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Legal information about the sharetheocean.earth website, published under article 6-III of French Act no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy.
This page is a translation of the French original, which prevails in the event of any discrepancy.
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Share The Ocean is a research programme led by BANULS DESIGN. The programme is not a separate legal entity.
Editorial manager
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Credits
Photographs
The cetacean photographs on the “The mission” and “The consortium” pages are the work of Hélène Peltier. The portraits on the “The team” page are published with the consent of the people shown. The figures on the “Methodology” page are produced by Share The Ocean. Each photograph is credited next to where it appears on the site.
The humpback whale photograph on the “Vessel strikes” page is the work of Elianne Dipp and comes from Pexels, under the Pexels License, which requires no attribution.
Video
The video on the home page, together with the still frame and the sharing image derived from it, is the work of Lisa Olivia and comes from Pixabay, under the Pixabay Content License. That licence requires no attribution; this credit is voluntary.
Map data
The map on the Contact page is built from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the ODbL licence.
Logos
The logos of consortium members and funders are the property of their respective owners and are reproduced with their permission.
Typefaces
Source Sans 3 for headings and Open Sans for body text, both under the SIL Open Font License. They are hosted on this site and generate no request to any external service.
Intellectual property
The texts, figures and results presented on this site are produced by Share The Ocean unless otherwise stated. They may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes provided the source is cited.
The scientific publications cited on the Publications page remain the property of their publishers; DOI links point to the versions of record.
Links to other websites
This site links to external websites, including those of consortium members, partner organisations and scientific publishers. Share The Ocean exercises no control over their content and cannot be held responsible for it.
Personal data
How personal data is processed is described in the privacy policy.
Last updated: 2 September 2026.