Blue Water Development Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Blue Water Development, LLC (“Blue Water”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) understands your concerns about how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will use and share information about you carefully and sensibly. This Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) applies to information about you collected in connection with your access to and use of the website, located at bwdc.com, the mobile and touch versions, and any sites we have now or in the future that reference this Policy (collectively, the “Site”), as well as the information, content, services, and related features and offerings available through the Site (collectively, the “Services”). This Policy describes what information we collect about you in relation to your use of the Site and Services, how we collect it, how we use it, with whom we may share it, and what choices you have regarding it.

Please read this Policy carefully. By accessing and using the Site and Services, you agree that you have read and understand this Policy and that you accept and consent to the privacy practices (and any uses and disclosures of information about you) that are described in this Policy. For clarity, this Policy does not apply to information collected from guests, customers, or other visitors of our hotels or other properties. Each of our hotels and properties has its own separate privacy policy (available through the hotel or property website). We encourage you to read and become familiar with each separate privacy policy before submitting any information to our hotels or other properties as a guest, customer, or other visitor.

When do we collect your information?

Blue Water collects information related to you and your use of the Site and Services to provide services and features that are responsive to your needs. We collect personal information in the following ways:

What information do we collect?

Information you provide to us. We collect the information you provide directly to us when you access and use the Site and Services, including, but not limited to, your:

Information sent to us by web browsers. We and our third-party service providers collect information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser or device. This information may include your IP address, the identity of your Internet service provider, the name and version of your operating system, the name and version of your browser, the date and time of your visit (and the number of your visits), the pages you visit, the length of your visit, average time spent, and the websites you visit before coming to and after leaving the Site. The information we receive may depend on your browser or device settings. The information we receive from your web browser and/or device is not, in and of itself, personally identifiable. Generally, we use this information in the aggregate to help us improve the Site and make it more compatible with the technology used by our visitors. However, we may combine it with other information in an attempt to identify you or we may combine it with information that does identify you. We may also review our server logs for security purposes – for example, to detect intrusions into our network – and we might share our server logs, which contain visitors’ IP addresses, with the appropriate investigative authorities who could use that information to trace and identify you.

Information collected by cookies and other technologies. We use “cookies” and other tracking technologies to collect information and support certain features of the Site. Cookies are identifiers we transfer to your device that allow us to recognize your device and tell us how and when pages and features in our Site and Services are visited and by how many people.

How do we use your information?

We process information in order to provide the Site and Services to you and any additional services you request, as well as to communicate with you. The precise purposes for which your personal information is processed will be determined by the request, and by applicable laws, regulatory guidance, and professional standards. Generally, we use the information we collect from you to:

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your information to third parties, except in the circumstances described below.

Third-Party Service Providers: We may disclose your information to our vendors and other third-party service providers, such as website hosts and analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics), that assist us in supporting features on the Site and providing our Services to you. Furthermore, our online service providers may implement technologies that enable the collection of personally identifiable information over time and across multiple websites. We may also disclose aggregated, de-identified information, analyses, and reports derived from such information to our service providers. These service providers are responsible for their own compliance with data protection laws.

Legal Requirements and Business Transfers We may disclose your information: (i) if we are required to do so by law, legal process, statute, rule, regulation, or professional standard, or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other government official request; (ii) when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss; (iii) in connection with an investigation of a complaint, security threat, or suspected or actual illegal activity; (iv) in connection with an internal audit; or (v) if Blue Water is subject to mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, sales of assets, reorganizations, divestitures, dissolutions, bankruptcies, liquidations, or other types of business transactions. In these types of transactions, your information (including personal information) may be shared, sold, or transferred, and it may be used by a third party subsequently.

What choices do you have about your information?

We offer you choices regarding how we communicate with you and what information we collect about you and share with others.

Location of the Site

The Site is hosted and operated in the United States. However, we and our service providers may store information about individuals in the United States or transfer it to, and store it within, other countries.

Visitors from jurisdictions outside the United States visit the Site at their own choice and risk.

If you are not a resident of the United States, you acknowledge and agree that we may collect and use your personal information outside your home jurisdiction, and that we may store your personal information in the United States or elsewhere. Please note that the level of legal protection provided in the United States, from which you may access the Site, may not be as stringent as that under the privacy standards or laws of other countries, including your home jurisdiction.

How long do we retain your information?

We will retain your information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may link to third-party products or services on or through the Site or Services. These third parties have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. We recommend that you review the privacy policies of other websites before submitting any information to them.

How do we protect your information?

Blue Water has implemented reasonable physical, technical, and administrative security standards to protect your information from unauthorized loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction. We strive to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure by utilizing security technologies and procedures, such as encryption and limited access controls. Only authorized individuals have access to your personal information, and they receive training on the importance of protecting it. However, no system or procedures are entirely secure or fail-safe, and we do not guarantee the security of your information.

California Privacy Notice

The privacy of our website visitors is of utmost importance to us. We will never sell, trade, or share your personal information with any other unaffiliated organization or business for the organization’s or business’s direct marketing purposes. California law permits residents of California to request certain details about information we disclose to third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please get in touch with us at the address listed below. As a courtesy, we will do our best to comply with your request where it is operationally feasible. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response.

Do we collect information from children?

The Site and Services are not intended for children under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any information to or on the Site or Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Site or Services or on or through any of their features, including your name or email address. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 without verifying parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18, please get in touch with us at info@bwdc.com

Contacting us

For any questions, or to request further information regarding this Policy, please get in touch with us at info@bwdc.com

Changes to this Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to this Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address you have provided to us and/or possibly through a notice on our Site’s home page. The date this Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting the Site and this Policy to check for any changes.