What personal data we collect and why we collect it:

When you visit our Website, you may provide us with two types of information: personal information that you voluntarily disclose that is collected on an individual basis; and information collected automatically when you use our Website or the services available on our Website (collectively, the “Information”). We may also use Get Response to collect your email address to occasionally send you pertinent emails, such as press releases and news. We also may use Google Analytics and/or Facebook Pixel to help better identify visitors to our Website. Get Response information is collected only when voluntarily offered in newsletter sign up submissions and solely for purposes that are clearly identified on our Website. This content includes your name and email address, as manually entered by you.

By providing us with your personal information, you also consent for us to collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In addition to providing the foregoing information, if you choose to correspond further with us through e-mail or through the “contact” section of our Website, we may retain, use and disclose the content of your messages together with your e-mail address and our responses.

We will only use the Information for purposes of:

  • providing, maintaining, delivering or improving our Website or the products or services provided through our Website;
  • analyzing and tracking data to determine the usefulness or popularity of certain content and to better understand the online activity of our Website users;
  • fulfilling our legal or regulatory requirements;
  • providing you with the information or products or services that you have requested;
  • answering your inquiry or responding to a communication from you;
  • developing new products or services;
  • sending you technical notices, support or administrative notifications;
  • communicating with you about news, products, services, events and other information we think will be of interest to you;
  • monitoring and analyzing trends, usage and activities in connection with our Website;
  • protecting the rights and property of the ShipChain and others;
  • detecting, investigating and preventing fraudulent transactions or unauthorized or illegal activities;
  • linking, connecting or combining Information we collect from or about you with other Information; and
  • carrying out any other purpose or reason for which the Information was collected.
Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.