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 noiseshipindex.org do with the information it collects?
Normal web site usage
The information gathered during general browsing of the “noiseshipindex.org” 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
noiseshipindex.org 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.