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This Privacy Policy is effective as of April 6, 2024.

Date of Last Modification: April 6, 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how https://www.mackinacislandtravelguide.com/ (the “Site”) collects, uses and/or shares your personal information when you visit/use/browse and/or make a purchase from the Site. Throughout the Site, the terms “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Site.

The Site is not intended for visitors/users under the age of 18. **Please see section entitled Minors below for further information.**

Information We Collect

As with most websites, certain information is automatically collected, when you visit the Site, regarding your device, and may include information about your IP address, web browser, time zone and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Information is collected, as you browse the Site, about what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, the individual web pages and/or products that you view, date and time of your visit and information regarding how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information”.

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

Cookies From Leaving Comments on Site

When Visitors/Users voluntarily leave comments on the Site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the Visitor’s/User’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

If you leave a comment on our Site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

(Please see below section entitled Comments for more information on how these cookies may be shared.)

How Do We Use Your Personal/Device Information?

Personal Information you voluntarily provide us, i.e. name and email address, is used to communicate with you. When aligned with the preferences you have shared with us, we may provide you with information, marketing communications we feel might be of interest to you, or targeted advertising that relates to our services or products.

Should you ever enter a giveaway or contest conducted by the Site, the information you provide to do so, may be shared with an external website used to generate random drawings, (i.e. Rafflecopter) in order to select a random Winner. In addition, many times, the entering of a giveaway or contest will require Entrant to subscribe to Site’s email subscription, in which case the information provided will be used to generate emails through Constant Contact. (Please see below section entitled Email Subscription Services for more information regarding email subscriptions to Site.) In the event you are ever declared a Winner of a giveaway or contest conducted by the Site, any mailing address/name/phone number voluntarily provided by you, would solely be used for purposes of conducting the giveaway or contest and awarding prize(s).

Device Information collected is used to help us screen for any potential risk and/or fraudulent activity (in particular, your IP address), and also to help us better optimize our Site (i.e. by generating analytics about how visitors to our Site interact and browse with the Site and to analyze the success of marketing/advertising campaigns).

Comments

When visitors voluntarily leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors/users to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Sharing Your Personal Information

The Site contains social media tabs, embedded social media posts, embedded videos (including from external websites) and tools for analytics, all of which are data-gathering third parties and by browsing and utilizing Site, Visitor/User acknowledges and consents to this.

Email Subscription Services

The Site uses MailerLite.com for subscriber email subscriptions to our website. Visitors/Users that voluntarily provide their personal information to participate in our email subscription services, acknowledge and consent to that information being provided to MailerLite.com in order to facilitate visitor/user with email subscription services requested. By providing your information to subscribe, you will receive periodic emails/newsletters from Site and you agree that you are aware your information will be processed by MailerLite.com for purposes of subscription email services to Site. Subscribers to our emailing list may cancel their subscription, at any time, by clicking on the “Unsubscribe” icon at the bottom of each email. Please note, it may take a short while for Site to process a request to cancel emailing subscriptions and for your request to become effective.

For information regarding MailerLite’s Privacy Policy please visit their website: https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy

We have not, nor will we ever, sell our email subscribers list.

Google Analytics

We utilize Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors interact with and use our Site. If you would like to know more about how Google uses your Personal Information please visit their website: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US. If you would prefer to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit their website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Additional Information Regarding How Your Personal Information May Be Shared

As indicated above, your Personal Information is used to provide you with targeted advertising or marketing communications we feel may be of interest to you. If you would like to learn more about how targeted advertising works, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page: http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

If you would prefer to opt out of target advertising, you can do so by visiting the following:

In addition, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Opt Out Portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/

Additionally, your Personal Information may be shared by the Site in order to comply with applicable laws and/or regulations, or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request we receive for information, or to otherwise protect our rights.

WordPress

Site was created and is maintained by owner/writers through WordPress, an online blogging and website content management system (CMS). Although WordPress’s privacy policy pertains to owner/writers of Site, if you would prefer more information regarding their privacy policy, please visit their website: https://automattic.com/privacy/

In addition, certain Plugins may be installed to WordPress by owner/writers to help more efficiently run Site. A plugin is a software add-on that is installed on a program, to help enhance its capabilities. Site uses Plugins, including but not limited to, those we have listed listed below. If you would like information regarding their privacy policies, please click on the appropriate link below to help you reach that information. 

