Privacy Policy
Last updated: 27/01/2026
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://wildandwaves.com
Wild & Waves is an outdoor lifestyle blog providing information, inspiration, and recommendations related to camping, hiking, and water sports.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set cookies to save your login information and your screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article edited. It expires after one day.
Affiliate Links
Wild & Waves uses affiliate links within some articles. This means that when you click on an affiliate link, a tracking cookie may be placed on your device by the affiliate partner.
These cookies help track referrals and may allow us to earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners operate under their own privacy policies.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We may also share limited data with trusted third-party services used to operate this website, such as hosting providers, analytics services, and affiliate networks.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided.
You can also request that we erase your personal data. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
info@wildandwaves.com
