Effective Date: January 1, 2026
Website: https://nestides.com
Service: Nestides and TidePress
Nestides respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, use TidePress, create an account, or interact with related Nestides services.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to:
- the Nestides website
- the TidePress plugin
- Nestides-hosted applications, APIs, service endpoints, billing tools, account tools, mobile apps and related support systems
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the website, plugin, or services, we may collect:
Information you provide directly
- name
- email address
- billing information
- account details
- support messages
- business or website information you submit to us
Technical and service information
- IP address
- browser or device information
- approximate usage data
- plugin version
- site or installation identifiers
- API request metadata
- service logs
- usage and entitlement-related records
- request timing and diagnostic information
Payment information
Payments may be processed by third-party billing providers or payment processors. We do not store full payment card details on our own systems unless explicitly stated.
3. How We Use Information
We may use information to:
- provide and operate Nestides and TidePress
- authenticate accounts, keys, plans, or installations
- process billing and subscription functions
- provide tide-related data and plugin-connected services
- enforce quotas, entitlements, security rules, and abuse prevention
- troubleshoot errors and improve service reliability
- respond to support requests
- comply with legal obligations
- protect our systems, users, and business
4. External Data Sources
To provide tide information, Nestides and TidePress request, process, and present NOAA-derived tide prediction data through the Nestides service. This use of NOAA-derived data does not imply NOAA endorsement of Nestides, TidePress, or any website using the service or plugin.
Nestides and TidePress may reformat, cache, or present NOAA-derived data through our own systems and interfaces. For more information about service terms and source attribution, please review our Terms of Use:
https://nestides.com/terms-of-use
5. Plugin and Service Communications
When enabled and properly configured, TidePress communicates with Nestides-operated service endpoints in order to function. Depending on configuration and feature use, those communications may include information such as:
- API key or authorization header
- installation identifier
- plugin version
- request metadata
- selected station identifiers
- service usage data
- site-related technical information needed to process requests
These communications are used to deliver plugin functionality, verify service access, support billing or entitlement logic, maintain service integrity, and help prevent abuse.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Nestides website may use cookies or similar technologies for essential site operation, analytics, login/session handling, preferences, and service performance.
You can typically control cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
7. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information to advertisers.
We may share information with:
- payment processors and billing providers
- hosting, infrastructure, analytics, security, or support vendors
- professional advisors
- law enforcement or regulators when required by law
- successors or counterparties in a merger, acquisition, financing, or asset transfer
We may also disclose information to protect our rights, enforce our terms, investigate abuse, or prevent fraud or security incidents.
8. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, maintain security, and preserve legitimate business records.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to help protect information. However, no website, plugin, transmission method, or storage system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Third-Party Services and Links
Our website, plugin, or services may reference or link to third-party services, including WordPress, NOAA resources, or payment providers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites or services.
11. Children’s Privacy
Nestides and TidePress are not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.
12. Your Choices
Depending on your relationship with us and applicable law, you may be able to:
- update account information
- request account closure
- unsubscribe from certain communications
- request information about personal data we hold about you
To make a privacy-related request, contact us at:
https://nestides.com/contact-2/
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the Effective Date above. Continued use of the website, plugin, or services after changes become effective means you accept the updated Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by law.
14. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
https://nestides.com/contact-2/
Nestides