Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 1, 2026

This policy describes what information is handled when you read surftotal.it, how the operator uses it and what choices you have. The operator is the person or organisation running Surftotal, and when this page says we or us, it means that operator.

Visit logs

The servers that deliver Surftotal keep standard logs. An entry can include your IP address, the time of the visit, the page requested, the browser and device type and the page that sent you here. We use logs to keep the site available, to find broken pages and abuse, and to see in general terms whether readers prefer surf gear guides, water sports tips or coastal travel articles.

Cookies and similar technology

Surftotal may use cookies or similar storage. Some help pages load and work properly. Others, where switched on, count audiences, remember a setting, support advertising or record that a visitor arrived from our page at a shop or booking service, which is how affiliate attribution works. A cookie set by an advertising or analytics provider falls under that provider’s own privacy notice, not ours.

Controls in your browser

Your browser lets you refuse or wipe cookies, and a private window leaves fewer traces after a session reading about wetsuits or beach towns. Extensions that limit trackers are another option. Where your browser transmits a global privacy or do-not-track signal, we will honour it as an opt-out as far as our analytics and advertising set-up can read it. Blocking certain cookies may change how parts of the site behave, for example embedded videos of surf sessions.

What you send us

If you write to contact@surftotal.it, we receive your address and anything you add. We use it to answer you, to fix errors on the site and to keep a record of the exchange. Your message stays private: it is never sold, and it would only be quoted publicly after you agreed.

Newsletters and forms

If Surftotal offers a newsletter or a form, the details you enter are used only for that purpose, such as sending the updates you requested. Every mailing will carry a way to opt out, and an email asking to be taken off the list works just as well.

Outside services

Running a surf and travel site relies on outside providers. These may include hosting and content delivery, analytics, advertising and affiliate networks, and embedded material such as videos, maps or forecast widgets. They may receive technical details of your visit so their service can function, and they operate under their own privacy notices.

Retention

Raw visit logs are held for a short period, after which they are erased or boiled down to counts that identify nobody. Emails are kept while they help us answer you, correct an article or meet a legal duty, and are deleted once that need ends.

Your rights

Depending on your place of residence, you may have rights to see the personal data held about you, have mistakes fixed, request deletion, object to certain handling and take back a consent you gave. To make a request, email contact@surftotal.it and say what you need. Proof that the request really comes from you may be needed before we act, and we will respond within the time that applicable law allows.

Young readers

Surftotal is written for a general audience, including people planning beach holidays, and is not aimed at children under 13. Collecting data from young children is not something we set out to do. If a child has sent us details, let us know by email and we will remove them.

Security

The inbox is protected by restricted access, and pages are served over encrypted connections. Even so, nothing sent over the internet is completely safe, so we cannot promise absolute protection.

Data crossing borders

Providers behind Surftotal may handle data in other countries, where the rules can differ from those where you live. Visiting the site means you understand your information may be processed abroad in this way.

Updates to this policy

This policy will be edited as Surftotal grows or as legal requirements shift. The effective date above shows when this version began, and continuing to read Surftotal after a change means you accept the updated version.