Privacy Policy

At Blues Emerald Coast Adventures, we respect and value your privacy. This policy explains the types of information we collect, how we use it, and the rights you have regarding your personal data when interacting with our website or services.

Who We Are

Blues Emerald Coast Adventures operates the website: https://bluesemeraldcoastadventures.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website, we collect the information entered in the comments form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam.

To check if you use the Gravatar service, an anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be shared with Gravatar. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public with your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website, we recommend avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from uploaded images.

Cookies

Blues Emerald Coast Adventures uses cookies to improve your browsing experience:

• If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.
• A temporary cookie is used when visiting our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. It does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• When you log in, we set cookies to save login details and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preference cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” will keep you logged in for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
• If you edit or publish an article on our site, a cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

The Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited those websites directly.

External websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, particularly if you are logged into their platform.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset through the Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments and associated metadata are stored indefinitely to streamline future interactions.
• For users who register with Blues Emerald Coast Adventures (if applicable), we retain the personal information provided in their user profile. Users may view, update, or delete their information at any time (except for their username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and manage this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on the Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website, or if you have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold. Please note, certain data may need to be retained for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments submitted on the Blues Emerald Coast Adventures website may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact us:

Blues Emerald Coast Adventures
📧 Email: bluesemeraldcoastadventures@gmail.com
📞 Phone: 850-610-3391