Privacy Policy
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THIS POLICY – PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
Overview:
Ocean Athletics, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Ocean," "we," "us,"
"our") respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data we
hold about you. If you have questions, comments, or concerns about this Privacy
Notice or our processing of personal data, please see the bottom of this Privacy
Notice for information about how to contact us. Ocean is the data controller of the
personal data collected, and is responsible for the processing of your personal
data.
Ocean is a social network which enables users to share their content; other users to
enjoy content and for some to do both. We refer to those users who share content as
"Instructors" and those users who pay to view Instructors' content as "Members".
This Privacy Notice explains our practices with respect to personal data we collect
and process about you. This includes information we collect through, or in
association with, our website located at app.athletesocean.com our services that we
may offer from time to time via our website, our related social media sites (Twitter
and Instagram), or otherwise through your interactions with us (the website, our
social media pages, and services, collectively, the "Services").
II. Personal Data We Collect:
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable
of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly,
with a particular consumer or household ("personal data"). In addition, we may
collect data that is not identifiable to you or otherwise associated with you, such
as aggregated data, and is not personal data. To the extent this data is stored or
associated with personal data, it will be treated as personal data; otherwise, the
data is not subject to this Privacy Notice.
1. Categories of Personal Data We Collect:
The types of personal data we collect about you depends on your interactions with us
and your use of the Services. In the past twelve (12) months, we collected the below
categories of personal data from our users:
a. Identifiers such as a real name, alias, postal address, internet protocol
address, email address, account name, social security number, driver's license
number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
b. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute
(Cal. Civ. Code 1798.80(e)).
c. Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law.
d. Commercial information, including records of personal property, products or
services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming
histories or tendencies.
e. Internet or other electronic network activity information, including, but not
limited to, Browse history, search history, and information regarding a consumer's
interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement.
f. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
g. Professional or employment-related information.
We will not collect additional categories of personal data other than those
categories listed above. If we intend to collect additional categories of personal
data, we will provide you with a new notice at or before the time of collection.
2. How we use your Personal Data:
We strive to ensure that the content can be enjoyed by everyone, and to keep the
content appropriate, tasteful and lawful. To do that, we collect and process your
personal data for the following business and commercial purposes:
a. Developing, improving, operating, providing, predicting, or performing, including
maintaining or servicing accounts, enhancing the Services and your experience with
them, providing customer service, processing or fulfilling transactions, verifying
your identity, and processing payments.
b. Communicating with you by email and text about the Services, verifying your
identity, responding to support inquiries or, sharing information about the
Services.
c. Auditing related to a current interaction with the user and concurrent
transactions.
d. Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive,
fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that
activity.
e. Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended
functionality.
f. Undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration.
g. Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of the
Services owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or controlled by us, and to improve,
upgrade, or enhance the Services owned, manufactured, manufactured for, or
controlled by us.
h. Complying with applicable laws, regulations, rules and requests of relevant law
enforcement and/or other governmental agencies, or for other purposes, as permitted
or required by law.
i. Enforcing our Terms of Service and other usage policies.
j. As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, and safety of our
users, us, and other third parties.
We will not use the personal data we collected for materially different, unrelated,
or incompatible purposes without providing you with notice and obtaining your
consent.
3. How We Obtain Your Personal Data:
We collect your personal data from the following categories of sources:
a. Directly from you. When you provide it to us directly to open an account and use
the Services, or when you update the information in your account (see the
"Accessing, Modifying, Rectifying, and Correcting Collected Personal Data" section
below for more information).
b. Automatically or indirectly from you. For example, through and as a result of
your use of and access to the Services. We may also collect IP addresses and browser
types from the devices you use.
c. From our service providers.
4. Legal Bases for Processing:
We process personal data for, or based on, one or more of the following legal bases:
a. Performance of a Contract. By using the Services, you have contracted with us
through the Terms of Service, and we will process certain personal data to perform
under that contract.
b. Legitimate Interests. We may process personal data for our legitimate interests,
including complying with any applicable law, rule or regulation, investigation or
remedy; enforcing our Terms of Service; protecting our, our users' or others'
rights, property and safety; and detecting and resolving any fraud or security
concerns.
c. Compliance with Legal Obligations and Protection of Individuals. We may process
personal data to comply with our legal obligations, including as required by valid
legal process, governmental request, and to protect those individuals who use our
Services and others.
