Privacy Policy

1. Information we collect

• Information you give us. For example, your name, email address, company, job links, messages, preferences, billing details and anything else you send us through forms or email. Payment card details are handled by our payment providers.
• Information collected automatically. For example, your IP address, browser and device type, pages you view, links you click, referring pages, and the date and time of your visits.
• Information from other sources. For example, job listings and company information from public websites, and information from service providers we work with.

2. Cookies, analytics and advertising

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies to run the Service, remember your preferences, understand how the Service is used, and show advertising. We may use third-party analytics and advertising tools, such as Google Analytics, which collect information about your use of the Service and other websites. You can learn how Google uses this information at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but parts of the Service may not work without them. The Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

3. How we use information

We may use information to operate, maintain and improve the Service; to send you emails, including updates, job listings, announcements and marketing; to show advertising; to respond to you; to process payments if we charge for anything; to understand how the Service is used; to prevent fraud and abuse; to comply with the law; and to enforce our Terms of Service.

4. How we share information

• Service providers. Companies that help us run the Service, such as hosting, email, analytics, advertising and payment providers.
• Legal reasons. When we believe it is required by law or needed to protect the rights, property or safety of Shipmates, our users or others.
• Business transfers. As part of a merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets or similar transaction.
• With your consent or at your direction.

We may also use and share aggregated or de-identified information that doesn’t identify you, for any purpose.

When you click through to an employer’s or other website, that website’s own privacy policy applies.

5. Keeping and protecting information

We keep information for as long as we choose to, or as the law requires. We take reasonable steps to protect it, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we can’t guarantee its security.

6. Your choices

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link in them. We may still send you emails about the Service or your use of it. Depending on where you live, you may have rights under the law to ask about, correct or delete your personal information. To make a request, email [email protected] or use our contact form, and we will respond as the law requires.

7. Children

The Service is not directed to children under 16, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them.

8. Where information is processed

We are based in the United States, and information is stored and processed there. If you use the Service from outside the United States, you agree to the transfer of your information to the United States.

9. Changes to this policy

We may change this policy at any time. Changes take effect when we post them here. If you keep using the Service after a change, you accept the updated policy.

10. Contact us

Questions about this policy: email [email protected] or use our contact form.