Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://ioosassociation.org/.

Scope of the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the website that is owned and operated by the IOOS Association in the United States. This Privacy Policy states the IOOS Association’s policy with regard to the personal identifiable information you provide.

The IOOS Association is committed to honoring the privacy preferences of members of the public that visit our Website. Our intention through this Website is to supply information that will help people learn about ocean observations and build stronger communities. In the course of providing these online services, information may be exchanged between the IOOS Association, servers, online users and their browsers. In order to access certain materials or services on the Website, you may be asked to provide your name, address, phone number and/or other information. It is your decision to provide this information. We will only use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please be advised that you may opt-out of receiving certain information from the IOOS Association as provided herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments and Media

We do not allow comments or uploads on our site. Site content is created by the IOOS Association and associates.

Cookies

The site does not offer accounts to general readership. The only cookies issued by the site are by site contributors, who are direct associates of the IOOS Association.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Visitors to https://ioosassociation.org/ are logged through Google Analytics. Google Analytics collects browser and location information. Google is the data processor for this information. This information is kept indefinitely.

We also log traffic and download information specific to our educational toolkit package in order to assess interest and usage.

Who we share your data with

General summary statistics about visitors to https://ioosassociation.org/ and associated web sites may be shared with collaborators and funders, but we do not share information about specific site visits.

How long we retain your data

Logged visits are kept for about a year, and summarized traffic statistics in Google Analytics are kept indefinitely to analyze long range trends.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Reach us at info@ioosassociation.org

Other Disclosures

The IOOS Association will share personal identifiable information with third parties if we have a good-faith belief that disclosing the information is reasonably necessary to:

Meet applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request;
Enforce the IOOS Associations Privacy Policy;
Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; and/or
Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of the IOOS Association as required or permitted by law.

Changes in this privacy policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personally identifiable information will be posted on-line. You are bound by such revisions and should therefore visit the page to review the current terms from time to time. Your continued use of the Websites constitutes an affirmative acknowledgement by you of the terms and modifications and your agreement to abide and be bound by the terms as modified.