PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: September 18, 2017 Brunswick respects your concerns about privacy and values its relationship with you. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Brunswick Corporation, any affiliated or subsidiary companies (“Brunswick,” “we” or “us”), offline or online, including, but not limited to all websites or apps that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, “the Sites”). This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we collect, how we may use that information, and with whom we may share it. Our Privacy Policy also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information. We also tell you how you can reach us to update your contact information, remove your name from our mailing lists, or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By continuing to interact with our sites, you are agreeing to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. INFORMATION WE COLLECT We may also automatically collect information about the devices you use to interact with our Sites. The information we automatically collect may include device identifier, web browser, precise geolocation (with your knowledge and consent), and browsing information collected through cookies and beacons on our Sites, and IP address. We may also automatically collect information about how you use the Sites, such as what you have searched for and viewed with the Sites. The information automatically collected will be associated with any personal information you have provided. USE OF INFORMATION
We may use your personal information to develop a personal profile about you. We may use the personal information in your profile to respond to requests for financial options for purchasing products and services from us. If you notify us that you do not wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, we will not send you marketing information. Our Sites do not collect personal information about your online activities over time and across third party websites or online services. Therefore, “do not track” signals transmitted from web browsers do not apply to our sites, and we do not alter any of our data collection and use practices upon receipt of such a signal. Additional ways in which personal information may be collected and/or used are as follows: Information You ProvidePrecise Geolocation Information. In order to use some of the Sites, you may be required to allow Brunswick to collect your precise geolocation, with your knowledge and consent, to provide you with a product or service. We may also use this precise geolocation information for analytics purposes, and may share your precise geolocation and information with third parties, including but not limited to dealers and parties who provide targeted advertising and analytics services. Information Request. If you request information about our products (e.g., ordering a brochure, a catalogue, or a magazine), we may ask you to provide personal information and details, such as your name, email address, telephone number, intended use of the relevant product, interests, etc. You may choose to provide additional comments and requests. We, or the authorized dealer in your area, will use your details to send you the information you request and may use this information to communicate with you in the future about our products or services. Newsletters and Other Communications. We may offer online or offline newsletters and other communications about our products, services and promotions. To sign up, we ask you for personal information, such as your name, postal address and email address. We, or the authorized dealer in your area, may use the information to send you the communications you request and to communicate with you about our products and services. Feedback, Surveys, or Contests. We may offer you the opportunity to participate in online surveys, solicitations, or contests. Information we request may include contact information (such as e-mail address) and demographic information (such as number of family members and income ranges). Participation in surveys, solicitations, or contests is completely voluntary. Therefore, you have a choice as to whether to disclose any information. We, our business partners, or the authorized dealer in your area, may use the information provided to notify contest winners and award prizes, to monitor or improve the use of one or more websites or advertising, and to provide aggregated information for marketing analyses. Solicitations may take the form of mailings via U.S. mail; other couriers; or (if provided) email. Careers. Our Sites may include a link to Brunswick Careers so that you may search for open Brunswick positions and apply for positions by submitting your resume and other personal information, such as your name, contact information, and job history. We use the information you submit to evaluate your interest in employment and to contact you regarding possible employment. Locate a Dealer. Some of our Sites enable you to locate a dealer near you through the “find dealer” request form. Where this service is available, it is completely voluntary and you will have a choice as to whether to provide your personal information. In order to assist you in locating a dealer, we will ask you for information, such as your first and last name, full postal address and telephone number. We use this information to locate a dealer near you, to evaluate your needs and to give you the best and most relevant service. We, or the authorized dealer in your area, may use the information to communicate with you directly about our products and services. Online Sales. Third Party Sites. Our branded merchandise may be offered for sale by an authorized third party merchandise partner through a website they own and control, which may be linked to the Sites. If you transact with an authorized third-party merchandise partner, your purchase will be conducted on our authorized third party merchandise partner’s website subject to the third party’s privacy policies and terms of use. You should review the privacy policy and terms of use that apply to that third party’s website, which may apply to your transaction. Product Financing and Credit Refinancing. In some instances, we may provide links to third party vendors for product financing or credit refinancing information for some of our products. If such a link is provided, your information is transmitted directly to the third party vendor and is not received by our companies. You should review the privacy policy and terms of use that apply to the third party vendor’s website. Owner’s Programs or Rewards Programs. Some of our Sites may offer owner’s programs, reward programs, or coupons and request contact information and information on your product purchases so that we can enroll you in these programs and communicate with you. Product Registration. From time to time, some of our Sites may offer online product registration. By registering your product online, you agree to that we, our business partners, an authorized dealer/service provider, or third-party advertising agency may contact you related to the product for a variety of reasons including, but not limited to, providing product notifications, as required by law, for customer service and/or warranty assistance, to maintain Brunswick’s databases and business processes, and/or to contact you for purposes otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy. Referral Service. We may offer a referral service that allows you to inform your friends and other acquaintances about products and/or information contained on (or through) Brunswick’s websites. If you elect to use such a referral service, the following will apply: email address(es) will be collected for the purpose of sending a one-time email for which you will be noted as the sender of such email. Brunswick will be a service provider facilitating such delivery. Electronic Delivery for Shareholders. If you are a Brunswick shareholder and would like to receive shareholder