Privacy Policy
TOP HITS APP values
the privacy of your personal information and your usage of our Service and
Data. This Privacy Policy explains what information TOP HITS APP collects about
you and why and how it may be used.
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into the TOP HITS
APP Terms of Service, and applies to
the information obtained by us through your use of this website, the Service
and other TOP HITS APPproducts and services. Capitalized terms used in this
Privacy Policy and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings provided for
those terms in the Terms of Service.
Information Collection
The mission of TOP HITS APP is to provide highly targeted Services to
the world’s Apps professionals and Technology enthusiasts. To achieve this
mission TOP HITS APP makes features and
functionality available through our website, including our mobile and other
applications, API, premium services, and other information provided as part of
the TOP HITS APP services (“Services”) to enable personalized access to our
Data and networking features.
A list of the Personal Information TOP HITS APP may
collect, and why we collect it, follow
Use of the Services
We receive information when you interact with and use
the TOP HITS APP website, TOP HITS APP mobile applications and API. For
example, e.g. when you rate photos, click on ads, install a TOP HITS APP mobile
application etc. If you have given permission to the TOP HITS APP mobile
application to use your device’s location, we might also use this information
for statistical purposes and to check you in a vessel or improve TOP HITS APP tracking
coverage.
Cookies
Like most websites, we use cookies and web log files
to track site usage and trends, to improve the quality of our service, to
customize your experience on TOP HITS APP, as well as to deliver TOP HITS APPand
third-party advertising to Users.
Cookies are small data files that a web site you visit
may save on your hard drive. They usually include an anonymous unique identifier.
A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive or pass on
computer viruses.
You can remove or block cookies using the settings in
your browser, but in some cases doing so may prevent Marine Traffic from fully
functioning. One type of cookie, known as a “persistent” cookie, is set once
you’ve logged in to your TOP HITS APP account. The next time you visit the TOP
HITS APP website, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an
existing Member so you will not need to log in before using the Services, to
display the Live Map as you last configured it etc.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how
users use our web site and our mobile applications. Google Analytics cookies do
not provide TOP HITS APP with any personally identifiable information. They can
tell us things like how you arrived at the TOP HITS APP site, if you have
visited the site before, how long you stay on the site, and which pages on the
site you visited. They can also provide us with general information about where
in the world a user may be located. This information helps us understand how
people use our site and our products, and it gives us information about the
kind of experience people have on our site and with our products, all of which
helps us learn how to make the TOP HITS APP experience even better.
Click here to
learn more about Google Analytics and your privacy. To opt out of being tracked
by Google Analytics when using our web-based products, click here.
We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how
users use our web site and our mobile applications. Google Analytics cookies do
not provide TOP HITS APP with any personally identifiable information. They can
tell us things like how you arrived at the TOP HITS APP site, if you have
visited the site before, how long you stay on the site, and which pages on the
site you visited. They can also provide us with general information about where
in the world a user may be located. This information helps us understand how
people use our site and our products, and it gives us information about the
kind of experience people have on our site and with our products, all of which
helps us learn how to make the TOP HITS APP experience even better.
Local Storage
In addition to cookies, we are utilizing browser local
storage technology to store your preferences and make your user experience more
consistent. Local storage is a persistent type of storage, that provides
similar functionality to cookies, but its contents are not transmitted across
the Internet, like cookies are.
Like cookies, you can control how local storage works
on your browser settings on a global or website specific manner. Disabling the
local storage functionality on your browser will result in loss of
functionality of the map and other features of the website.
Social Media Features
Our website uses social media features (“Social
Features”) provided by companies and services such as Facebook, Twitter and
Google+ to enable you to share information via these channels. The Social
Features are identified on our website by these companies’ respective logos.
These cookies are owned and controlled by third parties, and therefore the
third parties – and not TOP HITS APP– are responsible for their use. As such,
we can’t guarantee that we have listed every cookie you might get from a third
party since a third party could change these cookies at any time as their needs
change.
When you visit a page on the TOP HITS APP website that
contains Social Features, your browser establishes a direct connection to the
applicable social network’s servers. The Social Features provide the social
networks with the information that you have accessed on the TOP HITS APP website,
and, if you are logged into the social network, your visit may be logged to
your account on that service. For example, if you click the Facebook “Like”
button, that information is transmitted from your browser directly to Facebook
and stored by it. Even if you are not logged into the social network, or click
on a Social Feature on the TOP HITS APP site, there is still a possibility that
a Social Feature can transmit your IP address to the social network.
For information on the purpose and scope of data
processing by the social network, as well as your options for protecting your
privacy, please visit the appropriate social network web site’s privacy policy:
Email communication
From time to time, we may want to contact you with
information about product announcements, software updates and special offers.
We also may want to contact you with information about products and services
from our business partners. You may opt out of such communications at any time
by clicking the “unsubscribe” link found within TOP HITS APP email updates.
Your e-mail address will not be used to send
unsolicited commercial messages.
Third parties
TOP HITS APP takes the privacy of our Users very
seriously, and we do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally
identifiable information to third parties, except as described in this policy.
We will also not share other personal information not published to your profile
or generated through engagement with other TOP HITS APP services without your
explicit consent or to carry out your instructions (for example, to process
payment information) unless, disclosure is reasonably necessary in our opinion
to: (1) comply with legal process, including, but not limited to, civil and
criminal subpoenas, court orders or other compulsory disclosures; (2) enforce
this Agreement; (3) respond to claims of a violation of the rights of third
parties, whether or not the third party is a User, individual, or government
agency; (4) respond to customer service or sales inquiries; or (5) protect the
rights, property, or personal safety of TOP HITS APP, our Users or the public.
We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the
usage of the Services to third parties for purposes that we deem, in our sole
discretion, to be appropriate, including to prospective advertisers on TOP HITS
APP.
Data Storage and Security
TOP HITS APP is committed to protecting the security of
your information and takes reasonable precautions to protect it. However,
Internet data transmissions, whether wired or wireless, cannot be guaranteed to
be 100% secure, and as a result, we cannot ensure the security of information
you transmit to us; accordingly, you acknowledge that you do so at your own
risk. Once we receive your data transmission, we make all commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems:
Your personal information and data stored in our
systems is protected by various physical, electronic and procedural safeguards.
It is housed in a secure facility, and TOP HITS APP and our hosting partners
restrict physical and network access to this facility to select trained staff.
We regularly evaluate our technologies, facilities, procedures and potential
risks to maintain the security and privacy of our users’ data.
Certain TOP HITS APP Services support the use of
standard SSL encryption to protect data transmissions. However, this is not a
guarantee that such data transmissions cannot be accessed, altered or deleted
due to firewall or other security software failures.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
As TOP HITS APP evolves, we may need to update this
Policy to keep pace with changes in the Service and laws applicable to us and
you; we will, however, always maintain our commitment to respect your privacy.
We will post any revisions to this Policy, so we
recommend that you periodically check back here to stay informed of any
changes. We will ask for your consent to such changes if required by applicable
law; in other cases, please note that your continuation of your TOP HITS APP Service
account after any change means that you agree with, and consent to be bound by,
the new Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this Policy and do
not wish your information to be subject to the revised Policy, you will need
to not to use our service before the new Policy becomes effective.