5. Who We Share Your Personal Data With:
We share personal data with the following categories of third parties:
a. Our service providers.
b. Our affiliated entities.
c. Government agencies or regulators when permitted or required to do so by law; in
response to a request from a law enforcement agency or authority or any regulatory
authority; and/or to protect the integrity of the Services or our interests, rights,
property, or safety, and/or that of our users and others.
6. Personal Data We Share:
We may share at some point in the future the following categories of third parties
the following categories of personal data for a business purpose:
a. Identifiers (e.g. name, address, email address, government ID, IP address):
Service providers.
b. Identifiers (e.g. account name): Other Instructors and Members.
c. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute
(e.g. government ID, bank account numbers): Service providers.
d. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information (e.g.
content you create): Service providers.
III. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING PERSONAL DATA:
You have certain rights regarding the collection and processing of personal data.
You may exercise these rights, to the extent they apply to you, by contacting us at
the information provided at the end of this Privacy Notice, or by following
instructions provided in this Privacy Notice or in communications sent to you.
1. Varying Rights. Your rights vary depending on the laws that apply to you, but may
include:
a. The right to know whether, and for what purposes, we process your personal data;
b. The right to be informed about the personal data we collect and/or process about
you;
c. The right to learn the source of personal data about you we process;
d. We reserve the right in our sole discretion to terminate your agreement with us
and your access to The right to access, modify, and correct personal data about you
(see the "Accessing, Modifying, Rectifying, and Correcting Collected Personal Data"
section below for more information);
e. The right to know with whom we have shared your personal data with, for what
purposes, and what personal data has been shared (including whether personal data
was disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes);
f. The right to withdraw your consent, where processing of personal data is based on
your consent by emailing us at [email protected] and indicating that you are
withdrawing your consent; and
g. The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority located in the
jurisdiction of your habitual residence, place of work, or where an alleged
violation of law occurred.
See "Your California Privacy Rights" and "Your Nevada Privacy Rights", for more
information about certain legal rights.
2. Accessing, Modifying, Rectifying, and Correcting Collected Personal Data:
We strive to maintain the accuracy of any personal data collected from you, and will
try to respond promptly to update our records when you tell us the information in
our records is not correct. However, we must rely upon you to ensure that the
information you provide to us is complete, accurate, and up-to-date, and to inform
us of any changes. Please review all of your information carefully before submitting
it to us. Any updates or corrections to your information may be made through your
account settings.
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may obtain from us certain personal
data in our records. If you wish to access, review, or make any changes to personal
data you have provided to us through the Services, please contact us at the
information provided at the end of this Privacy Notice. We reserve the right to deny
access as permitted or required by applicable law.
3. Your California Privacy Rights:
California's "Shine the Light" law, permits our users who are California residents
to request and obtain from us a list of what personal data (if any) we disclosed to
third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the previous calendar year
and the names and addresses of those third parties. Requests may be made only once
per year per person, must be sent to the email address below, and are free of
charge. However, we do not disclose personal data protected under the "Shine the
Light" law to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
The California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA") provides our users who are California
residents the following additional rights:
a. Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information
to you about the personal data we collected, used, disclosed, and sold about you in
the past 12 months. This includes a request to know any or all of the following:
i. The categories of personal data collected about you;
ii. the categories of sources from which we collected your personal data;
iii. The categories of personal data that we have sold or disclosed about you for a
business purpose;
iv. The categories of third parties to whom your personal data was sold or disclosed
for a business purpose;
v. Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal data;
and
vi. The specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you.
b. Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of personal data we have
collected and maintained about you in the past 12 months.
c. Right to Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete the personal data
we collected from you and maintained, subject to certain exceptions. Please note
that if you request deletion of your personal data, we may deny your request or may
retain certain elements of your personal data if it is necessary for us or our
service providers to:
i. Complete the transaction for which the personal data was collected, provide a
good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of
our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between
our business and you.
ii. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or
illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
iii. Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended
functionality.
iv. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or
her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
v. Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to
Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
vi. Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical
research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and
privacy laws, when the deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or
seriously impair the achievement of such research, if you have provided informed
consent.
vii. To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your
expectations based on your relationship with us.
viii. Comply with a legal obligation.
ix. Otherwise use the personal data, internally, in a lawful manner that is
compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
d. Right to Opt-Out/In: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal
data. You also have the right to opt-in to the sale of personal data. However, we do
not sell your personal data.
e. Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to receive discriminatory
treatment by us for the exercise of your CCPA privacy rights. Unless permitted by
the CCPA, we will not:
i. Deny you goods or services.
ii. Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through
granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
iii. Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
vi. Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or
a different level or quality of goods or services.
To exercise your California privacy rights described above, please submit a
verifiable request to us by emailing us at [email protected].
Only you, or a person authorized by you to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable
consumer request related to your personal data.
You may only make a verifiable consumer request for Right to Know or Data
Portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
1. Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the
person about whom we collected personal data or an authorized representative.
Depending on the nature of the request, we may need to verify your identity through
an additional verification cycle, which requires a government issued ID and a photo
requiring your presence through the a (see Identity Verification section below for
more information).
2. Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly
understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
We may deny your request if we are unable to verify your identity or have reason to
believe that the request is fraudulent.
Consumer Request by an Authorized Agent: If any authorized agent submits a consumer
request on your behalf, in order to confirm that person or entity's authority to act
on your behalf and verify the authorized agent's identity, we require an email be
sent to [email protected], along with all of the below items:
1. Proof that you gave the authorized agent signed permission to submit the request.
2. Sufficient information to verify the authorized agent's identity, depending on
the nature of the request.
3. To verify your identity, depending on the nature of the request, we may also
require a valid Government Issued ID (not expired), email address, and the last 4
digits of the social security number.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal data if we cannot
verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal data
relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require to create an
account with us. However, if you do have an existing login, we will require you to
log in to submit a request. We will only use personal data provided in a verifiable
consumer request to verify the request's identity or authority to make the request.
We will acknowledge receipt of the request within ten (10) business days of its
receipt. We will respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45)
days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of
the reason and extension period in writing. If you have an account with us, we will
deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us,
we will deliver our written response electronically. Any disclosures we provide will
only cover the 12-month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable consumer
request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with
a request, if applicable. For Data Portability requests, we will provide the
responsive information in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, in a
readily useable format that allows you to transmit the information to another entity
without hindrance.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request
unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that
the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide
you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
4. Your Nevada Privacy Rights:
Nevada law permits our users who are Nevada consumers to request that their personal
data not be sold (as defined under applicable Nevada law), even if their personal
data is not currently being sold. Requests may be sent to [email protected],
and are free of charge.
IV. Your Choices:
You have choices about certain information we collect about you, how we communicate
with you, and how we process certain personal data. When you are asked to provide
information, you may decline to do so; but if you choose not to provide information
that is necessary to provide some of our Services, you may not be able to use those
Services. In addition, it is possible to change your browser settings to block the
automatic collection of certain information.
1. Communication Opt-Out.
You may opt out of receiving email communications from us at any time by following
the opt-out link or other unsubscribe instructions provided in any email message
received, by contacting us as provided at the end of this Privacy Notice, or by
changing your notification preferences in account setting. you wish to opt out by
sending us an email to the address provided below, please include "Opt-Out" in the
email's subject line and include your name and the email address you used to sign up
for communications in the body of the email. Note, that if you do business with us
in the future, you may not, subject to applicable law, opt out of certain automated
notifications, such as order or subscription confirmations, based on business
transactions (e.g., e-commerce).
2. Location Information.
If you want to limit or prevent our ability to receive location information from
you, you can deny or remove the permission for certain Services to access location
information or deactivate location services on your device. Please refer to your
device manufacturer or operating system instructions for instructions on how to do
this.
V. Protecting Personal Data.
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, technical, and organizational safeguards
designed to promote the security of our systems and protect the confidentiality,
integrity, availability, and resilience of personal data. However, no method of
safeguarding information is completely secure. While we use measures designed to
protect personal data, we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will be effective or
sufficient. In addition, you should be aware that Internet data transmission is not
always secure, and we cannot warrant that information you transmit utilizing the
Services is or will be secure.
