Privacy Policy

ReelSonar, Inc. respects your privacy. This policy explains the privacy practices of ReelSonar, Inc. ("ReelSonar") on www.ReelSonar.com (the "Website") and with respect to the ReelSonar, Inc. mobile application (the "Application") (collectively referred to as "the Services"). It describes how ReelSonar, Inc. collects and uses your personal information and the rights and options available to you.

This policy is incorporated to the ReelSonar, Inc. Terms of Use (the "Terms of Use" or the "Terms").

By surfing, logging or connecting to, accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge that the Terms of Use, Copyright Policy. and this Privacy Policy constitute a binding and enforceable legal contract between the Company and any person connecting to, accessing. or using ReelSonar.

The Services are not intended for use by persons under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you may not download or use the Application, you may not use any feature of the Website that requires registration and you may not provide us with any of your personal details. ReelSonar will not knowingly collect any personal information of persons under 13.

In this policy, the term 'personal information' (or 'personally identifiable information') means any information that, with reasonable efforts, may be used to identify you, such as a first and last name, home address and email address.

If you believe that your privacy has been compromised by any person, in the course of using the Services, - please contact ReelSonar, Inc. at: privacy@reelsonar.com.

You may send ReelSonar other requests, responses, questions and complaints by email at support@reelsonar.com.

 

Personal information that you provide
When you register with the Services, ReelSonar, Inc. may ask you to provide certain contact and personal details, such as your name, email etc.. Bear in mind that false, incorrect, or out dated information may impair ReelSonar's ability to provide you with the Services and to contact you when necessary to update the Services. ReelSonar will explicitly indicate the fields for mandatory completion. If you do not enter the requisite data in these fields, you may not be able to register with the Services.

Please note: when you are using the Service, other Users will not see personal information or fishing information, BUT ReelSonar will continue to track fishing conditions in order to provide the Service. 

Further information may be collected when ReelSonar, Inc. exchanges communications with you, for example, if you submit a request, and/or contact ReelSonar's support team.

Personal information that you share
At ReelSonar, Inc., we take great measures to provide you with the best experience you can have while using the Service; However, ReelSonar, Inc. has no control over the conduct of any user, and disclaims all liability in this regard. Users are advised to carefully and thoroughly consider whether or not to make public or available any information and carefully examine all necessary details related to any communication with other users prior to any engagement or communication being made.

Participating in any user's activities as a result, directly or indirectly, from using the Services, is entirely at your own risk. ReelSonar, Inc. is not a party to any agreement entered into between the users in any circumstances. The user has the sole and ultimate responsibility regarding compliance with all laws, regulation or any other duty. We do not accept any liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense that you may suffer or incur as a result of or in connection with your participation in any activity or event initiated, held or conducted by a user or a third party nor in connection to any agreement between the users or third parties, including any activity or event related in any way, directly or indirectly, the Services or the use thereof.

Location based information we collect
When you use your mobile device with a copy of the Application installed, ReelSonar, Inc. collects your location and sonar data. ReelSonar, Inc. uses that information to provide you and other users with the Services. ReelSonar, Inc may make further use of your location and route information by providing you information about fishing and water conditions.

ReelSonar, Inc. may also use your location and/or sonar information to create aggregated anonymous data and to use such data in accordance with this policy (please refer to use of aggregated information chapter hereunder). ReelSonar, Inc. will make reasonable efforts to permanently remove or obscure your identity from your location or route information that is used for aggregated purposes.

Opting out of location information services by uninstalling the Application
At all times you may uninstall the Application by using the Application's uninstall option, or by using the programs removal feature of your operating system. Following the uninstallation process, ReelSonar, Inc. will not be able to collect any further location based information from you, or provide you with location based information in your close vicinity.

If you wish to remove personally identifying details from the ReelSonar, Inc servers, please contact privacy@reelsonar.com. Note that if this is requested, ReelSonar, Inc. will no longer be able to render the services to you.

 

Integration with social networks
You may choose to share information between your ReelSonar, Inc.  application and your social network account(s) (such as Facebook), including your location and route information, transmitted to and shared through your social network account if you choose to share this information.

By setting your ReelSonar, Inc. application to integrate with social networks including by signing onto ReelSonar, Inc. using your social network account (such as your Facebook account), you agree to share information (including personally identifiable information) between ReelSonar, Inc. and social networks, for the purposes provided under this Policy.

The social network's use of information made available by ReelSonar, Inc. is governed by that social network's privacy policy and controlled by the social network, not by this Policy or ReelSonar.

