Effective Date: November 13, 2024
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance (ZEMBA) (“we,” “our,” “us”), a non-profit organization is a first-of-its-kind buyers group within the maritime sector, the aim of which is to accelerate commercial deployment of zero-emission shipping, enable economies of scale, and help cargo owners maximize emissions reduction potential beyond what any one freight buyer could accomplish alone.
This Privacy Policy tells you how we collect, uses and share information we collect on our website [www.shipzemba.org] and any related applications (“Site”) effective as of the date posted above. By using the Site and submitting information you agree that we may use and disclose your information according to the terms of this Policy.
Information Collected and How It is Used
We automatically collect information when you visit the Site including your device’s IP address, and statistics about how you use the Site.
We collect information that you submit when visiting the site including contact information if you contact us with an inquiry (email address, telephone number). We may also allow creation accounts and, if so, we may collect contact information about you and your company or other information you choose to submit.
We use the collected information for our general operational purposes such as to improve our Site, fulfill our mission, and offer information about products or services that we think you may find of interest. We use your contact information to respond to your inquiries or to provide information on products or services to you.
We may use cookies, pixels, and similar technology to collect aggregate (non-personal) information about Site usage by all of our visitors and to help us remember you when you revisit the Site. These cookies may stay on your browser into the future until they expire or you delete them. We also use cookies and similar technology to allow the Site to function. These cookies usually are erased when you close your browser window. Further general information about cookies and how they work is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.
We may allow selected third parties to place cookies, pixels or other tracking technologies through the Site to provide us with better insights into the use of the Site or user demographics or to provide relevant advertising to you. These third parties may collect information about a consumer’s online activities over time and across different websites when they use our website. We may also permit third party service providers to place cookies through our Site to perform analytic or marketing functions. We do not control the use of such third party cookies or the resulting information and we are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
We presently do not use technology that recognizes a “do-not-track” signal from your web browser.
Children’s Privacy
This Site is not designed nor intended to be attractive to use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 please do not submit any information to us.
Accessing Your Information and Your Choices
You can update, amend or delete information you previously provided to us at any time by emailing us at info@shipzemba.org.
You can choose not to receive promotional emails from us by “unsubscribing” using the instructions in any email you receive from us. This will not stop us from sending emails about your account or your transactions with us.
You can choose to delete or block cookies by setting your browser to either reject all cookies or to allow cookies only from selected sites. If you block cookies performance of the Site may be impaired and certain features may not function at all.
Disclosing Your Information
We may reveal information about you to unaffiliated third parties: (1) if you request or authorize it; (2) if the information is provided to help complete a transaction for you; (3) if the information is provided to comply with the law, applicable regulations, governmental and quasi-governmental requests, court orders or subpoenas, to enforce our Terms of Use or other agreements, or to protect our rights, property or safety or the rights, property or safety of our users or others (e.g., to a consumer reporting agency for fraud protection etc.); (4) if the disclosure is done as part of a purchase, transfer or sale of services or assets (e.g., in the event that substantially all of our assets are acquired by another party, customer information may be one of the transferred assets); (5) if the information is provided to our agents, outside vendors or service providers to perform functions on our behalf (e.g., analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing customer service, processing orders, etc.); or (6) as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.
We do not share your information with third parties for their marketing purposes.
Security
We use reasonable technical, administrative and physical measures to protect information contained in our system against unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, loss or alteration. We may use standard encryption technology to protect information being transferred to our site, but no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. If we receive instructions using your log-in information we will consider that you have authorized the instructions.
Data Processing and Cross-Border Data Transfers
Our Site is maintained on servers located in the United States, and personal information submitted is stored on our servers in the United States. If you are visiting our Site from outside the United States, please be advised that your information is transferred to our U.S. servers. Disclosing your personal information to us pursuant to this Privacy Policy is at your own risk. We strive to comply with laws of jurisdictions in which we maintain operations but we make no representations that the practices described in this Privacy Policy are compliant with laws outside those jurisdictions that apply to the collection, security, use and disclosure of personal information.
Notice to California Residents
Your California Privacy Rights. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing use unless we have your permission.
Consumer Privacy Notices
At this time ZEMBA is not required to comply with. We will update this Privacy Policy when we qualify for coverage under the CCPA.
Notice to Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Virginia and Utah Residents
We are not subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA), the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Personal Data Privacy Act, Florida Digital Bill of Rights, the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act, the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, or the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. If we become subject to any of these laws in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly.
Notice to Nevada Residents
We do not transfer personal information for monetary consideration. If you would like to tell us not to sell your information in the future please email us at info@shipzemba.org with your name, postal address, telephone number and email address with “Nevada do not sell” in the subject line.
Notice to Residents of the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area
If you are a visitor from the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area (EEA), you may have the following rights in certain circumstances:
- To request access to any Personal Information we hold about you (“Subject Access Request”) as well as related information, including the purposes for processing the Personal Information, the recipients or categories of recipients with whom the Personal Information has been shared, where possible, the period for which the Personal Information will be stored, the source of the Personal Information, and the existence of any automated decision making;
- To obtain without undue delay the rectification of any inaccurate Personal Information we hold about you;
- To request that Personal Information held about you is deleted;
- To prevent or restrict processing of your Personal Information; and
- To request transfer of Personal Information directly to a third party where this is technically feasible.
You can exercise any of these rights by contacting us using the details under “Contacting us” below. We aim to respond to requests made by you within one (1) month but may extend that period by two (2) further months where necessary. Also, where you believe that we have not complied with its obligation under this Privacy Policy or UK or EEA law, you have the right to make a complaint to a UK or an EU Data Protection Authority.
This Policy describes our legal basis for collecting and using personal information, including with your consent, to comply with our legal obligations, or when we have a lawful basis or legitimate interest where doing so does not override your data protection interests or fundamental rights.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your Personal Information, or object to the use of your Personal Information on these grounds, please contact us at the address provided under the “Contacting Us” heading below.
Links to Other Sites
We may permit others to link to this Site or to post a link to their site on ours. We do not endorse these sites and are not responsible for other sites or their privacy practices. Please read their privacy policies before submitting information.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. The Policy in effect at the time you use the Site governs how we may use your information. If we make material changes we will post the revised Policy and the revised effective date on this Site. Please check back here from time to time to review any changes.
Contacting Us
This Site is owned and operated by the Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance. You can contact us by visiting our Contact Us page or at info@shipzemba.org.
