YoBoatR Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 13, 2026

YoBoatR ("we", "us") operates the YoBoatR mobile app and website. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

Information We Collect

• Account information: name, email address, ZIP code, age, and profile type when you sign up, and a mobile number if you choose to give one.
• Profile content: bio, photos, boat details, and other information you choose to add.
• Location: with your permission, your device location is used to show your position on the map, find nearby boaters and points of interest, and display local weather, tides, and depth information.
  What other boaters can see depends on the visibility mode you choose on the map, and you can change it at any time:
  • Visible Mode — your position is shown on the map to other signed-in members, along with your name, photo and boat.
  • Private Mode — your position is still shown on the map, but your name, photo and boat details are hidden.
  • Invisible Mode — you are not shown on the map at all. Other members cannot see your position.
  In Visible and Private Mode the position shown is your device's reported location, not a rounded or approximate one.
• Content you create: posts, messages, stories, event RSVPs, marketplace listings and bids, float plans, and documents you upload.
• Camera and photos: accessed only when you choose to take or upload a photo.

How We Use Information

• To provide the service: maps, social features, messaging, marketplace, and document storage.
• To connect you with other boaters based on proximity and shared interests.
• To keep the community safe, including moderation of reported content.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your data for third-party advertising.

Sharing

Profile information you post is visible to other YoBoatR users. We share data with service providers only as needed to operate the app (for example, map tiles, weather, and tide data providers receive coarse location to return local results). We may disclose information if required by law.

Text Messages (SMS)

Giving YoBoatR a mobile number is optional. If you give one and tick the separate, unticked box agreeing to receive texts, we send account verification codes only: a one-time 6-digit code to verify your number, to finish a sign-in when two-factor authentication is on, or to confirm a change to your account. We do not send marketing or promotional text messages.

• What we keep: your mobile number, whether it is verified, and a record of your consent — when you gave it, the exact wording you agreed to, and the screen you gave it on. If you reply STOP, START or HELP we keep a record of that too.
• No sharing for marketing: we do not sell, rent or share your mobile number, your text-message opt-in, or your consent to receive texts with any third party or affiliate for their marketing or promotional purposes. Your opt-in and consent are not shared with anyone except the messaging provider and mobile carriers that deliver the texts to you, who act only on our behalf.
• Message frequency varies: one text each time you ask for a code.
• Message and data rates may apply.
• To stop: reply STOP to any YoBoatR text. To have your number removed from your account, email us at the address below.
• For help: reply HELP, or email info@yoboatr.com.

The full terms of the text message program are in the YoBoatR SMS Terms.

Automated Review and AI Features

Some features send your information to Anthropic, which provides the AI models we use. Anthropic processes this on our behalf as a service provider. Specifically:

• Ask Captain AI: when you ask a question, your question is sent along with context about you — your first name, profile details and boat details — so the answer can be relevant to you and your vessel.
• Profile photos: photos you upload are reviewed automatically for objectionable content before they appear.
• Boat registration documents: if you use Get Verified, the registration document you upload is read automatically to check it against the boat details on your profile. Information read from the document, including the owner name shown on it, may be stored with your boat record.

We do not use your content to train AI models, and Anthropic does not train on it either.

Data Retention and Deletion

We keep your information while your account is active. You can permanently delete your account at any time, in the app (Profile → Account & Security → Delete Account) or on the web at app.yoboatr.com/delete-account.html, without the app. For every kind of account — password, Apple, Google or passkey — we email a 6-digit code to the address on the account, and entering it deletes the account. This can't be undone. Deleting your account removes your profile, boats and photos; your Float Docs documents; your marketplace listings, bids and watchlist; and your maintenance reminders and safety reports. Database backups expire within 7 days. If you can no longer get into the email account, write to info@yoboatr.com; we will confirm the account is yours by another means before deleting anything.

Age

YoBoatR is for adults. You must be 18 or older to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If we learn that we hold information from someone under 18, we delete it.

Security

Passwords are stored hashed, traffic is encrypted in transit (HTTPS), and access to production data is restricted.

Contact

Questions or requests: info@yoboatr.com

YoBoatR, 110 SW Atlanta Ave, Stuart, FL 34994