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PRIVACY POLICY

  • What is BLUEWATER'S privacy policy?

    This policy is intended to explain how BLUEWATER collects, stores, and uses certain personal information gathered when you interact with our physical and online stores, as well as our customer service channels. This policy is also intended to explain your options and control in the use of this information. Our use of your personal information is dedicated to enhancing and personalizing your shopping experience. We are dedicated to keeping your sensitive information safe as you pursue your passion with BLUWATER, our partners, and the products and services we offer.

  • Why does BLUEWATER collect my information?

    We collect and store your information in order to personalize your shopping experience. Our goal is to make your shopping experience more efficient and more rewarding. Storing and reusing your personal information allows us to customize your shopping experience based on your past habits and unique personal information.

  • How does BLUEWATER use my information?

    To meet your shopping expectations, we use collected data to enhance your personalized shopping experience in order to improve our selection of products and services in-store and online.

    In order to create an effective and efficient shopping experience for you, we use your information to:

    • Fulfill orders, verify shipping and billing addresses, and process payments internally and through our financial partners, such as banks, PayPal and similar electronic payment applications, and credit/debit card companies such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express.

    • Provide products and services in-store and online targeted towards the tastes and demographics, as we have learned from our customers’ provided information and past habits.

    • Provide BLUEWATER'S customer service experts with information directly and indirectly from the customer about order fulfillment and delivery, special orders, customer feedback, and any other information provided by customers regarding the products and services we provide.

    • Store information which was provided by the customer in establishing a customer account online.

    • Continuously streamline and enhance our storefronts with improved content, design, and experiences. Our internal use of your information allows us to better understand how you shop with us, search our online stores, purchase products, and what devices and platforms you use to interact with BLUEWATER.

    • Send physical and electronic catalogs and offers to you.

    • Selling the personal information of our customers runs counter to BLUEWATER'S core principles as a customer-focused business. We do not sell customer data or information for monetary gain. However, we may share some information, including but not limited to which page you were visiting when you were directed to our site, with our third-party service providers for analytics and ad services. The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

    • Age and address verification as required by law

  • What information does BLUEWATER collect?

    To better serve our customers and improve and streamline your shopping experience, BLUEWATER may gather and store certain information.

    BLUEWATER may gather and store the following information:

    • Contact information such as your name, gender, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number, and usernames or online aliases used to access BLUEWATER online stores.

    • Purchase information such as purchase histories, online shopping cart histories, credit/debit card payment histories, and billing and shipping addresses.

    • User account profile information such as account passwords, usernames, birthday, product reviews, product interests, purchase habits, and additional information supplied by you in connection with your accounts and profiles.

    • Device and browsing information such as the type of device used to access BLUEWATER online stores, IP addresses, cookie identifies, browser information, internet provider, product search histories, and dates and times of interaction.

    • Location information provided by an electronic device interacting with BLUEWATER'S online stores.

    • Items you put into your shopping cart including when you have abandoned your cart; this information is collected via cookies and is used to send cart reminder messages via SMS.

    • Communications with BLUEWATER customer service experts, such as phone, e-mail, and online chat conversations.

    • Device and location information provided by a device connected to BLUEWATER in-store Wi-Fi services. Additional third parties, including legal requirements as required or allowed by applicable law to prevent theft, crime and fraud to protect BLUEWATER, you, our customers or additional third parties.

    • Social Media Platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube, are used on our website through features, such as the X “share this” button. With these features, information may be collected including your IP address, the page you’re visiting, and cookies may be set to enable the features to function properly. Interactions with these social media features is governed by the privacy policy of the social media company providing the feature.

  • How does BLUEWATER collect my information?

    In addition to the means previously described in this policy, BLUEWATER may collect information at the point of purchase, and through any means in which the customer voluntarily provides information to BLUEWATER.

    With varying frequency, BLUEWATER may additionally employ the following technological means used to analyze and process customer data:

    • Cookies. Cookies are strings of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, which the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.BLUEWATER uses cookies to collect information that helps us improve our website.

