POLICIES

At Immerse Research Lab, the safety of our participants is our primary concerns, whether diving, embarking upon an Expedition or managing efforts during a global pandemic. Any service or activity currently planned or underway is scheduled subject to any ongoing or emerging regulatory or legal limitations that may be in place, or put in place, or otherwise effective based on any relevant governing body. Scheduled services are further subject to the reasonable discretion of any Immerse Research Lab leader given the totality of the circumstances surrounding the participants and the services. The Immerse Research Lab leader may, at their reasonable discretion, cancel, postpone, abort, or otherwise adjust a scheduled or ongoing service, for the safety or wellbeing of the team or any one individual. 

Immerse Research Lab services and products are, as a rule, non-refundable. Immerse Research Lab will take reasonable steps assisting you in any third-party reimbursement or rescheduling If you have deposited or paid funds towards services that are ultimately canceled or rescheduled.  

We are just as excited as you to get back into action and in the water, however we must navigate each region and location in consideration of their specific prohibitions and restrictions and proceed accordingly. Likewise, we must always defer to the most prudent action in any given situation with specific consideration to the health and wellbeing of everyone.

TERMS OF USE

This website is provided by Immerse Research Lab. By accessing the Immerse Research Lab website (the “Site”), you are indicating your acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms of Use. These Terms of Use are subject to change by Immerse Research Lab at any time in its discretion. Your use of this Site after such changes are implemented constitutes your acknowledgement and acceptance of the changes. Please consult these Terms of Use regularly.

Restrictions on Use
All material included on this Site, and any other Site owned, operated, licensed or controlled by Immerse Research Lab, such as text, graphics, logos, images, photographs, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software (the “Content”), is the property of Immerse Research Lab, affiliated companies and/or third-party licensors and is protected by United States and international copyright laws. Modification or use of the Content except as expressly provided in these Terms of Use violates Immerse Research Lab intellectual property rights.

The Content may not be copied, distributed, republished, uploaded, posted or transmitted in any way without the prior written consent of Immerse Research Lab, except that:
1. You may download, print, distribute and use pages from the Site for your own informational, non-commercial purposes, but not for commercial use or general distribution. 
2. Any copies of documents or pages from the Site must not alter the original Site content and must include the Immerse Research Lab copyright notice: © 2024 Immerse Research Lab
3. You may link to this Site provided that the link does not falsely imply or suggest that Immerse Research Lab has endorsed or is affiliated with the linked Site.

Users of the Site must not:
1. Monitor, gather or copy any Content on this Site by using any robot, “bot,” spider, crawler, spyware, engine, device, software, extraction tool or any other automatic device, utility or manual process of any kind. 
2. Frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark or other proprietary information (including, without limitation, any images, text or page layout). 
3. Engage in any activities through or in connection with this Site that seek to attempt to harm minors or are unlawful, offensive, obscene, threatening, harassing, abusive or that violate any right of any third party. 
4. Attempt to circumvent the security systems of the Site. 
5. Attempt to gain unauthorized access to services, materials, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any Immerse Research Lab server. 
6. Attempt to use the Site for any purposes other than those intended by Immerse Research Lab, as determined by Immerse Research Lab in its sole discretion. 
7. Upload or submit any data or information that contains viruses or any other computer code, corrupt files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality or disrupt any software, hardware, telecommunications, networks, servers or other equipment. 
8. Engage in any activity that interferes with a user’s access to this Site or the proper operation of this Site. You also agree that, in using this Site, you will not impersonate any person or entity.
The Content and the functionality of the Site may be updated or changed at any time without prior notice. In addition, if Immerse Research Lab becomes aware that you are copying, modifying or distributing the Content of the Site other than for the permitted uses of the Site, Immerse Research Lab reserves the right to revoke your right to these permitted uses.

Proprietary Information Consent
If you wish to use material contained on this Site other than for your individual review and individual educational purposes, and the copyright ownership of such material is held by a third party, then you must secure the permission of such third party in order to use such material. If you are not a customer of Immerse Research Lab and wish to download and use any information contained in this Site other than for your individual review and individual educational purposes or in connection with your customer relationship or potential customer relationship with Immerse Research Lab, send a request with your proposed use so that the webmaster may evaluate your proposed use of Immerse Research Lab’s Site Content.
If the webmaster approves your request to use Immerse Research Lab Site Content, you are granted permission to view, use, reproduce, copy and distribute documents within Immerse Research Lab Site for the sole purposes specified in your Request form. You agree to all terms below:

1. Not to modify the documents, publications or graphics
2. Not to quote materials out of context
3. To retain and display the copyright notice of Immerse Research Lab on such Content

Immerse Research Lab shall have the right to monitor use of this Site to determine compliance with these Terms of Use, revoke its consent at any time and you shall immediately cease any further use of the Immerse Research Lab Site Content. The foregoing consent does not include permission to copy the design elements, look and feel or layout of Immerse Research Lab Site. Subject to the further terms set forth above, you assume all risks concerning the suitability and accuracy of the information within Immerse Research Lab’s Site which you propose to use, subject to Immerse Research Lab consent.

Disclaimer
Immerse Research Lab cannot guarantee that the Site or its content is error free and Immerse Research Lab makes no representations about the technical accuracy or functionality of the Site or that the Content is accurate, error free or up to date.

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION IN THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE, UP TO DATE OR CORRECT, THAT THIS SITE WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME OR LOCATION OR THAT THE SITE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE CONTENT MAY INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB MAY MAKE CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS AT ANY TIME. YOU, AND NOT IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB, ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ITS CONTENT. IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB MAKES NO WARRANTIES THAT YOUR USE OF THE CONTENT WILL NOT INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS AND ASSUMES NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH CONTENT.

