Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1st, 2026

MarineSalvageYards.com (“website”,” we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website, requesting services, or communicating with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Personal Information

When you contact us, request an estimate, schedule services, or otherwise interact with us, we may collect:

  • Name
  • Company name (if applicable)
  • Phone number
  • Email address
  • Property address
  • Billing address
  • Payment information (processed through secure third-party payment providers)
  • Photographs or videos of your project or property
  • Any information you voluntarily provide

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Time spent on our website
  • Referral websites
  • Cookies and similar technologies

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Provide estimates and proposals
  • Schedule appointments
  • Perform contracted services
  • Process payments
  • Communicate regarding projects
  • Respond to customer inquiries
  • Improve our website and services
  • Send appointment reminders
  • Maintain customer records
  • Meet legal and regulatory obligations
  • Detect fraud and unauthorized activity
  • Protect our business interests

3. Text Messaging (SMS)

If you provide your mobile phone number, you consent to receive text messages regarding:

  • Service quotes
  • Appointment confirmations
  • Arrival notifications
  • Scheduling updates
  • Estimate reminders
  • Project communications
  • Billing notifications

Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out at any time by replying STOP to any text message.

4. Email Communications

We may send emails relating to:

  • Estimates
  • Invoices
  • Receipts
  • Project updates
  • Customer service
  • Company announcements

If you subscribe to marketing emails, you may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in those emails.

5. Cookies

Our website may use cookies to:

  • Improve website performance
  • Remember user preferences
  • Analyze website traffic
  • Enhance user experience

You may disable cookies through your browser settings; however, some website features may not function properly.

6. Payment Information

Payments may be processed through trusted third-party payment processors. We do not store complete credit card numbers on our servers.

Payment processors maintain their own privacy and security policies.

7. Sharing Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share your information only with:

  • Employees who require it to perform services
  • Licensed subcontractors working on your project
  • Payment processors
  • Scheduling software providers
  • Customer relationship management (CRM) providers
  • Insurance companies when necessary
  • Government agencies when legally required
  • Attorneys or legal representatives if necessary to protect our legal rights

8. Project Photos

We may photograph completed projects for:

  • Quality assurance
  • Documentation
  • Warranty records
  • Marketing purposes

Whenever practical, identifying information such as addresses, license plates, or personal belongings will not be displayed without permission.

If you do not wish for your project photos to be used for marketing, please notify us in writing.

9. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to:

  • Complete contracted services
  • Comply with tax laws
  • Satisfy legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce agreements

11. Children’s Privacy

Our services are intended for adults and property owners.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If we learn that information from a child has been collected, we will promptly delete it.

12. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms and payment providers.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those websites.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your state of residence, you may have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of certain information
  • Request a copy of your personal data
  • Opt-out of certain data processing activities where applicable
  • Appeal a privacy-related decision where required by law

To exercise your rights, contact us using the information below.

14. California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know, delete, correct, and limit certain uses of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.

We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically.

Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date.

Continued use of our website or services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

16. Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:
Phone: 855-724-5633
Email: salvage@marinesalvageyards.com
Website: MarineSalvageYards.com

17. Public Forums and User-Generated Content

Our website may include public areas where users can post comments, reviews, testimonials, participate in discussions, or otherwise submit content (“Public Forums”). Any information you choose to post in these areas becomes publicly available and may be viewed, collected, copied, or used by other visitors or third parties.

Please do not post personal, confidential, financial, or other sensitive information in any Public Forum. We are not responsible for how other individuals or organizations use information that you voluntarily make publicly available.

By submitting content to a Public Forum on our website, you represent that you have the legal right to post such content and grant MarineSalvageYards.com a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display, reproduce, modify, publish, and distribute your submitted content in connection with operating, promoting, and improving our website and services.

We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor, edit, remove, or refuse any content submitted to our Public Forums at our sole discretion, including content that is unlawful, defamatory, abusive, fraudulent, obscene, infringing upon intellectual property rights, or otherwise violates our Terms of Use or applicable law.

The opinions expressed by users in Public Forums are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of MarineSalvageYards.com. We are not responsible for user-generated content posted by third parties.

If you believe content posted in one of our Public Forums infringes upon your rights or violates applicable law, please contact us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy, and we will review the matter in accordance with applicable law and our internal policies.