THE FINE PRINT, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE
Privacy Policy
Effective September 30, 2026
Beach Living 904 (“we,” “us”) is a local guide to events, local businesses and things to do around Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. This policy explains what information we collect through beachliving904.com, how we use it, and the choices you have. Questions? Email us at hello@beachliving904.com.
What we collect
When you join our newsletter
We collect your email address so we can send you Your Guide to The Beaches, our weekly newsletter. Our newsletter is delivered by Beehiiv, which stores your address on our behalf. Like most newsletter services, it may record whether an email was opened and which links were clicked, which helps us understand what readers find useful.
When you submit an event
We collect the event details you provide (name, date, time, venue, description, links) and your name, email address and, if you choose, your phone number. Event details may be published on our website, newsletter and social media if we approve the listing. Your contact details are never published; we use them only to ask about or follow up on your listing. Submissions are emailed to us and a copy is stored privately on our web host. If you tick the box to add your business to our directory, the next section applies too.
When you list a business in Who’s Who at the Beach
Our local directory is meant to be seen, so the listing details you give us are public once we approve them. That covers the business name, type, town, description, owner name(s), street address, the year you opened, your logo, and whichever ways to reach the business you fill in: website, public phone, public email, Instagram or Facebook. Only enter contact details you are happy for anyone to see. Approved listings may appear on our website, newsletter and social media.
We also ask for the name, email address and, if you choose, phone number of the person sending the listing. Those contact details are never published; we use them only to ask about or follow up on the listing. Listing submissions, including the logo file, are emailed to us and a copy is stored privately on our web host. Nothing is published until we have reviewed it.
When you email us
We receive whatever you choose to send, such as your name, email address and message, and use it to reply.
Technical information
Like nearly every website, our hosting provider (Hostinger) keeps standard server logs, such as IP address, browser type and pages requested, to operate and secure the site. To block spam, our forms keep a one-way scrambled (hashed) form of your IP address together with the times of recent submissions, used only to limit repeated submissions.
Cookies and tracking
This website does not set cookies and does not use advertising or analytics trackers. To avoid showing you the newsletter pop-up over and over, your browser keeps a small note (in its “local storage”) of whether you closed it or signed up, and when. That note stays on your device, isn’t sent to us, and you can clear it anytime by clearing your browser’s site data. Some event and story photos are loaded from Unsplash, an image service, so your browser connects to their servers to display them. If we add analytics in the future, we will update this policy first.
How we use information
- To send the newsletter you signed up for.
- To review, publish and follow up on event submissions.
- To review, publish and follow up on directory listings.
- To reply to your messages.
- To keep the site secure and prevent spam and abuse.
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share it only with the service providers named above (Beehiiv and Hostinger), which process it on our behalf, or if required by law.
How long we keep it
Newsletter subscribers are kept until you unsubscribe. Event submissions are kept as long as needed to review and publish the event and for our records. Directory listings, and the submission behind them, are kept for as long as the business is listed and for our records. You can ask us to delete your information at any time.
Your choices
- Unsubscribe from the newsletter anytime using the link at the bottom of every email.
- Change or remove your directory listing anytime by emailing hello@beachliving904.com.
- See, correct or delete the information we have about you by emailing hello@beachliving904.com.
Children
Our site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Links to other sites
Event listings may link to organizers’ websites and ticketing pages, and directory listings and stories link to businesses’ websites and social media pages. Those sites have their own privacy practices, which we don’t control.
Changes to this policy
If we change how we handle your information, we will update this page and the effective date above.
Contact
Beach Living 904 · Jacksonville Beaches, Florida · hello@beachliving904.com