Privacy and Cookies Notice
Calcutta Marine International
Effective Date: June 1, 2026
Calcutta Marine International (herein "Calcutta Marine", "we", "us", or "our"), based in Florida, United States, is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and personal information (herein, "personal information" refers to any information that identifies you or is about you as an individual).
This Privacy Notice describes how we collect, use, and share personal information through your interaction with our website. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully so you can make an informed decision about your use of our website.
Contents
• 1. Scope of This Privacy Notice
• 2. How We Collect Personal Information
• 3. Categories of Personal Information We Collect
• 4. How We Use Personal Information
• 5. Legal Basis for Collecting and Using Your Personal Information
• 6. Links to Third-Party Websites
• 7. Collection of Personal Information From Minors
• 8. Sharing and Sale of Your Personal Information
• 9. Protection of Personal Information
• 10. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
• 11. Cookies Notice
• 12. Your Privacy Rights
• 13. Questions and Contacts
• 14. Changes to Our Privacy Notice
1. Scope of This Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice applies to anyone who interacts with us through our website, which manages our product and service offerings. This Privacy Notice provides details about the personal information we collect about you, how we use it, and how we protect and safeguard your personal information. This Privacy Notice also provides information about your rights as an individual in relation to the personal information we collect from you. These rights may be referred to as your "Consumer Rights" under the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") or your "Data Subject Rights" under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").
2. How We Collect Personal Information
We may collect personal information about you from various interactions on our website. These interactions may include:
• Filling out contact forms or quote request forms on our website
• Signing up for newsletters or marketing materials
• Communicating with us via email or phone
• Browsing our website, through cookies and tracking technologies (see Section 11)
We may also collect certain online identifiers through your use of our website, including online activity information and technical information about your usage, to the extent that such information constitutes personal information.
3. Categories of Personal Information We Collect
We may collect, and may have collected in the past, any of the following categories of personal information from you:
• Contact information, such as your name, address, email address, and phone numbers
• Account information, such as your username and consent and preferences (e.g., to receive newsletters)
• Information about your interaction with and responses to our marketing communications
• Any personal information you send to us in emails, attachments, and other communications
• Data and online identifiers collected through our website (e.g., through cookies and tracking technologies), including IP addresses, browser type, operating system, pages visited, timestamps, clicks, and scrolling behavior
4. How We Use Personal Information
Your personal information may be used by us, our employees, and service providers for the following purposes:
• Communicate with you, including responding to inquiries, quote requests, and consultation bookings
• Perform our services, including providing marine products and services, order fulfillment, and customer support
• Notify you about changes to our products and services
• Perform marketing, including providing relevant details and updates related to our products and services, or advertising online. This may include remarketing or retargeting, whereby users of our website may be shown relevant advertisements on third-party websites
• Administer promotions such as product discounts or other incentives
• Undertake market research, trend analysis, and customer satisfaction activities to improve the quality of our products and services
• Detect and remediate security incidents, including protecting against illegal activity such as fraud
• Enforce our legal rights and comply with legal or regulatory obligations
5. Legal Basis for Collecting and Using Your Personal Information
We process your personal information when we have a legal basis to do so. This includes:
• Consent – You have consented to the use of your personal information in a particular way. You may withdraw consent at any time, though this does not affect prior actions taken based on that consent.
• Legitimate Interest – We process certain personal information for the legitimate interests of Calcutta Marine International, including pursuit of our commercial activities, distribution of marketing materials, protection of our business, and research and analysis to monitor and improve our products and services.
• Performance of Contract – Processing is necessary to fulfill our obligations as part of any transaction with you, or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
• Legal Obligation – We have a legal or regulatory obligation to collect and/or use your personal information, such as to comply with regulatory requirements or a court order.
6. Links to Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We have no control over the content or privacy practices of those websites. Any personal information you submit through such websites is governed by the privacy policies of those websites. It is your responsibility to review third-party policies in order to protect your personal information.
7. Collection of Personal Information From Minors
Our website is not designed or intended to attract children under 16 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. By using our website, you represent that you are at least the age of legal majority in your place of residence.