If you have questions or concerns regarding a privacy policy for a Plugin, please contact that website directly.

Linking Policy

** Please note, the following Linking Policy also applies to hypertext links to any Affiliate Links to external websites, hyperlinks to Social Media Outlets (ie. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.com) and social media shares from external websites to the Site’s social media accounts.

The Site provides links to articles on other external websites, that are not maintained, controlled, regulated or affiliated with/by Site, and therefore Site is not responsible for any content found within linked websites. By voluntarily clicking on any of these link(s), Visitor/User therefore agrees to the Privacy Policy, Disclosure and Terms of Service of the site(s) in which they visit. Visitor/User also assumes responsibility for any potential risk that may result from clicking on a link(s) to another website and agrees to hold Site harmless.

The Site provides hypertext links to other websites, including affiliate links, in order to provide our visitors/users with additional information we feel may be relevant to a topic/post on the Site and cannot guarantee accuracy of information or Visitor/User privacy, as it pertains to any site(s) linked to. Use of any information found on linked external websites is strictly voluntary and should not be relied upon until an independent review of accuracy has been conducted.

The Site, at its sole discretion, determines whether a website meets the purpose of this web portal or the purpose of additional specified information as it pertains to a blog post. Inclusion of any hypertext links to an external website, is not intended as an endorsement of: any views, or opinions that may be expressed or referenced within the linked external website; any product or service offered or referenced within the linked external website; the organization/person(s) sponsoring/maintaining the linked external website. The Site may remove or replace hypertext links to external websites and/or pages, at its sole discretion at any time, without notice.

Additionally, covered under Site Linking Policy are “likes”, “shares” or “comments” added by Site to any website’s social media accounts, as well as any external website’s “likes”, “shares” or “comments” added to Site’s social media accounts or Site.

Should you have questions, concerns, or a problem that arises regarding the accuracy, timeliness, format or completeness of a linked external website, please contact the organization or person(s) responsible for maintaining the linked external website. The Site is not responsible for, nor does it control, any external websites’, content, pages, policies or data collection and has no liability or responsibility relating to them.

Embedded Content From External Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from external websites. Embedded content from other external websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

By engaging in embedded content found within Site, visitor/user acknowledges these external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Again, should you have questions, concerns, or a problem that arises regarding the accuracy, timeliness, format or completeness of a linked external website, please contact the organization or person(s) responsible for maintaining the linked external website. The Site is not responsible for, nor does it control, any external websites’, content, pages, policies or data collection and has no liability or responsibility relating to them.

Social Media

The Site uses Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and YouTube for social media purposes. Site contains Social Media Website widgets and buttons (“Widgets”) such as the Facebook, and Pinterest share buttons. Information may be collected by these Widgets, such as your IP address, page(s) you are visiting on our Site, and a Cookie(s) may be set on your browser to enable the Widget to properly function. Widgets are owned and operated, independently of Site, by the applicable Social Media Website and Site is not responsible for such Social Media Websites’ interfaces or security or privacy practices. In addition, posts from Site’s social media accounts are embedded throughout Site.

Each Social Media Website and/or Widget has their own set of privacy policies or notices (independent of Site) and any interaction you have with Social Media Websites and Widgets will be governed by the privacy policy of the applicable Social Media Website.

We have included links below to help you reach the privacy policies for Social Media Websites Site uses. For more information regarding their privacy policies, please click on their link below.

If you have questions or concerns regarding a privacy policy for a Social Media Website, please contact that website directly.

As indicated above (under Linking Policy), ” by voluntarily clicking on any of external website link(s), Visitor/User therefore agrees to the Privacy Policy, Disclosure and Terms of Service of the site(s) in which they visit. Visitor/User also assumes responsibility for any potential risk that may result from clicking on a link(s) to another website.” **(Please see Linking Policy, above, for further information regarding Site’s inclusion of hypertext links to external websites, as hypertext links to social media websites (as well as, social media shares of articles from those websites to the Site’s social media outlets, as well as “likes”, “shares” or “comments” added by Site to any website’s social media outlets or vice-versa) are also included under that policy.)**

Google Analytics

The Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic, to help us understand how our Visitors/Users utilize our Site. To read more about how Google uses your Personal Information please visit their website: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ .

If you would prefer to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit their website: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

BuyMeACoffee.com

The Site utilizes www.BuyMeACoffee.com, a website designed for creators to sell exclusive content and accept support from their audience. If you would like information regarding BuyMeACoffee.com’s Privacy Policy, please visit: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/privacy-policy

Affiliate Programs

The Site is a participant in several affiliate programs and may earn compensation, at no additional cost to Visitor/User, whenever a purchase is made using hypertext links provided on Site.

As indicated above (under Linking Policy), ” By voluntarily clicking on any of these link(s), Visitor/User therefore agrees to the Privacy Policy, Disclosure and Terms of Service of the site(s) in which they visit. Visitor/User also assumes responsibility for any potential risk that may result from clicking on a link(s) to another website.” **(Please see Linking Policy, above, for further information regarding Site’s inclusion of hypertext links to external websites, as hypertext links to affiliates websites are also included under that policy.)**

We have listed below affiliate programs Site participates in, as well as provided links to help you reach the privacy policies found on their websites. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the privacy policy of an affiliate listed below, please contact them directly, using the contact information found on their website.

Do Not Track

The Site does not alter its data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from a browser.

Your Rights

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us, by email, at [email protected]. To help us more efficiently process your request, please title the subject of your email “URGENT, PRIVACY REQUEST”.

European Union/European Economic Area Residents: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Our Site and servers are based in the United States of America. Please be aware, if you are accessing our Site from outside of the United States, your information may be stored, transferred to, and processed by our Site in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see Sharing Your Personal Information above), in other countries.

In addition, if you are a European Union/European Economic Area resident we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we may have with you (i.e. if you make a purchase/order through the Site), or to otherwise pursue our legitimate business/legal interests, listed above. Please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, (including to the United States and Canada) and these countries may not have data protection or other laws as comprehensive as those within the country you reside.

If you are a European Union/European Economic Area resident, under certain circumstances, you have rights that may include the following:

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us, by email, at [email protected]. To help us more efficiently process your request, please title the subject of your email “URGENT, EUROPEAN PRIVACY REQUEST”. Requests will be considered and acted upon in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

We do not intentionally target people in the European Union/European Economic Area as readers/visitors/users of our blog, email list subscribers or as customers. However, we still take the steps listed above to help protect the privacy of all of our visitors/readers/users and customers. We will continue to do our best to always consider and respect the privacy of our valued readers/users and customers.

Minors

As indicated above, the Site is not intended for users under the age of 18.

By visiting/using/browsing Site, you acknowledge that you are at least 18 years of age. In order to provide any information to (or on) our Site, visitor/user must be at least 18 years of age. Site does not knowingly participate in collection of information of individuals under 18 years of age.

If you are under 18 years of age, please DO NOT do the any of the following (including but not limited to) on, or through, the Site:

In the event we become aware that Site has unintentionally collected or received personal information from an individual under 18 years of age, without verifying parental consent, that information will be deleted.

If you feel we may have information from, or pertaining to, a minor, please contact us at [email protected] to inform us, so that we may take appropriate action. In order to help us more efficiently process your communication, please title the subject of your email “URGENT, MINOR PRIVACY MATTER”.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Changes

The Site may update this Privacy Policy at any time without notice, in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for any other operational, regulatory purposes or to update information to comply with legal regulations. In the event there are changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page, and update the Date of Last Modification date, located at the beginning of this document.

Contact Us

If you would like more information about our privacy practices, have questions or concerns, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at [email protected]. In order to help us more efficiently process your communication, please title the subject of your email “URGENT, PRIVACY POLICY MATTER”.

You can also contact us through mail using the address provided below:

Additional Information We’d Like to Share

On occasion we have sponsored posts and/or content on our Site. Companies that advertise on our Site will often have their own tracking code(s), which we add to each sponsored post. As indicated above, the Site also contains affiliate links. These links allow tracking of clicks on certain links and if a purchase is made using these links, we earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Links to privacy policies for affiliate programs Site participates in can be found above under the Affiliate Program section of our Privacy Policy.