Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and to remember basic choices such as your language.

2. How oceans Uses Cookies

oceans (OC-ANS) keeps this simple. We only use strictly essential cookies. We do not use cookies to track you, to build profiles, to store usage data, or for advertising, and we do not embed any third-party tracking tools.

2.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are required for the website to work, for example to keep the site secure and to remember the language you selected. They store no personally identifiable information and are never used to follow you across other websites.

2.2 No Analytics, Preference or Advertising Cookies

We do not set analytics, preference, or advertising cookies. To understand roughly how many people visit the site, we use our own self-hosted analytics (Matomo), configured cookie-free and with IP anonymisation. It sets no cookies, collects no personal data, and the data never leaves our own Canadian infrastructure or is shared with any third party.

3. Cookies We Use

4. Managing Cookies

Because we only use essential cookies, there is nothing you need to accept or decline for the site to respect your privacy. You can still control or remove cookies through your browser at any time, although blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works.

4.1 Browser Settings

Most browsers let you manage cookies in their settings, usually under "Options" or "Preferences". Here are the cookie settings for the major browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

4.2 No Tracking Banner

Since oceans uses only essential cookies and no third-party tracking, we do not ask you to consent to tracking cookies, because there are none to consent to.

5. Third-Party Cookies

oceans does not use any third-party cookies or embedded third-party tracking tools. We do not load advertising networks, social media trackers, or external analytics services.

6. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. Any significant change will be posted on this page with a new "last updated" date.

7. PIPEDA / GDPR Compliance

Our use of cookies complies with PIPEDA and GDPR. Strictly essential cookies are used without consent because they are necessary for the website to function; we use no other cookies that would require consent.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us: