Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all users of Duck Boat Depot; Duck Boat Trader, LLC d/b/a Duck Boat Depot and its affiliates (collectively, “Duck Boat Trader”, “us”, or “we”) is committed to protecting and respecting your personal data and your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of Duck Boat Trader and its affiliated entities’ websites, mobile applications, apps, software applications, and links from the website and to those who visit (collectively known as the “Services,” or, each individually, a “Service”).
Please note that some of our Services may also be governed by separate or additional privacy policies. We will provide you with this additional information when you subscribe to that particular service. For additional information applicable to your use of our Service, please also see our Terms of Use. We work hard to ensure that any personal data we collect about you (Your Data) is used fairly and transparently and strictly in accordance with the data protection laws that protect it. This policy sets out how we collect, store, process, transfer, or share your data. Whether you are a resident of the EU, UK, or any state within the United States with applicable law, or Canada, this Privacy Policy provides you with certain information that must be provided to you under the:
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”)
specific disclosures for state residences
Federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
European General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”).
Data Protection Act 2018, currently known as “UK GDPR”.
When we refer to “Personal Data,” “Your Data” in this Privacy Notice, we mean any information about you from which you can be identified. It does not include data where your identity has been removed (anonymous data) or data about someone who is deceased. If you are a Canadian resident, “Personal Data” includes “personal Information” as defined in the PIPEDA.
Legal or Contractual Obligations on Personal Data.
You are not obliged by any law or contract to provide us with your Personal Data. However, if you choose not to provide certain information when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have entered into with you (such as paying you or providing you with the information you have requested), or we may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations (such as to notify you of safety notices). We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy in its entirety to understand the information we collect and how we use and disclose it. This policy applies to all of our Services.
General Information.
Duck Boat Trader is responsible for deciding how and why Your Data is used in the situations covered by this Privacy Policy. This means that, for the purposes of the EU and UK GDPR we are the “Data Controller” and under the CCPA and other US State privacy laws, we are referred to as “Business”. At Duck Boat Trader, we collect Personal Data in different ways depending on how and why you are interacting with us. This Privacy Policy covers the Personal Data that we collect:
When you browse or submit information through our website,
When you show an interest in our services or interact with our marketing material or events,
When you become a customer of Duck Boat Trader,
When you provide services to Duck Boat Trader,
When you contact us,
When you provide information on public platforms,
When we purchase data from data brokers,
What Data We Collect.
When you use the Services, or visit our premises, we collect a variety of information from and about you, your devices, and your interaction with the Services. Some of this information identifies you directly or can be used to identify you when combined with other data. When using the Services, you will be asked to provide personal identifiable information (PII) about yourself, such as your name, contact information, email address, payment information, details about you or inventory you are interested in, and/or financial information. This may occur, for example, when you register on the Services, share or save a listing, correspond with an industry professional (such as a dealer or broker) via the Services, or complete other forms or transactions, such as a request for loan information or an application. Occasionally, we may also request information such as usage preferences and demographics, which will help us better serve you and other users in the future. You may also provide information about a third party through the Services, for example, if you share a listing with a recipient via email. We may combine this information with other information we collect from your interaction with the Services or from other companies.
Cookies and other tracking technologies; Third Parties. We use cookies and similar technologies to personalize and improve your experience as you use our Services. We work with service providers and advertising networks to track and manage cookie information and your activities while you’re using the Services and your online activities over time and across different websites and devices. For example, third parties may use cookies to deliver advertisements to you based on your visit to the Services. For additional information, please refer to the section below entitled, “Interest-Based Advertising.” You may opt-out of cookie tracking and analysis from any of these service providers and advertising networks by Opting Out of Collection of Information by Third Parties, which is explained further below.
Mobile device and mobile browser information. If you are accessing our Services on your mobile, we could collect username, mobile device model, language, IP address, and browser information. We use this information to provide better services to you.
Location Data. If you enable location services on your mobile device, Duck Boat Trader may collect the location of your device, which we use to provide you with location-based information and advertising. If you wish to deactivate this feature, you can disable location services on your mobile device.
Usage logs. We collect information about your use of our Services, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your IP address and the page you visited before navigating to our Services. We also collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, such as the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, mobile network information, and browsing behavior.
Messages. Calls between you and Duck Boat Trader, or between you and third parties made through Duck Boat Trader (such as dealers or brokers you contact about a listing through a form or link on our website, or using contact information found on our website), may be recorded or monitored for quality assurance and customer service purposes. You will be notified at the beginning of a call if it may be recorded or monitored. Duck Boat Trader uses a third-party service provider to track phone calls and text messages between you and industry professionals so that we and the industry professional can access certain details about the contact. As part of this process, Duck Boat Trader and its service provider will receive in real time and store data about your call or text message, including the date and time of the call or text message, your phone number, and the content of the text message.
