Privacy & cookies
Short version: PadelSpecs has no accounts, no analytics, no advertising trackers and sets no cookies of its own. Here's everything that does happen when you use the site.
Who is responsible
PadelSpecs is run from the Netherlands. For anything about your data, email contact@padelspecs.net.
What happens when you visit
- Hosting. The site is hosted by Cloudflare. To deliver pages and protect the site against attacks, Cloudflare processes technical data such as your IP address and browser type. We don't use this to identify you. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- No analytics. We don't run Google Analytics or any other visitor tracking.
What's stored in your browser
These stay on your device. They aren't cookies, aren't sent to us, and you can clear them any time in your browser's site settings.
- Your theme choice (automatic, light or dark).
- Your YouTube choice, if you chose to show videos.
- An offline copy of the site, so it loads faster and works with a weak connection.
YouTube videos
Racket pages can show review videos from YouTube. Nothing loads from YouTube until you click Show videos. After that, YouTube (Google) receives your IP address and may set cookies, under Google's privacy policy. We use YouTube's privacy-enhanced player, and a video only plays when you press play.
When you click through to a shop
Shop links take you to the shop's own website, sometimes through an affiliate network. The network and the shop may set cookies to record that you came from PadelSpecs, so a purchase can be credited to us. That happens on their sites, under their privacy policies. We only receive totals of clicks and commissions, never your name, address or payment details. More in our affiliate disclosure.
When you email us
If you email us, we use your address and message only to reply and to fix what you reported. We delete the email within 12 months unless it's still needed for an open question.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask what data we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, and object to how it's used. Email contact@padelspecs.net. If you're not happy with our answer, you can complain to the Dutch data protection authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Cookies, in one table
| What | Who | When |
|---|---|---|
| No cookies | PadelSpecs | Never |
| YouTube cookies | Only after you click "Show videos" | |
| Affiliate cookies | Network and shop | Only on their site, after you click a shop link |
Because we set no tracking cookies ourselves, there's no cookie banner. YouTube asks for your choice on the racket page itself.
Last updated 11 November 2026. If this page changes, the date above changes with it.