Privacy policy

Information sent through the contact form

The contact form collects your name, email address and message. We use them only to reply to you and to act on your message (for example, to correct an article), and we do not share them with third parties except where required by law.

Messages are delivered to and kept in the site operator's mailbox. To prevent bulk submissions, we record the sender's IP address for one day only, in a form that cannot be reversed (a keyed hash).

Analytics

This site may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to measure how the site is used, but does not collect information such as your name that identifies you personally.

You can opt out with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout). See Google's policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) for how the data is used.

Advertising

This site plans to use a third-party advertising service (Google AdSense). Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to show ads based on your previous visits to this site and other websites.

You can turn off personalized advertising in Google's Ad Settings (https://adssettings.google.com), and opt out of third-party vendors' cookies at www.aboutads.info.

Delivery (Cloudflare)

This site is delivered through the network of Cloudflare, Inc. (United States). When you view a page, information such as your IP address and browser type passes through Cloudflare's servers and is processed to prevent abuse and to investigate problems. Messages from the contact form are also delivered to the operator by email through Cloudflare's services.

Maps, videos and comments

Maps in articles show map images from EMODnet Bathymetry (seafloor relief) and OpenStreetMap (place names). When a map is displayed, your IP address and similar information are sent to these servers.

YouTube videos in articles do not load the YouTube player until you press the play button (only a thumbnail is shown). When you play a video, your browser connects to Google's servers in privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com), which does not use cookies.

Where a comment section is shown, it uses GitHub Discussions, and posting a comment requires a GitHub account.

Information stored in your browser

Your display setting (light or dark theme) is stored only in your browser and is not sent to this site.

Access, correction and deletion

If you would like us to disclose, correct or delete the information you sent through the contact form, please contact us through the contact page. We will respond after confirming your identity.

Changes

We may update this policy to reflect changes in law or in the services we use. Changes take effect when they are published on this page.