Privacy Policy

1. About this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Our Reefs Our Future collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you use this website.

Our Reefs Our Future is an initiative of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Ocean Initiative. For the purposes of this website, Bloomberg Philanthropies Ocean Initiative is responsible for how personal information is handled.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is used, please contact Scott Edwards at Scott@bloombergocean.org.

2. Information we collect

We collect limited personal information through this website.

If you sign up for updates, we collect your email address. We use native Webflow forms to collect and manage this submission.

If analytics cookies are enabled, we may also collect information about how visitors use the website. This may include page views, approximate location, device type, browser type, referring pages, and other usage information collected through Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager. This analytics information is used to understand website performance and improve the site.

3. How we use your information

We use personal information for the following purposes:

• to send updates if you have signed up to receive them;
• to manage and respond to website form submissions;
• to operate, secure, monitor, and improve the website;
• to understand website performance and audience engagement through analytics, where consent is required and has been given;
• to comply with legal obligations and protect our rights where necessary.

4. Legal basis for using your information

Where we send updates to you, we rely on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe option in our emails or by contacting us at Scott@bloombergocean.org.

Where we use non-essential analytics cookies, we rely on consent where required by law.

Where we operate, secure, and maintain the website, we may rely on our legitimate interests in running a secure and effective website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.

5. How we share information

We may share personal information with service providers who help us operate the website and manage communications. These may include:

• Webflow, which hosts the website and supports native forms;
• Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager, which support website analytics and tag management;
• email, technical, or professional service providers who support the website or communications.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing.

We may also share information if required to comply with law, regulation, court order, or legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and security.

6. International transfers

Some of the service providers used to operate this website may process information outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area. Where this happens, appropriate safeguards will be used where required by applicable data protection law.

7. How long we keep your information

We keep your email address for as long as you remain subscribed to updates, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. If you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your email address, we will remove it from active mailing lists, subject to any limited retention needed to manage suppression lists, records, legal obligations, or disputes.

Analytics information is retained according to the settings used in Google Analytics 4 and related tools.

8. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies on this website. For more information, including how to manage your preferences, please see our Cookie Policy.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have rights in relation to your personal information. These may include the right to:

• access the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances;
• ask us to restrict or object to certain processing;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• request a copy of information you have provided to us in a portable format, where applicable.

To exercise your rights, please contact Scott@bloombergocean.org.

10. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect personal information. However, no website or online transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Third-party links

This website may link to third-party websites, reports, resources, or partner pages. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third-party websites. You should review their privacy notices before providing personal information to them.

12. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first at Scott@bloombergocean.org so we can try to resolve them.

You may also have the right to complain to a data protection authority. In the United Kingdom, this is the Information Commissioner's Office: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

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