Global Privacy Policy

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At OceanBlocks, we hold your personal information or data ('PersonalData') in the highest regard, handling it with utmost responsibility and transparency. This Global Privacy Notice ('Notice') is not just a legal requirement, but our sincere commitment to respecting your privacy. It is designed to comply with all relevant transparency requirements under applicable privacy or data protection laws. It explains how OceanBlocks, its subsidiaries, and affiliates (collectively 'we', 'our', 'us') collect, use, share, or otherwise process your Personal Data in association with your relationship with us.

This Notice applies to any Personal Data we may collect from you, including your Identity Information, Demographic Information, ContactInformation, Biometric Information, Contractual Information, CommercialInformation, Financial Information, Internet or Similar Network Activity,Sensory Data, and Professional or Employment-Related Information. We collect this data through our websites, trading platforms, applications, or partners accessed using your device (e.g., mobile, computer) or other offline means, such as when you attend our events or otherwise interact with us, as described below. If you wish to contact the OceanBlocks entity, which is the data controller for the service relevant to you, see the section 'How to exercise your rights or contact us.'

Please note that some jurisdictions might have adaptations or exemptions to the rights described below. These rights are under applicable privacy laws and regulations. However, we are committed to ensuring you have control over your data. You have the right to [access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or transfer] your Personal Data. You can exercise these rights by[contacting our Data Protection Officer, using the tools provided on our website, or by sending us a written request]. We may amend this Notice from time to time to keep it current with legal requirements and align it with how we manage and function as an organisation.

Subject to the laws and regulations that apply to the relevant jurisdiction, OceanBlocks may collect the following categories of Personal Data about you or your device:
‍Identity Information: Your full name, alias, username, marital status, title, date of birth, gender, state or national identification number, passport number, internet protocol address, signature, physical characteristics, or description.
‍Demographic Information: Age, race, colour, national origin, citizenship, marital status, and sex (including gender).
‍Contact Information: We retain billing addresses, delivery details, email addresses, and or telephone numbers.
‍Biometric Information: Fingerprints, face prints, voiceprints, keystrokes.
‍Contractual Information: The information we collect as part of the products and services we provide to you.
‍Commercial Information: Includes the data and records of your personal property, the products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, and even other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
‍Financial Information: Bank account and payment card details.
‍Internet or Similar Network Activity: We record your browsing history, search history, and information on a consumer's interaction with our website, linked applications, or advertisements. In addition, we record time zone settings, and the     location of your browser plug-in types and versions. The operating system used to access our platform and other technology or devices you may use to access our websites or applications.
‍Sensory Data is audio, visual, or similar information. We understand the sensitivity of this data and have implemented robust security measures to protect it, ensuring your safety and peace of mind.
‍Professional or Employment-Related Information: Your Education, current employment, and employment history.
‍Inferences Drawn from Other Personal Information: We may build a Profile reflecting a person's household, the individuals associated with your account(s), and interlinking information about your business relations with us.

(A) How We Collect Your Personal Data
We collect your Personal Data in various ways and from different sources. We may collect your Personal Data in the following ways. Please note that if you choose not to provide certain Personal Data, it may affect our ability to [provide you with certain products or services, process your transactions, or respond to your inquiries].
- Through direct interactions with you, such as when you fill out a form, send us mail or emails, call us, or interact with us in person.
- Interact directly with our clients or their agents, such as from documents our clients provide related to the services we perform.
- Indirectly from our clients or their agents, such as information collected while we provide services to them.
- Directly and indirectly from activity on our assets, such as websites or mobile applications, such as submissions through our website or usage details collected automatically.
- We collect from affiliates and third-party service providers (including marketing partners) acting on our behalf in relation to the services we provide.
- We also collect from publicly available sources, like your social media and the extent to which you have chosen to make your profile publicly visible.
- We also collate from automated technologies and the interactions that collect technical information about your equipment, browsing history, and patterns using cookies, server logs, or similar technologies.

(B) Sensitive Personal Data
The Personal Data that we collect from you may include sensitive Personal Data. We recognise that certain jurisdictions have enacted laws requiring higher protection for sensitive Personal Data. We comply with these jurisdictions' data and privacy laws applicable to sensitive personal data gathering. This data may include but is not limited to, an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, and membership of a trade union or professional association.

We, however, do not collect, use, share, sell or process sensitive Personal Data or criminal records unless required or permitted by law to do so. For instance, we may be required to collect, collate, use, share, or otherwise process your sensitive Personal Data or criminal records to perform (KYC) Know Your Customer checks to comply with applicable Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws. In such cases, we will ensure the highest level of security and confidentiality for this data.

(C) How We Use Your Personal Data
We use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To fulfil our contractual obligations, such as managing and administering your account. If you need to update or correct your Personal Data, you can do so by [logging into your account, contacting our customer service, or using the tools provided on our website].
- To comply with jurisdictional legal obligations, such as reporting to tax authorities, performing KYC checks, or preventing and detecting financial crime.
- With your consent, for purposes described at the time of collection.
- For purposes compatible with the original collection purpose, as described during interaction and data collection.
- We respond to law enforcement requests, court orders, or governmental regulations.

