters, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Break Time Charters Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Break Time Charters pages, or register with Break Time Charters site or services, a cookie helps Break Time Charters to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Break Time Charters Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Break Time Charters features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Break Time Charters services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Break Time Charters secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Break Time Charters secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Break Time Charters will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Break Time Charters encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Break Time Charters is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Break Time Charters welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Break Time Charters has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Break Time Charters at info@breaktimecharters.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.