Privacy Policy

Captains Grid is a captain-led yacht network based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This policy covers the information we collect when you use our website, submit a form, or create a member account.

We only collect what you give us or what a normal website records:

• Information you submit. When you use a contact, inquiry, advisory, advertising, membership, submission, job, classified, or newsletter form, we collect the name, email, phone, company, message, and any photos you provide.
• Account information. If you create a member account, we store your email, a display name and handle, and any profile details you choose to add (role, location, vessel, experience, bio, avatar).
• Basic usage data. We record aggregate page views and visits to understand what is useful. We do not sell this data or use it to build advertising profiles.

• To reply to your inquiries and route them to the right desk.
• To operate your account, profile, and the network features you opt into.
• To send you the Captain's Brief newsletter if you request it.
• To review submissions before they are published, which is the whole point of the network.
• To keep the platform secure and to comply with the law.

We use a small number of trusted providers to run the site. They process data only to provide their service to us:

• Supabase: database and member account storage.
• Resend: sending email replies and notifications.
• Vercel: website hosting.
• AISStream: public vessel-tracking data feed (no personal data of yours).

When you submit a form, you may receive an automatic acknowledgment and, later, a personal reply. If you subscribe to the newsletter you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any edition or by contacting us.

• You can ask us what information we hold about you.
• You can ask us to correct or delete your information or close your account.
• You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

To make any of these requests, use our contact page.

We keep your information only as long as needed to operate the network and meet our legal obligations, then delete or anonymize it. We protect it with access controls and encryption in transit. No online service is perfectly secure, so we ask you not to send sensitive documents through a public form.

Captains Grid is a professional network intended for adults. It is not directed at children under 16.

We may update this policy as the platform grows. The date at the top shows when it last changed. Material changes will be announced on the site.

Questions about privacy? Reach us through our contact page. Captains Grid, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.