The Official Magazine of the Bluewater Cruising Association

Cookie Policy

Last updated: June 2021

Bluewater Cruising Association (BCA) (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on https://currents.bluewatercruising.org/ (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text that are sent to your browser from a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be “session” or “permanent” cookies.

How We Use Cookies

When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisement delivery, including behavioural advertising.

We use different types of cookies to run the Service:

Session Cookies

Used by the server to store information about user page activities so users can easily pick up where they left off on the server’s pages. By default, web pages really don’t have any ‘memory’. Cookies tell the server what pages to show the user so the user doesn’t have to remember or start navigating the site all over again. Cookies act as a sort of “bookmark” within the site.

Permanent Cookies

Permanent Cookies also known as Persistent Cookies are stored on a user’s device to help remember information, settings, preferences, or sign-on credentials that a user has previously saved.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.

Performance Cookies

Google Analytics

Functionality Cookies

  • YouTube
  • Analytics Tracking
  • Facebook

What Are Your Choices Regarding Cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser for instructors.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Where Can You Find More Information About Cookies?

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:

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