MarineLink Marketplace Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 1, 2026

MarineLink Marketplace, operated by New Wave Media, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you access or use MarineLink Marketplace, create an account, submit a listing, contact a seller, respond to an inquiry, or otherwise interact with the platform.

MarineLink Marketplace is intended for business and professional users who are at least 18 years old.

By accessing or using MarineLink Marketplace, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information that you provide directly, information collected automatically, and information received from third-party sources.

Information you provide may include:

• Name
• Company name
• Job title
• Email address
• Phone number
• Mailing address
• Professional information
• Seller profile information
• Listing information
• Photos, documents, specifications, and other listing materials
• Inquiry messages
• Billing, invoice, or payment-related information
• Account login information
• Communication preferences
• Communications with MarineLink Marketplace
• Any other information you choose to provide

Information collected automatically may include:

• IP address
• Device type and identifiers
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Referring and exit pages
• Date and time of access
• Pages viewed and interactions
• Search activity
• Listing views
• Approximate location based on IP address
• Cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies

2. Seller and Listing Information

If you create a seller profile or submit a listing, certain information may be displayed publicly, including but not limited to:

• Company name
• Seller name or contact name
• Business location
• Website link
• Listing title
• Listing description
• Product, equipment, vessel, or service details
• Photos and documents submitted with the listing
• Seller contact options

Do not submit confidential, proprietary, personal, or sensitive information in a listing unless you intend for that information to be publicly displayed.

3. Buyer Inquiry Information

When a buyer or prospective buyer submits an inquiry, we may collect the information provided in the inquiry form and share it with the seller or listing owner so they can respond.

This may include name, company, email address, phone number, message content, and the listing referenced in the inquiry.

MarineLink Marketplace is not responsible for communications, negotiations, agreements, payments, inspections, shipping, or transactions between buyers and sellers.

4. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Create and manage user accounts
• Publish and manage listings
• Route buyer inquiries to sellers
• Provide seller dashboards and account tools
• Process billing, invoices, renewals, promotions, and paid placements
• Review, approve, edit, reject, or remove listings
• Prevent fraud, spam, misuse, and unauthorized access
• Improve Marketplace functionality and user experience
• Analyze traffic, engagement, listing performance, and market interest
• Communicate with users about listings, accounts, inquiries, updates, or services
• Send newsletters, alerts, marketing communications, and service updates
• Promote listings through MarineLink.com, newsletters, search engines, social media, and related New Wave Media channels
• Provide advertisers with aggregated or anonymized audience metrics
• Comply with legal, regulatory, security, and business obligations

5. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies

MarineLink Marketplace may use cookies, pixels, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies to operate and secure the platform, remember preferences, analyze traffic, measure marketing effectiveness, improve performance, understand user behavior, support advertising, and improve user experience.

We may use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics. These providers may collect information about your use of our websites over time and across different websites.

Users may be able to adjust cookie settings through their browser. Some features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

6. Advertising and Third-Party Technologies

We may work with advertising partners, analytics providers, marketing vendors, and service providers who use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to deliver advertisements, measure ad performance, support lead generation, and provide aggregated audience insights.

We do not sell personal information as a standalone product.

7. How We Share Information

We may share information with:

• Sellers, when buyers submit inquiries
• Buyers, when sellers respond or provide contact details
• Service providers and vendors that help operate the Marketplace
• Hosting, analytics, email, security, billing, payment, CRM, and technical vendors
• New Wave Media affiliates, publications, websites, sales teams, and related business units
• Advertising, analytics, and technology providers
• Professional advisers
• Event partners or co-sponsors where disclosed
• Legal, regulatory, law enforcement, or government authorities where required or appropriate
• Parties involved in a business transfer, merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or similar transaction

We do not sell personal information.

8. Public Listings and Search Indexing

Published Marketplace listings may be publicly visible and may be indexed by search engines.

Information included in public listings may remain visible in search results, cached pages, archives, or third-party services even after a listing is changed, expired, or removed.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the Marketplace, provide our services, maintain business records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, and improve our services.

Expired, removed, rejected, or archived listings may remain in internal records.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion
• Withdraw consent where applicable
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Request data portability where applicable
• Opt out of certain advertising, sharing, or marketing-related uses where applicable law provides such rights

California residents may have additional rights under California privacy laws, including rights to know, delete, correct, opt out of certain sharing, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

European Economic Area and United Kingdom users may have additional rights under applicable data protection laws, including rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To make a privacy request, contact us using the information below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.

11. Email Communications

Users may receive emails related to account activity, listing status, inquiries, billing, renewals, platform updates, and service communications.

Users may also receive marketing or promotional communications from MarineLink Marketplace or New Wave Media where permitted. Users may unsubscribe from marketing emails where an unsubscribe option is provided.

Transactional, account, security, listing, inquiry, billing, and service-related communications may still be sent when necessary.

12. Children’s Privacy and Age Restriction

MarineLink Marketplace is intended only for business and professional users who are at least 18 years old.

MarineLink Marketplace is not directed to children or minors, and users under the age of 18 are not permitted to create accounts, submit listings, send inquiries, or otherwise use the Marketplace.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete such information.

If you believe that a child or minor has provided personal information to MarineLink Marketplace, please contact us.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, physical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information.

However, no website, database, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users submit information at their own risk.

14. International Data Transfers

MarineLink Marketplace may be accessed by users outside the United States. By using the Marketplace, users understand that information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States or other locations where New Wave Media, its affiliates, vendors, or service providers operate.

15. Third-Party Websites

MarineLink Marketplace may contain links to seller websites, advertiser websites, payment providers, shipping providers, inspection providers, or other third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Continued use of MarineLink Marketplace after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.

17. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests to access, correct, delete, or otherwise manage personal information may be directed to:

MarineLink Marketplace
New Wave Media
Email: Marketplace@marinelink.com