Privacy Policy
Last updated: 28 September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Scuba Complete Guide ("we", "us", "our"), available at scubacompleteguide.com, collects, uses and protects information when you visit our website. By using the site, you agree to the practices described here.
1. Information we collect
Information you provide
If you email us, we receive your email address and any information you include in your message. We use it only to reply and to improve our content, and we do not sell it.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting provider automatically records technical information in server logs, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages visited and the date and time of access. This is used for security, troubleshooting and understanding overall traffic.
Information stored in your browser
Some of our interactive tools (for example, the packing checklist) save your progress in your browser's local storage. This data stays on your device and is not sent to us. You can clear it at any time through your browser settings or the tool's reset button.
2. Cookies and advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
- For more information on how Google uses data, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent message (provided through a Google-certified consent management platform) that lets them accept or reject personalised advertising cookies. You can change your choices at any time using the privacy/consent link provided by that message.
3. How we use information
- To operate, maintain and secure the website
- To understand how the site is used and improve our content
- To display advertising that funds the site
- To respond to your messages
4. Legal bases (EEA/UK visitors)
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal data on the basis of your consent (for advertising cookies), our legitimate interests (to operate and secure the website and respond to enquiries), and legal obligations where applicable.
5. Sharing of information
We do not sell your personal information. Information may be processed by service providers that help us run the site, such as our hosting provider (Hostinger) and Google (advertising). These providers process data according to their own privacy policies.
6. Data retention
Emails are kept only as long as needed to handle your enquiry and for reasonable record-keeping. Server logs are kept for a limited period by our hosting provider. Advertising cookies expire according to Google's policies.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal data, to object to processing, to withdraw consent, and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. California residents may have rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising. To exercise your rights, contact us at contact@scubacompleteguide.com.
8. Children's privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13 (or 16 in some jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. External links
Our articles may link to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top shows when it was last revised.
11. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, email us at contact@scubacompleteguide.com.