Social networks. If you use the social networking connection functions offered through the Services, we may access all of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with this privacy policy. Please refer to the instructions governing your social network account to manage the information that is shared through your account.
Collection of information by third-party services, sites Ad Servers and Sponsors. Some Services require collection of your information directly by third parties. Our Services may contain links to other websites or services whose information practices may be different than ours. For example, while using one or more of our websites, you may link to a third party’s website via a window opened within (or on top of) our website. Some of our Services may allow users to interface with third party websites or services, such as Facebook and Twitter. You will remain logged into those third-party websites or services until you actively log off. By interfacing with those third-party websites or services, you are allowing our Services to access your information that is or becomes available via such third-party websites or services, and you are agreeing to those third party’s applicable terms and conditions. Once you log onto any such third-party websites or services, the content you post there may also post to our Services. Our Privacy Policy and procedures may or may not be consistent with the policies and procedures of such third-party websites or services, and when you visit such websites or services our Privacy Policy does not apply to personally identifiable information and other data collected by the third party. You should consult, read and understand the privacy notices of such third parties before choosing to provide personally identifiable information on any such websites or services. Our Services may also use a third-party ad server to present the advertisements that you may see on our Services. These third-party ad servers may use cookies, Web beacons, clear .gifs or similar technologies to help present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the advertisements’ effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third-party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by our Privacy Policy.
How We Use Your Data.
Duck Boat Trader generally uses the information collected about you to provide and improve the Services, including to:
provide and deliver the Services, process transactions and send related information such as confirmations and invoices;
send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
respond to your comments, questions and requests and provide customer service;
communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards and events offered by Duck Boat Trader and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services;
detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Duck Boat Trader and others;
link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and provide you with better service; and
carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.
You may receive emails from Duck Boat Trader for a variety of reasons. For example, if you took an action through the Services, you signed up for a regular report, or you posted your inventory for sale and a buyer sent you a message; if you saved a listing, we’ll keep posted on status updates and other information about your transaction. You can manage the types of emails you receive by following the instructions in each email we send you. Please note that, even if you unsubscribe from certain email correspondences, we may still need to email you with important transactional or administrative information.
When/Why We May Disclose or Transfer Data.
Your privacy is important and we are committed to protecting your information that identifies you personally. We will only share Your Data, that you provide outside the public areas of the Services in the following circumstances:
With your consent. When you consent or direct Duck Boat Trader to share the Your Data. This happens when you submit your information through many of our Services. For example, if you choose to contact an industry professional through the Services, your name, phone number, email address, and message content will appear to the recipient of the message.
Service providers to Duck Boat Trader. When Duck Boat Trader hires a service provider to help operate the Services or our business, Duck Boat Trader may give access to personal information only as appropriate to perform the service for Duck Boat Trader, and subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Duck Boat Trader always remains responsible for the privacy of your personal information that is shared with service providers.
Partners with whom we conduct business. When Duck Boat Trader partners with other businesses to offer products and services, to facilitate offers and advertising from others that may interest you, and we may share information with those business partners only as needed to provide those products and services subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Legal obligation or protection from harm. When Duck Boat Trader has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of information is reasonably necessary to (a) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms of Use (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, (d) support auditing and compliance functions, or (e) protect the rights, property, or safety of Duck Boat Trader, its users, or the public against harm.
Business transfers. If and when Duck Boat Trader is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of transfer or sale of some or all of its business, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, we may share Your Data in connection with that transaction.
Duck Boat Trader may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
Opting Out of Data Collection; Third Parties.
Duck Boat Trader’s third-party ad servers, ad network providers, third-party advertisers may provide you with advertisements that you may see on the Services or on other affiliated websites. To improve the relevancy and help measure the effectiveness of such advertisements, Duck Boat Trader’s Ad Providers may use cookies, web beacons, clear gifs or similar technologies. These are used to record users’ activity, such as the pages visited, and to learn what types of information are of most interest to the users. For more information regarding the choices you have about these technologies (such as opting-out), visit the Network Advertising Initiative, Digital, Omniture, and PrivacyChoice.
Throughout the Services, we may link to the websites of other companies and/or individuals. Further, certain functionalities on the Services may involve the distribution of your listing information to third-party websites. These third-party websites may collect information about users on those websites, and Duck Boat Trader’s Privacy Policy does not extend to these external websites and third parties. Please refer directly to these third parties and websites regarding their privacy policies.
Legal Basis for Data Collection and Retention.
Duck Boat Trader will retain and use information as necessary to market our products and services including online advertising, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements as follows:
When You Browse or Submit Information Through Our Website: When you visit the Website, we will collect name, email address, company, state, and country information. We use cookies and similar technologies to personalize and improve your experience as you use our website.
