PRIVACY POLICY

updated 09 MARCH 2020

This "Privacy Policy" is designed to help you understand how Ocean Biomedical, its affiliates, and its partners ("we" or "us") collect and process the information that you share with us when you use this website (“Site”).

What We Collect

  • Personal identification information - We collect personal identification information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you fill out and submit a form on our Site, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site. You may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, and/or phone number. You may, however, visit our Site anonymously. We will only collect personal identification information from you if you voluntarily submit such information to us. You can always abstain from supplying personal identification information, understanding that it will prevent you from using some of the convenience tools available within the Site for engaging in programs or making contact with us.

  • Non-personal identification information - We may collect non-personal identification information about you whenever you interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about your means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers used, and other similar information.

  • Web browser cookies - Our Site may use "cookies" to enhance your experience. When you visit our Site, your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about you. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.

How We Use Your Information

We collect and use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To get in touch with you. Making personal, business, and institutional connections, in relation to our services, is the primary purpose of our Site.

  • To improve services. Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your inquiries, and to help prioritize the development of new services by most-requested.

  • To personalize your experience. We may use information in the aggregate to understand how Users, as a group, engage with the Site resources, in order to make informed changes to content and user interface.

  • To design and administer content, surveys, or other Site feature.

  • To send you information you've agreed to receive.

  • To send periodic emails. If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related service information, etc. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or you may contact us via our Site.

How We Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Your Access To and Control over Information

You may opt out of any future contact from us at will. You can also do any of the following at any time by contacting us:

  • See what data we have about you, if any.

  • Change/correct any data we have about you.

  • Have us delete any data we have about you.

  • Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We, at our sole discretion, may update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to frequently check this page for any changes, to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, your dealings with this site, or the control of your personal information, please contact us via one of the following three options

  • Fill out the web contact form by clicking the ‘connect’ button on our website, or navigating directly to https://oceanbiomedical.com/connect,

  • Write to our general inquiry email address, connect@oceanbiomedical.com, or

  • Send a physical letter to our corporate office, at the following address:

Ocean Biomedical, Providence, RI 02903