MAPPPD Terms of Use (v 3.0, 090921)

MAPPPD is an open access decision support tool made available at www.penguinmap.com and its subdomains (e.g., www.penguinmap.com/mapppd) and designed to aid in the dissemination of penguin population data for the Antarctic continent. As such, MAPPPD data may be shared with other scientific web portals, subject to these Terms of Use.
The users of MAPPPD are strongly encouraged to cite the original data source when using data from MAPPPD.
In these Terms of Use, "user" means any individual that queries data, downloads data, and/or otherwise accesses information on MAPPPD.

General Terms

  1. MAPPPD was developed for users in the scientific, educational, and policy communities.
  2. All users of MAPPPD must abide by these Terms of Use. Any user who does not agree to these Terms of Use is prohibited from using MAPPPD.
  3. The copyright to MAPPPD is owned by Oceanites unless otherwise stated.
  4. These Terms of Use may be updated at any time; any such updated versions will be accessible on MAPPPD. A user's continued use of MAPPPD after any such update shall indicate that the user agrees to the updated Terms of Use.
  5. Oceanites also reserves the right to change MAPPPD at any time, including to make corrections or amendments.

Restrictions

  1. Users may not copy or use material or data from MAPPPD for commercial use, except for use by the media, by Antarctic expedition operators or with the express written consent of Oceanites.

Limitation of Liability

  1. Oceanites will not be liable for any damages associated with the use of MAPPPD whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, including any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages. This includes any damages from use or loss of use, loss of data or profits arising from the use of MAPPPD.

Warranty Disclaimers

  1. MAPPPD is made available on an "as is, as available" basis only, without warranty or guarantee of any kind.
  2. Oceanites hereby disclaims, and each user hereby waives, all representations, warranties or guarantees of any kind, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purposes, non-infringement and data accuracy.
  3. While Oceanites uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, Oceanites makes no warranty or guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of any materials available through MAPPPD. Use of MAPPPD is at the sole risk of the user.
  4. Oceanites does not guarantee uninterrupted service, or uninterrupted ability to access MAPPPD, or that the use of MAPPPD will be completely secure. Oceanites is not responsible for slow loading times due to any cause, including slow internet connections or sluggish computer performance on the user side.
  5. Geographic names in MAPPPD do not imply any expression of opinion by Oceanites.

Governing Law

  1. These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the District of Columbia without any regard to its conflicts of law rules.

Cookie usage

One of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by MAPPPD and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at [email protected]

Log Files

MAPPPD follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, MAPPPD uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of MAPPPD. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on MAPPPD, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that MAPPPD has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

MAPPPD's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

MAPPPD does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in MAPPPD. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Cookie policy

This cookie policy ("Policy") describes what cookies are and how Website Operator ("Website Operator", "we", "us" or "our") uses them on the penguinmap.com website and any of its products or services (collectively, "Website" or "Services").

You should read this Policy so you can understand what type of cookies we use, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used. It also describes the choices available to you regarding accepting or declining the use of cookies. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data stored in text files that are saved on your computer or other devices when websites are loaded in a browser. They are widely used to remember you and your preferences, either for a single visit (through a "session cookie") or for multiple repeat visits (using a "persistent cookie").

Session cookies are temporary cookies that are used during the course of your visit to the Website, and they expire when you close the web browser.

Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences within our Website and remain on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your computer. They ensure a consistent and efficient experience for you while visiting our Website or using our Services.

Cookies may be set by the Website ("first-party cookies"), or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website ("third party cookies"). These third parties can recognize you when you visit our website and also when you visit certain other websites.

What type of cookies do we use?

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies allow us to offer you the best possible experience when accessing and navigating through our Website and using its features. For example, these cookies let us recognize that you have created an account and have logged into that account to access the content.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies let us operate the Website and our Services in accordance with the choices you make. For example, we will recognize your username and remember how you customized the Website and Services during future visits.

Analytical cookies

These cookies enable us and third-party services to collect aggregated data for statistical purposes on how our visitors use the Website. These cookies do not contain personal information such as names and email addresses and are used to help us improve your user experience of the Website.

What are your cookie options?

If you don't like the idea of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can change your browser's settings to delete cookies that have already been set and to not accept new cookies. To learn more about how to do this or to learn more about cookies, visit internetcookies.org

Changes and amendments

We reserve the right to modify this Policy relating to the Website or Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Policy on the Website. When we do we will post a notification on the main page of our Website. Continued use of the Website after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. Policy was created with WebsitePolicies.

Acceptance of this policy

You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By using the Website or its Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its Services.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us.

This document was last updated on January 3, 2022

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.