Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 14, 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Right Hook (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and shares information in connection with RightHook.net (the “Website”).

By using the Website you agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Website.

This Policy should be read together with our Terms of Service.

2. Information You Provide

When you contact us through the Website, we collect the information you submit, which may include:

Your name
Your email address
The subject of your inquiry
The message you send us

You are not required to create an account to browse the Website. The Website does not process online purchases, payments, or reservations; booking is handled by a separate third-party reservations service that we link to.

3. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, we automatically receive certain technical information when you visit, including:

IP address
Browser type and version, operating system, and device information
Referring page or source that linked you to the Website
Pages viewed, actions taken, and timestamps
Approximate geographic location derived from the IP address

We log a hashed version of your IP address for analytics, and may also store the IP address in short-term records (for example, contact-form submissions and site-abuse rate-limiting records) so that we can respond to inquiries and protect the Website from spam and abuse.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website uses a small number of cookies and similar technologies:

rh_vid — a first-party, HttpOnly cookie that stores a random, anonymous visitor identifier. It lets us measure traffic, understand which trips and pages are popular, and distinguish repeat visits from new ones. It does not contain your name, email, or any other information you have provided. Typical lifetime: one year.
Google Analytics 4 cookies (such as _ga and _ga_*), set by Google when the analytics script loads, to measure Website usage in aggregate.
hCaptcha may set cookies on its own frames when the challenge widget appears on the contact page, to detect and block automated submissions.
YouTube video embeds on the Videos page use the youtube-nocookie.com privacy-enhanced player, which does not set tracking cookies unless you play a video.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect how parts of the Website work.

5. Third-Party Services

The Website uses the following third-party services. Each provider processes information under its own privacy policy:

Google Analytics — aggregated Website analytics. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
hCaptcha — spam and abuse protection on the contact form. See hCaptcha’s Privacy Policy.
YouTube (via youtube-nocookie.com) — embedded videos on the Videos page. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
Sportfishing Report Inc. and its affiliated fishing-report network — supplies fishing reports, fish counts, catch statistics, and photographs displayed on the Website through authorized API integrations.
FishDatabase — supplies species illustrations shown on the Website.
Fishing Reservations — the third-party booking service we link to for trip reservations. Information you enter at that site is governed by its own privacy policy.

6. How We Use Information

We use information collected through the Website to:

Respond to inquiries and requests sent through the contact form
Operate, maintain, and improve the Website
Measure Website traffic and understand how visitors use the Website
Detect, prevent, and respond to spam, abuse, security incidents, and unauthorized access
Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

With service providers that help operate the Website (for example, our web host, email delivery, analytics, and spam-protection providers), under terms that limit their use of the information to those services.
When required by law, legal process, or a lawful request from a government authority.
To protect the rights, property, or safety of Right Hook, our visitors, our content providers, or others — for example, in connection with investigating suspected fraud, abuse, or security incidents.
In connection with a business transfer, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to applicable legal protections.

8. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy or as required by law. Contact-form messages are retained so we can respond to inquiries and keep a record of our communications. Analytics records are retained in a deidentified or aggregated form for traffic analysis.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect information collected through the Website, including transport encryption (HTTPS), rate limiting, and bot-detection controls. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information to us, please contact us so we can remove it.

11. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws, such as the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, and the right to opt out of certain uses of your information.

Analytics opt-out: You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on, or by blocking cookies and scripts in your browser.
Cookies: You can manage or clear cookies through your browser settings at any time.
Requests: You can submit a privacy request using the contact information published on the Website. We will respond as required by applicable law.

12. Do Not Track

Some browsers transmit a “Do Not Track” signal. Because no common industry standard currently exists for responding to that signal, the Website does not respond to it differently.

13. International Visitors

The Website is operated from the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country of residence.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the Website after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.

15. Contact Information

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to Right Hook using the contact information published on the Website.

Right Hook
Website: https://righthook.net