Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice explains how Maritime Legal Business (“MLB”, “we”, “us” or “our”) handles personal information when you use maritimelegalbusiness.com, subscribe to the Weekly Brief, contact us, or request a research service.

Effective date: 13 September 2026

Information we collect

Depending on how you use the site, we may collect your name, email address, company or organisation, job title, the company or vessel you ask us to research, information you include in a custom research request, newsletter subscription details, and ordinary website technical data such as IP address, browser/device information and usage data generated by WordPress.com, Jetpack or similar site services.

How we use information

to respond to enquiries and research-service requests;
to confirm scope, availability, fees and delivery times;
to prepare and deliver reports you request;
to administer the Weekly Brief and other communications you choose to receive;
to operate, secure, maintain and improve the website; and
to comply with legal, regulatory or accounting obligations where applicable.

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, we rely as appropriate on steps taken at your request before entering into a service arrangement, performance of an agreed service, our legitimate interests in operating and securing MLB, compliance with legal obligations, and consent where consent is required.

Research requests

Information you submit through a research request is used to assess and fulfil that request. Do not submit passwords, payment-card details, government-issued personal identification numbers, or other unnecessary sensitive personal information through our website forms.

If you subscribe to the Weekly Brief, we use your subscription information to send the newsletter and administer your subscription. You may unsubscribe using the link provided in newsletter emails.

Service providers and disclosures

We may use service providers that support website hosting, forms, email delivery, security, analytics, document preparation and business administration. These providers may process information on our behalf. Our website is hosted on WordPress.com and uses Jetpack services. We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process or a competent authority, or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users or systems.

International processing

MLB is established in Indonesia and uses service providers that may process data in other countries. As a result, personal information may be processed outside the country where you are located, subject to the safeguards required by applicable law.

Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to provide requested services, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements and meet legal obligations.

Your choices and rights

Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or objection to certain processing of your personal information. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. These rights can be subject to legal exceptions.

Cookies and similar technologies

WordPress.com, Jetpack and related services may use cookies or similar technologies for essential site functionality, security, performance, analytics and other features. Browser controls can be used to manage cookies, although disabling some cookies may affect site functionality.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact contact@maritimelegalbusiness.com.

We may update this notice from time to time. The current version will be posted on this page with its effective date.