Welcome to PaddleHand! Please read our Terms & Conditions carefully as they govern your use of our website and services.

1. About Us

Our website address is: https://paddlehand.com. PaddleHand is a family-run business based in Santa Maria, California.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information helps us in spam detection.

3. Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our website may be able to download and extract location data from images displayed on our site.

4. Cookies

• Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This convenience feature allows you not to fill in these details again for future comments. These cookies will last for one year.
• Login Page: When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded upon closing your browser.
• Login and Display Preferences: After logging in, cookies are set up to save your login information and display choices. Login cookies last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year. If “Remember Me” is selected, your login will persist for two weeks. Login cookies are removed upon logging out.
• Editing or Publishing Articles: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie (without personal data) will be saved in your browser. It indicates the post ID of the article you just edited and expires after one day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Our site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. This embedded content behaves as if you had visited the external website directly, and these websites may collect data, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.

6. Data Sharing

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

7. Data Retention

• Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
• User Accounts: For users who register on our website, we store personal information provided in their user profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (excluding their username). Website administrators can also see and edit this information.

8. Your Data Rights

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data provided to us. You may also request the erasure of your personal data, with the exception of data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

9. Where Your Data is Sent

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

By using our site, you agree to our Terms & Conditions. For any questions regarding our policies, please feel free to contact us.