Thank you for reviewing our privacy policy for this site and our safety disclaimer. We are Galen Piehl and Nicole Atkins, owners and creators of TropicalSnorkeling.com. If you have any questions about these policies please contact us.
Disclaimer
TropicalSnorkeling.com provides this website as a service.
While the information contained within the site is periodically updated, no guarantee is given that the information provided in this website is correct, complete, and/or up-to-date.
The materials contained on this website are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. TropicalSnorkeling.com does not accept any responsibility for any loss which may arise from reliance on information contained on this site.
This website and its contents are provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Some links within this website may lead to other websites, including those operated and maintained by third parties. We include these links solely as a convenience to you, and the presence of such a link does not imply a responsibility for the linked site or an endorsement of the linked site, its operator, or its contents (exceptions may apply).
Permission is given for the downloading and temporary storage of one or more of these pages for the purpose of viewing on a personal computer. The contents of this site are protected by copyright under international conventions and, apart from the permission stated, the reproduction, permanent storage, or retransmission of the contents of this site is prohibited without the prior written consent of TropicalSnorkeling.com.
Reproduction, distribution, republication, and/or retransmission of material contained within this website are prohibited unless the prior written permission of TropicalSnorkeling.com has been obtained.
Privacy Policy
At TropicalSnorkeling.com we are dedicated to protecting your data and privacy.
We recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use TropicalSnorkeling.com, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. This will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
TropicalSnorkeling.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our customers’ and online visitors’ privacy on our website.
About Our Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that TropicalSnorkeling.com stores on your computer, which your browser provides to TropicalSnorkeling.com each time you return to the site. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their use of our website, and their website access preferences.
Google Analytics Cookies
TropicalSnorkeling.com uses Google Analytics to analyze the use of this website. Google Analytics collects demographic and interest data, and generates statistical and other information about website use, by means of cookies. These cookies are kept on your computer. We share this information with Google, which will store and use this information on its servers. Here is Google’s privacy policy.
TropicalSnorkeling.com uses information from Google Analytics to track the number of visits to the website, browsers, and operating systems. No personally identifiable information is obtained from these cookies. We use the information that Google Analytics generates relating to our website to create reports about the use of the site. These reports allow us to update the site and improve your usage of it.
If you do not wish your data to be collected via Google Analytics, you can install its opt-out browser extension or add-on.
Affiliate Products and Services
We receive an affiliate commission for some of the products and services linked to from TropicalSnorkeling.com.
The affiliate services platforms we use are Amazon, Commission Junction (TripAdvisor, Olympus, Travelex), OSI Affiliate (ProShot Case), Stream2Sea, Tuga Sunwear, B&H Photo & Video, Fourth Element.
By clicking on a product or service link, you consent to that platform’s use of cookies, as outlined in the links below.
- Amazon privacy policy
- Commission Junction privacy policy
- TripAdvisor privacy policy
- Olympus privacy policy
- Travelex privacy policy
- OSI Affiliate privacy policy
- ProShot Case privacy policy
- Stream2Sea privacy policy
- Tuga Sunwear privacy policy
- B&H Photo & Video privacy policy
- Fourth Element privacy policy
Refusing Cookies
You can set your browser to accept or refuse all cookies automatically, or notify you when a cookie is being requested. Taking this action should not cause a problem with the continued use of our site. Consult the Help section of your browser for guidance on how to refuse all cookies or to notify you when a cookie is requested.
If you choose to refuse TropicalSnorkeling.com’s cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the site.
Personally Identifiable Information
TropicalSnorkeling.com may collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To run and operate our site.
- To display content on the site correctly.
- To improve customer service.
- To help us respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently.
- To personalize your user experience.
- To understand how our users as a group use the services and resources provided on our site.
- To improve our site.
- To improve our products and services.
- To run a promotion, contest, survey or other site feature.
- To send information to you that you agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to you.
- To send periodic emails, which may include electronic newsletters and/or autoresponder series of emails.
- To respond to your inquiries, questions, and/or other requests.
TropicalSnorkeling.com may collect personally identifiable information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, register on the site, or fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our site.
Specifically, if you subscribe to our newsletter, we will require your email address. SendinBlue is the company that we use to maintain our subscription list and send the newsletter. You can read their privacy policy here.
If you complete a form, we will ask for your name and require your email address, and will ask for information relevant to the purpose of the form.
If you submit content to us, we will ask for your name and email address. Photos you include with your submission, or details in your submission, may personally identify you.
If you request to be notified about comments on any content you submit to us, or request to be notified when others submit content, we will require your first name and your email address.
If you purchase our downloadable eBooks, SendOwl will manage the record of your sale and your download. You will use either Stripe or Paypal to make your payment. These third parties will collect and store your payment data on their servers, including your name, email address, billing address and credit card number. You may review their privacy policies at these links:
You can always refuse to supply personally identifiable information and visit our site anonymously. However, it may prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities.
If we make material changes in the collection of personally identifiable information, we will inform you by placing a notice on our site. We will use personal information received from you for internal purposes only and will not sell it or provide it to third parties.
We also collect each visitor’s IP address, which helps us combat spam and fraud. We do not use IP addresses for any other purpose.
TropicalSnorkeling.com contains links to other websites that may be of interest to you. However, once you have used them to leave our site, we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide while visiting such sites. These sites are not governed by this privacy statement. Always exercise caution by reviewing the privacy statement of the website in question before continuing to use it.
Non-personally Identifiable Information
We may collect non-personally identifiable information about you whenever you interact with our site. Non-personally identifiable information may include the browser name, the type of computer, and technical information about your method of connecting to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service provider you used, and other similar information.
Children’s Privacy Protection
This website is directed to adults. It is not directed to children under the age of 16. We operate our site in compliance with current regulations. Anyone under the age of 16 must have a parent or guardian provide consent to use this site. We do not knowingly collect or use personally identifiable information from anyone under 16 years of age.
Release of Information
If we sell TropicalSnorkeling.com, the information we have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale so that the service provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice through our website of that change in control and practices, and we will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any opt-out requests you might make.
Data Storage
Personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information collected by this site is stored on our host’s servers. That host is WPX Hosting, K Media Tech (owner of WPX) BG 202249002, #13, 20th April Street, Sofia 1000, Bulgaria.
Some information is collected by third-party services. These include SendinBlue, SendOwl, Stripe, Paypal, and Snorkel Venture.
How You Can Correct or Remove Information
We provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of our commitment to protect your personally identifiable information. If you have submitted personally identifiable information through our website and would like to download and review that information, or request to edit or delete any of your information from the servers contact us and we will help you with that.
Updates and Effective Date
TropicalSnorkeling.com reserves the right to make changes in this policy. If there is a material change in our cookie and privacy practices, we will indicate on our site that those practices have changed and provide a link to the updated privacy policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you will know what information we collect and how we use it.
Agreeing to Terms
If you do not agree to TropicalSnorkeling.com’s privacy policy as posted here on this website, please do not consent to the setting of cookies and the collection and storage of your personally identifiable information.
Your explicit consent indicates acceptance of this privacy policy in its entirety.
Last updated: April 7, 2023