Welcome! The Ocean Futures web site brings you the latest information about Ocean Futures and provides a first hand look at some of the activities and research we are involved with. It also provides you with exciting opportunities to get involved and to interact with other's who share your love and concerns for our oceans and marine life.

Personal information obtained by Ocean Futures on our web site is kept private and used exclusively for purposes of maintaining membership rosters, fulfilling shipments of on-line purchases, improving our web site and notifying members by e-mail, when requested, about Ocean Futures upcoming activities or web site updates.

Ocean Futures uses the most advanced security available today for online transactions and e-commerce. We use Secure Socket Layers (SSL) to encrypt personal information you enter into a form before being sent across the Internet to our web server. You can feel confident that your personal information is safe from unauthorized access and will not be used in an inappropriate manner.

Any information we gather from e-mail that you may send to us is reviewed and used to enhance the features and content of our web site, or to respond to you regarding your inquiry or request for information.

If you are under the age of 18, we require your parent or guardian's consent before you provide personal information to us. Also, if you are ever unsure about anything you are reading or seeing on this site, ask your parent or guardian for assistance. Children registering with Ocean Futures will never be asked to disclose personal information beyond First Name, email address and age. We require children who register to provide the email address of a parent or guardian. A parent may review their childs information on record with our organization by sending written request including phone number to

Registration
Ocean Futures Society
325 Chapala Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

An Ocean Futures employee will contact you regarding your request.

Under no circumstances does Ocean Futures collect personal information that you do not explicitly provide to us. This includes any information that we may store in a cookie file to facilitate the functionality of our web site. Personal information is not used or shared in any other way. Under no circumstances do we sell or distribute personal information to 3rd parties. This is true with all information we collect from our web site.

If at any time you want to update the contact information we have for you, or you no longer wish to receive email notices regarding site updates, press releases or other Ocean Futures' activities, let us know simply by sending an email to registration@oceanfutures.com. Please be sure to include in the message body the username and e-mail address you used to register, along with a brief description of your request so that we can process your request promptly.

We use a site statistics engine to collect information about how visitors found the Ocean Futures site, which pages they visit, how long they stayed at the Ocean Futures web site, the types of browsers they use, etc. The collected information does not include any personal information about you. We use this statistical information in order to make decisions on how to improve our site to better meet the needs of our visitors.

We reserve the right to change this statement at any time, so visit this page from time to time to check for changes. For additional information about our Web site, please see our Terms and Conditions of Use.