When you connect to the social network account through the Services for the first time or otherwise make the Services interact with your social network account, you will be asked to permit the social network to share your personal information stored on such social network with the Services. We collect your information from your social networks account only in accordance with your privacy settings you have set up under your social networks accounts. Accordingly we only collect such information which you allowed the social network(s) to share with third parties (such as your name, email address, list of friends, profile picture, other information you make publicly available via the applicable social network and/or other information you authorize us to access by authorizing the social network to provide such information) subject to the privacy settings that you have set in such social network accounts.

You understand that the Services may access, make available, and store (if applicable and as permitted by the third party social network and authorized by you) the information in your social network accounts so that it is available on and through your account on ReelSonar, Inc.

Please note that certain information which you have defined as private on your third party social network accounts may become public to other ReelSonar, Inc. Users through the Services if you have defined such information to be public on the Services.

Meta-data that we collect
ReelSonar, Inc. collects information about the use of the Services. For example, ReelSonar, Inc. may record the frequency and scope of your use of the Services, the duration of your sessions, the ReelSonar. com web pages that you visit, information that you read, the Internet protocol (IP) address and the name of the domain that serve you to access the Services, and the geographic location of the computer system that you are using to log-in. Such data is usually automatically collected and stored among others in log files of the Services' computer servers.

What does ReelSonar, Inc. do with your personally identifiable information?
ReelSonar, Inc. may use your personally identifiable information for the following purposes only:

to provide the Services, and to enable you to use the Services. For example, ReelSonar, Inc. may use the email that you provide to send you fishing HotSpots locations and other recommendations, and to email you a a link to download the Application and to provide you with your preliminary username and password;

to operate the Services and to improve and customize your experience with the Services, as well as the experience of other users;

to provide you with support and handle request and complaints;

to send you updates, notices, announcements, and additional information related to the Services;

to send you marketing and advertising material through e-mail messages, subject to your prior indication of consent. At any time you may opt out of the Services' mailing lists by sending ReelSonar, Inc. a written notice to privacy@reelsonar.com. In any case, ReelSonar will not knowingly share your personal identifiable details with any advertisers, without your explicit consent;

to conduct surveys and questionnaires;

to share your submissions with other users of the Services and to facilitate communication between you, ReelSonar, Inc. and other users;

to enforce the Terms of Use;

to contact you when ReelSonar, Inc. believes it to be necessary;

to comply with any applicable law and assist law enforcement agencies under any applicable law, when ReelSonar, Inc. has a good faith belief that cooperation with the law enforcement agencies is legally mandated or meets the applicable legal standards;

to prevent fraud, misappropriation, infringements, identity theft and other illegal activities and misuse of the Services;

To handle breakdowns and malfunctions;

to take any action in any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between you and the Service, or between you and other users or third parties with respect to, or in relation with the Service;

For purposes provided under this policy and the Terms of Use.

Sharing information with others
ReelSonar, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease your personally identifiable information to third parties for any of their marketing purposes.

ReelSonar, Inc. does not disclose your location and route information except when it is necessary to facilitate the functionality of the Services, to provide you with the Services, to prevent imminent harm, or when ReelSonar, Inc. is required under the law to disclose the information.

ReelSonar, Inc. will not share your personally identifiable information with others, without your consent, except for the following purposes and to the extent necessary in good-faith discretion:

When you use the Services, when you take part in content-related activities, when it is necessary to facilitate the functionality of the Services and when it is necessary to manage and administer the Services provided by ReelSonar, Inc.;

If ReelSonar, Inc. reasonably believes that you have breached the Terms of Use, or abused your rights to use the Services, or performed any act or omission that ReelSonar, Inc. reasonably believes to be violating any applicable law, rules, or regulations. ReelSonar, Inc. may share your information in these cases, with law enforcement agencies and other competent authorities and with any third party as may be required to handle any result of your wrongdoing;

If ReelSonar, Inc. is required, or reasonably believes that it is required by law to share or disclose your information;

In any case of dispute, or legal proceeding of any kind between you and ReelSonar, Inc., or between you and other users with respect to, or in relation with the Services;

In any case where ReelSonar, Inc. reasonably believes that sharing information is necessary to prevent imminent physical damage or damage to property;

If ReelSonar, Inc. organizes the operation of the Services within a different framework, or through another legal structure or entity, or if ReelSonar, Inc. is acquired by, or merged into or with another entity, or if ReelSonar enters bankruptcy, provided however, that those entities agree to be bound by the provisions of this policy, with respective changes taken into consideration;

For facilitating the Service and backup your data on servers located in the U.S.A.

ReelSonar, Inc. may also share personally identifiable information with companies or organizations connected or affiliated with ReelSonar, Inc., such as subsidiaries, sister-companies and parent companies. Personally identifiable information may also be shared with other ReelSonar, Inc.  partners and service providers, with the express provision that their use of such information must comply with this policy. For example, ReelSonar, Inc. may share your mobile device's Unique Device Identifier (UDID) with ad networks, for the purposes described above.

How does ReelSonar use aggregated information?
ReelSonar, Inc. may use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information to properly operate the Services, to improve the quality of the Services, to enhance your experience, to create new services and features, including customized services, to change or cancel existing content or service, and for further internal, commercial and statistical purposes.

ReelSonar, Inc. may also use anonymous, statistical or aggregated information collected on the Services, by posting, disseminating, transmitting or otherwise communicating or making available such information to users of the Services, to the Services' providers, partners and any other third party.

Data retention
ReelSonar, Inc. will retain location and sonar information for the duration it deems necessary for its reasonable business needs. Thereafter, your location and sonar information may be anonymized.

ReelSonar, Inc. may at all times review, retain and disclose any other information as ReelSonar deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request and ReelSonar's needs and necessities. By doing so ReelSonar, Inc.does not either expressly or impliedly endorse, affirm or in any manner assume any responsibility for such communications.

Account Deletion

The app provides a Delete Account function which will cause all of the user's data to be removed from our system.

Cookies
ReelSonar, Inc. may use cookies on the Services. Cookies are packets of information sent by the Website's servers to your web browser and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses the Website's servers.

The cookies may contain a variety of information, such as the content of search queries, the Website's pages you have accessed, session durations and IP addresses.

ReelSonar, Inc. may use cookies for various purposes, such as to save you the need to re-enter your username and password each time you log-in, to facilitate the use of the Website, to collect statistical information, to verify information, and to customize the Website to your personal preferences and for information security purposes.

Some of the cookies may expire when the session ends and you exit your browser. Other cookies are saved on your computer's hard drive. If you wish to block the Website's cookies, then please use the help button in your browser and follow the necessary instructions. However, bear in mind that disabling cookies may complicate or even prevent your use of the Website, or certain features thereof.

Advertising campaigns
ReelSonar, Inc. may permit, solicit or contract certain other companies to conduct advertising campaigns on the Services. The advertisements that you see when accessing the Services are redirected from the servers of those advertising companies and may be geographically or contextually targeted. Some advertisers may use cookies on your computer. The cookies enable them to collect information about sections and features that you have accessed, advertisements posted on those sites and the advertisements that you have viewed. In this manner advertisers try to customize advertisements to your preferences and for their own business purposes. The advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies and not to this Policy. If you wish to study the privacy policies of those advertisers you should visit their services, or contact them directly.

You hereby agree that ReelSonar, Inc., and or such third party advertisers whom ReelSonar, Inc. allows to conduct advertising campaigns on the Services, may use your contact details for the purpose of informing you regarding products or services, which may interest you and to send to you advertisements and other marketing material, transmitted to your internal messaging account. You further consent that we may send such information to the e-mail address you have provided. The foregoing consent constitutes consent to transmission of advertisements, according to any applicable law. This consent applies on every massage sent via the Service whether by ReelSonar. 

Information Security
ReelSonar, Inc. considers information security to be a top priority. ReelSonar, Inc. implements systems, applications and procedures to secure your personal information, to minimize the risks of theft, damage, loss of information, or unauthorized access or use of information. However, these measures are unable to provide absolute assurance. Therefore, although ReelSonar, Inc. takes great efforts to protect your personal information, ReelSonar, Inc. cannot guarantee and you cannot reasonably expect that the ReelSonar, Inc. databases will be immune from any wrongdoings, malfunctions, unlawful interceptions or access, or other kinds of abuse and misuse.  All data transmission is via SSL (https).

Changes to this Privacy Policy
ReelSonar, Inc. may from time to time change the terms of this policy. Substantial changes will take effect 30 days after ReelSonar, Inc. has posted an initial notification on the Website's homepage or any other relevant web pages. Other changes will take effect 7 days after their initial posting on the Website. However, if ReelSonar, Inc. amends this policy to comply with legal requirements, the amendments will become effective immediately upon their initial posting, or as required.

You agree to be bound by any of the changes made in the terms of this policy. Continuing to use the Services will indicate your acceptance of the amended terms. If you do not agree with any of the amended terms, you must avoid any further use of the Services.

Last modified: 7/05/2023