Cookie Policy

boat.vin’s own cookies are only the ones that make the site work. The one third-party cookie is Google Analytics, described below, which measures visits and is not set where the law requires consent first. There are no advertising cookies.

• boatvin.session-token: keeps you signed in. Up to 30 days.
• boatvin.csrf-token, boatvin.callback-url: protect sign-in forms and remember where to return. Session.
• boatvin.state, boatvin.pkce.code_verifier, boatvin.nonce: only during a Google or Apple sign-in, to secure it. Up to 15 minutes.
• bv_sso: remembers that boat.vin already checked whether you are signed in on salvagealert.com, so it does not check on every page. 7 days.
• bv_sso_r: the same after arriving from a salvagealert.com link. 5 minutes.
• _ga, _ga_<id> (Google Analytics): tell one browser’s visits apart so we can count them. Up to 2 years. Not set in the EEA, the UK, Switzerland or Québec, where Google receives only cookieless signals. No advertising use.

On secure connections their names carry a “__Secure-” prefix (“__Host-” for the CSRF one). Your browser may also keep the list of boats you are comparing, in local storage on your device; we never receive it.

You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking them will sign you out and stop sign-in from working, but you can still browse boat.vin. For audience measurement on salvagealert.com, see its own cookie policy.

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