Privacy Policy
Connect Outdoors, Inc. Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 1, 2020
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to Connect Outdoors, Inc. (“we”, “our”, or “us”) use of your information through our website or the related mobile applications and services (collectively, the “Services”)
What information do we collect?
We collect information about you, including personally identifiable information, if you choose to share it with us, register an account, or if you track, complete or upload activities using the Services. We also collect information about how you use the Services. There are several opportunities for you to share information about yourself and your activities with us, including your name, physical address, email address, gender, age, equipment usage, activities, routes (including date, time and geo-location information), profile photo and other pictures. You may also submit comments, likes, and other content to be shared. In addition, we will collect your credit card or other payment information if you choose to become a member of our Premium service.
If you elect to use location-based features via the Services, then the physical location of your device will be collected. We may also collect and upload from your device data such as speed and direction. You are able to disallow our use of certain location data through your device or browser settings by disabling “Location Services”.
You may use the Services to access your contacts’ information to connect with your contacts on the Services or to send them your activity information while using our Beacon service. If you choose to use these features, we will access and store your contacts’ information. You may delete your contacts’ information by updating your privacy settings within the app or by updating your device’s permission settings.
We allow you to sign up and log in to the Services using accounts you create with third-party products and services, such as Apple, Facebook, or Google (collectively, “Third-Party Accounts”). These Third-Party Accounts may ask your permission to share certain information from your Third-Party Account with us. We use this information to verify your identity as well as to provide you with features of our products and Services. This information may include your first and last name, email address, profile information and preferences with the applicable Third-Party Account. This information is collected by the Third-Party Account provider and is provided to us under their privacy policies. You can generally control the information that we receive from these sources using the privacy settings in your Third-Party Account.
When you make a payment through our payment page or website, we may collect information from you to properly process your payment. This personal information may include your name, address, phone, email address, your credit card information and payment amount. We use Payment Card Industry certified third-party payment services and do not store your credit card information.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by us when you use our website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring web site addresses. This information is used by us for the operation of the web site, to maintain the quality of the web site, and to provide general statistics regarding use of our web site.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our web site uses "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 our website pages, or register with our Service, a cookie helps us 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 web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the 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 Dance Corps services or web sites you visit.
Log Files
The Services use log files. Stored information includes IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Services, track member movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc., may be linked to session IDs, athlete IDs and device identifiers.
Analytics Services
We uses third party analytics providers to understand how the Services are used and to help us improve the Services.
Third Parties
We may collect personally identifiable information about your activities over time and across third-party websites or online services when you use the Services. We may obtain additional information about you from third parties such as marketers, partners, researchers, and others. We may combine information that we collect from you with information obtained from such third parties and information derived from any other subscription, product, or service we provide.
We is committed to providing you choices to manage your privacy and sharing. However, We does not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals, as the internet industry has not fully developed Do Not Track standards, implementations and solutions. To learn more about Do Not Track signals, you can visit https://allaboutdnt.com .
No Collection from Children 13 or Under
Our website and Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information through the website or Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this website or through the Services, or make any purchases through the website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information.
If you believe we may have accidentally received such information, please contact us immediately via email at info@connectoutdoors.co .
How Do We Use Information?
We primarily use the information we collect to administer and operate the Services. We also use your information to analyze, develop and improve the Services. We may also use your information to market the services, credit or accept payments, provide support related to the Services, protect members and enforce our Terms of Service, promote safety, and communicate with you. Additionally, your information may be shared with third parties, as set forth below.
How Do We Share Information?
Sharing Information and Activities
Subject to your privacy settings, you may share your information, including your profile, username, photos, members you follow and who follow you, clubs you belong to, your activities, and likes and comments you give and receive. You may choose to invite your contacts to view your location and activities using our Services or otherwise. If you link your account to other social networks and share your activities, they will be viewable outside the Services. If you choose to share or post your location information via such third parties, it is possible that unintended people could have access to such information. You should use caution when sharing information via third parties and you should carefully review the privacy practices of such third parties.
Publicly Available Information
Subject to your privacy settings, your information and content may be publicly accessible.
Sharing within Outdoor Connect
We may share your information and content within We to operate, improve, or promote the Services.
Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties who provide services to us such as supporting and improving the Services, promoting the Services, processing payments, or fulfilling orders. These service providers will only have access to the information necessary to perform these limited functions on our behalf and are required to protect and secure your information. We may also use service providers to collect information about your use of the Services over time so that we or they may promote We or display information that may be relevant to your interests on the Services or other websites or services.
Affiliates and Acquirors of our Business or Assets
We may share your information with affiliates under common control with us, who are required to comply with the terms of this Privacy Policy with regard to your information. If we become involved in a business combination, securities offering, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution or other similar transaction, we may share or transfer your information in connection with such transaction.
Aggregated and De-Identified Information
We may modify, de-identify and aggregate the information, data, text, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, tags, or other materials you make available in connection with the Services (“Content”), in ways that do not personally identify you or contain personally identifiable information. Examples of such aggregated Content or statistical data include information about catch details, equipment and usage, demographic and route information. We may use, sell, license, and share this information with third parties for research, business or other purposes. If you make information or Content publicly available on the Services, such information, even when aggregated, is capable of being publicly viewed and possibly associated with you.
With Consent
We may share your information if (i) you direct us to do so or (ii) you otherwise consent to such sharing.
