This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out how ShipSearch uses and protects any information that you give to the ShipSearch.com website, our Premium services, or other information provided as part of the ShipSearch services (collectively “ShipSearch” or the “Service”) when you use them.

ShipSearch is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using ShipSearch, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

If you have any hesitation about providing information to us and/or having your information displayed on the ShipSearch or otherwise used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy, you should not become a member of the ShipSearch Services.

Without this minimal amount of information, you cannot create a ShipSearch account. Like with other passwords, you should choose one that is known only to you.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Your password is protected by encryption so that only you have access to it.

Like most websites, we use cookies and web log files to better understand site usage and improve our services.

A cookie is a small file that asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how users use our service. Google Analytics cookies do not provide ShipSearch with any personally identifiable information. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes.

In addition to cookies, we are utilizing browser local storage technology to store your preferences and make your user experience more consistent. Local storage is a persistent type of storage that provides similar functionality to cookies, but its contents are not transmitted across the Internet, like cookies are.

Like cookies, you can control how local storage works in your browser settings in a global or website-specific manner. Disabling the local storage functionality on your browser will result in a loss of functionality for the map and other features of the website.

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites, and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personally identifiable information to third parties, except as described in this policy, unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.

We may use third-party service providers or online payment processing vendors to provide services in connection with our service and to facilitate services we provide to you. As a result, we may disclose personally identifiable information collected from our website to such third-party service providers for the sole purpose of allowing them to perform the outsourced services.

We may provide aggregated anonymous data about the usage of the service to third parties for purposes that we deem, in our sole discretion, to be appropriate, including to prospective advertisers on ShipSearch.

The ShipSearch website uses social media features (“Social Features”) provided by companies such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google business profile, which help you to share web content directly from web pages to the social media platforms. Before using social features, users should be aware that they are doing so at their own risk, and that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page through your social media platform account.

Communication, engagement, and actions taken through external social features in which this website and its owners participate are subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of each social media platform.

Users are advised to use social features wisely and communicate/engage with them with due care and caution with regard to their own privacy and personal details. ShipSearch and its owners will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information.

If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by emailing us at [email protected].

We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties that we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible at [email protected]. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

ShipSearch may need to update this policy to keep pace with changes in the service and laws applicable to us and you. We will, however, always maintain our commitment to respect your privacy.

We will post any revisions to this policy here. Therefore, we recommend that you periodically check this page to stay informed of any changes.

If required by applicable law, we will ask for your consent to such changes. In other cases, please note that your continuation of your ShipSearch Service account after any change means that you agree with, and consent to be bound by, the new Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any changes in this policy and do not wish your information to be subject to the revised policy, you will need to close your account before the new policy becomes effective.

If you would like to delete your membership account, please send us an email from the email address that is associated with your membership account at [email protected].

You should be aware that it may not be technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our servers. They need to back-up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss. This means that a copy of your personal identifiable information may exist in a non-erasable form that may be difficult or impossible for us to locate.

In addition, we have the right to delete any account at any time if required to do so by process of law, or if necessary in order to investigate fraud, a violation of our Terms of Use, or in connection with any harm being caused to a third party or their rights.

ShipSearch welcomes your feedback regarding this privacy policy. If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this policy, please contact us by submitting a request to [email protected].