8. Sharing and Sale of Your Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of third parties, wherever we have a legal basis for doing so:
• Service providers – Business partners and sub-contractors who help us provide our website, products, and services, including SEO optimization platforms (such as Alli AI), customer relationship and analytics platforms (such as HubSpot), marketing and advertising service providers, and website development providers
• Professional advisers – Including accountants, lawyers, and other professional advisers that assist us in carrying out our business activities
• Government authorities and third parties involved in legal or regulatory action – External agencies and organizations for the purpose of complying with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
While we do not sell personal information in exchange for monetary consideration, we may share personal information for other benefits that could be deemed a "Sale" as defined by the CCPA. This includes sharing of identifiers (such as IP address or email address) and internet activity data with advertising partners and analytics companies. You have the right to direct us not to sell your personal information. See Section 12 for details on how to exercise this right.
9. Protection of Personal Information
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information, including protecting its integrity, availability, and preventing unauthorized use. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to or via our website and any transmission is at your own risk.
10. How Long We Keep Your Personal Information
We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. Retention periods are also based on the requirements of applicable data protection laws, legal and regulatory requirements, and periods relating to the commencement of legal actions.
11. Cookies Notice
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on your device by your browser. Cookies allow us to recognize your device, remember certain information about you, and perform analytics and other functions. This helps us provide you with a personalized experience and allows us to improve our website over time.
Types of Cookies We Use
• Strictly Necessary Cookies – Essential for you to browse our website and use its intended functionality. These cannot be opted out of.
• Performance Cookies – Allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve website performance. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous.
• Functional Cookies – Enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization.
• Marketing Cookies – May be set by our advertising and marketing service providers to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites.
HubSpot
We use HubSpot to better understand your use of our website and services. HubSpot collects information such as how often users visit our website, what pages are visited, and what other sites may have been used prior to visiting. HubSpot's ability to use and share information collected about your visits to our website is restricted by the HubSpot Terms of Service.
Alli AI
We use Alli AI, an SEO automation and optimization platform, to improve the performance and visibility of our website in search engines and AI-powered search platforms. Alli AI operates through a code snippet installed on our website and may collect information about your visit, including pages viewed, browser type, device identifiers, IP address, and interaction data such as clicks and scrolling behavior. This data is used to optimize page content, meta tags, internal linking, site speed, and schema markup, and to make our website accessible to AI search crawlers such as those used by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and similar platforms. Alli AI’s use and sharing of information collected through our website is governed by its own Privacy Policy, available at https://www.alliai.com/privacy-policy, and its Terms of Service, available at https://www.alliai.com/terms-of-service.
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Your Choices Regarding Cookies
The first time you visit our website, you may be displayed a banner providing you with information about our use of cookies and options to opt in or opt out of certain cookies. You may also manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the jurisdiction you reside in, you may have certain rights in relation to the personal information we have collected about you. These rights include:
• Right of Access/Right to Know – You may have the right to request details of your personal information and a copy of that personal information.
• Right to Rectification – You may have the right to have inaccurate information about you corrected or removed.
• Right to Deletion/Right to Erasure – You may have the right to have certain personal information about you deleted from our records.
• Right to Restriction of Processing – You may have the right to ask us to use your personal information for certain restricted purposes only.
• Right to Object to Processing – You may have the right to object to us collecting, using, sharing, or storing your personal information in certain cases.
• Right to Portability – You may have the right to ask us to transfer your personal information to another company or individual in a computer-readable format.
• Right to Withdraw Consent – You may have the right to withdraw any permission you have given us to handle your personal information.
• Right to Not Sell Personal Information (California Residents) – If you are a California resident, you have the right to direct us to not sell your personal information.
To make a request related to the above privacy rights, please contact us using the information provided in Section 13 below.
13. Questions and Contacts
If you have any questions or comments in relation to this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices in general, please contact us:
• Company: Calcutta Marine International
• Contact: Trent Zenkewicz (Sales and Technical Support)
• State: Florida, United States
• Email: trent@calcuttaboats.com
• Phone: (941) 278-6555
• Mailing Address: 1520 Northgate Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34234
14. Changes to Our Privacy Notice
Any changes we make to this Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email or a notice on our website. The updated Privacy Notice will take effect as soon as it has been updated or otherwise communicated to you. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice periodically.
Calcutta Marine International – Privacy and Cookies Notice
Version 1.0 – June 1, 2026