Limitation of Liability
Neither Immerse Research Lab, any of its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Site is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Site or the operation of the Site or failure of the Site to operate. In no event shall Immerse Research Lab be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, exemplary or consequential, damages or any damages whatsoever, even if Immerse Research Lab has been previously advised of the possibility of such damages, whether in an action in contract, negligence, or any other theory, arising out of or in connection with the use, inability to use or performance of the information, services, products and materials available from this Site. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy. Your acceptance of this limitation of liability is an essential term of this agreement and the parties acknowledge that Immerse Research Lab would not grant access to the Site without your agreement to this term.

Intellectual Property
You should assume that everything you see or read on the Site is proprietary information protected by copyright or trademark unless otherwise noted, and may not be used except as provided in these Terms of Use or with the written permission of Immerse Research Lab. Nothing posted on this Site grants a license to any Immerse Research Lab trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property rights, whether by implication, estoppel or otherwise.

Third Party Trademarks
Trademarks displayed on this Site not owned by Immerse Research Lab are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with Immerse Research Lab. Nothing contained on this Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any third party trademarks without the written permission of such third party that may own the trademarks. Your use of the trademarks, or any other Content on the Site, except as provided in these Terms of Use, is strictly prohibited. We ask that you respect these rights.

Linked Sites
This Site may link to or be linked from other websites that are not maintained by, or related to, Immerse Research Lab. Immerse Research Lab does not endorse, and is not responsible for, the content of any of those third-party websites.

Sales of Services
All sales of services are subject to Immerse Research Lab standard terms and conditions of sale, a copy of which is available upon request.

International Use
Immerse Research Lab makes no representation that materials on this Site are appropriate or available for use in locations outside the United States. Access to this site from countries or territories where such access is illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access this Site outside the United States do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

Governing Law
You agree that your use of this Site, this Agreement and any disputes relating thereto shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Alaska. Any dispute relating to this Agreement shall be resolved solely in the state or federal courts located in the State of Alaska.

PRIVACY

Immerse Research Lab respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy and respecting your personally identifiable information in all of Immerse Research Lab’s activities.

This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) describes the types of information Immerse Research Lab may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website www.immerseresearchlab.com (“Site”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and any disclosure of that information.

PLEASE READ THIS POLICY CAREFULLY TO UNDERSTAND OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION AND HOW WE WILL TREAT IT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES, PLEASE PROMPTLY EXIT THE SITE. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE BE SITE, YOU UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE, AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, LIKEWISE YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SITE INDICATES YOUR UNDERSTANDING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO IMMERSE RESEARCH LAB’S WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE AND AS WELL AS ALL THEN CURRENT GUIDELINES AND POSTED POLICIES. THIS POLICY MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME (SEE CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY). YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEBSITE AFTER WE MAKE CHANGES IS DEEMED TO BE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE CHANGES, SO PLEASE CHECK THE POLICY PERIODICALLY FOR UPDATES.

1. Policy Applicability
This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Site.

  • Any Immerse Research Lab mobile and desktop applications you download from the Site, which provide

    dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and the Site. The Policy does not apply to information collected by:

  • Immerse Research Lab offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by any third party; or

  • Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to, or be accessible from, or on, the Site.

    2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
    We may collect several types of information from and about users of the Site, including information:

  • By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, and any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline ("personal information");

  • That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as your membership/physical presence on a mission team; and/or

• About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

Information may be collected:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us.

  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include

    usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies etc. 3. Information You Provide to Us

    The information we may collect, based on what you may provide us on or through the Site, may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to our services, posting material, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and if you report a problem with the Site.

  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.

  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

  • Details of transactions you carry out through the Site and of the fulfillment of your requests.

    (You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our

    Website).

  • Your search queries on the Site.

  • Any other information you may provide us in your ordinary use of the Site.

    You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Site or transmitted to other users of the Site or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Site with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions or otherwise interact. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed or used by unauthorized persons.

    4. Information May We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies

    As you navigate through and interact with the Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Website and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

    5. Disclosure of Your Information

    We may disclose aggregated information about Site users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our services and

    who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it

    only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it. For example, if you give us an email address to log

    in and join a Team, Immerse Research Lab will transmit the contents of that email and your email address to the recipients of the dedicated Immerse Research Lab group.

  • For any other legitimate purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

  • With your consent.

    We may also disclose your personal information:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

  • To enforce or apply Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Terms of Sale and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.

  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Immerse Research Lab, our customers, or others. This could include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

    6. Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

    We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.

  • If you do not wish to have your contact information used by Immerse Research Lab to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out at any times by sending us an email stating your request to connect@immerseresearchlab.com. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to Immerse Research Lab because of a purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.

  • We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website.

    7. Assessing and Correcting your Information

    You may also send us an email at connect@whalefall.ngo to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

If you delete your User Contributions from the Website, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other Site users.

8. California Residents

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa.

9. Information We Collect from Children

The Immerse Research Lab Site does not target children under the age of 13 however we do provide educational services and experiences to children including online training, virtual events (e.g., virtual field trips) and the like to children. Parents are in control at Immerse Research Lab and are required to opt their children in and may notify us at any time their desire to remove their children’s personal information from the Site. Please review the Immerse Research Lab Children’s Privacy Rights Policy under COPPA to learn more.

10. Data Security

Immerse Research Lab has implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers behind firewalls. Any payment transactions and related information will be encrypted.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address provided by you in your account and/or through a notice on the Site home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment, register a compliant or concern, related to Immerse Research Lab’s Privacy Policy and/or Immerse Research Lab’s privacy practices, please contact us at: connect@immerseresearchlab.com