Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Your privacy is important to me. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit penny-caldwell.ca, how that information may be used, and the choices you have regarding your personal information.

Who We Are

This website is operated by Penny Caldwell and is available at penny-caldwell.ca.

Penny-Caldwell.ca is a sailing education and information website providing articles, resources, podcast content and other information for sailors.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, you can contact me through the contact page on this website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the website, information entered into the comments form may be collected along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information. This information can help with spam detection and website security.

An anonymized string created from your email address (sometimes called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. If your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Please remember that any information you voluntarily include in a public comment may be visible to other visitors.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS).

Visitors to the website may be able to download images and extract location information contained within those images.

Cookies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website and support certain website features.

If you leave a comment, you may be given the option to save your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience so that you do not have to enter these details again when leaving another comment.

Additional cookies may be created by WordPress, website plugins, analytics services or embedded third-party content.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling some cookies may affect how certain parts of the website function.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles and pages on this website may include embedded content such as videos, podcast players, images, maps, social media posts or other content.

Embedded content from another website behaves in much the same way as if you visited that website directly.

These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking technologies and monitor your interaction with their content. If you have an account with the third-party service and are logged into that account, your interaction with embedded content may also be associated with your account.

For example, this website may include embedded podcast players or links from services such as Spotify, as well as other third-party media or services.

The privacy practices of those third parties are governed by their own privacy policies.

Who We Share Your Data With

I do not sell or rent your personal information.

Information may be shared with third-party service providers when necessary to operate, maintain, secure or understand the use of this website. These may include website hosting providers, spam detection services, analytics providers, email or newsletter services, website plugins and other technology providers.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law or where reasonably necessary to protect the security, rights or integrity of the website or its users.

Third-party services used by this website have their own privacy policies and data-handling practices.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated information may be retained indefinitely. This allows follow-up comments to be recognized and approved without requiring them to be manually reviewed each time.

Information submitted through contact forms or other website features may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain appropriate records, operate the website or meet legal obligations.

Analytics information may be retained according to the retention settings and policies of the analytics services used by this website.

Personal information will not be intentionally retained longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Depending on where you live and the circumstances in which your information was collected, you may have rights regarding your personal information.

You may contact me to request access to personal information I hold about you, ask for corrections to inaccurate information, or request deletion of personal information where appropriate.

If you have left comments or otherwise provided personal information through this website, you may request an exported copy of the personal information associated with you.

You may also request that personal information be erased. This does not include information that must be retained for administrative, legal, security or other legitimate purposes.

If you have subscribed to email communications, you may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in those communications.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Information collected through this website may be processed by third-party services used to operate the website. Depending on the service provider, information may be processed or stored on servers located outside Canada.

Visitor comments and form submissions may also be checked through automated spam-detection or website-security services.

Where third-party services process personal information, their own privacy policies, security practices and applicable privacy laws govern their handling of that information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time as the website develops, new services are added or privacy requirements change.

Any updates will be posted on this page and the Last updated date will be revised accordingly.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information or a request relating to your data, please contact:

Penny Caldwell
penny-caldwell.ca

Please use the website’s contact page for privacy-related inquiries.