DATA PRIVACY

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE

May 2025

The Oceans Past Initiative is committed to respecting the privacy of our members and website visitors. We take all reasonable measures to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ensure that personal information is handled responsibly. When applicable, we use your data solely for legitimate purposes, such as maintaining accurate membership records and sharing relevant updates and information with our community.

The data we hold on you:

• • Your title, first and last name
  • Your email address(es)
  • Your Institution(s)

This data will be held for a period of up to 5 years following the last year of membership, unless a written request is received to remove your data from our records.

We use this data to:

• •  Keep an accurate and up-to-date record of OPI Members.

What we do NOT do with the data is:

• • Sell or rent your data to any third parties
  • Pass on your information to any third parties without your clear, written consent

Published materials

The Oceans Past Initiative follows a general Public Domain policy for its online materials, including documents, newsletters, images, datasets, and databases. However, in cases where materials are subject to personal property rights or copyright, they are protected under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This means materials may be shared and adapted for non-commercial use, as long as appropriate credit is given.

Learn more: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode.