Terms of use - Ocean Central

Welcome to Wave’s website, located at www.oceancentral.org (“Site”), which provides access to data, tools, and resources for advancing ocean conservation and restoration. By using this Site, you agree to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. Please review them carefully. If you do not agree with these Terms, do not use this Site.

This Site is available to users aged 13 or older. By using this Site, you represent and warrant that you are at least 13 years of age. If you do not meet these age requirements, you must not access or use this Site.

We reserve the right to modify or discontinue any part of this Site at any time without notice. You are responsible for ensuring that your access to the Site complies with these Terms. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to make changes to, or to stop making available, all or any portion of this Site or any materials made available through it, including without limitation adding or removing features or functionality, at any time, without notice.

You may use the materials on this Site for personal, non-commercial purposes. You agree not to:

• Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
• Reproduce, distribute, modify, or publicly display the Site or its materials, except as explicitly permitted.
• Engage in activities that harm, overload, or interfere with the Site.
• Use automated means to access the Site, except for public search engines indexing for searchability.
• If you use our content, you must provide proper attribution to Wave as specified by our guidelines.

You must not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit the Site or any of the Materials made available through our Site, except that: (a) your computer may temporarily store copies of such Materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those Materials; (b) you may store files that are automatically cached by your browser for display enhancement purposes; and (c) you may take such actions as are enabled or permitted by the specific terms and conditions of any social media features or third-party links that we may provide. Except as expressly provided in this paragraph, no other copying or use of the Materials is permitted. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be construed as conferring any license or other rights in the Materials, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise.

Your use of the Materials being provided is subject to these Terms. You remain solely responsible for your use of the Materials.

The content on this Site is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (for applicable materials). You may use data, charts, maps, and other resources for personal or non-commercial purposes as long as you give proper credit to Wave and the originator of the data utilized.

If you register for an account, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activities under your account. Please notify us immediately of any unauthorized access or security breach.

Our Site may include third-party data, which is subject to the licensing terms of those sources. Please review any applicable licenses before using third-party content, as you are responsible for complying with their terms.

This Site and its contents are provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We disclaim all warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Wave and/or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries or partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or exemplary damages arising from your use of the Site.

All disputes will be subject to the Laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and will be resolved by the national courts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. You waive the right to participate in class actions.

We may update these Terms at any time, and changes are effective immediately upon posting. Continued use of the Site after any changes shall be deemed a full acceptance of the updated Terms.

We use Google Analytics to track user behavior on the site to better understand how it is used and to make improvements. Google Analytics collects anonymous data about your usage patterns and helps us optimize the user experience.

We use Mailchimp for email signup services to allow users to register their email for future communications from the Wave team. Users may opt out of these communications at any time via the unsubscribe link in our emails. We will never sell or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

The user hereby undertakes that he shall not take any legal action against WAVE or any of its employees or staff in charge of managing, maintaining, updating, or providing website services. He/She shall also hold wave harmless against any commitments, liabilities and compensations arising from the use of such services, whether the user breaches these Terms use or violates any of the laws in force in either the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the place where he lives, or otherwise.

WAVE Site and the services, information, materials provided or accessed through it shall be provided to the user on "as is" or "as available" basis without any acknowledgements, promises or guarantees whatsoever. WAVE shall not guarantee or assume any liability for any failures, errors or violations that could arise from using its Site or its contents or any other website linked thereto, whether with or without its knowledge.

The user shall not have the right to own or guarantee the confidentiality of any communications or information that he may send via the services of this Site. Moreover, any use or interactive use that such services involve shall not guarantee any rights, licenses or privileges of any kind to the user.

In case of any conflicts between these Terms and any additional agreements between you and Wave, the additional agreement will prevail. If any provision of these Terms is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain effective.

By using this Site, you agree to these Terms. For any questions, please contact us at info@thewave.global.

Effective Date: 25 October 2024
Last Updated: 25 October 2024