Privacy statement The National Maritime Museum respects the privacy of every individual who visits our Website. We operate in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Your information Information about you may be collected when you visit our Website either by automatic tracking devices (see 'Tracking our visitors' below) or, more directly, where you request a specific service, such as contributing to the your ocean online debate (your say). You are most likely to submit personal information when you send us feedback or join in the your ocean debate (your say). Similarly, if an individual requests information or orders prints from the picture library a certain amount of information is required in order to fulfil the order. We only use this information to supply the services that have been requested and to monitor and improve the quality of our Website. It is the Museum's policy not to distribute or sell your information on to any third party. Tracking our visitors The Museum monitors how people use the Website and aggregates general statistics about customers, traffic patterns and related site information in an anonymous form. In order to collect this data the Museum uses software on the Website that collects statistics from IP data. This software can determine what times of day people access our site, which country they access the Website from, how long they visit the site for, what browser they are using etc. This information is collected primarily to measure the popularity of the site as a whole and particular content, allowing us to judge visitor needs and tailor future content. Contributing to the your ocean website Contributions must be civil and tasteful No unlawful or objectionable content You may not refer to specific URLs (web site addresses) If you decide to submit a comment to the your ocean website you agree to grant the Museum a perpetual, irrevocable and worldwide non exclusive license to use, copy, modify and adapt and make publicly available your contribution and/or to include your comments in other future works in any media in accordance with privacy restrictions set out in the Museum’s privacy policy (see ‘Your information’ above). By submitting your contribution to the your ocean website, you warrant that your contribution: is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to the Museum for all the purposes specified above; is not defamatory; and does not infringe any law If you are under 16, please get a parent or guardian’s permission before taking part in any your ocean discussion. Glossary of technical terms IP (Internet Protocol) All networks connected to the Internet use this technical standard, which allows data to be transmitted between two devices. IP ensures that messages get from one host to another and that messages are understood. Browser The most common browsers are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. They are used to find and display Web pages. Web server A server delivers Web pages to your personal computer. Further information and requests The Data Controller is the Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Museum, but to request any information in respect of the Website please write to: Online Projects National Maritime Museum Greenwich London SE10 9NF Copyright © National Maritime Museum The your ocean website has been produced by World Archipelago Internet Ltd 2005