Legal Requirements
We may share your information with third parties, including law enforcement, public or governmental agencies, or private litigants, within or outside your country of residence, if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with the law,
including to respond to court orders, warrants, subpoenas, or other legal or regulatory process. We may also disclose your information if we determine that disclosure is reasonably necessary or appropriate to prevent any person from death or serious bodily injury, to address issues of national security or other issues of public importance, to prevent or detect violations of our Terms of Service or fraud or abuse of We or its members, or to protect our operations or our property or other legal rights, including by disclosure to our legal counsel and other consultants and third parties in connection with actual or potential litigation.
DMCA Notices
We may share your information with third parties when we forward Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) notifications, which will be forwarded as submitted to us without any deletions.
How Do We Protect Information?
We take several measures to safeguard the collection, transmission and storage of the data we collect. These steps depend on the sensitivity of the data that we collect, process, and store. Although we strive to employ reasonable protections for your information that are appropriate to its sensitivity, we do not guarantee or warrant the security of the information you share with us and we are not responsible for the theft, destruction, loss or inadvertent disclosure of your information or content. No system is 100% secure. The Services uses industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to allow for the encryption of personal information and credit card numbers. We engage a company that is an industry leader in online security and Services verification to strengthen the security of the Services. The Services are registered with site identification authorities so that your browser can confirm our identity before any personally identifiable information is sent. In addition, our secure servers protect this information using advanced firewall technology.
To help ensure that these measures are effective in preventing unauthorized access to your private information, you should be aware of the security features available to you through your browser. You should use a security-enabled browser to submit your credit card information and other personal information at the Services. Please note that if you do not use a SSL-capable browser, you are at risk for having data intercepted.
Most browsers have the ability to notify you if you change between secure and insecure communications, receive invalid Services identification information for the Services you are communicating with, or send information over an unsecured connection. We recommend that you enable these browser functions to help ensure that your communications are secure. You can also monitor the URL of the Services you are visiting (secure URLs begin with https:// rather than http://), along with the security symbol of your browser to help identify when you are communicating with a secure server. You can also view the details of the security certificate of the Services to which you are connected. Please check the validity of any Services you connect to using secure communications.
How to Modify Privacy Settings
We offer several features and settings to help you manage your privacy and how you share your activities. Most privacy settings are located in your privacy settings page, but some are specific to individual activities or anglers. We provide you the option to make your activities private. To manage your privacy settings, please visit the more settings page in the app.
How to Opt Out or Adjust Notification and Email Preferences
We offer various ways to opt-out or opt-into our notifications, located on the settings page. To choose to stop receiving certain emails from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions within each email communication or contact us at info@connectoutdoors.co . We will not provide or share any mailing lists or other information about you to another company or service other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy. Any administrative or service related emails (to confirm a purchase, or an update to the Terms of Service, etc.) generally do not offer an option to unsubscribe as they are necessary to provide the service you requested.
Updating Account Information
You may correct, amend or delete submitted account information that is inaccurate at any time by adjusting that information in your account settings. If you need further assistance, please contact We at info@connectoutdoors.co . We will generally respond to your request within 7-10 business days.
Deleting Information and Deactivation of Accounts
You may request deletion of your personally identifiable information by contacting us at info@connectoutdoors.co to request account deletion. Once deactivated, your account, activities and place on leaderboards cannot be reinstated.
Note that content you have shared with others (for example, through Clubs) or that others have copied may also remain visible after you have closed your account or deleted the information from your own profile. In addition, you may not be able to access, correct, or eliminate any information about you that other members or third parties copied or exported out of our Services. Your public profile may be displayed in search engine results until the search engine refreshes its cache.
Other Sites
We maintain certain websites that can be accessed outside of https://connectoutdoors.co . The Other Sites maintain the look and feel of the Services, but are hosted by outside service providers with their own terms and privacy policies. If you interact with the Other Sites, your information may be stored, processed, or shared outside of the Services. If you interact with the Other Sites, you agree that you may be subject to the Terms of Service and policies applicable to such Other Site. Please be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit to the Other Sites may be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums indefinitely, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit via the Other Sites.
Privacy Policy Information
If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, the updated Privacy Policy will be posted on the website in a timely manner. If the changes are significant, we will provide a prominent notice. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If you object to any of the changes to Privacy Policy, you may cease using the Services and deactivate your account. Using the Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to you or published on the website shall constitute your agreement to the changes.
United States Operation
The Services are operated from the United States. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to use the Services or provide information to us, your information will be transferred, processed and stored in the United States. United States privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. You acknowledge and consent to this practice.
Disclaimer
While we continue to work hard to protect your personal information, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Transmitting personal information is done at your own risk.
Retention of Information
We retain information as long as it is necessary and relevant for our operations. Information about you that is no longer necessary and relevant for our operations will be de-identified and/or disposed of securely. In addition, we may retain information from closed accounts to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect fees, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Services’ Terms of Service and take other actions permitted by law. The information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
When you delete your user account, certain personal information will be immediately de-associated with the account and deleted, such as your e-mail, name, address, and profile photo, if you had chosen to provide this information. Additionally, your Third-Party Account information will be immediately de-associated with your account. All of your activities and likes will be de-identified, made private and no longer associated with your personal information. Your comments will be deleted and your account will not be associated with any clubs you had previously joined. We may, however, keep a record of your deletion for up to 30 days following your deletion of an account. Additionally, we may keep system logs, which may be associated with your account for up to 30 days following your deletion of an account.
When you delete your account, we may retain geolocation information to continue to improve the Services. Upon deletion of your account, however, this information cannot be viewed by other users and will be de-associated with your name and other identifiers.
Questions or comments about this Privacy Policy may be submitted by mail to the address below or via email to info@connectoutdoor.co