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<strong>COOKIE POLICY</strong>
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<strong>Last updated August 16, 2021</strong>
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<p>This Cookie Policy explains how OceanHero GmbH ("<strong>Company</strong>", "<strong>we</strong>", "<strong>us</strong>", and"<strong>our</strong>") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at http://oceanhero.today, ("<strong>Websites</strong>").
It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use ofthem.
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<p>In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.</p>
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<strong>What are cookies?</strong>
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<p>Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.</p>
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<p>Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, OceanHero GmbH) are called "firstparty cookies".
Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called"third party cookies".
Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g.
like advertising, interactive content and analytics).
The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.</p>
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<strong>Why do we use cookies?</strong>
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<p>We use first and third party cookies for several reasons.
Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies.
Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on ourOnline Properties.
Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes.
This is described in more detail below.</p>
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<p>The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):</p>
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<strong>How can I control cookies?</strong>
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<p>You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.
You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager.The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject.
Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.</p>
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<p>The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website.
If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.
You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.</p>
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<p>In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising.
If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
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<p>The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties youvisit): </p>
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<strong>Essential website cookies:</strong>
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<p>These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
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<p>Name: __tlbcpv</p>
<p>Purpose: Used to record unique visitor views of the consent banner.</p>
<p>Provider: .termly.io</p>
<p>Service: Termly View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 1 year </p>
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<strong>Performance and functionality cookies:</strong>
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<p>These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of ourWebsites but are non-essential to their use.
However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.</p>
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<p>Name: _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress</p>
<p>Purpose: The cookie is set so Hotjar can track the beginning of the use's journey for a total session count.
It does not contain any identifiable information.
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<p>Provider: .oceanhero.today</p>
<p>Service: Hotjar View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 29 minutes</p>
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<strong>Analytics and customization cookies:</strong>
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<p>These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.</p>
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<p>Name: _hjid</p>
<p>Purpose: This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script.
It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser.
This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same userID.
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<p>Provider: .oceanhero.today</p>
<p>Service: hotjar View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 11 months 30 days</p>
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<p>Name: _hjIncludedInPageviewSample</p>
<p>Purpose: Understand the behavior of our users on our website and improve it for everyone.<br><br>United States<br>http_cookie<br>1 minute</p>
<p>Provider: marine-life.oceanhero.today</p>
<p>Service: Hotjar - View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 1 minute</p>
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<p>Name: _hjFirstSeen</p>
<p>Purpose: Understand user behavior on our website.
This allows us to im prove the service for our users.<br>
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<p>Provider: .oceanhero.today</p>
<p>Service: Hotjar - View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 29 minutes<br><br>
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<strong>Advertising cookies:</strong>
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<p>These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you.They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuouslyreappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in somecases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.</p>
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<p>Name: VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE</p>
<p>Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos.
YouTube collects user data through videos embedded inwebsites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.
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<p>Provider: .youtube.com</p>
<p>Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: server_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 5 months 27 days </p>
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<p>Name: test_cookie</p>
<p>Purpose: A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.<br>
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<p>Provider: .doubleclick.net</p>
<p>Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: server_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 15 minutes<br></p>
<p>Name: YSC</p>
<p>Purpose: YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing vi deos.
YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Goo gle services in order to display targeted advertising to web visit ors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
Use d by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user acc ount and most recent login time.</p>
<p>Provider: .youtube.com</p>
<p>Service: YouTube View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: session<br>
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<p>Name: IDE</p>
<p>Purpose: Used to measure the conversion rate of ads presented to the u ser.
Expires in 1.5 years.<br>
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<p>Provider: .doubleclick.net<br>
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<p>Service: DoubleClick View Service Privacy Policy<br>
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<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: server_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 1 year 11 months 29 days </p>
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<p>Name: _gcl_au</p>
<p>Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisemen t efficiency across websites using their services.
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<p>Provider: .oceanhero.today</p>
<p>Service: AdSense View Service Privacy Policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 2 months 29 days<br><br>
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<p>Name: access-token</p>
<p>Purpose: Cookie set by Microsoft Bing, who powers our search engine.
They use this cookie to optimize search results and ads for our users.
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<p>Provider: Bing</p>
<p>Service: Microsoft Bing View service privacy policy</p>
<p>Country: United States</p>
<p>Type: http_cookie</p>
<p>Expires in: 11 months<br>
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<strong>What about other tracking technologies, like webbeacons?</strong>
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<p>Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website.
We mayuse other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimescalled "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs").
These are tiny graphics files that contain aunique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited ourWebsites or opened an e-mail including them.
This allows us, for example, tomonitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, todeliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to thewebsite from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, toimprove site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketingcampaigns.
In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies tofunction properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.</p>
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<strong>Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?</strong>
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<p>Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local SharedObjects or "LSOs") to, among other things, collect and store information aboutyour use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.</p>
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<p>If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust thesettings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the toolscontained in the Website Storage Settings Panel.
You can also control FlashCookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following theinstructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how todelete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site),how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without yourbeing asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies thatare not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).</p>
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<p>Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of FlashCookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications,including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services oronline content.</p>
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<strong>Do you serve targeted advertising?</strong>
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<p>Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serveadvertising through our Websites.
These companies may use information aboutyour visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisementsabout goods and services that you may be interested in.
They may also employtechnology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements.
This canbe accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect informationabout your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you.
The information collectedthrough this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contactdetails or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to providethese.</p>
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<strong>How often will you update this Cookie Policy?</strong>
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<p>We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, forexample, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal orregulatory reasons.
Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stayinformed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
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<p>The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.</p>
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<strong>Where can I get further information?</strong>
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<p>If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, pleaseemail us at marvin.burman@oceanhero.today or by post to:</p>
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<p>OceanHero GmbH<br>Chausseestraße 108, Berlin, 10115, Germany<br>Email: reach out to us via our support system https://oceanhero.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new</p>
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