Privacy Policy

At WatchKeeper Technologies Inc. (“WatchKeeper”, “we”, “us”, “our”), we respect our users’ (“user(s)” or “you(r)”) privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) summarizes what personal information we collect and how we use and disclose this information. This Privacy Policy is subject to and forms part of our Terms of Use available at https://watchkeeper.me/terms. Any terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the same meaning as in the Terms.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised notice of the updated Privacy Policy on the Website at least fifteen (15) days before the changes are to take effect and providing you notice of such changes at the contact info you have in place with us. Your continued use of our Platform after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, as revised.

Personal information is information about an identifiable individual (“Personal Information”). We collect Personal Information when you voluntarily provide it through our Platform, or when you provide it to us through other means. For example, we may collect Personal Information when you (a) create an Account on the Platform, (b) upload material to the functionality provided by the Platform, (c) contact us through email or any other method, or communicate with us in any other manner.

The Personal Information may include:

• your full name and contact information, such as your address, telephone number, or email address and any other information collected to open an Account on the Platform;
• data about your vessel, including its name, dimensions and any other particulars you enter;
• log data, including log entries you record containing your positions, course, speed, wind, watch state, notes and photos;
• information included in the materials you submit to the Platform, including any files you submit to the Platform;
• billing data (however please note we do not collect credit card information, which is held securely by our payment processor partners); and
• any other Personal Information that you choose to submit to us.

When you use our Platform, we may collect information that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or your device which runs our applications. This information may include your domain name, and your IP address. We may also collect other information, such as the type of browser you use, which of our Website’s pages you view, and the files you request. Additionally, we may also collect other technical and system log information from you, such as the hardware you use to interact with our Platform, operating system and version information, the software you use, API access tokens, mobile network information, pages you view on our Website, your unique device identifier, your system activity, software debug and crash information; and referral website address used to access our Platform. The amount of information that is sent to us by technological means depends on your browser or device and settings you use. Please refer to the instructions provided by your browser or device if you want to learn more about what information it sends to the Website, or how you may change or restrict this.

We and third parties we partner with may use cookies, web beacons, API access tokens, tracking pixels, flash cookies (also known as locally shared objects), HTML5 cookies, entity tags, and other similar technological means (collectively, “Cookies”) on our Platform to help us collect information through technological means. These technological tools may track or collect information set out above.

We obtain your consent to our Cookies by providing you with transparent information in our privacy policy and providing you with the opportunity to make your choice. You have the right to object to the use of Cookies. Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Also, these tools may not be effective in relation to Flash cookies or HTML5 cookies. For information on disabling Flash cookies go to Adobe’s website (www.adobe.com). Please be aware that if you disable or remove these Cookies some parts of our Platform will not work and that when you revisit our Platform your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations. You can also find out more information about managing, disabling, and deleting cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.

The information we collect from you may be used by us for the purposes for which it was collected, as provided in this Privacy Policy, or for other purposes that are disclosed to you and to which you consent. We may use and disclose information collected from you as follows:

• to deliver our Platform, including providing you with the Services;
• to register your account on our Platform and authenticate your Account information;
• to send you informational, administrative, or promotional communications if you explicitly consented to receive these communications;
• to process payments related to the Platform (and for this purpose we may share this Personal Information to the extent necessary with payment providers);
• to improve our understanding of how users use our Platform, and to improve our Platform;
• to communicate with you and to enable other users to communicate with you, including providing you with customer support;
• to increase the security and safety of our Platform and users;
• to perform analytics on our Platform;
• for any purpose required by law, including to cooperate with or carry out investigations, and in compliance with any court order or subpoena;
• for any other purposes that are disclosed to you and to which you expressly consent.

We also combine, analyze, process, and store information we collect from you for the purposes of facilitating and improving our Platform. We may transfer information we collect from you to third party service providers that assist us with carrying out any of these purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, inputs used to generate shore briefs may be shared with Anthropic, OpenAI or other providers of large language models for the purpose of generating the shore briefs.

We reserve the right to transfer Personal Information to a third party in the event that we merge with or are acquired by a third party (whether through an asset or share sale), or as part of the negotiations leading up to such merger or acquisition.

We take the protection of your Personal Information seriously and use industry-standard security methods to safeguard it against loss, theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification. These methods include technical measures (such as encryption and firewalls), physical measures (such as secure server facilities), and administrative measures (such as restricting data access only to employees or contractors who need it to perform their duties). While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, no system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee 100% security of any information transmitted to or stored by us.

Information collected through your use of our Platform may be processed or stored in Canada, Japan or any country where we maintain facilities. We may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information, to affiliated entities or to other third parties across borders and from your country of jurisdiction to other jurisdictions throughout the world. As a result, this information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in those jurisdictions according to laws in those jurisdictions.

We store Personal Information for as long as necessary in order to provide the services and fulfill the purposes discussed above. Please note that in some cases this means that such Personal Information may be retained by us indefinitely as long as you have an account with us. You may also contact us at any time to delete your Personal Information, including any account information you have submitted to us.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to applications, technologies or websites that are owned by and/or operated by other parties. The relevant third party’s terms of use, privacy policy, permissions, notices and choices should be reviewed by you regarding their collection, storage and sharing practices since they may be different from ours.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to access your information, or have any concerns about the same please contact our Privacy Officer at: hello@watchkeeper.me