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Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. Here’s the TL;DR of our privacy policy:

  • We don’t ask for personal information except as needed.
  • We don’t share personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
  • We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site.

Here is the expanded version:

Website Visitors

Chocolatebythebay.com collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Chocolatebythebay.com’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use the website.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to chocolatebythebay.com choose to interact with chocolatebythebay.com in ways that require chocolatebythebay.com to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that chocolatebythebay.com gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, for those who wish to receive email newsletters, we collect their email addresses. We collect information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with chocolatebythebay.com. We does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

We may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to chocolatebythebay.com. However, chocolatebythebay.com does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Chocolatebythebay.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it or to provide services on chocolatebythebay.com’s behalf, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using chocolatebythebay.com, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. We will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, chocolatebythebay.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of chocolatebythebay.com, third parties or the public at large. If you have supplied your email address, we may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new articles, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with chocolatebythebay.com. You can opt out of our emails at any time. Chocolatebythebay.com takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Chocolatebythebay.com uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of chocolatebythebay.com, and their website access preferences. Chocolatebythebay.com visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using chocolatebythebay.com, with the drawback that certain features of chocolatebythebay.com may not function properly without the aid of cookies. For more about our use of cookies, refer to our Cookie Policy.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, chocolatebythebay.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.