Privacy Policy | Salty and Windy

Effective date: September 8, 2026

Last updated: September 8, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Salty and Windy collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you visit saltyandwindy.com, contact us, or interact with features on the site.

Salty and Windy is the editorial brand responsible for this website. Privacy questions and requests can be sent to saltyandwindy@gmail.com.

In this policy, “Salty and Windy,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the website’s operator.

Information You Choose to Provide

We may receive personal information when you contact us, submit a form, request a correction, make a privacy request, or otherwise communicate with the site. Depending on what you submit, this may include:

your name;
your email address;
the subject and content of your message;
a page URL or supporting source you provide; and
any other information you choose to include.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the general contact form unless we specifically request it through an appropriate and secure process.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the site, our hosting, security, caching, and technical service providers may automatically process information needed to deliver and protect the website. This can include:

IP address;
browser and device type;
operating system;
referring and requested URLs;
date and time of access;
server and security logs; and
technical events used to detect abuse, errors, or malicious activity.

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information to understand general site performance and improve our content. If optional analytics tools are introduced, this policy and the site’s cookie controls should be updated to identify them and explain the choices available to visitors.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Salty and Windy may use cookies or similar storage technologies for purposes such as:

providing essential site functions;
remembering cookie or privacy preferences;
supporting security and abuse prevention;
improving performance and caching; and
measuring site use where optional analytics have been enabled.

Essential cookies may be used where they are necessary to provide or secure the site. Where required, optional cookies should not be set until you have been given an appropriate choice. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, although blocking essential cookies may affect some site functions.

Contact Forms and Email

When you use a contact form or email us, we use the information you provide to review, manage, and respond to your message. Technical anti-spam and security services may also process form or request data to protect the site.

Our contact form uses WPForms Lite to send submissions by email. Correspondence sent to our Gmail address is processed through Google’s email service. We do not add you to a marketing list merely because you send a general enquiry. If a newsletter or other marketing service is introduced, it should use a separate sign-up process and provide a clear way to unsubscribe.

Comments

If comments are enabled on an individual article and you leave a comment, WordPress and related anti-spam or security tools may process the information entered in the comment form, your IP address, and browser information.

Embedded Content and External Services

Some articles may include embedded content, such as YouTube videos, or links to third-party websites. Embedded content can behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions according to their own privacy policies and your settings with them.

Salty and Windy is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. Review the privacy information provided by the relevant third party before submitting information to it.

How We Use Information

We may use information for the following purposes:

to operate, deliver, secure, and maintain the site;
to respond to enquiries, corrections, and privacy requests;
to diagnose errors and prevent fraud, spam, or malicious activity;
to understand and improve site performance and content;
to keep records of editorial or business correspondence; and
to meet applicable legal obligations.

Where data-protection law applies, the legal basis may depend on the activity. It can include taking steps at your request, our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the site, consent for optional processing where required, and compliance with legal obligations.

How Information May Be Shared

We may share or allow access to information only where reasonably necessary with:

hosting, caching, content-delivery, security, backup, email, and form-service providers;
professional advisers where advice is required;
authorities or other parties where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, and site security; and
a successor operator if the site or its relevant assets are reorganized or transferred, subject to appropriate safeguards.

Service providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required, the operator should use an appropriate legal mechanism or safeguard for international transfers.

Advertising and Affiliate Technology

If Salty and Windy introduces advertising, affiliate tracking, sponsored-content technology, or additional analytics, we will update this policy and the site’s cookie controls as appropriate. Editorial disclosures should also appear where a commercial relationship could affect how a reader understands a page.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to enquiries, maintaining security records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal or accounting obligations. Retention periods can vary according to the type of information and the reason it is held.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or loss. No website, email, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, so please consider this before sending information online.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have rights to:

ask what personal information we hold about you;
request access to or a copy of that information;
ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
request deletion or restriction in certain circumstances;
object to certain processing;
withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; and
make a complaint to the relevant data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute and may depend on the circumstances. To make a request, use the details in the Contact section below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Children’s Privacy

Salty and Windy is a general-audience sailing publication and is not designed to collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through the site, please contact us so the situation can be reviewed.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when site features, service providers, or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page with an updated date.