Terms and conditions
The Information We Collect
This policy applies to all information collected on the OceanTech Website and any information you provide to OceanTech. You will most likely provide us personal information when you register as a user of OceanTech Website, purchase the services offered by OceanTech, participate in certain OceanTech promotions or events, or apply for a job with OceanTech. The personal information we collect may include: your name, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, user names and passwords, secure credit and debit card information, and secure PayPal account information.
Blogs and Product Ratings
The OceanTech Website may include blogs, product ratings or other message areas that allow users to post or send information to the OceanTech Website. When you post information to the OceanTech Website, other site visitors can also view that information. We urge you to exercise caution when providing personally identifiable information to OceanTech or the OceanTech Website.
Our Collection of Your Data
In addition to the personal information you supply, we may collect certain information to evaluate how visitors, guests, and customers use the OceanTech Website. We collect data to make the OceanTech Website work better for you in the following ways: to improve the design of the OceanTech Website, to provide personalization on the OceanTech Website, and to evaluate the performance of our marketing programs. The technologies we may use to gather this non-personal information may include “IP” addresses, “cookies”, browser detection, and “weblogs”.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Our Commitment to Data Security
Access to your data is limited to authorized OceanTech staff or approved vendors. Although total security does not exist on the Internet, OceanTech shall make commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard the information that you submit to OceanTech or that OceanTech collects.
Use of Website by Children
The OceanTech Website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13.
Your Privacy Preferences
When you sign up as a registered user of the OceanTech Website, you may begin receiving marketing communications such as e-mail newsletters, product and service updates, and promotions. Our customers generally find this type of information useful. If you do not want to receive these updates, you must ‘opt-out’ by unchecking the ‘Add me to the mailing list’ box on the registration page. If you choose to opt-out after registering, you can use any of the following methods: select the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of the email and follow the opt-out instructions.
How to Access, Correct or Delete Your Information
You can access, correct, or delete your personally identifiable information by sending an email to pr**********@*******ch.com. To protect your privacy and security, a user ID and password will be required to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections to any personally identifiable information. Please be advised that submitted personal information may not be corrected or deleted if it is required by law to retain.
Privacy and Other Websites
The OceanTech Website may contain links to other websites. OceanTech is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.