Privacy and Disclosure

PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to https://swimscenesociety.com/ (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, “our”, or “https://swimscenesociety.com/”) operates the Swim Scene Society website (hereinafter referred to as the “Service”).

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. By visiting https://swimscenesociety.com/ you are required to agree to this page’s terms and conditions.

Who we are

We are Swim Scene Society. Our website address is: https://swimscenesociety.com.

All opinions, views, reviews, Swimming and exercise information expressed by Swim Scene Society are for the purpose of general information only. There is never any intent to malign any groups, organisations, companies or individuals. All swimming and exercise information displayed by Swim Scene Society should only be attempted safely and under the advice of a General Practitioner (Doctor) and/or a qualified Physical instructor who is certified by the national governmental body within the client’s respective country or region. Swim Scene Society support and encourage all people to work within their physical and mental limits and to view the information displayed by Swim Scene Society as an example of what could be achievable with the assistance of professional Health services.

Definitions

  • Service

Service is the Swim Scene Society website operated by https://swimscenesociety.com/

  • Personal Data

Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).

  • Usage Data (non-personally identifying information)

Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

  • Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

What data we collect and why we collect it

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you. Below is the type of data we collect.

  • Cookies

To enrich and perfect your online experience, Swim Scene Society uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Swim Scene Society uses cookies to help Swim Scene Society identify and track visitors, their usage of https://swimscenesociety.com/, and their website access preferences. Swim Scene Society visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Swim Scene Society’s website, with the drawback that certain features of Swim Scene Society’s website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Swim Scene Society’s use of cookies.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

  • Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Swim scene Society collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Swim Scene Society’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Swim Scene Society’s visitors use its website. From time to time, may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

  • Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Swim Scene Society’s website choose to interact with Swim Scene Society in ways that require Swim Scene Society to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that Swim Scene Society gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. 

Please be assured that the personal information you share with us when communicating with us will only be used in our communication with you. We will never share this information with any third parties. For further questions or concerns please contact us.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

  • Comments

Swim Scene Society holds the right to edit and delete any comments on this site without any notice. If we deem any comments inappropriate such as those made with the intention of offence, abusive remarks and the intention of financial gain, they will be removed without warning. This includes Spam comments.

Swim Scene Society is not responsible for any contents in comments made on this site or opinions shared by our readers.

When visitors leave comments on our site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

We use Akismet anti-spam service to avoid spam comments. Akismet collects information about visitors who comment on this website. The information may include the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

  • Aggregated Statistics

Swim Scene Society may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its website. Swim Scene Society may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Swim Scene Society does not disclose your personally identifying information.

We currently use Google Analytics to capture analytics. To find out more click here about Cookie usage Click here. Click here to see  “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.

  • Facebook Pixel

Swim Scene Society may use Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. The Facebook pixel code we have in our site allows Swim Scene Society to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. The collected data remains anonymous to us and cannot see the personal data of any individual user. However, the collected data is saved and processed by Facebook. Facebook may be able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes (in accordance with Facebook’s Data Use Policy found under: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/). Facebook has ultimate control of the information gathered through Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. You can opt-out of Facebook’s use of cookies and Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing through settings on your Facebook Account.

  • Advertisements

Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by third-party advertising partners, who may set cookies. These will not include private details such as your name, address, email address or telephone number. They will include information about your visits to our site (and other sites using them).

These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Swim Scene Society and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. For more information regarding your choices in regards to these cookies head to: https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/what-are-my-options

Use of data

https://swimscenesociety.com/ uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain the Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
• To provide visitors with support
• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
• To monitor the usage of the Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

Disclosure Of Data

Legal Requirements

https://swimscenesociety.com/ may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of https://swimscenesociety.com/
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with this website
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

As a European citizen, under GDPR, you have certain individual rights. You can learn more about these here.

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Disclosure

  • Website content

All opinions, views, and reviews on Swim Scene Society are for the purpose of general information only.

We work hard to keep all information correct and up to date on our site, we are not liable for any omissions or errors neither with this information nor for the availability of this information. We are also not liable for any damages, losses, or injury, which may result from the physical action taken of any displayed information on our site. We also make no representations as to accuracy or completeness of any information found on this site or found by following any link on this site as these are provided solely for the readers’ benefit. Any reliance you place on the information collected from us is strictly at your own risk.

These terms and conditions of use are subject to change at any time and without notice.

Swim Scene Society may have posts contributed by outside authors. This content may be labelled with a bio of the author. All information and opinion in the post are that of the guest author. Their work and images remain copyright of the author and is kindly shared with permission by Swim Scene Society.

Swim Scene Society holds the right to change any content on this site at any time we choose.

  • Sponsorship and partnerships

Be aware that Swim Scene Society accepts forms of paid advertising, sponsorship, and also uses various affiliate links. We also accept compensation from third parties such as services, products and travel. These instances will always be openly disclosed and identified at the start of the posts.

Swim Scene Society aims to create a trustworthy and reliable source of information for our readers on all things about swimming, exercise, general health and wellness. All views, opinions and experiences, regardless of compensation will be truthful and our own. We will never use or promote products or services that we do not strongly align with or agree with. It is recommended that all information should be verified directly with the respective sources and suppliers of products and services promoted.

  • Affiliate Disclosure

This site uses affiliate links and does earn a commission from certain links. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.

Among others, we are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

  • Links To External Sites

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

  • Copyright Notice

We hold full copyright to this website, all content and it’s images. Permission is given for information to be shared, however, only in small excerpts and we require full credit and a link to the information from the correct source from https://swimscenesociety.com/.

Unless cited all photographs are the property of Swim Scene Society. We do not give permission to use any images on this site for professional purposes or material. Images may not be reproduced or used elsewhere without our personal permission.

In the event you wish to share images or full articles please contact us.

In the event that we have made any errors on credit for external images used on this site please contact us so we can rectify any mistakes immediately.    

  • Images and Files

Note that all files, which may be downloaded from this site, are provided at the risk of you, the user. Swim Scene Society is in no way liable for any injuries, losses and damages that may result from files that are corrupted or damaged.

  • Printables Licence

Please note our terms and conditions in relation to printable downloads from Swim Scene Society or our shopify store. All of our downloads are strictly for ­Personal use only.

It is prohibited for Printables to be:

  • Used for any commercial purpose or sold.
  • Modified or Changed
  • Reproduced or copied
  • It is also against this licence for you to share files once you have downloaded them.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We hold the right to change this disclaimer and any items included at any time. The new Privacy Policy will be shown on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting this page on our website: https://swimscenesociety.com/contact/

Last updated on 26th April 2020