Privacy Policy

The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc., Inc. is committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to our Web site. The following policy describes how we use information we receive from visitors to our site.

YOUR CONSENT
By using our Web site, you consent to our privacy policy. It is important that you understand the terms of our privacy policy before using our Web site.  Before you use any feature of this site, carefully review our entire privacy policy. 

VISITOR PROTECTION
We implement a variety of security measures to attempt to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and who are required to keep the information confidential. When you make a donation, place orders or access your personal information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as stated above.

DO WE DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT TO OUTSIDE PARTIES?
We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer Web site users’ personally identifiable information voluntarily provided to us to any other outside parties, unless we receive your express consent in advance. We may use your personally identifiable information for our own promotional, marketing, and membership activities. Your personally identifiable information may be used by our Web site hosting partners in the process of assisting us in operating our web site.

DO WE USE “COOKIES”?
Yes. Cookies are bits of electronic information that a Web site operator can transfer to your hard drive to help tailor and keep records of your visit to the site. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many Web sites use them. Cookies allow us to better customize your visits to our site to your individual preferences. We also may contract with third party service providers who assign cookies (which do not contain any personally identifiable information) to conduct site tracking for us. These companies use cookies solely to provide us with aggregate data about site traffic. Although most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, you can usually change your browser to prevent that or notify you whenever you’re sent a cookie. This gives you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. Even without accepting a cookie, you can still access most of the features on our site.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
We provide links to third-party sites. Since we do not control those Web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these third-party sites.

CHILDREN’S USE OF OUR SITE
Children under 13 years of age should not submit any personal information on our site. CCRC does not knowingly collect or use any information from children under the age of 13.

CHANGES TO OUR POLICY
If we decide to change our privacy policy, changes will be posted on this webpage 30 days prior to their implementation. If you do not agree with any of the changes, please do not use this Web site.  Policy changes will apply to information collected after the date of the change.  Please check our privacy policy periodically for possible changes. This policy was last modified November 10, 2019.

QUESTIONS
The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc., Inc. welcomes comments and questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure.

Terms & Conditions

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. All users of this site agree that access to and use of this site are subject to the following terms and conditions and other applicable law. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.

TRADEMARKS
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc.. Any other product or company names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Trademark infringement is a violation of state and federal law. Following are registered trademarks of the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc.: Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc.®, CCRC®, Caribbean Coral Restoration®,  Panama Coral Restoration Center®, PCRC®, Panama Coral Restoration®, Coral Restoration Panama®.

GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OR REPRODUCTION OF CARIBBEAN CORAL RESTORATION CENTER, INC. MATERIALS OBTAINED FROM THE CORAL RESTORATION WEB SITE
Permission to use, copy and distribute materials delivered from this Web site is hereby granted under the following conditions:

• You may use content from this Web site for educational uses, news reporting, scholarships and informational purposes. However, to use any material containing an additional copyright in the name of a third party, you must obtain the permission of the copyright holder; 
• Materials available from this Web site cannot be modified in any way; 
• The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. should be acknowledged as the source of the material; 
• Content used from the Web site must remain consistent with the mission and purpose of the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc.; 
• It is unlawful to falsely claim copyright or other rights in Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. material; 
• The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. does not indemnify nor hold harmless users of Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. material, nor release such users from copyright infringement, nor grant exclusive use rights with respect to the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. material. 

DISCLAIMER
The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. is providing this site and its content on an “as is” basis and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to this site or its contents. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. disclaims all such representations and warranties, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In addition, the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. does not represent or warrant the information accessible via this site is accurate, complete or current. Except as specifically stated on this site, neither the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. nor any of its officers, directors, employees or other representatives will be liable for damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this site. This is a comprehensive limitation of liability that applies to all damages of any kind, including (without limitation) compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties. This includes all links outside the coralrestorationpanama.org domain.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. may choose third-party Web sites to link to from its own site. However, even if the third party is affiliated with the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc., the Foundation has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and is not responsible for privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. seeks to protect the integrity of its Web site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback on not only its own site, but for sites it links to as well (including if a specific link does not work).

THIRD PARTY CONTENT
Any party who posts information to this Web site agrees not to post any material that is defamatory, obscene, or a violation of any copyright or trademark rights, and further agrees not to represent himself or herself as someone else. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. is under no obligation to monitor the information residing on or transmitted to this Web site; however, any party who posts information to this Web site agrees that the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. may take appropriate action in order to prevent the violation of the rights of the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. or of other parties, in order to comply with any law, regulation or other governmental request, or in order to operate this Web site properly or to protect itself or others. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. reserves the right to modify, reject, or eliminate any information residing on or transmitted to this Web site that, in its sole discretion, it believes is unacceptable or in violation of these terms and conditions. The use, distribution, or publication of any materials posted by third parties does not constitute or imply an endorsement of such materials or of any opinions or comments in such materials. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc .disclaims all responsibility for any defamatory, obscene, or copyright or trademark infringing material posted to this Web site by any third party. Any party who posts information to this Web site represents that it is the sole owner of all rights in materials posted by it (including all related copyrights) or that it has the absolute right to license their use as provided in this section. While the posting party will retain ownership of the copyright in the materials it posts, the posting party agrees that all of the materials it posts shall become part of a database, and that the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. will own the compilation copyright in that database. The posting party hereby grants the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, and distribute its posting, any portion of such posting and any derivative works created from such posting, in print electronic and other media, by any means now known or developed in the future. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. may sublicense all of its rights and licenses or assign them to third parties. Neither the Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. nor any third party using the posting in accordance with this section will be obligated to pay the posting party any royalties or other compensation for use of the posting. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. shall have no duty to attribute authorship of the posting to the posting party. The Caribbean Coral Restoration Center, Inc. shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.