This policy explains in detail how “Carver Owners Forum” and its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Carver Owners Forum”, “https://www.carveryachtowners.com”) and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use information collected during your use of this site (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected in two ways. When you browse “Carver Owners Forum”, the phpBB software will create several cookies. Cookies are small text files stored in your web browser’s temporary files. The first two cookies contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), both automatically assigned by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Carver Owners Forum”. It stores information about which topics you have read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software while you are browsing “Carver Owners Forum”. These fall outside the scope of this document, which only covers cookies created by the phpBB software.

The second way we collect information is through what you submit to us. This includes but is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Carver Owners Forum” (hereinafter “your account”), posts you submit after registering and while logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will contain at a minimum: a unique username (hereinafter “your username”), a personal password used to log in (hereinafter “your password”), a valid email address (hereinafter “your email”). Your account information on “Carver Owners Forum” is protected by the data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your username, password, and email address that is requested during registration may be mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Carver Owners Forum”. In all cases, you may choose what information in your account is publicly displayed. You may also opt in or out of automatically generated emails from the phpBB software.

Your password is stored as a one-way hash to ensure security. However, we recommend that you do not reuse the same password across multiple websites. Your password is the key to your account on “Carver Owners Forum”, so please keep it secure. Under no circumstances will anyone affiliated with “Carver Owners Forum”, phpBB, or any third party legitimately ask for your password. If you forget your password, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process requires you to submit your username and email address, after which the phpBB software will generate a new password for you to regain access to your account.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

“Carver Owners Forum” may include posts or content that contain embedded material from external websites, including but not limited to YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and similar platforms. Embedded content from these external sites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the originating website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Please note that such activity is beyond the control of “Carver Owners Forum” and is governed by the privacy policies and terms of service of the respective external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of any third-party services you interact with through embedded content.

Analytics

“Carver Owners Forum” may use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), to help us understand how visitors use the site. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with the site, including the pages you visit, the time spent on each page, and general usage patterns.

The information generated by these cookies about your use of “Carver Owners Forum” (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States or other locations. Google uses this information to evaluate your use of the site, compile reports on website activity for us, and provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. To learn more about how Google collects and processes data, please see Google’s Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.