www.ShipOracle.com Privacy Policy

The purpose of this privacy policy (this "Privacy Policy") is to inform users of our Site of the following:

1. The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of Site users;
5. The Site's cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by: By not using the website. If a user has signed up as a user but would like to withdraw their consent, they simply need to delete their account from the profile section, and stop using the site henceforth.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:

1. Users have provided their consent to the processing of their data for one or more specific purposes.
2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third party to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: By signing-up and using the website as a user, we share your information as a user and as well as your company information in the company directory. As this is a networking site, users exchange information and messages, for a multitude of professional networking reasons, including the possible intention of engaging in business activities with other 3rd parties. As the intention of this website is to network between users, users / members who sign up give consent to share their contact information with other companies and users.This website’s sole intended purpose is to provide a medium to communicate information and to communicate with other users in the maritime industry. ShipOracle does not monitor user accounts, therefore cannot speak to the legal legitimacy of the users, and therefore cannot validate the credit of counterparty risk users may encounter. Consequently, ShipOrale disclaims any liability, direct or indirect, (please see “Terms and Conditions” for ShipOracle’s policy). should 2 users/parties using this site choose to conduct business or any activities between themselves. Each party have the obligation of vetting the other as though the had contacted one another independent of the site.
3. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to take, at the request of a user, steps before entering a contract or for the performance of a contract to which a user is a party. If a user does not provide the personal data necessary to perform a contract the consequences are as follows: Cannot sign-up as an active user.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.:

Data Collected in a Non-Automatic Way

We may also collect the following data when you perform certain functions on our Site:

1. Cookies are used for the basic functioning of the website.
2. Name, Email Address, Mobile number, Address, Password, Company Name, Address, pictures and all contact information provided. Should a user choose to sign up to a paying subscription, Credit information is collected off-site using a 3rd party payment processor (Stripe).

This data is collected using the following methods:

1. User Input.
2. Old database of contact information. This information was provided to ShipOracle prior to 2010. As per our policy below, if you did not consent and wish to have any data removed, please immediately contact the privacy department at info@ShipOracle.com to remove any data related to yourself or your company.

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

1. Sharing information between users on the Feed. This may include various reasons, including to, but not limited to: Business opportunities, Items for sale, Employment opportunities, Shipping Services needed/offered, Self-Promotion, Advertising.
2. Company Directory; exactly as labelled, ShipOracle provides a worldwide directory of companies in the maritime industry for users and other companies to network, prospect or find services with other users and/companies included on the website.

Employees

We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

Third Parties

We may share user data with the following third parties:

1. Information Service Providers providing infrastructure-as-a-service and/or database-as-a-service necessary for the functioning of the site. These services are hosted in the United States of America.

We may share the following user data with third parties:

1. Company, personal and credit information/ Certain information may be hosted and processed by 3rd party services such as database hosting and payment processors for example.We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:
2. For the purpose of processing payments and sharing data to other users for the purpose of networking, prospecting on this website.

Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the given purpose.

Other Disclosures

We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:

1. If the law requires it;
2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;
3. To prove or protect our legal rights;
4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

We transfer user personal data to the following countries:

1. United States
2. Canada

When we transfer user personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Union, we will only transfer your personal data if:

1. The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United Kingdom adequacy regulations;
2. We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the recipient is a party to binding corporate rules, or we have entered into standard EU or United Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient..

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

1. Right to be informed;
2. Right of access;
3. Right to rectification;
4. Right to erasure;
5. Right to restrict processing;
6. Right to data portability;
7. Right to object.

When we transfer user personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or the European Union, we will only transfer your personal data if:

1. The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United Kingdom adequacy regulations;
2. We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the recipient is a party to binding corporate rules, or we have entered into standard EU or United Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient..

The minimum age to use our website is 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 18 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 18 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 18 years of age has provided us with personal data, their parent or guardian may contact our company at Info@ShipOracle.com

If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our company here: Info@ShipOracle.com

A cookie is a small file, stored on a user's hard drive by a website. Its purpose is to collect data relating to the user's browsing habits. You can choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

1. Functional cookies

   Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits.

2. Session cookies

   also known as 'temporary cookies', help websites recognise users and the information provided when they navigate through a website. Session cookies only retain information about a user's activities for as long as they are on the website. Once the web browser is closed, the cookies are deleted. These are commonly used on shopping websites or e-commerce websites.

3. Permanent cookies

   also known as 'persistent cookies', remain in operation even after the web browser has closed. For example, they can remember login details and passwords so web users don't need to re-enter them every time they use a site. The law states that permanent cookies must be deleted after 12 months.

This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting ShipOracle at Info@ShipOracle.com

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy department at Info@ShipOracle.com