Privacy Policy and Cookies

Last updated: 24 February 2026

Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.

Information We Collect

When you use the contact form(s) on our website, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, boat details, and any message you submit.

We use this information to:

  • Respond to your enquiry
  • Communicate with you about IRC rating services

Your enquiry may be shared with the relevant IRC Rule Authority acting on our behalf in your region so they can respond directly to you.

Data Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We only share your information:

  • With IRC Rule Authorities acting on our behalf
  • With trusted service providers who support our website operations
  • Where required by law

Marketing
We will only send marketing communications if you have given your consent. You can opt out at any time.

Contact
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to request access to your data, please contact us via our website.

Cookie Policy

We use cookies on this website to help make your visit smoother, more useful, and more enjoyable. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device (computer or phone) when you visit a website.

What cookies we use and why
Our cookies help us with:

  • Making the website work correctly (for example remembering your settings)
  • Improving site performance and security
  • Understanding how many people visit our website and what pages are popular
  • Helping features like sharing pages to social networks work better

We do not use cookies to:

  • Collect personal information about you without your clear permission
  • Track you around the web for advertising purposes
  • Give your personal information to advertisers or other companies, except to IRC Rule Authorities where relevant as explained in our Privacy Policy above

Types of cookies you might see
Necessary / basic cookies: These let the site work as expected. Without them, some parts of the site might not work.
Analytics cookies: These send anonymous information about how visitors use the site (for example: which pages are most viewed) — we use this to make the site better.

Third party functions
Our site includes functionality provided by third parties (e.g. the online rating listings). Disabling these cookies may prevent those functions working.

Adobe Fonts
Adobe Fonts are in use on this website. Adobe Fonts is a service that provides you with access to a library of fonts for use in desktop applications and websites. The Adobe Privacy Policy describes the general privacy practices of Adobe’s websites and applications, including Adobe Fonts. More privacy-related information for Adobe Fonts is provided here.

Your choices
If you do not want cookies from this site, you can change your browser settings so cookies are blocked or deleted. Note that doing this may mean parts of our site (and other sites) won’t work as you expect.