THE FERRY COVE SHELLFISH’S PRIVACY STATEMENT

Thank you for visiting a website published and managed by Ferry Cove Shellfish. This statement applies specifically to Maryland.gov and State agency websites that have been authorized to link to this central privacy statement.

Information Collected and Stored Automatically

  When you browse the website, read pages, or download information, certain information about your visit is automatically gathered and stored. This information does not identify you personally, and includes the following:  

Payment Service

  We will use a third-party payment service to process payments made through the Services.  If you wish to make a payment through the Services, your Personal Information will be collected by such third party and not by us, and will be subject to the third party’s privacy statement, rather than this Privacy Statement.  We have no control over, and are not responsible for, this third party’s collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information. If you call Ferry Cove and place a credit card order over the phone, we will process the request through a third party payment service. We will not disclose or share your Personal Information at any time.  

E-Mail

  If you send us e-mail, we use the information you send us to respond to your inquiry, just as we do with written correspondence. E-mail correspondence, like mailed correspondence, may become a public record. As a public record, your correspondence could be disclosed to other parties upon their request, in accordance with Maryland's public records law.  

General Privacy Policy

  It is our policy to preserve the privacy of personal records and to protect confidential or privileged information. Such information will be disclosed publicly only as required by the Public Information Act or as necessary or permissible to carry out official duties. Under State law, these policies do not apply to information gathered for certain specified purposes, such as the investigation of a possible violation of the law. If you have any questions about these privacy policies, please e-mail us.

Privacy Policy Changes

  Changes to our website may necessitate changes to our privacy statement. Notification will be posted on the website homepage in the Privacy Notice link. The information contained in this privacy statement applies only to Ferry Cove Shellfish website that have been authorized to link to this policy, and not to any linked sites or all websites maintained by Maryland State agencies. You should review the individual privacy statements at any linked site that you visit.  

Site Security

  To ensure that Ferrycove.org is secure and remains available to all users, Ferry Cove Shellfish employs commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under State and Federal laws that protect fraud and abuse of computer systems. ​