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Privacy Policy

Last Updated:

June 24, 2025

Privacy Policy

Welcome to the Get Ready website. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and protection of your information.

Information Collection

Types of Information Collected
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services, including:

  • Personal Information: Such as your name, email address, and phone number when you sign up for alerts, newsletters, or contact us.
  • Non-Personal Information: Data collected automatically, such as IP addresses, browser type, operating system, and browsing behaviour.

How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected to:

  • Provide and improve our services.
  • Send alerts, updates, and newsletters.
  • Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
  • Analyse website usage and improve our website’s performance and content.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties, except when necessary to comply with the law or protect our rights.

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. This includes securing servers and networks, encrypting sensitive data, and conducting regular security audits and updates.

Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser, enabling the site or service provider’s systems to recognise your browser and capture and remember certain information.

How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website, understand and save your preferences for future visits, and compile aggregate data about site traffic and interactions to improve our site.

Managing Cookies
You can have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can turn off all cookies. You can do this through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some website features may not function properly.

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 visit our login page, 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 set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last 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.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.

Use of Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information about website use via cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website.

Google’s Privacy Policy
Google’s privacy policy is available at: Google Privacy Policy.

Opting Out of Google Analytics
You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the browser plugin available here: Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact:

Disaster Risk Management Authority
Website: www.drm.gov.bs
Email: connect@drm.gov.bs
Phone: +1 (242) 322-6081
Mailing Address: Gladstone Road, Nassau, Bahamas

You may also contact the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner at:
Website
Phone: +1 (242) 702-1552

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Ready.gov and Bahamas Met Office

The Get Ready website provides information, resources, and preparedness guidance to help individuals, families, and communities in The Bahamas strengthen their disaster readiness. We acknowledge that some materials, guidelines, and resources on this website have been adapted from publicly available content provided by Ready.gov and the Bahamas Meteorology Office.