Terms & Privacy

TLDR – If you register to the Marea API, we keep your email address only for purpose of providing the API. Nothing else. We share the email with the service providers only when it is inevitable. Apart from the email, we do not track any other personal information.

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Introduction

Marea API operates the https://api.marea.ooo website, which provides the Service.

This page is used to inform website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service, the Marea API website.

If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this document.

Disclaimer

Marea API provides tide forecasts with global Ocean coverage. Predictions are based on historical tidal gauge data and satellite altimetry. The model does not take into account, for example, current weather and seismic activity so is NOT suitable for navigational purposes or any other usage where one can be harmed or suffer damage.

Marea API does not warrant that the provided data will be free from errors or omissions.

Information Collection and Use

We do collect personal information in case a visitor decides to register for Service use. User needs to provide email address which is then stored and used for authentication to Service. Email can be used to contact the visitor about new API announcements, outages, payment problems etc.

User can delete the account at any time. In that case, the email address is deleted from our servers immediately.

Log data

We would like to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect the information your browser sends us which is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address, the browser version, the specific pages you visit on our Service, the time and date of your visit and other statistics. We do not use any service provider for this functionality. We keep Log Data in our storage for two weeks to be able to debug potential problems. Log Data are deleted after the retention period (2 weeks).

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data which are commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive. Our website does not store any personal information inside the "cookies".

Service Providers

We use few services providing us some functionality we don't need to implement ourselves. But to be able to use the provided functionality, we need to share some data with the service providers. Please see below the list of providers we are using.

Gumroad

We use Gumroad as the payment gateway and subscription management. As the result we don't need to store the user banking details. The payment credentials are stored via Gumroad with their Terms Of Service and Privacy Policy. We only prefill the user's email (when logged in) in the Gumroad payment form.

Mailjet

We use Mailjet as email delivery service. We share whole email we want to send with the Mailjet (as they are in fact responsible for sending the mail), but we disabled any email tracking (like tracking if the email was opened, links clicked etc).

Rollbar

We use Rollbar as exception notifier. In case there is an error in the system, we report it to the Rollbar to be able to debug the error. For now we are sharing only our internal IDs (if necessary) and we are redacting all personal information such as email, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, sensitive query params and headers etc.

Plausible

We use Plausible as privacy focused Google Analytics alternative to track the usage of the website. Plausible track visitors without using cookies and without collecting any personal data or personally identifiable information. You can read more at Plausible: Privacy focused Google Analytics alternative.

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. Once you click on a third-party link, you will be redirected to that site. Please note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We do not have any control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we delete this from our servers immediately. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with the personal information, please contact us so we are able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Terms & Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.