    • Web Beacons and Pixel Tags. Web beacons and pixel tags are virtually transparent images and blocks of code which are typically used in combination with cookies, and which monitor the behavior of a visitor to BLUEWATER'S online stores.

    • Log Files. Log files are files maintained by our servers which contain a history of page requests.

    • Flash Software. Software which may be installed by Adobe Systems, Inc., that is required to access certain online store functions which require the Flash platform to function.

  • Who has access to my information?

    Certain entities may have limited access to your information for specific business purposes.

    The following entities may have limited access to your information:

    • BLUEWATER'S corporate entities for the purposes of customer service, marketing, advertising, promotions, and enhancement and personalization of your shopping experience, as previously described in this policy.

    • Third-Parties which directly assist BLUEWATER by providing business services and verifying customer information, such as:

      1. Credit/debit card partners.

      2. Mail/package carriers.

      3. Partners offering technical and support services for our online stores and operations, including those which may process orders and billing through our physical and online stores.

      4. Analytics and marketing partners which may provide targeted advertisements to you based on your searching history and information, and which help us to better focus our websites to meet the ways in which our customers use and interact with our online portals.

    • Third parties as required by law, and which may be engaged to prevent theft, fraud, and other crimes against BLUEWATER and our customers.

  • How does BLUEWATER keep my information secure?

    We are committed to providing superior security and confidentiality measures to keep your personal information safe. Our online stores and websites employ physical, administrative, and technical protections to safeguard your information. Security and fraud measures taken by BLUEWATER to protect your information include:

    To protect your information, BLUEWATER uses the following security and fraud measures:

    • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology, which encrypts your data to maintain its confidentiality in transit across the internet. SSL is represented in your browser by the “https://” prefix in the URL, as well as visually through the use of a closed lock or solid lock icon next to the URL.

    • Case-sensitive passwords to access user accounts and profiles, in our online STORES. Minimum lengths and character minimums are employed to strengthen passwords, but you are encouraged to use unique passwords and change them often, to strengthen this protection.

    • Your personal information is maintained on servers which are in physically secure locations, and which are accessible only by personnel necessary to ensure the proper function of those servers.

    • Your personal information will be retained by BLUEWATER indefinitely, and will be periodically purged as then-effective retention policies may dictate. You may request that your information be deleted at any time, as addressed in Section 8.

  • YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS - What options do I have regarding BLUEWATER collection and storage of my personal information?

    We are committed to providing transparency to our customers regarding the collection of their personal information, and our continued storage of that information. The bulk of the information we collect is provided voluntarily by the customer, through such methods as online purchases and creation of user profiles. You are encouraged to make deliberate choices about the personal information you share, and review your browser and mobile device settings to make sure they fit your privacy desires.

    If you have questions about what personal information we have collected, or wish to make specific requests regarding our use of that information, we encourage you to take advantage of the following options:

    • Most browsers are set to enable cookies by default. If you would like to disable cookies, you can change the settings of your web browser to remove or reject cookies automatically or notify you when a cookie is placed. For more detailed information on how to adjust your browser’s cookie settings.

    • If you are receiving promotional materials from us via e-mail, you may unsubscribe from our e-mail list at any time. Please click the “UNSUBSCRIBE” link at the bottom of an e-mail, or contact our customer service experts at the address below.

    • If you are receiving promotional materials from us via standard mail, you may unsubscribe from such mailings at any time by contacting our customer service experts at the address below.

    • Manage your user profile settings to control what information may be made public, such as “wish list” items.

    • If you have any questions about what personal information we have collected and/or shared, who your information has been shared with, the nature of any third-party recipient’s business, or have any concerns about how your information is being used, please contact our customer service experts:

      1. By phone:810-358-8901

      2. By e-mail:info@bluewaterangler.net

      3. By mail:
        BLUEWATER ANGLER

      4. 117 LYNDON CIRCLE

      5. OAKLAND MI, 48363

      6. *Be sure to include your name