Privacy Policy

Woolacombe.net is a free, independent Woolacombe visitor guide with live beach conditions for Woolacombe Beach, North Devon. The site is operated as a personal project and does not collect personal data beyond what is described below.

Server Logs

Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) may collect standard web server logs including IP addresses, browser user agent strings and pages visited. These logs are subject to Cloudflare's privacy policy and are used for security and performance monitoring.

Analytics

We use a self-hosted, privacy-focused analytics service at analytics.17d.co.uk to count page views and understand which pages visitors find useful. It is run by us, not by an advertising company. It does not set cookies, does not use advertising trackers, and does not follow you across other websites. We do not serve targeted advertising or build individual visitor profiles.

Woolacombe.net does not set any first-party cookies, and our analytics does not use cookies. Cloudflare may set security-related cookies (such as __cflb or __cf_bm) which are necessary for the operation and protection of the website. These are essential cookies and cannot be opted out of while using the site.

We use the following services:

• Cloudflare: Hosting, CDN and DDoS protection. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
• Google Fonts: Web font delivery. When you visit Woolacombe.net, your browser downloads fonts from Google's servers. Google Privacy Policy
• Open-Meteo: Weather and marine data API (server-side only, no client requests). Open-Meteo Terms
• ADMIRALTY: Tidal data API (server-side only, no client requests)
• Self-hosted analytics (analytics.17d.co.uk): Anonymous page-view counting run by us on our own infrastructure; it is not used for advertising.

Woolacombe.net may contain affiliate links to third-party websites. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners have their own privacy policies which we encourage you to review.

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct or delete any personal data we hold about you. As we collect minimal data, there is unlikely to be any personal data to request. If you have questions, please contact us at the email address below.

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please email: [email protected]

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.