Last updated January 26, 2024
We are committed to protect and respect your privacy. This way we want to inform you how and why we collect your personal data. This note is regarding the protection of personal data, which we gather through our website with domain www.oceanvirtualassistant.com.
This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding the processing of your personal data through the www.oceanvirtualassistant.com website. For more information about processing activities carried out by us other than through the www.oceanvirtualassistant.com website, please see our privacy policy here.
The personal data controller is Ocean Virtual Assistant, Address: 789 SW Federal Highway, Suite 201 Stuart, FL 34994, Phone: 772-247-0269
We collect certain information from you when you visit our website. This information is further described below.
Information you provide to us
When you register for www.oceanvirtualassistant.com you will provide us the following personal data:
When you use www.oceanvirtualassistant.com in general
Each time you visit www.oceanvirtualassistant.com, we store a record of your use of the relevant platform in our database. If you are a corporate user, we will make this information available to your organisation on an aggregated and anonymised level.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, we also collect, create, process and store information that is not personal information such as sets of aggregate data and other generalized information, including information about browsing, usage and interactions and de-identified personal information that does not reveaFl your identity. We retain the right to use and disclose information that is not personal information in any manner permitted by law.
Personal data may be used in a form that does not allow your identification for the statistical purposes of data controller, such as data on website visits, statistics, etc.
We do not collect or process personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.
For information on cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Age of users
www.oceanvirtualassistant.com is not intended for and shall not be used by anyone under the age of 16. Personal data controller does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16 years old. If you are under the age of 16 years old, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website. If a parent or guardian believes that we have in our database the personal information of a child under the age of 16 please contact and we will use our best efforts to remove the information from our records.
The personal data controller is Ocean Virtual Assistant, Address: 789 SW Federal Highway, Suite 201 Stuart, FL 34994, Phone: 772-247-0269
We do not sell or share your personal information to third parties. However, we do disclose information about you and your usage of our website as follows:
We may also disclose information about you:
Our services are global and your information (including personal data) may be stored and processed in any country where we have operations or where we engage service providers, and we may transfer your information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country of residence.
The personal data that we collect from you may therefore be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA“) or the Republic of Serbia. It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA or the Republic of Serbia who work for us or for one of our suppliers or partners. Such staff or subcontractors may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order, the processing of your payment details or the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing outside of the EEA or the Republic of Serbia.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. In particular, this means that your personal data will only be transferred to a country that provides an adequate level of protection.
www.oceanvirtualassistant.com website is accessible via the Internet and may potentially be accessed by anyone around the world. This means that where you chose to post your data on the website, it could be accessed from anywhere around the world.
We protect the quality and integrity of your personal data and we have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to do so. We have implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from:
The technical and organisational measures that ensure a level of security imply:
All our employees who have access to and are associated with the processing of personal data, are required to respect the confidentiality of our visitors’ personal data.
All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers that we use. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of www.oceanvirtualassistant.com you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share any password with anyone.
Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. As a result, we strive to protect your personal information but cannot ensure or warrant the security of your information against any possible loss or unauthorized access
You have the right to request:
You can make a request in relation to any of the above rights by contacting us as set out at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will respond to such queries as soon as possible, but not later than 30 days.
If you do not want your personal information to be used by us for marketing purposes, you may opt out by choosing of such disclosures via our cookie manager.
Rights of individuals in the EEA
If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the following additional data protection rights:
You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “CONTACT INFORMATION” heading below.
Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. You can withdraw your consent by using the go to the data subject access request page and submitting a request or by contacting us using the contact details provided under the “CONTACT INFORMATION” heading below.
You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. Contact details for data protection authorities in the European Economic Area are available here. We would, however, appreciate an opportunity to address your complaint before you approach the supervisory authority so please contact us in the first instance with any complaints you may have by sending an email.
We may send push notifications or emails from time to time in order to update you about any service updates, events and promotions we may be running. If you no longer wish to receive these communications, please disable these in the settings on your device or please opt out by clicking the “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of any email. Once you do this, you will no longer receive any emails from us.
Legal Basis For Using EEA Personal Data
If you are located in the European Economic Area, our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. Usually, we rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the Contact Information section of this Privacy Policy.
CCPA Privacy Notice
The California Code of Regulations defines a "resident" as:
All other individuals are defined as "non-residents."
If this definition of "resident" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information.
When you visit or log in to our website, cookies and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with other personal information they or others have about you, including by association with your email or home address. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these email or home addresses. You may opt out of receiving this advertising by visiting https://app.retention.com/optout
We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for:
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
How do we use and share your personal information?
www.oceanvirtualassistant.com collects and shares your personal information through:
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.
You may contact us by email at office@crazeandfriends.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Will your information be shared with anyone else?
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for- profit entity that processes the information on our behalf, following the same strict privacy protection obligations mandated by the CCPA.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be "selling" of your personal information.www.oceanvirtualassistant.com has not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. www.oceanvirtualassistant.com has disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months:
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed — Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information
Verification process
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for the purposes of verification. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additionally provided information as soon as we finish verifying you.
Other privacy rights
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at info@oceanvirtualassistant.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of Virginia, you may be granted specific rights regarding access to and use of your personal information.
Virginia CDPA Privacy NoticeUnder the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA):
If this definition "consumer" applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal data.
The information we collect, use, and disclose about you will vary depending on how you interact with www.oceanvirtualassistant.com and our Services. To find out more, please visit the following links:
Your rights with respect to your personal data:
www.oceanvirtualassistant.com has not sold any personal data to third parties for business or commercial purposes. www.oceanvirtualassistant.com will not sell personal data in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
Exercise your rights provided under the Virginia CDPA
More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice.You may contact us by email at office@crazeandfriends.com, by submitting a data subject access request, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.
Verification process
We may request that you provide additional information reasonably necessary to verify you and your consumer's request. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request. Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue delay, but in all cases, within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period may be extended once by forty-five (45) additional days when reasonably necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period, together with the reason for the extension.
Right to appeal
If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal our decision, please email us at office@crazeandfriends.com. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal if denied, you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.
We retain personal data for as long as necessary for the relevant activity for which it was provided or collected, but no longer than two years since the date you have provided us with your personal data. This will be for as long as we provide access to www.oceanvirtualassistant.com to you, your account with us remains open or any period set out in any relevant contract you have with us. However, we may keep some data after your account is closed or you cease using www.oceanvirtualassistant.com for the purposes set out below.
After you have closed your account or ceased using www.oceanvirtualassistant.com for a period of at least 90 days, we delete personal data, however we may retain personal data where reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, resolve disputes, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or fulfil your request to “unsubscribe” from further messages from us.
We will retain de-personalised information after your account has been closed. Please note: After you have closed your account or deleted information from your account, any information you have shared with others will remain visible. We do not control data that other users may have copied from www.oceanvirtualassistant.com. Your profile may continue to be displayed in the services of others (e.g. search engine results) until they refresh their cache.
Processing of your personal datais is carried out by automated means, unless you opt out of it during the first visit of our website, or later via cookie manager.
Links to other websites
www.oceanvirtualassistant.com may contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy and cookie policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites