Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Marine Tips – the First Global Ship Rating and Review System,

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

When you register with us to post your review, we collect and store a some information from you, which include your user name and email address.

Ratings & Comments

When visitors leave their ratings and comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s email address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Reviews on this site may include embedded content (e.g. company images, logos, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How we collect your personal data?

We collect this information via online submission forms (registration form & ship review form).
When you post your review on Marine.tips, you agree to our Privacy Policy.

How we store your personal data?

We hold your personal data electronically in our Website database. Website server is stored remotely in Estonia at Zone.ee in a very secure cloud and hardware-based facility. These servers are guarded by state of the art firewalls to prevent cyber-attacks at the highest level.

Personal data erasure rights

If you feel that the data we hold is no longer necessary for the purposes for which you have provided it, you have the right to remove consent for us to hold and use your data.
You can erase your data yourself. The button for erasure of all your data is placed in your account.

General info about GDPR (EU Regulation 2016/679)

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new regulation which replaces the Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC) since May 25, 2018. The new rules apply to companies based in the EU Member States as well as companies elsewhere who provide or offer goods or services, and who process data from or about, people in the EU Member States, enhancing privacy rights for individuals and providing a strict framework within which commercial organizations can legally operate.

Summary

This Privacy Policy advises you how Marine Tips collects, uses and stores the data that you provide to us. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us immediately via contact form on our website.