Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit The Coastal Collective.

1. Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including details about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you navigate the Site, we collect information regarding the individual web pages or articles that you view, the websites or search terms that referred you to the Site, and data on how you interact with our content.

2. How We Use Your Personal Information

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our publication. This includes generating analytics about how our readers browse and interact with the Site, allowing us to enhance our editorial focus and assess the reach of our content.

3. Sharing Your Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use analytics tools to help us understand how our audience engages with the Site. Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

4. Do Not Track

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

5. Your Rights

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through our contact page.

6. Data Retention

When you engage with the site, we will maintain your Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

7. Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.