Last updated: 12 November 2026
Who we are
Sea Kayak Paddler (seakayakpaddler.co.uk) is run by Phil Clegg, who is responsible for your personal data on this website (the “controller” under UK data protection law). For anything about your data, email info@seakayakpaddler.co.uk.
This page explains what the site collects, why, how long it is kept and your rights. It covers this website only.
What we collect and why
Visiting the site
Our web host, Hostinger, runs the site on servers in the European Union. Like any web server, it records technical details of each request, such as your IP address, your browser and the page asked for, so it can deliver pages and keep the site secure. We do not use these records to identify anyone, and they are kept only for the period Hostinger keeps them. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in running a secure website.
Google Analytics, only if you accept
If you press Accept on the cookie banner, we use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which articles are read. It records the pages you view, how you arrived, your browser and device type and your approximate location, and it sets the cookies listed on our Cookies and privacy page.
Until you accept, Google Analytics is not loaded at all: the site tells Google that consent is denied by default (Google Consent Mode), and advertising features and ad personalisation are never switched on. Google says that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. Google processes this data for us, possibly in the United States, under its data processing terms, and keeps it for no more than 14 months.
You can change your mind at any time with the Cookie settings link at the bottom of every page. If you withdraw, Google Analytics stops loading and its cookies are deleted from your browser. Legal basis: your consent.
Your cookie choice
Your Accept or Reject answer is saved in your own browser (local storage, as skp-consent) for 12 months, so we do not ask on every page. It holds nothing about you.
Newsletter
If you sign up on the home page, we keep your email address, the date you signed up and the page you signed up from, in the website’s own database. We use your address only to send the Sea Kayak Paddler newsletter and we do not pass it to anyone else. We keep it until you ask us to remove it: email info@seakayakpaddler.co.uk and we will delete it.
To stop abuse, the form counts sign-up attempts for 10 minutes using a scrambled (hashed) form of your IP address. Your IP address itself is not stored. Legal basis: your consent.
Emails you send us
If you email info@seakayakpaddler.co.uk, we use your name, email address and message to reply to you. We keep emails only as long as we need them to deal with your message and any follow-up. The site has no contact form. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in answering you.
Adverts
Some pages show adverts. The site counts how many times each advert is shown and clicked, as daily totals for each advert only. It sets no cookies for this and stores no IP address or anything else about you. If you click an advert, you go to the advertiser’s own website, where their privacy policy applies.
Videos
Some articles include YouTube videos, shown in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). The player comes from Google: when it loads it connects to Google’s servers, and when you play a video YouTube may set cookies or store data in your browser, under Google’s privacy policy.
One article includes a Facebook video. It loads only if you press its Play button; Facebook may then set cookies, under Meta’s privacy policy.
Fonts
The site’s main font is delivered by Adobe Fonts, which receives your IP address so it can send the font, as with any web request. Our other font is served from this website itself.
Comments and accounts
The site does not take comments, and visitors do not need an account. Only the people who edit the site log in, and WordPress sets login cookies for them.
Who we share data with
We do not sell your data or share it for marketing. The services that handle it for us are:
- Hostinger, which hosts the website
- Google, for Google Analytics (only if you accept) and for YouTube videos when the player loads
- Adobe, for the site’s main font
- Facebook (Meta), only if you choose to play its video
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, and ask us to correct it or delete it. You can object to or ask us to restrict how we use it, and you can withdraw your consent at any time, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter or pressing Reject in Cookie settings. Email info@seakayakpaddler.co.uk and we will reply within one month.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, please tell us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the site uses personal data, we will update this page and the date at the top.