EFFECTIVE date: 10th August 2022

This privacy policy sets out how Aries International Maritime Research Institute (AIMRI) uses and protects any information that you give when you use its mobile application – Efficiency Improvement System Management (EFFISM). This privacy policy describes how and why we may collect, store, use and/or share information when you use our services, such as when you download or use our mobile application EFFISM or any other application that links to this policy. Aries International Maritime Research Institute (AIMRI) may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Personal Information

When you install our mobile app or navigate through it, we may collect the following information:

• Name, address, company name and job title
• Contact information including email address, social media address
• Sensitive Information like health records, when necessary, with your consent or otherwise permitted by applicable law
• We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details like Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media accounts. If you choose, to register this way we will collect the information.
• We may request access or permission to track location-based information from your mobile device to provide certain location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions you may do so by changing your device settings.
• We may request access or permission to certain features from your device including calendar, contacts, reminders, sms messages, social media accounts and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions you may do so by changing your device settings.
• If you are using our application, we will automatically collect your device, browser type and version, IP, and network information etc.
• We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application. If you wish to opt out you may turn them off in your device’s settings.

All the above information is primarily needed for security and operation of our application, troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
All information that you provide must be true, complete and accurate. Any changes in the personal information must be notified to us.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• To allow you to create your personal account in the application, and keep your account in working order.
• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our services, communicate with you for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for feedback purposes. We may contact you by email or phone. We may use the information to customize the application according to your interests.
• To respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues that you may encounter
• For fraud monitoring and prevention

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cookie Usage

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies.

Links to other websites

Our application may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our app, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways: By not registering with us as a registered user, and continuing to exercise your right to browse.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

If you belong to European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK) and Canada, you have the rights that allow you greater access to control your personal information. You may review, change or terminate your account any time.

Account Information

If you would at any time want to review, change the information or cancel your account, you can do so by logging in using your account settings and update the details or contact us using the contact information provided.

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request to the personal information we collect from you, change information or delete it. To request to review, update or delete your personal information please submit a request form.

Compliance with children's online privacy protection act

Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Site from those we actually know are under 13. All content on our site and application structured to attract anyone under 13, can be accessed only by those with elderly consents.

Contact

If your have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, you may email us at [email protected]