When You Become a Customer: Defined as a party who receives goods and services from Duck Boat Trader. Upon account cancellation, we will hold customer Personal Identifiable Information, billing information, Specific Inventory Identifiable and data for a period of 12 months from date of cancellation unless we identify a legitimate need to retain it for longer, such as in order to defend a legal claim, for compliance with our obligation to keep records for tax purposes, or where we are required by law to do so. If you indicate that you no longer wish to receive marketing materials, we will retain your name and email address on a suppressed list to keep a record that you have opted out of receiving direct marketing (so that we don’t accidentally send them to you again) but we will no longer use it to contact you with marketing.
When You Provide Services to Us: When you (or the company you work for) provides services to Duck Boat Trader, we collect name, email address, phone number, and postal address. If you are providing a service, we may also collect bank account details for payments. This information is collected directly from you via email or over the phone. We use this information to contact you about the services you (or your organization) are providing. Our legal basis for using Your Data in this way is that it is necessary for the performance of our contract with you or the organization you work for. We keep Your Data for the duration of our contract with you plus a period of [7] years. This is so that we can comply with our obligation to keep records for tax purposes. After 7 years we will delete Your Data from our systems unless we identify a legitimate need to retain it for longer, such as in order to defend a legal claim or where we are required by law to do so.
When you Contact Us: When you contact us by either phone, email, post, or in person, were a former customer, or are currently solicited to use Services from Duck Boat Trader, we will retain any Personal Information that you voluntarily provide to us during that contact including copies of the correspondence, including contact level within Salesforce. We will keep this information to respond to you and keep a record of our correspondence. Our legal basis for using your Data in this way is that it is necessary for our legitimate interest in responding to queries. We keep Your Data for the duration of our interaction with you plus a period of 12.
When you provide Information on Public Platforms: When you provide information on public platforms, such as your preferences, email address, etc., we will use this data to enhance any information we already have about you, to enhance our marketing campaigns. We will use this information to provide you with targeted marketing campaigns. Our legal basis for using Your Data in this way is our legitimate interest in promoting our goods and services to you we may use the following service provider to store any additional details
Data Storage.
Duck Boat Trader is based in the United States and you acknowledge that the information we collect is governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Services or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in and to the United States, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law. Duck Boat Traders collects and uses all Personal Data it holds in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and UK GDPR. If you are resident of the EU or UK, Your Data will, therefore, be protected in the same manner that it would be within the EEA. Duck Boat Trader may occasionally receive various forms of legal process from government agencies and private parties requesting information about Duck Boat Trader users.
Rights Available to You.California (CCPA): You have certain rights with respect to Your Data. These are:
The right to know what *personal information we hold about you and with whom we share that Personal Information,
The right to access or correct your Personal Information,
The right to delete your Personal Information,
The right to opt out of the sale of your information, and the right to equal service and pricing of services when you exercise one of your privacy rights.
The right to non-discriminatory treatment for exercising any rights.
The right to initiate a private cause of action for data breaches.
The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive and personal information.
CCPA/CPRA defines “personal information” as information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could be reasonably linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.
Virginia (VCDPA): You have certain rights with respect to Your Data. These are:
The right to know what personal data is being collected from you, and why it is being collected.
The right to access your personal data and to request that it be deleted or corrected.
The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal data.
The right to request that your personal data be transferred to another service provider.
The right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
European Union (GDPR): You have certain rights with respect to Your Data. These are:
Right to request access – you may ask to see the personal data we hold about you. This right always applies but there are some exemptions, which means you may not always receive all the information we process.
Right to rectification – if you believe the information that we hold about you is inaccurate, you can ask us to correct it,
Right to erasure – you can ask us to delete the information we hold about you in certain circumstances.
Right to restriction of processing – you can ask us to stop using Your Data in a certain way in certain circumstances.
Right to object – you can object to our use of your personal data if we are processing it on the basis of our legitimate interest.
Right to data portability –. You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us from one organization to another or give it to you. The right only applies if we are processing information based on your consent or under, or in talks about entering into a contract and the processing is automated. This only applies to information you have given us.
Right to withdraw consent – where you have provided your consent to us processing Your Data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time,
Right to lodge a complaint – if you are resident in the EU, you may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in the EU Member State where you are resident or where you work. For further information on your rights, please see the website of the supervisory authority of your EU Member State.
How to Exercise Privacy Rights.
If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us or, if you have any questions about this privacy policy, or the privacy practices of Duck Boat Trader, please email us or you can write to us at:
Alex C. Najarian, Esq.,
The Corneal Law Firm
509 Anastasia Blvd.
St. Augustine, FL 32080
Email: alex@corneallaw.com
Changes to Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. You should check back for the most current version before relying on any of the provisions in this privacy policy. We will provide notice of material changes to the policy, either by posting a notice on our websites, by sending an email, or some other reasonable method.
