Privacy Policy, Affiliate Disclosure & Cookie Policy
for CalidrisCrew.com

Last updated: March 2026

Calidris Crew (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website https://calidriscrew.com (the “Site”). This page explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site.

By using this Site, you agree to this policy.

1. Information We Collect

a) Personal Information You Provide

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Information submitted via contact forms or newsletter sign-ups

You are not required to provide personal information to browse the Site.

b) Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring website
  • Click behaviour

This data is collected using cookies and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Operate and maintain the Site
  • Respond to enquiries
  • Improve content and user experience
  • Analyse website traffic and performance
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal data.

3. Affiliate Disclosure

Calidris Crew participates in affiliate marketing programmes, including but not limited to:

  • Amazon Services LLC Associates Program
  • Other sailing, marine, travel, and technology affiliate programmes

This means:

  • Some links on this Site are affiliate links
  • If you click a link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission
  • There is no additional cost to you
  • Prices and availability are unaffected

Affiliate income helps support our sailing content, website costs, and video production.

We only recommend products and services that we genuinely use, trust, or believe provide value to our audience.

4. Cookies Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly and improve user experience.

Types of Cookies We Use

a) Essential Cookies

Required for the Site to function correctly (e.g. security, page navigation).

b) Analytics Cookies

Used to understand how visitors interact with the Site (e.g. Google Analytics). This helps us improve content and performance.

c) Affiliate & Advertising Cookies

Used by affiliate partners (such as Amazon) to track referrals and purchases made via our links.

d) Preference Cookies

Remember your cookie consent and other site preferences.

Managing Cookies

You can:

  • Accept or reject non-essential cookies via our cookie banner
  • Change or withdraw consent at any time
  • Disable cookies via your browser settings

Please note that disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services such as:

  • Google Analytics
  • Affiliate networks and retailers
  • Embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos)

These third parties may collect data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control their data practices.

6. Embedded Content

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the originating website, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.

7. Email Communications

If you subscribe to emails:

  • You may receive updates or relevant content
  • You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in the email

We do not share email addresses with third parties.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your data but cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted online.

9. Children’s Information

This Site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

10. Your Data Protection Rights (UK & EEA)

If you are located in the UK or EEA, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Request correction or deletion
  • Object to processing
  • Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below.

11. Site 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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Site 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 that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave 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 up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

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 you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other webistes

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content 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.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us:

📧 Email: calidris.crew@gmail.com
🌐 Website: https://www.calidriscrew.com