European Marine Auctions

Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 18, 2026

At European Marine Auctions, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our platform.

1. Information We Collect:

Registration Information: When you create an account we collect your name, email address and password; the password is handled by Firebase Authentication, a Google service. If you continue with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile photo from your Google account.Usage Information: We may collect information about how you use our platform, such as the pages you visit, the searches you perform, the auctions you follow and the searches you save as alerts.Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our platform, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in and to remember your cookie choice. Any other cookies are set only if you accept them; section 3 lists them and explains how to change your choice through “Cookie settings” in the footer.

2. How We Use Your Information:

To provide and maintain the platform: We use your information to manage your account, allow you to access platform features (such as followed auctions and saved-search alerts), and ensure its proper functioning.To improve the platform: We analyze how you use our platform to identify areas for improvement, optimize the design, and develop new features.To communicate with you: We may send you emails related to your account or platform updates, and the email alerts you turn on for your saved searches.To ensure security: We use your information to protect our platform and our users against fraud, abuse, and other illegal activities.

3. Cookies:

For visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland we request consent before storing analytics cookies, in line with Google Consent Mode. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through “Cookie settings” in the footer of every page.This site stores the following on your device:
  • cookie_consent: A cookie that remembers your choice in the cookie banner for 6 months.
  • auth_token: A cookie that keeps you signed in. It is set when you sign in, deleted when you sign out, and expires after 30 days.
  • firebaseLocalStorageDb, firebase-heartbeat-database: Browser storage that Firebase Authentication uses to keep your session while you are signed in, and the Firebase SDK’s heartbeat store, which records which version of the SDK was used and on which days.
  • homeAuctionsViewMode: Browser storage that remembers whether you chose the grid or the list view of the home page.
  • _ga, _ga_*, firebase-installations-database: Cookies and browser storage of Google Analytics for Firebase, set only after you accept cookies, to count visits and see how the site is used.
Listing photos load directly from the auction sites that publish them, so those sites receive your IP address when your browser requests a photo.

4. How We Share Information:

We do not sell your personal data. We share limited information with service providers that help us run the platform, including Firebase Authentication (accounts and sign-in), Firebase App Hosting (hosting) and Google Analytics for Firebase (traffic measurement, only after you accept cookies), always under appropriate safeguards.

5. Data Retention:

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to provide the platform and for legitimate business or legal purposes. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it.

6. Your Rights:

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, to receive it in a portable format and to withdraw consent. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, contact us through the details on our Contact page.

7. Contact:

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please reach out via our Contact page. This policy may be updated periodically, and the latest version will always be available here.