OCE News - Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: 12 July 2025

At OCE News, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit ocenews.com or interact with our official profiles on other websites (such as our social media pages).

This policy covers:

  • Information we receive (when you provide it, visit ocenews.com, subscribe to updates, or interact with our official presences on third-party sites)
  • How this information is used
  • Sharing of this information
  • Data retention
  • Third-party tools and sites
  • Children and privacy
  • Security

If you have questions about this policy or suggestions for its improvement, please contact us at: info@ocenews.com

1. Information Received and Retained by OCE News Online Platforms

Information You Give Us

You do not have to provide OCE News with any personal information to browse ocenews.com. However, for some services, we may need personal details such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, and other contact or identifying information that you choose to provide. For example:

  • Our “Contact OCE News” form asks for basic contact information so we can respond to your enquiry.
  • When you submit news tips, comments, or stories, we may ask for your name, location, and email address.
  • We may ask for personal information from people registering for OCE News events, giveaways, or competitions.

Visits to ocenews.com

When you visit our site, the following basic information may be automatically collected and stored by our hosting servers:

  • Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
  • Your internet domain name
  • Information about your device and browser (e.g., type and version of web browser, operating system, screen resolution, and connection speed)
  • The pages on ocenews.com that you visit
  • The referring website address, if you accessed ocenews.com via another site
  • The amount of data transmitted to your device

We also use web measurement and customisation technologies (such as “cookies”). You can choose not to accept cookies from any website, including ours, by adjusting your browser settings.

2. Email Subscriptions

When you subscribe to OCE News email updates, we store your name and email address, along with any additional information you choose to provide. We also collect automatically generated email data to improve our communications, such as:

  • Whether the email was opened
  • If a link in the message was clicked
  • If an email was delivered successfully
  • If the email was forwarded

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in any OCE News email.

3. Third-Party Websites

OCE News maintains official pages on third-party websites (such as Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter, and YouTube). Your activity on those sites is governed by the third party’s privacy policy. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies and adjusting your account settings on those platforms.

4. How Information is Used

  • Contact you and respond to your enquiries
  • Provide you with the content or services you requested
  • Analyse usage trends and improve our site and services
  • Detect and prevent fraudulent or harmful activity
  • Tailor email content based on your interests (if you are a subscriber)

5. Sharing of Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share it only:

  • With trusted service providers who help operate our website and services (under confidentiality agreements)
  • If required by law, court order, or to respond to legal processes
  • To prevent or address potential security threats or fraudulent activity

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

7. Third-Party Tools and Cookies

OCE News uses analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to better understand how visitors use our site. These services may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited, but do not identify you personally.

Some third-party content on our site (such as embedded videos or social media posts) may use cookies. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some site features may not function as intended.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us so we can delete it.

9. Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These include SSL encryption, firewalls, and access controls.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any significant changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Effective Date.”

Contact Us: For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please email: info@ocenews.com