Introduction
This Privacy Statement applies to the Marine Kinetic Energy website in addition to certain other subsidiaries’ that provides a link to these Terms (collectively, the “Marine Kinetic Energy website”). Where noted, some portions of this Privacy Statement apply only to a subset of the Marine Kinetic Energy website. We seek to safeguard your privacy. This Privacy Statement details our general online information practices, how we will seek to protect your information, and the limited manner in which we may use that information.
By visiting the Marine Kinetic Energy website or using services available on the Marine Kinetic Energy website, you consent to collecting and using your information by us as outlined in this Privacy Statement. This Privacy Statement does not apply to any other information collected by Marine kinetic energy through any other means. Please note that other more specific privacy terms, conditions, and policies may apply (and be provided to you) when you sign up for certain website services. Please review those terms carefully, as such terms may differ from the terms of this General Privacy Statement.
Throughout this Privacy Statement, the words “you,” “your,” and “yours” refer to any person or entity using the Marine Kinetic Energy website, and the terms “Marine kinetic energy,” “we,” “us,” and “our(s)” refer to Marine kinetic energy and one or more of its subsidiary companies, and, where applicable, Gulf Power Company.
Changes to Our Privacy Statement.
Please review this Privacy Statement regularly for any changes or updates. We may change this Privacy Statement at any time and with notice to you on the Marine Kinetic Energy website. All changes to the Privacy Statement are effective immediately when we post them. Your continued use of the Marine Kinetic Energy website following posting changes to this Privacy Statement signifies that you accept such changes. Additionally, if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Statement or the practices outlined in it, please get in touch with MKE.
Children’s Privacy
THE WEBSITE DOES NOT KNOWINGLY COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM VISITORS UNDER AGE 13 AND IS IN NO WAY DIRECTED AT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13. SUPPOSE WE LEARN THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM A CHILD UNDER AGE 13 WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT (OTHER THAN COLLECTION FOR THE SUPPORT OF INTERNAL OPERATIONS AS SET FORTH BELOW). IN THAT CASE, WE WILL DELETE THAT INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Information We Collect When You Visit the Website.
Except as outlined in this Privacy Statement, we do not collect personal information on the Marine Kinetic Energy website unless you voluntarily provide it to us when you visit the Marine Kinetic Energy website. When you visit them, our Marine Kinetic Energy website automatically collects information about interactions between your web browser and the Marine Kinetic Energy website and other websites unrelated to the Marine Kinetic Energy website that you visit, including your IP address, the web pages you visit, and how long you visit them. Web browsers may provide information that we may collect, including your time zone, browser type and version, and language preference. Our third-party service providers or we may organize or analyze IP addresses for general support of internal operations, including maintaining the functionality of the Marine Kinetic Energy website and diagnosing Marine Kinetic Energy website’ issues, analyzing trends, providing more efficient service, maintaining or enhancing security for users and the Marine Kinetic Energy website, producing traffic volume statistics and making the Marine Kinetic Energy website and our infrastructure more useful and secure. To protect the security of our critical infrastructure, any use of a Marine Kinetic Energy website or information relating to such use may be monitored and disclosed to federal authorities or agencies.
The website at www.marinekineticenergy.com may also share information such as cookie data (as discussed more specifically below) with third-party advertising partners. This information would enable you to view advertisements that they believe will interest you.
Cookies
Some parts of the Marine Kinetic Energy website use “cookies.” Our Marine Kinetic Energy website may ask your web browser to store a small text file on your computer, which will then be sent back to our Marine Kinetic Energy website automatically each time you click on a new page on the Marine Kinetic Energy website. This enables us to provide you with the best browsing experience possible. A cookie cannot be executed as code or deliver viruses. You can refuse the cookie or delete the cookie file from your computer by adjusting your web browser privacy settings or by other widely available methods. Please note that you may not be able to use certain Marine Kinetic Energy website features if your web browser does not accept cookies.
Marketing and Surveys
When you visit the Marine Kinetic Energy website, we may ask if you would like us to send you marketing or customer service materials about our services and other associated products and services. As part of our efforts to provide you with better products and services and increase customer satisfaction, we may share information with third-party providers that assist us in providing those products and services to you. We may include survey forms on the Marine Kinetic Energy website from time to time. For example, we may survey customers concerning essential issues, such as customer opinions or services offered. We may disclose aggregated survey results to other third parties, such as the public service commission, rating agencies, or advertising agencies. Additionally, we provide our survey vendors with limited personal information needed to conduct the survey, such as names, email addresses, or telephone numbers.
Linked Websites
The Marine Kinetic Energy website may provide links to other websites that we do not own or operate (“Linked Marine Kinetic Energy website”). You may have the ability to visit such a Linked Marine Kinetic Energy website. Please be aware that when you leave the Marine Kinetic Energy website and visit the Linked Marine Kinetic Energy website, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those Linked Marine Kinetic Energy websites. The privacy statements, policies, and other terms contained on the Linked Marine Kinetic Energy website apply.
Social Media Services
Some subsidiary companies have worked with certain third-party social media services to offer you their services through their Marine Kinetic Energy website. For example, you can use third-party social media services, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, and others, to share information about your experience on the Marine Kinetic Energy website with your friends and followers on those services. These social media services may collect information about you, including your activity, on the Marine Kinetic Energy website. These other services may also notify your friends, both on the Marine Kinetic Energy website and the services themselves, that you are a user of the Marine Kinetic Energy website or about your use of the Marine Kinetic Energy website, per applicable law their privacy policies.
How We Protect Your Information?
We use industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical safeguards and protection practices and controls to ensure our systems’ integrity and protect your information from loss, misuse, alteration, and destruction. Such protection measures include firewalls and Secure Socket Layers (SSL) to protect and encrypt sensitive transmissions. However, please be advised that no security system is fail-safe, and we cannot guarantee the information you provide will never be obtained by unauthorized persons.
