Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://paddleboardspots.com. Paddleboard Spots is a website dedicated to providing information about stand-up paddleboarding locations, gear reviews, and tips.

Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

  • Information you provide: When you leave comments or contact us, we collect the information you provide including your name, email address, and message content.
  • Automatically collected information: We automatically collect certain information when you visit our site, including your IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies

We use cookies on this website for several purposes:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors use our site
  • Advertising cookies: Used by our advertising partners to show relevant ads

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience.

Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

Google AdSense

We may use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our site. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Amazon Associates

Paddleboard Spots is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. For more information, please see our Affiliate Disclosure.

Analytics

We use analytics services to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. These services may collect information about your visits, including pages viewed, time spent on pages, and how you arrived at our site.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

Who We Share Your Data With

We may share your information with:

  • Advertising partners (Google, Amazon) as described above
  • Analytics providers to help us improve our website
  • Service providers who assist in operating our website
  • Law enforcement if required by law

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data
  • Request correction of your personal data
  • Request deletion of your personal data
  • Opt out of personalized advertising
  • Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@paddleboardspots.com.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “last updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at contact@paddleboardspots.com.

Last updated: December 2024