materials by email, we ask you to register for this service on the Brunswick.com website. Registering will also allow you to vote your shares online. To register, if you are a shareholder in the United States or Canada, you must provide your Social Security number or tax ID number, your email address and a 4-digit PIN. If you are a shareholder in a country other than the United States or Canada, you must provide your Brunswick shareholder account number, your email address and a 4-digit PIN. We use the information you provide to verify that you are a Brunswick shareholder, to register you for the electronic delivery service, and to provide you with the electronic delivery and voting services you requested. You may also update or cancel your registration on the site by providing the same information. Information We Automatically CollectWe may collect certain information by automated means when you visit our Sites, such as how many users visited our Sites and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor our Sites to our visitors. We collect this information through various means such as “cookies” and “web beacons.” In addition, we may collect IP addresses, as explained below. Cookies. Like many companies, we use “cookies” on some of our Sites. Cookies are pieces of code placed on your devices when you visit certain websites. We use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited us before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify features of the Sites in which you may have the greatest interest. Cookies may enhance your online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular website. Most web browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features and functionality of the Sites. Web Beacons. Certain pages on our website contain “web beacons” (also known as Internet tags, pixel tags and clear GIFs). These web beacons allow third parties to obtain information such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the beacon appears; the URL of the page on which the beacon appears; the time the page containing the beacon was viewed; the type of browser used to view the page; and the information in cookies set by the third party. IP Addresses. An IP address is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our website and/or app, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We may then use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand the general locations of our website visitors. We also may use this information to enhance our website and/or app. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY LINKING SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNTS By using this functionality you give Brunswick permission to access all of the elements of your social network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to use it in accordance with the social network’s terms of use and this Privacy Policy. Please refer to the privacy settings in your social network account for information about what data is shared with us and other connected applications and to manage the data that is shared through your account, including information about your activities using our sites. Brunswick does not retain your username or password for social networking platforms for any longer than is necessary to complete an interaction. If you would like to disconnect a social media account from Brunswick, refer to the settings of that social media account and its provider. INFORMATION WE SHARE We also may share your information with third parties who perform services and functions on our behalf to support our interactions with you including, for example, providing our products and services, administering surveys or contests, hosting product reviews, or communicating with you. These third parties are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements. In addition, we may disclose information about you:
We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about you in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS Some of the Sites provide the opportunity for you to publicly post content. If you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of any site where this policy is posted, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an email with a detailed description of the specific content or information to privacy@brunswick.com. Please include evidence of residency in California, and age of requester. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS Collection of your personal information by third parties is not governed by this Privacy Policy. Please consult the privacy policies of those third parties to determine how they collect and use your personal information. Many third-party advertisers and some web browsers and mobile devices allow you to opt out of third-party advertising. Information and resources to opt out of interest-based advertising are available from the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. You may also opt out of tracking and receiving targeted advertisements on your mobile device by some mobile advertising companies and other similar entities by downloading the App Choices app at www.aboutads.info/appchoices. Please note opting out through these mechanisms does not opt you out of being served advertising. You will continue to receive generic ads while visiting the Sites and elsewhere online. INFORMATION WE TRANSFER HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION ACCESS AND CORRECTION If you would like to make a request to access, review, or correct the personal information we have collected about you, please contact us at privacy@brunswick.com or through one of the methods in the “How to Contact Us” section, below. To help protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity, such as requiring a password and user ID, before granting access to your information. You will be notified of any actions taken on your personal information in response to a request submitted for modification, deletion, or restrictions on the processing of your personal information. RETENTION OF INFORMATION YOUR CHOICES
You have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information at any time. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate privacy or data protection regulator in your jurisdiction. PRIVACY SHIELD COMPLIANCE The U.S. Brunswick entities adhering to the Privacy Shield Principles, include: Attwood Corporation; BBG Logistics, Inc.; Blue Water Finance, Inc.; Boston Whaler, Inc.; Brunswick Commercial & Government Products, Inc.; Brunswick Family Boat Co. Inc.; Brunswick Financial Services Corporation; Brunswick Leisure Boat Company, LLC; Brunswick Marine in EMEA, Inc.; Brunswick Marine Sales Corporation; Brunswick Product Protection Corporation; Cybex International, Inc.; Garelick Mfg. Co.; Land 'N' Sea Distributing, Inc.; Life Fitness International Sales, Inc.; Lund Boat Company; Marine Power International Limited; Marine Power International Pty. Limited; Marine Power New Zealand Limited; Sea Ray Boats, Inc.; and Thunder Jet Boats, Inc. With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield, Brunswick and its related entities listed above are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain circumstances, you may invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution methods have been exhausted, as described in Annex 1 to the Privacy Shield. As described in the Privacy Shield Principles, Brunswick remains responsible for any of your personal information received under the Privacy Shield and transferred to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Brunswick commits to cooperate with EU data protection authorities (DPAs) and the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and comply with the advice given by such authorities with regard to human resources data transferred from the EU and Switzerland in the context of the employment relationship. UPDATES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY HOW TO CONTACT US |
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