VI. Retention of Personal Data.
We retain personal data for a period of six (6) months after a user closes their
account, and certain personal data for longer periods to the extent we deem
necessary to carry out the processing activities described above, including but not
limited to compliance with applicable laws, regulations, rules and requests of
relevant law enforcement and/or other governmental agencies, and to the extent we
reasonably deem necessary to protect our and our partners' rights, property, or
safety, and the rights, property, and safety of our users and other third parties.
Under applicable law, we are required to retain certain financial information for
seven (7) years.
VII. Other Important Information About Personal Data and the Services:
1. Payment Information:
Payments made by Members to access content are processed by our third party payment
providers. For example, when you make a payment that is processed by a payment
provider, you will provide that third party with your credit card number, credit
card expiration date, and security code, which they process and store subject to
their privacy policy and terms of service. We do not receive your full credit card
number, credit card expiration date, or the security code. Instead, the payment
provider provides us with a "token" that represents your account, your card's
expiration date, card type and the first two and last four digits of your card
number. If you are required to provide your name and email address to the payment
provider, then they also provide us with that information. Payments issued to
Instructors for their content are made by Ocean using the bank account information
that we have collected and stored.
2. Third-Party Websites and Services.
As a convenience, we may reference or provide links to third-party websites and
services, including those of unaffiliated third parties, our affiliates, service
providers, and third parties with which we do business (including, but not limited
to, our service providers). When you access these third-party services, you leave
our Services, and we are not responsible for, and do not control, the content,
security, or privacy practices employed by any third-party websites and services.
You access these third-party services at your own risk. This Privacy Notice does not
apply to any third-party services; please refer to the Privacy Notices or policies
for such third-party services for information about how they collect, use, and
process personal data.
3. Business Transfer.
We may, in the future, sell or otherwise transfer some or all of our business,
operations or assets to a third party, whether by merger, acquisition or otherwise.
Personal data we obtain from or about you via the Services may be disclosed to any
potential or actual third-party acquirers and may be among those assets transferred.
4. International Use.
Your personal data will be stored and/or processed in the United States, but may be
stored in the European Union, Canada, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland,
Thailand, Ukraine and the United Kingdom or other countries. By your use of the
Services, you acknowledge that we will transfer your data to, and store your
personal data in, the above countries, which may have different data protection
rules than in your country, and personal data may become accessible as permitted by
law in the above countries, including to law enforcement and/or national security
authorities in the those countries.
VIII. Modifications and Updates to this Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Notice replaces all previous disclosures we may have provided to you
about our information practices with respect to the Services. We reserve the right,
at any time, to modify, alter, and/or update this Privacy Notice, and any such
modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon our posting of the
revised Privacy Notice. We will use reasonable efforts to notify you in the event
material changes are made to our processing activities and/or this Privacy Notice,
such as by posting a notice on the Services or sending you an email. Your continued
use of the Services following our posting of any revised Privacy Notice will
constitute your acknowledgement of the amended Privacy Notice.
IX. Applicability of this Privacy Notice.
This Privacy Notice is subject to the Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy
that govern your use of the Services. This Privacy Notice applies regardless of the
means used to access or provide information through the Services.
This Privacy Notice does not apply to information from or about you collected by any
third-party services, applications, or advertisements associated with, or websites
linked from, the Services. The collection or receipt of your information by such
third parties is subject to their own privacy policies, statements, and practices,
and under no circumstances are we responsible or liable for any third party's
compliance therewith.
X. Additional Information and Assistance.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Notice and/or how we
process personal data, please contact us at [email protected].
OCEAN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY
BY USING OUR WEBSITE YOU AGREE TO THIS POLICY – PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY
This Policy applies to your use of Ocean and all Content on Ocean and forms part of
your agreement with us. This Policy sets out what is and is not permitted on Ocean.
In this Policy, defined terms have the same meanings as in our Terms of Use for all
Users.
1. Do not use Ocean except for your own personal use and do not sell, rent,
transfer, or share your account or any Content obtained from your use of Ocean to or
with anyone else.
