The privacy of our visitors is extremely important. This document outlines the types of personal information which is received and collected by SharkMarks.com, and how it is used.
SharkMarks.com may collect data to potentially deliver the best content, services, and personalized digital ads. We may partner with third party advertisers who may use tracking technologies to collect information about your activity on sites and applications across devices, both on our site and across the Internet.
You always have the choice to experience our website without personalized advertising based on your web browsing activity by visiting DAA’s Consumer Choice, the NAI’s website, and/or EU online choices, from each of your browsers or devices. To avoid personalized advertising based on your mobile app activity, you can install the DAA’s AppChoices app.
Log Files
Like most standard web site servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, which is Google’s analytics tool that helps websites to understand how their visitors engage with their web properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘_ga’ cookie. In addition to reporting website usage statistics, Google Analytics can also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies described below, to help show more relevant ads on Google properties (like Google Search) and across the web and to measure interactions with the ads shown by Google. Learn more about how Google uses data when you use this website and about Analytics cookies and privacy information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Our site uses cookies to store information about visitors preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and to customize webpage content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. External companies may also use cookies to display ads on our site and to collect statistics about web visitors. These companies may be placing and reading cookies on your web browser, or using web beacons to collect information. Remember that cookies do not allow anyone to access your private information on your computer. They only record information about your visits to a web site. Cookies may be used for personalization of ads but can be also used for non-personalized advertising.
Third Party Advertisers
SharkMarks.com may have third party advertisers that may have access to data we collect. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to display the advertisements and links that appear on SharkMarks.com by sending them directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see. SharkMarks.com has no access or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Our third party advertisers may include eBay and Amazon. See our Affiliate Disclosure page for more information.
Consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. The privacy policy on SharkMarks.com does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites. To opt out, visit aboutads.info.
Cookie Management
It is important to know that if you disable cookies you may not be able to use certain features offered by some web sites. You can disable cookies through your browser. Most browsers have instructions on how to disable cookies in their “Help” sections. The instructions for all browsers vary. But the steps are generally similar for most. Here are some places you can look to disable or enable cookies:
Internet Explorer: Look in the Tools menu, select Internet Options, and then click the Security tab. Click Internet, and then click Custom Level. Scroll down to Cookies, click disable (or enable) for both cookie options, and then click OK.
Mozilla Firefox: Open Tasks, choose Privacy & Security, and then Cookie Manager. Choose View Stored Cookies from the submenu to open the Cookie Manager window. Select one or more cookies and click either Remove Cookie or Remove All Cookies.
Netscape: Select Edit | Preferences from the main menu. Select Advanced and under Cookies, select Disable cookies and click OK.
Safari: Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and click Security. Select Never, Always, or Only from sites you navigate to, to set your preferences at the level you desire. To see the cookies stored on your computer, click Show Cookies. From here you have the option to remove one or two cookies or all cookies.
GDPR Compliance
SharkMarks.com collects emails and usernames for account creation, comments, contact forms, and possibly other communication plugins. The emails are required to send notifications for when a response is available, or to directly respond to inquiries. Your emails won’t be used for other purposes. By using this site, specifically submitting comments, questions, or using the contact form, you agree to allow SharkMarks.com to collect the email addresses you provide.
As an e-commerce platform, we collect personally identifiable information such as your name, phone number, mailing address and other contact and/or billing information. We only collect this information when it is voluntarily submitted to us either through our SSL secured checkout or via our contact form. The information provided to us is in order for us to fulfill your request. Your personal information will only be used to fulfill your request and will never be sold or shared to third parties without your permission.
Approval
By clicking ‘Got it!” on the cookie notification pop-up, and by using our website, you agree that we and our third party advertisers can: (1) transfer your personal data to the United States or other countries, and (2) process your personal data to serve you with personalized ads, subject to your choices as described above and in our privacy policy.
Contact Information
Please contact us for further questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy.