• For our legitimate  business interests, provided our use respects your privacy rights. Examples include [providing you with relevant product updates, tailoring our services to your needs, conducting market research to improve our offerings] and providing information on products or services you request.
• Sending email alerts, event registrations, social media activity, and other notices concerning our products, services, events, or news of interest to you, including through targeted messages and advertisements.
• Enforcing our rights arising from contracts between you and us. Improving our website and presenting its contents in a tailored and personalised manner.
• Improving our website and presenting its contents in a tailored and personalised manner.
• Conducting market analysis and product development.
• Authenticating you as an authorised user and facilitating communications between us.
• Evaluating or conducting mergers, divestitures, restructurings, reorganisations, dissolutions, or other sales or transfers of our assets, where your information is among the assets transferred.
• We monitor and record calls and electronic communications to process and verify instructions. We may also use the data for investigation, fraud prevention, crime detection and prevention, quality of service, business analysis, training, and related purposes.
• Operating our business in accordance with industry standards and applicable laws, including monitoring calls, responding to inquiries, preventing fraud, conducting research, obtaining advice, and governance, management and improvement purposes.

If you do not provide us with your Personal Data when requested, we may not be able to carry out these tasks.

(D) Marketing Communications and Your Preferences
We may utilise your Personal Data to market products and services to you. OceanBlocks may utilise and process your Personal Data and share it with our affiliates and service providers to provide you with thought environmental documents and materials, industry-specific information, invitations to relevant and related workshops, seminars, webinars, events and other communications or solicitations. We target and tailor offerings and communications based on your interests drawn from interaction with us through direct or indirect channels, like third-party vendors or partners. If you do not wish to receive offers or information from us, please manage your preferences by unsubscribing from unwanted links like our newsletter and carbon market updates via Linkedin or online.

(E) Cookies and Online Tracking
We use cookies on our platform's websites and linked applications.Cookies are tiny files stored on a computer. They are designed to hold very limited data specific to a user and enable a memory function between websites or applications to help tailor the user's experience.

(F) How We Share or Disclose Your Personal Data
We may share the categories of your Personal Data mentioned above with our service providers, affiliates and other third parties for our business purposes. When doing so, we will ensure your Personal Data is used in accordance with this Notice or establish a contract outlining the business purpose. This contract will require the recipient to maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Data and use it solely to fulfil the contract.

We may be required to disclose your Personal Data:

• To regulators, government agencies, exchanges, self-regulatory organisations, or law enforcement authorities.
• We will disclose the information if required by law or if we reasonably believe that such disclosure is necessary to prevent financial loss or physical harm or in connection with an investigation of suspected illegal activity.
• When necessary, we will disclose information to protect our rights, comply with a judicial or regulatory requirement, or pursue an individual's legitimate or vital interests.
• Types of Third Parties to Whom We May Share Your Personal Data.

We may disclose your Personal Data to the following categories of third parties:

• Our partners and affiliates.
• Our service providers with whom we have contractual arrangements to provide services on our behalf.
• Third parties that you, your agents, or the company you represent authorise us to share your Personal Data within connection to the products or services we provide to you.
• Regulators or other government agencies.
• Exchanges or other self-regulatory organisations.
• Law enforcement authorities.
• A successor entity in the event of a merger, acquisition, or similar transaction.

(G) No Sale of Personal Data
We do not sell any of your Personal Data, including the Personal Data of minors under 16, or as defined by applicable laws and regulations.

How We Transfer, Record, Store and Manage YourPersonal Data
We operate internationally and may share your Personal Data with organisations (including our affiliates and service providers) outside the jurisdiction where the data was initially collected. As our headquarters are located in the UAE, Personal Data collected from other countries is regularly transferred to the UAE for processing. This practice underscores our dedication to safeguarding your Personal Data, regardless of its location. Please be aware that Personal Data stored or processed in a foreign jurisdiction may be obtained under a lawful order issued in that jurisdiction.

How We Protect Your Personal Data
We are dedicated to safeguarding the security of your Personal Data. We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures per applicable laws to protect your Personal Data from unauthorised access, unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

How Long We Retain Your Personal Data
OceanBlocks will retain your Personal Data for as long as the organisation deems necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, such as providing our services or as required by applicable laws or regulations. In the event of a buyout or merger, the data retention period may extend beyond the termination of our relationship with you.

Your Data, Your Rights, Your Decision
Depending on the jurisdiction and subject to certain exceptions, you can exercise specific rights concerning your Personal Data. This section outlines these rights and how you can exercise them.

Access to Specific Information
You may have the right to request that we disclose specific details about our use of your personal data. Upon receiving and verifying your request, we will provide the following information (depending on your request or unless an exception applies):
- The categories of Personal Data we have collected about you.
- The categories of sources from which the Personal Data was obtained.
- The purposes for which we collect or share your Personal Data.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share your Personal Data.
- The specific pieces of Personal Data we have collected about you.

When specifically required, we will provide the specific pieces of Personal Data we have collected about you in a structured, commonly used, or machine-readable format and transmit it directly to another person or entity(data portability).
- Request the deletion or erasure of your Personal Data in certain circumstances. Request the rectification of your Personal Data if it needs to be updated or completed.
- Request the restriction of or object to processing your Personal Data in certain circumstances (e.g., for marketing purposes).
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Withdraw Your Consent
If we are using your consent to process or share your PersonalData, you have the right to revoke your consent, either in whole or in part, subject to certain exceptions outlined in applicable laws and regulations.Please be aware that this revocation will not impact the legality of any processing conducted prior to the withdrawal.

How to Exercise Your Rights or Contact Us
The main point of contact for any issues related to this Notice is our Data Protection Officer. If you wish to engage and exercise your rights, or if you have any questions or comments regarding this Notice or the processing of your Personal Data, please reach out to our Chief Privacy Officer or Data Protection Officer via email or through our website:
‍Email: PrivacyOffice@OceanBlocks.org
Website: Contact Us