2. Only use Ocean in a manner and for a purpose that is lawful.
3. Do not upload, post, display, or publish Content on Ocean that is illegal,
fraudulent, defamatory, hateful, discriminatory, threatening or harassing, or which
encourages or promotes violence or any illegal activity.
4. Do not use Ocean in any way which may exploit, harm, or attempt to exploit or
harm any individual, for example by exposing them to inappropriate Content or
committing or attempting to commit any individual that lacks legal capacity to enter
into a legally binding contractual relationship without the execution of a Parental
Consent.
5. Do not upload, post, display, or publish Content on Ocean that:
5.a. shows, promotes, advertises or refers to:
5.a.i. drugs or drug paraphernalia;
5a.ii. self-harm or suicide;
5.a.iii. sexual content or the depiction of sexual behavior, explicitly or
implicitly.
5.b. contains sexual content of any kind or the depiction of sexual behavior,
explicitly or implicitly.
5.c. contains, promotes, advertises or refers to an intention to vilify, humiliate,
dehumanize, attack, threaten, or incite hatred, fear of, or violence against, a
group or individual based on race, ethnicity, national origin, immigration status,
caste, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age,
disability, serious disease, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic;
5.d. contains or refers to anyone else's personal data or private or confidential
information (for example, telephone numbers, location information (including street
addresses and GPS coordinates), names, identity documents, email addresses, log-in
credentials for Ocean including passwords and security questions, financial
information including bank account and credit card details, biometric data, and
medical records) without that person's express written consent;
5.e. gives the impression that it comes from or is approved, licensed or endorsed by
us or any other person or company;
5.f. causes or is calculated to cause inconvenience, or anxiety to anyone else or
which is likely to upset, embarrass, or cause serious offence to anyone else;
5.g. is used or is intended to be used to extract money or another benefit from
anyone else in exchange for removal of the Content; and/or
5.h. involves or promotes third-party commercial activities or sales, such as
contests, sweepstakes and other sales promotions, product placements, advertising,
or job posting or employment ads without our prior express consent.
6. Do not use Ocean to stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten or intimidate anyone
else.
7. Do not use Ocean to engage in misleading or deceptive conduct, or conduct that is
likely to mislead or deceive any other User.
8. Respect the intellectual property rights of Creators, including by not recording,
reproducing, sharing, communicating to the public or otherwise distributing their
Content without authorization.
9. Do not do anything that violates our or someone else's rights, including
intellectual property rights (examples of which are copyright, trademarks,
confidential information, and goodwill), personality rights, unfair competition,
privacy, and data protection rights.
10. Do not impersonate us, one of our employees, another User, or any other person
or company or falsely state or suggest any affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship
between you and us or any other person or company.
11. Do not provide false account registration information or make unauthorized use
of anyone else's information or Content.
12. Do not post or cause to be posted any Content which is spam, which has the
intention or effect of artificially increasing any Creator's views or interactions,
or which is otherwise inauthentic, repetitive, misleading or low quality.
13. Do not transmit, stream, or otherwise send any pre-recorded audio or video
material during a live stream or otherwise attempt to pass off recorded material as
a live stream.
14. Do not use other media or methods (for example the use of codewords or signals)
to communicate anything which violates this Policy.
15. Do not reproduce, print, distribute, attempt to download, modify, create
derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store
or transmit any Content, except as permitted under the Terms of Service.
16. Do not knowingly introduce any viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other
material into Content which is or may be malicious or technologically harmful.
17. Do not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, or otherwise attempt to
discover or derive the source code of Ocean.
18. Do not use Ocean in a way that could adversely affect our systems or security or
interfere with any other User's use of Ocean, including their ability to engage in
real-time activities through Ocean.
19. Do not use any automated program, tool or process (such as web crawlers, robots,
bots, spiders, and automated scripts) to access Ocean or any server, network or
system associated with Ocean, or to extract, scrape, collect, harvest or gather
Content or information from Ocean.
20. Do not use Ocean's name, logo or any related or similar names, logos, product
and service names, designs, or slogans other than in the limited ways which are
expressly permitted in the Terms of Service or with our prior written agreement.
Breaches of this Policy may lead to your account being suspended or terminated, and
access to your earnings being revoked, as set out in the Terms of Service.
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