Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to Quiet-Oceans. This privacy statement describes Quiet-Oceans’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through this Quiet-Oceans web site.
What information does this site collect?
Normal web site usage
In general, you can browse the Quiet-Oceans site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. The only information we gather during general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you download, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.
Collection of personally identifiable information
If you request the transmission of the Measurement Statement on this web site, you will be asked to
provide personal information such as your name, function and e-mail address.
This information is collected only with your knowledge and permission and is kept in various
Quiet-Oceans databases and mailing lists.
Registering or supplying personal information sets a cookie*. By setting this cookie, Quiet-Oceans will
remember your details the next time you visit, so you don’t have to re-enter the information. This helps
us to provide you with a better service.
What does Quiet-oceans.com do with the information it collects?
Normal web site usage
The information gathered during general browsing of the “quiet-oceans.com” domain is used to analyze trends and usage of the Quiet-Oceans site and to improve the usefulness of the site. It is not connected with any personal information.
Personally identifiable information
Quiet-Oceans may use the personal information you provide to:
- Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications etc. to you;
- Process your job application;
- Confirm your purchases and registrations on the site;
- “Remember” your online profile and preferences;
- Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests, and help us create site content most relevant to you;
- Statistical analysis.
What if I don’t want to provide personal information?
Providing personal information on the Quiet-Oceans site is optional. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still browse and use the Quiet-Oceans site, but you will not be able to carry out certain actions such as request the free of charge vessel measurement statement and vessel Noise Ship Index Iron rating.
Opting out and changing your information
At any time, you can cancel or modify your information to the web page where you first provided the information and contacting us throught the Contact us page. Where contact details are not provided on the page, you can contact us for further information.
Security
We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the Quiet-Oceans site to
any third party. Any information provided to Quiet-Oceans by users of the Quiet-Oceans site is held with
the utmost care and security, and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this privacy
policy, or in any site-specific policies, or in ways to which you have explicitly consented.
Quiet-Oceans employs a range of technologies and security measures to protect the information maintained
on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
All our employees who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are
obliged to respect the confidentiality of official business matters, including personal data.
The Quiet-Oceans site contains links to sites external to the quiet-oceans.com domain. Quiet-Oceans is
not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
Notification of changes
Changes to this privacy policy will be posted on this page.
Contact
For questions or queries regarding this privacy policy, please contact us.
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent from a web server to your browser. It is normally used to
assign a unique identification to your computer and securely store information such as user IDs,
passwords, preferences, and online profiles.
It is stored on the hard drive of your computer. You can choose not to have cookies delivered by
Quiet-Oceans sites by changing your browser settings. Different web sites can send their own cookies to
your computer. To protect your privacy, your browser only allows a web site to access the cookies it has
already sent you, not the cookies sent by other sites.