At Ocean Archive, accessible at https://oceanarchive.xyz, the privacy of our visitors is of paramount importance to us. This comprehensive Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by Ocean Archive, how we use it, and your legal rights under modern data protection regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Google AdSense Publisher Policies.

1. Information We Collect

A. Log Files

Ocean Archive follows a standard procedure of utilizing server log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting services do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes:

• Internet Protocol (IP) addresses (anonymized where applicable)
• Browser type and version
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Date and timestamp of visits
• Referring / exit pages
• Number of clicks and navigational paths

These logs are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering broad demographic information for infrastructure scaling.

B. Voluntarily Provided Information

If you contact us directly via our Contact form or email addresses (contact@oceanarchive.xyz, editorial@oceanarchive.xyz), we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, telephone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. This information is used strictly to respond to your specific inquiry.

2. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Ocean Archive uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

3. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Partners

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to https://oceanarchive.xyz and other sites on the internet.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Ocean Archive, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Ocean Archive has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

4. GDPR Data Protection Rights

Under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, every user is entitled to the following rights regarding their personal data:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data held by us.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection desk at privacy@oceanarchive.xyz.

5. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Disclosures

Under the CCPA, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data not sell the consumer’s personal data. (Ocean Archive does not sell consumer personal data).

6. Children’s Information (COPPA Compliance)

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Ocean Archive does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

7. Consent & Contact Details

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

If you have any questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to reach us at:

• Website: https://oceanarchive.xyz
• Privacy Desk: privacy@oceanarchive.xyz
• Editorial Office: editorial@oceanarchive.xyz