Last updated: 11 October 2026
Ships Archive operates shipsarchive.com. This policy explains how personal information is handled when you browse the website, contact us or use an available subscription or contribution feature.
For privacy questions or requests, contact contact@shipsarchive.com.
Information you provide
If you contact us, we receive the information you choose to send, such as your name, email address, message and attachments.
If you subscribe to updates, we receive the subscription information requested by the form, normally your email address.
If comments or contribution forms are enabled, we receive the information submitted through those features. Information you choose to publish in a comment may be visible to other visitors.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
Information collected through the website
Ships Archive is hosted on WordPress.com. Hosting and related services may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser and device details, referring pages, access times and activity on the site.
Depending on the features enabled, this information is used to deliver pages, maintain security, prevent spam, produce usage statistics and support subscriptions or other requested functions.
Automattic explains its handling of visitors’ information in its Privacy Notice for Visitors to Our Users’ Sites.
How information is used
We use personal information as needed to:
Operate and protect the website.
Respond to enquiries and correction requests.
Assess submitted photographs, documents and permissions.
Send updates that you have requested.
Understand how the website is used.
Maintain records of consent and rights permissions.
Meet applicable legal obligations.
Support advertising where it is enabled and permitted.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. The website and its service providers may also use similar technologies to remember choices, provide functions, measure activity and support advertising.
Some technologies are necessary to provide the service or maintain security. Others, including certain analytics and advertising technologies, require your consent in some jurisdictions.
Where consent is required, optional technologies should operate only after the appropriate choice has been recorded. You can revisit available choices through the website’s privacy controls.
Browser settings also allow you to block or delete cookies. Doing so may affect some website functions.
Google AdSense and advertising
Ships Archive may display advertising through Google AdSense if the service is activated.
When Google advertising is enabled, third party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to select advertisements using information about visits to this and other sites. Advertising services may also process identifiers, IP addresses, device information and interactions for purposes such as ad delivery, measurement and fraud prevention.
Some older privacy notices refer to Google’s “DoubleClick DART cookie.” This policy uses the broader term “Google advertising cookies”; it does not assert that a cookie specifically named DART is installed.
You can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings. Google explains its practices in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and its advertising information.
Other participating advertising vendors may use their own cookies or similar technologies. When these vendors are enabled, their identities, purposes and relevant privacy information are provided through the consent interface or an associated vendor list.
You can also explore industry opt-out tools at YourAdChoices and Your Online Choices.
Opting out of personalised advertising does not necessarily remove advertisements. Browser-based choices may need to be repeated on another browser or device.
Who may receive information
Information may be processed by providers that support hosting, communications, subscriptions, security, statistics and advertising, according to the services in use.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to a valid legal request, protect rights or investigate misuse.
Where an external service acts as an independent controller, its own privacy policy also applies.
EEA and UK privacy rights
Where the EU or UK GDPR applies, the legal basis depends on the purpose of processing. It may include your consent, our legitimate interests in maintaining a secure website and handling enquiries, a legal obligation, or steps necessary to provide a service you request.
Subject to the applicable conditions, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability of your personal information. You may also object to certain processing.
You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal. You also have the right to complain to the relevant data protection authority.
Contact contact@shipsarchive.com to exercise your rights. We may request proportionate information to verify your identity and will respond within the applicable legal period.
Ships Archive does not itself use your information to make solely automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.
California privacy rights
Where the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, applies, eligible California residents may have rights to know and access personal information, request deletion or correction, and opt out of its sale or sharing.
Additional rights may include limiting certain uses of sensitive personal information. We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising applicable rights.
The categories potentially collected through this website include contact identifiers, online identifiers, internet activity, approximate location derived from technical information and the contents of communications you submit.
Advertising-related disclosure of online identifiers and browsing activity can constitute “sale” or “sharing” under California law even when no money changes hands.
Where applicable, use the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information control to register an opt-out. Legally required Global Privacy Control signals will be honoured. You may also contact contact@shipsarchive.com about your rights or an authorised agent request.
Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to legal obligations.
Enquiries are retained while being handled and for an appropriate follow-up period. Permission and attribution records may be retained for as long as the associated material remains published or a related rights issue may arise.
Subscription details are retained while the subscription is active. Limited records may be retained after unsubscribing to record the request and prevent unwanted future messages.
Hosting, advertising and other providers apply their own retention rules to information they control.
International processing
Service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, appropriate transfer arrangements must be used.
The relevant provider’s privacy information explains its processing locations and transfer arrangements.
Security
We use reasonable measures appropriate to the website and information concerned. No method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children
Ships Archive is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has supplied personal information, contact contact@shipsarchive.com so the matter can be assessed and appropriate action taken.
External links and embedded material
Articles may link to other websites. Those websites have their own privacy practices.
Embedded material, where used, may allow its provider to receive technical information or use cookies. Any consent required for optional embedded services must be obtained before those services operate.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the website’s services or practices change. The revised version will show a new update date. Additional notice will be provided where required.
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Ships Archive
Website: shipsarchive.com
