Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 17, 2026

FishingChief respects your privacy and aims to be transparent about how personal information is collected and used when you visit this website.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through FishingChief, why it is processed, how it is protected, and the rights available to you under applicable data-protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who We Are

FishingChief is an independent fishing website operated from Croatia.

Website: FishingChief.com
Data Controller: Dejan Condic
Country: Croatia
Privacy contact: teamcarpboss@gmail.com

For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us using the email address above.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you use FishingChief, we may process the following categories of information.

Information You Provide Directly

If you contact FishingChief by email or through a contact form, we may receive information including:

  • your name;
  • your email address;
  • the contents of your message; and
  • any other information you voluntarily provide.

This information is used primarily to respond to your inquiry and communicate with you.

Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment, WordPress may collect the information entered into the comment form together with technical information such as your IP address and browser user-agent information. WordPress provides these types of data to site operators as part of its standard commenting functionality.

Comments may remain publicly visible for as long as the relevant article and comment remain published.

You may contact us if you wish to request removal of personal information associated with a comment.

Technical and Server Information

When you visit FishingChief, our website and hosting infrastructure may automatically process technical information required to deliver and secure the website.

This may include information such as:

  • IP address;
  • date and time of access;
  • requested URL;
  • browser and device information;
  • referring page;
  • server errors; and
  • security-related information.

This information may be processed for website operation, security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting and performance purposes.

FishingChief uses cookies and similar technologies where necessary for the operation of the website.

We use Real Cookie Banner to manage cookie and service consent.

Real Cookie Banner stores visitors’ consent decisions within the FishingChief WordPress installation. According to its developer, consent information is processed and stored on the website’s own server rather than being transmitted to Real Cookie Banner’s servers during normal operation. The plugin may record information necessary to document consent, including pseudonymised IP-related data, consent choices, timestamps, the page on which consent was given and technical information about the consent interface.

Real Cookie Banner also places technically necessary cookies or similar storage mechanisms so that your consent choices can be remembered.

More detailed information about the cookies and services currently used by FishingChief is available in our Cookie Policy.

Where applicable, non-essential cookies or services will not be activated until the required consent has been obtained.

4. Embedded Content and External Services

Articles may occasionally contain content originating from third-party websites, such as videos, social-media posts or other embedded material.

Embedded content can potentially allow the third-party provider to receive information about visitors. Where consent is legally required, we aim to prevent such third-party content or services from loading until the visitor has provided the appropriate consent.

Links from FishingChief may also lead to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites, and their own privacy policies apply when you visit them.

5. Analytics

At the date of this Privacy Policy, FishingChief has not yet enabled non-essential visitor analytics such as Google Analytics.

If analytics services are introduced, the relevant service will be added to our consent-management system where required, and this Privacy Policy and/or Cookie Policy will be updated to explain the processing involved.

6. Advertising

FishingChief may display advertising in the future.

At the date of this Privacy Policy, advertising services requiring behavioural tracking or advertising cookies have not yet been activated.

Before such services are introduced, our cookie-consent configuration and privacy information will be updated as necessary.

Where consent is legally required for advertising or tracking technologies, those technologies will only be activated after consent has been provided.

Where the GDPR applies, personal information may be processed on one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent — where you have freely given consent for a particular type of processing, such as certain cookies or optional services.

Legitimate interests — where processing is reasonably necessary to operate, protect, maintain or improve FishingChief, respond to communications or prevent abuse, provided those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

Legal obligations — where processing is necessary for FishingChief to comply with applicable law.

Contractual necessity — where processing is required to take steps at your request or to perform an agreement with you, where applicable.

Under the GDPR, legitimate interest can be relied upon only when the interests pursued are appropriately balanced against the individual’s rights and freedoms.

8. How Long We Keep Personal Information

We do not intend to retain personal information longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

In general:

  • contact correspondence may be retained while the inquiry is being handled and for a reasonable period afterward;
  • comments and associated information may remain while the comment remains published;
  • technical and security information may be retained as required for website operation, security and troubleshooting;
  • consent records may be retained where necessary to demonstrate visitors’ privacy and cookie choices; and
  • information may be retained for longer where required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

GDPR principles require personal data to be kept only for as long as necessary for its purpose.

9. Service Providers

FishingChief relies on third parties that help operate the website, such as:

  • website hosting and infrastructure providers;
  • domain and technical-service providers;
  • email providers;
  • WordPress software and plugins; and
  • services that may later be used for analytics, advertising or other website functionality.

These providers may process information where necessary to provide their services.

Where required by applicable data-protection law, we take reasonable steps to use providers and safeguards appropriate to the processing involved.

10. International Data Transfers

Some service providers may operate or process information outside Croatia or the European Economic Area.

Where personal information protected by the GDPR is transferred to a country without an applicable adequacy decision, appropriate safeguards may be used where required, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

11. Your Rights Under the GDPR

Where the GDPR applies to you, you may have the right to:

  • obtain information about how your personal data is processed;
  • request access to your personal data;
  • request correction of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion of personal information in applicable circumstances;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to certain types of processing;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • receive certain information in a portable format where the right to data portability applies; and
  • lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

These rights are subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by applicable law. The European Commission confirms rights including access, rectification, erasure and other controls over personal data under the GDPR.

To exercise your rights in relation to FishingChief, contact us using the privacy email listed at the beginning of this policy.

12. Complaints

If you believe your personal information has been handled in violation of applicable data-protection law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

In Croatia, the supervisory authority is the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP). AZOP confirms that individuals who believe their GDPR rights have been violated may submit a request to the Agency.

You may also have the right to contact the competent supervisory authority in the EU/EEA country where you live or work.

13. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect the website and personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, loss or misuse.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

FishingChief may update this Privacy Policy when the website, services we use, legal requirements or our data-processing practices change.

The date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.

15. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal information, contact:

FishingChief
Dejan Condic
Croatia
Email: teamcarpboss@gmail.com